Why Shelter Is More Than A Roof
When we first offered blankets to a group of homeless elders, they didn’t ask for more. They asked, “Can we sleep here safely tonight?” That’s when we understood: people don’t crave comfort. They crave safety.
Sanyogam’s shelter support isn’t about building huge facilities. It’s about finding unused corners, volunteer homes, temple backyards — and making them livable. With mats, with meals, with human presence. Our team works nightly, not seasonally.
From widows left behind to workers between jobs, we’ve sheltered stories — not just bodies. Some cry in silence, some sleep like it’s the first time they’ve exhaled in years. That’s our reward.
Floods don’t wait for headlines to start hurting people. So…
In a narrow bylane of Vrindavan, we met a mother…
