Not a hospital visit. A house call.

What it means

What a Humrahi health camp looks like

A Humrahi health camp isn't a tent that shows up once and disappears. It's a checkup, an eye test, a blood pressure reading — sometimes a blood donation drive — taken directly into a community, on their street, on their schedule. Instead of asking people to find their way to a hospital, we bring the checkup to them. For a lot of families around Siliguri, that difference — between going to find care and having care come to you — is the whole story.

We treat preventive care as a basic act of dignity, not a privilege reserved for those who can afford to travel for it. It's free, every time, for everyone who shows up. And it doesn't stand alone: a warm meal from our food distribution programme opens the door, a health camp keeps a family earning, and an adopted school keeps a child in class — different entry points into the same idea, that no one should have to manage a crisis alone.

How it started

Grown out of the same 2020 instinct

Health camps weren't part of any original plan, either. Humrahi Foundation began in 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown, when founder Lalan Mahato started driving food to families who'd lost their daily wage. What followed was not strategy but response: free health camps, blood donation camps, school adoptions, cleanup drives — each one an answer to a need we saw in front of us. Once you're standing in a neighbourhood you've committed to, you start noticing what else is missing, and healthcare access was one of the first gaps too obvious to ignore.

Today Humrahi Foundation is a government-recognised, registered NGO holding 12A, 80G, CSR-1, NGO Darpan and FSSAI registrations — a long way from a single van in a lockdown, though the instinct behind it hasn't changed. You can read the fuller story on the about page.

Where we work

Rooted in Siliguri, standing beside its institutions

Our base is Parameshwar Niwas, Gudiya Jote, Matigara, on the edge of Siliguri in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, and that's where our health camps and blood donation drives run — regularly, not as one-off events. We don't do this alone: blood banks, Lions and Rotary chapters, local schools and the district administration across Siliguri have stood alongside us, lending expertise, venues and volunteers. The biggest of these so far was a Mega Blood Donation Camp on Sevoke Road for our 4th Foundation Day, with free eye and health checkups alongside it — covered by Mumbai Ka Swabhiman and on regional television. It's the same approach behind every Humrahi programme: find the people already doing the work in a neighbourhood, and stand beside them rather than around them.

Get involved

How you can help the next camp happen

A health camp runs on the same two things as everything else we do — hands and funds. Here's how to add either:

• Volunteer at a camp or blood drive. No medical training required — presence is the skill that matters most. Start at get involved on our homepage, or sign up at app.myhumrahi.org to become a Humrahi.
• Give what funds the next camp. A one-time or monthly gift covers supplies, testing kits and drive logistics. Donations are eligible for 50% tax exemption under Section 80G.
• Spread the word. Tell someone in Siliguri who needs a checkup, or someone outside it who wants to help fund one — most of our volunteers first heard about Humrahi from a friend.