Edward, Founder of Hong Kong-based Edward Foundation has provided 800 grocery kits to poor families of Doddaharave village in the taluk recently. Each kit, worth about Rs. 2,500 contains 25 kg rice, 2 litres cooking oil, 5 kg wheat flour, 2 kg sugar, 500 grams chilli powder, 1 kg dal, 250 grams turmeric powder, 500 grams tea powder, and other items. Edward had also adopted over a hundred children of Bharat Mata and Nalanda organisations and is taking care of their education besides providing laptops to necessary children. During the previous lockdown, Edward not only helped in feeding the hungry, but also constructed houses for about 250 poor villagers besides taking care of the medical expenses of poor people. Doddaharave youths Naveen, Sharath, Vinod, Sachin, Akhilesh, Mahadev, Ajith, Shashikumar, Rahul, Hemanth, villagers and others were present.
