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Humrahi Foundation is a government-recognised, registered NGO with its office in Siliguri, West Bengal, running food distribution, school adoption, health camps and waste-management drives across the city and district.
A Siliguri story, still being written
The COVID-19 lockdown of 2020 took people’s work and their savings, and in the worst cases took family members they were not even allowed to sit beside. Humrahi Foundation did not exist then. An intention did: that nobody in Siliguri should sleep hungry. Founder Lalan Mahato set out with a van, a few pairs of hands, and ration bags for households that had lost every source of income overnight. There was no plan. They just went, and that instinct is behind everything Humrahi has built since.
Today Humrahi is a government-recognised, registered NGO with its office at Parameshwar Niwas, Gudiya Jote, Matigara, Siliguri, West Bengal 734010, led by founder-president Lalan Kumar Mahato alongside an executive team and board who look after strategy, finance and governance. You can meet the full board on our about page.
The daily meals taught us something the crisis hid: a hot meal steadies a day, but a job steadies a life. So alongside direct relief, Humrahi is building something wider in Siliguri: sustainable enterprises, fellow NGOs and local livelihoods that each make the others easier. We hold the connections rather than sitting at the centre of them. That network turns outward in an emergency too: the response to the 2026 Assam floods was coordinated from the same Siliguri office, and has since moved on from relief to livelihoods and schooling. The same office is now running the appeal for the Nepal floods of 26 August 2026 , and the Panitanki–Kakarbhitta crossing into Nepal is about 35 kilometres from this door.
“Humrahi means fellow traveller, the one who walks beside you, not ahead of you.”
What we run in and around the city
Food distribution
The foundation of everything else: a hot meal served daily outside Siliguri Medical College for 1,500 days between 2020 and 2026, 200–300 plates a day, more than 4,00,000 meals served in total. Read the full story →
School adoption
Schools in underserved parts of Siliguri are adopted outright, with resources, programmes and a steady Humrahi presence rather than a one-time visit. More than 5,000 students have been supported so far, and the same branch carries on past school with free job-readiness skilling. See the schools we've adopted → How school and skilling fit together →
Health camps
Free health camps and blood donation drives are taken directly into Siliguri neighbourhoods, bringing basic medical care to people who'd otherwise have to travel far to see a doctor. See our health camps →
Waste management & cleanup drives
Cleanup and waste-management drives keep the streets of Siliguri a little cleaner. Cutting plastic and recycling are part of the same effort that keeps our adopted schools running. More on this side of our work →
A government-recognised, registered NGO
Humrahi Foundation holds 12A, 80G, CSR-1, NGO Darpan and FSSAI registrations. Beyond the paperwork, the work has been acknowledged by the institutions we partner with in Siliguri: blood banks, Lions and Rotary chapters, schools and the local administration. Every rupee raised is tracked, and our certificates and annual reports are published in full. See them on our transparency page.
- Registered NGO
- 80G
- 12A
- CSR-1
- NGO Darpan
- FSSAI
How to find us, or support the work
Our registered office is at Parameshwar Niwas, Gudiya Jote, Matigara, Siliguri, West Bengal 734010. Here's how to get in touch or add your support:
- Call or write. +91 77977 07700 · a@myhumrahi.org.
- Volunteer. You don't need any special skills, only the time to turn up, whether that is at the kitchen, an adopted school, a health camp or a cleanup drive. Start at get involved on our homepage.
- Give. A one-time or monthly gift funds meals, camps and classrooms across Siliguri. Donations are eligible for 50% tax exemption under Section 80G.
- Give goods. We take clothes and sealed, in-date dry food at the same address, all year. See donating clothes & dry food in Siliguri.
Every rupee is tracked. See our transparency reports.