Our Work

The Tapati Foundation supports a range of causes relating to the needs of socially and economically disadvantaged sections. Much of its work has been executed in village communities of farmers and artisans facing unemployment and economic hardship. Its special focus has been the elderly, women and children placed in vulnerable situations, whom it has supported in a number of ways. The Foundation also runs weekly art and yoga classes for underprivileged children. One-off emergency grants to individuals who require urgent help are made through the year.  

The Foundation made a small start in 2020 with the help of Inspire, a Delhi based charitable organisation that distributed food to slum-dwellers and homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic. On 28 September, the Foundation contributed cupcakes, laddoos and juice for distribution among homeless children living in Munirka, Vasant Kunj and Bhatti Mines.

Towards the end of 2020, the Foundation began its work in the villages of Pingla District in West Midnapore, West Bengal, notably the village of Naya. Naya, largely inhabited by artists who practise a form of traditional art called patachitra art, was severely affected by the pandemic as artists were unable to sell their paintings. Naya is also home to marginal farmers who supplement their meagre incomes from land with daily-wage labour. This type of daily employment had virtually dried up during the pandemic. On 24 November, 2020, the Foundation  executed its first independent project by distributing blankets to the elderly in Naya. In May, 2021, during the month of Ramadan, the Foundation organised a meal for over a hundred destitute women in Pingla who could not afford nutritious food when they broke their daily fast. On 17 June, 2021, the Foundation organised its largest event till date in Naya. A hundred and thirty people – the elderly who lived alone without any family support, women who had lost their husbands, and men whose livelihoods had been lost to the pandemic - were given survival packages. Each kit contained rice, flour, pulses, soybean, cooking oil, sugar, salt, turmeric, chilli powder, vegetables and hygiene products. The Tapati Foundation warmly thanks Mr Rahim Chitrakar, Mrs Luthfa Chitrakar and their team of volunteers for their generosity with their time and their enthusiasm for executing the work of the Foundation in Pingla.

In September, 2021, the Foundation identified the small village of Krishna Ballabhpur in Hoogly, West Bengal, as an area that had never received any support from non-government organisations (NGOs). The Foundation's first  two projects were the distribution of blankets and shawls to elderly villagers and needy women and of notebooks, stationery and art supplies to children.  In June, 2022, it set up a weekly children's art class, which quickly gained popularity in the village. The following year, the Foundation started a weekly children's yoga class. The Tapati Foundation gratefully acknowledges Mrs Sandhya Mondol and Mr Judhishtir Mondol for organising and overseeing its work in Krishna Ballabhpur.  

The Foundation continues to work with Inspire. In April, 2024,  it supported an Inspire initiative to provide grocery packs to a number of blind families in Delhi.