The Bombay Jazz Café donates its profits to help set up charity projects throughout India.

SUCCESS STORY

Thanks to your support through tickets sales and personal donations, together we have been able to set up a medical camp for 53 people and provide 300 midday meals and snacks to underprivileged children in the Madigageri slums in India, as well as contribute towards flood relief work in Pakistan. Dhanyavaad!

Little Blind People

The Bombay Jazz Cafe is donating profits from the Talvin Singh & special guest Soumik Datta concert to help blind children in Punjab to become musicians. Through ticket sales and personal donations, we are able to help give these children the gift of Music and creativity beyond the sense of vision. Please contact us if you would like get involved or help us aid this unique charity. For more information, please click here.

Cheb i Sabbah Cancer Treatment             

When we heard about World Music DJ Cheb i Sabbah's shocking diagnosis, we knew we had to help. Part of the profits from the Bombay Jazz Cafe gig starring Talvin Singh, Soumik Datta & Kate Havnevik were donated to provide Chebiji with much needed medical care. If you would like to help or read updates, please click here.

Medical Camp - Go to the villages...

The Bombay Jazz Cafe made a donation to set up a rural Medical Camp in India which provided 53 people with a doctor, 2 support staff and enough medicine to last a week (eye & ear drops, skin ointments, diuretic, anti fungal, antiemetic, anti-anxiety, antibiotics, anti angina & injections). This also covered a part time driver for the mobile Medical van, vehicle fuel and maintenance to cover approximately 100kms. If poorly people are not able to access a doctor, we think it's vital that we enable a doctor to see them. We believe everyone is entitled to good health regardless of their age, wage, creed or caste. This is why we have chosen to support the SHRC (Sanjivani Health & Relief Committee) who are dedicated to providing medical services as well as help prevent blindness, diabetes and other health relates issues.

Children of the Madigageri slum 

Madigageri is a slum of Kurnool urban, which is adjacent to the Hundri river.

In this area, dalits are living and they work as beedi makers, construction labour, market yard labour. Most of the men are alcoholics and with the meager income they gamble. Women have to look after the entire family. Sanitation facilities are very poor. No one will take care of their children. Since they are poor and engaged in daily wage, they are not able to take care of their kids.

The Madigageri community approached Chief functionary of SERUDS for support their care. Then SERUDS started a day care Centre in the month of December 2009 for 30 children in the age group of 1-7 yrs with two care takers, we have been providing nutritious food, hot mid day meal, biscuits, pre-primary education through toys, etc., to the children. SERUDS provided cooking vessels, slates, black board and other utensils for the day care centre. Children are very happy with the toys, recreation facilities and coming to this centre regularly. The care takers teach about bathing, clothing, combing as well basic literacy.

The children are coming with smiling to the centre with neat dresses, face wash, combing, teeth cleaning. From 9am to 4pm the centre runs, during this time the children play with toys, learn alphabets, games, etc., Children capacities have improved immensely on the activities of centre. Children are able to read the alphabets, identify the fruits, animal names, etc., All the children are under proper care when their parents are not with them. The behavior and character of the kids has been built positively.