Winter on Wheels spreads warmth

25-year old Feroze Akram can teach us all a few things about life and the joys of giving. His only passion in life was travel and the uncertainty of it. Driving a truck across India, his social initiative, Winter on Wheels is a simple but amazing and full of adventure concept.

His only aim was to get supplies – warm clothes and other necessities to Kashmir when winter hits there. He was joined by another activist, Poornima Sukumar and then travelled across 14 cities, collecting clothes and other stuff. During the day, they halted in cities, urged people to print the palms of their hands or do any art on the canvas mounted on the truck, They drove through the night. They themselves also painted and urged the artists in the cities to come and draw, contribute through their art.

He and his team collected some Rs.25 lakh worth of winter clothes as well as Rs.3 lakh in cash and material. They got help from SaddaHaq.com, which contributed Rs.95,000 and another Rs.1,13,000 from crowd-funding website Ketto.org. People on thy way also contributed, some Rs.500 and some Rs.1000.

Akram’s team reached Srinagar in November and distributed all the collected aid. This initiative of people like Akram shows that if one has the will to help, some way or the other does open up. The only thing necessary is conviction in the cause and a passion to do good.