Support Our Heroes
Empowers families of defence martyrs and veterans to lead self-sufficient lives through resettlement, education support, and training programmes
- Bronze Certified 2023
- 80G
- 12A
- CSR-1
About
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Headquarters
New Delhi, Delhi
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Since
2017
Support Our Heroes is dedicated to ensuring the well-being and self-sufficiency of the families of defence martyrs and veterans. It aims to create a s Read moreociety where these families can lead healthy lives like everyone else. Its vision is to establish a community where every family of a defence martyr or veteran can thrive independently. The organisation's mission involves creating an ecosystem that supports abandoned old veterans with resettlement, ensures ongoing education for the children of martyred soldiers, and provides training for war widows to achieve self-sustainability. By focusing on these initiatives, Support Our Heroes strives to honour the memory of fallen soldiers by caring for those they cherished most and ensuring that no one is left behind or forgotten.
Issue
The Indian Army is symbolic of the country’s pride and strength, and the contributions of its officers, soldiers and their bravery inspire every Indian. It is often assumed that Defence Personnel either sacrifice their lives while discharging their duties or gracefully retire from the services. Categories of Ex-service personnel we are focussing on: • Non-Pensioners/widows: These are Army Personnel who had to take voluntary retirement on compassionate grounds. They are not eligible for pension and thus don't have any financial security. Once they become old, the financial condition of these Ex-soldiers/widows becomes miserable leading to malnutrition, social isolation and at times starvation deaths. • Pensioners/ widows: This category of Ex-soldiers faces dual challenges of reduction in income (Pension is half of the Salary) and increase in family expenses owing to additional burden of bearing the education expenses of their children, out of pocket cost such as house rent and health related costs of their parents who would be too old to work and add to the family income. These Ex-soldiers in the event of becoming seriously ill or developing a form of disability / Illness post-retirement are not entitled to benefits of Government Schemes developed for Ex- soldiers with Disability.
Action
We are already helping Ex-soldiers through the below projects and wish to continue the help to them and benefit more such veterans: Project PITHU: To help Non-pensioner Ex-soldiers and their widows over 65 years of age who do not have any source of income, we will deliver Pithu ration kits every month comprising of essentials such as pulses, rice, flour, mustard oil, salt, spices, sugar, tea etc. Project SEHAT: It will support health related cost (Doctor Consultation, Medicines, Health Checkups) of needy non pensioner soldiers and their widows who are above 60 years of age. The support provided under this project will include the following a) Financial Support to meet OPD Expenses / Doctors Consultation b) Sponsoring cost of medicines c) Sponsoring diagnostic test / health screenings Project SAKSHAM: It will support educational expenses of children of our needy ex-soldiers. The project beneficiaries include children of Ex–soldiers / Widows / Needy Disabled Ex-soldiers who are facing challenges in pursuing their education due to lack of funds.
Demographies Served
Cause Area
Impact
By providing monthly ration to non-pensioner Ex-servicemen and widows above 65 years of age under the vicious circle of extreme poverty due to poor financial condition, it will provide them the nutrition and bring back dignity and respect in their lives. It will make them feel that the nation hasn't forgotten them and it still cares for them. In the old age, elderly people require medication for various age-related diseases. By providing support for the medical expenses, we'll be able to help these ex-soldiers/widows live the last days of their lives with dignity. We'll be able to provide monthly ration kits and medicines to 100 needy ex-soldiers and their widows. Besides this, we'll be able to support educational expenses of 20 children of our ex-soldiers/disabled soldiers who are living a distressed life.
Programs
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Project PITHU
Project PITHU focuses on delivering monthly ration kits to ex-servicemen or their widows aged over 65. These beneficiaries, who served the nation but do not qualify for pension due to premature retirement, receive life support. Verification and referrals for these individuals are facilitated by Zila Sainik Board (ZSB), Rajya Sainik Board (RSB), as well as Regiments & Records.
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Project SEHAT
StateSupport Our Heroes' initiative, Project SEHAT is designed to assist financially struggling non-pensioner soldiers and widows aged over 60 in covering health-related expenses such as doctor consultations, health check-ups, and medications. The goal is to alleviate their suffering and ensure a better quality of life in their later years. Verification and referrals for beneficiaries are conducted in collaboration with the Zila Sainik Board (ZSB), Rajya Sainik Board (RSB), and Regiments & Records.
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Project SAKSHAM
Project SAKSHAM aims to support children's education of our retired needy soldiers so that financial constraints never come in the way of building a solid foundation for their future. Verification and referrals for beneficiaries are conducted in collaboration with the Zila Sainik Board (ZSB), Rajya Sainik Board (RSB), and Regiments & Records.
Leadership Team
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Gaurav Shukla
Co - Founder
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Ranjeet Shukla
Co - Founder
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Cdr. Gavi Kumar(Retd)
Head - PR & Communications
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Wg. Cdr. Vinod Nebb(Retd)
Patron
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Lt. Gen. J S Dhillon (Retd)
Patron
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Lt. Col. RD Sharma (Retd.)
Patron
Demographics & Structure
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No. of Employees
6-20
M&E
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Internal, External Assessors
No
Policies
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Ethics and Transparency Policies
No
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Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy
No
Political & Religious Declarations
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On Affiliation if any
No
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On Deployment Bias if any
No
Registration Details
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PAN Card
AASTS5940F
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Registration ID
246/2017
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VO ID / Darpan ID
DL/2021/0286445
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12A
AASTS5940FE20218
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80G
AASTS5940FF20216
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FCRA
Not Available
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CSR Registration Number
CSR00022217
Location
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Headquarters
(Registered Address) WE – 12 B, Rama Park Road, Mohan Garden, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi, 110059
Directions
Other Details
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Type & Sub Type
Non-profit
Trust