We see homeless, shelterless, dying, and destitute people around us, whether it’s on railway platforms, bus stations, pavements, roads or other public places. Resigned to their pitiable fates, some are covered in filth, some have maggots filled with stinking sores/wounds on their bodies. Each has a painful story to tell. They are left to lead an almost non-existent life, all by themselves.
As fellow human beings, we sometimes pity them. Some may drop them a rupee or two and some may even give them some food or old clothes. We are so engrossed in our own busy lives that their state doesn’t stir any further feelings within us and we leave them be.

This is where Sewadham Ashram an inter-faith NGO steps in. Providing a lifetime shelter and rehabilitation to the homeless, differently-abled, mentally ill, dying and destitute people from across India without any discrimination based on caste, creed, age, sex or religion.

Currently, Sewadham Ashram is providing shelter and loving care for more than 500 residents, irrespective of age and sex. It has been a home for more than 5,000 such people since its inception in 1989. Its humanitarian efforts provided vision to 500 people through eye donations; organized around 200 eye and health camps benefiting over 2 lakh people. It has donated more than 150 cadavers to medical colleges and carried out the last rites of over 1500 people as per their respective religious beliefs. Sewadham social workers served over 13 months at the devastating 2001 earthquake that affected Kutch and Bhuj regions in Gujarat, which was appreciated by Hon. Narendra Modi, then Chief Minister (Gujarat) and the present Prime Minister of India.