The Daan Utsav, India's festival of giving, is celebrating its 10 years of bringing ‘Joy in Giving’ from October 2 to 8.
Driven entirely by volunteers, the 10th edition is gearing up for a range of interesting, large scale initiatives across the country.
This year, the Bhubaneshwar chapter is conducting a range of activities to bring the people of the city together by being a part of the Utsav.
The event which has kicked off on Oct 2 will continue till Oct 8.
Activities include creating a platform for the visually impaired to showcase their musical talent, supporting orphans and vulnerable children through wish trees and many more.
Apart from Bhubaneswar, other cities and towns of Odisha will be partaking in the festival through different
activities like volunteering at different orphanages and slums of Cuttack, Puri, Brahampur, Boudh, Balangir etc. Bullock cart procession to collect Muthi Bhar Anaj, books and food distribution to children, wish tree to full fill wishes of the needy, basic computer training at Acharya Harihar Balashram, Sakhigopal, sandwich making by Eurokids for homeless, blood donation by fishermen of Chandrabhaga, Konark etc. and many other such activities are on cards.
The festival has become the biggest platform for philanthropy across India with many NGOs and celebrities associating to make it a bigger success. From CXOs to homemakers, vegetable vendors to designers and schoolchildren to company employees– this is a people’s movement to offer their time, skills, money, etc. for social good.
The 2017 edition of the festival saw more than 6 million people from over 200 towns, cities and villages across the country celebrating the festival.