Wish you all a very Happy Dashera and festive season. Indeed the victory of goodness and good health and defeat of all negativities. As we are at the Dashera festival and preparing for Diwali this also is the season for ‘giving’. October is the month of giving and we come to you once again with our urgent appeal for support. As always HCNF is in urgent need of your donations and support to make this possible. We depend on you for contributing to goodness.

The task force on children in Maharashtra is still mulling over opening the schools. Widespread concern on the learning losses and the forth coming challenges when the re-opening actually happens is being debated. Meanwhile 33 Zilla Parishad schools in the Maval taluka of Pune district have been getting ready with water filters for clean drinking water and hand washing stands for children.

This is what is being heard at different locations from people who have been suddenly caught up in the torrential rains and massive floods in Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Raigad, Kolhapur, Sangli and Satara districts. On the 4th day of the flood the rescue operations continue and relief is trickling in slowly. While water has receded in Chiplun, Kolhapur and Sangli are still marooned and fear of increase of water levels is looming.