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Bonding With Survivors

True Bonding is not measured by time spent together or favours done for each other. But by the comfort you find when you realise you have each other

Restoring confidence

Sometimes people need someone to simply be there... not to fix anything or do anything in particular, but to just let them feel they are supported and cared about

Inspiring to act

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination

Drawing a roadmap

All you need is a plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination

Giving financial support

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more

Empowering families

Standing alone doesn't mean I am alone. It means I am strong enough to handle things all by myself

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A BRIDGE Over Troubled Waters is a volunteer group of working professionals that builds a support system for families that have lost their bread winners. The group reaches out to affected families and helps them get back on their feet through counselling, educational support and monetary aid. In short, the organisation becomes a BRIDGE for survivors to cross over the troubled waters.

There’s no greater happiness in life than wiping a tear
from someone’s eyes and putting a smile on that person’s face

The BRIDGE Story in Brief

When you feel down and out…
Having lost your breadwinner,
When friends just can’t be found
And your future appears a blank,
Like a bridge over troubled water
We will lay ourselves down.
Come, we’ll help you cross over
To a new dawn of promise, and hope.

The BRIDGE Way

EDUCATION

Fee Aid

MEDICARE

Health Insurance

LIVELIHOOD

Monthly Subsistence

The BRIDGE Impact

BRIDGE has touched the lives of several families. But we have taken a conscious decision not to publish photographs or names of those individuals as we want to steadfastly honour their dignity and privacy. Because we believe that they are in their situation by chance, and not by choice.

Family, Interrupted

Sushmita walked… no she ran. She was worried she would collapse on the way. Her heart beat faster than the number of steps her legs were taking in a minute. She called out the names of all the saints she knew on her way to the hospital. She prayed to her God… “Lord, please, please keep him safe. Take my life if you must, but please spare his…” But God had other plans. One look at the motionless face of her husband made her realise that her world had come crashing on her. She collapsed… When she woke up, she saw her three little children huddled around her and darkness all around…

Faith Accompli

For Malini, life was a string of tragedies hung around her neck. The first strike came when she realised that her first born was mentally challenged. She also had a second son and the family of four could hardly make both ends meet with the meagre earnings of her daily wager husband. The second strike came when she lost her husband to TB. Not one to give up, she worked as maid and educated her second son who began to work and earn. Just when the family thought that it could manage, tragedy struck again when she lost this son in a road accident…

Why They Love BRIDGE

If at all there is a purpose in life it is to compassionately help others. And Shibu and his friends with BRIDGE are the perfect combination of sensitivity and helpfulness. You are doing an excellent work. I am sure God will be with you always

Sudha MurtyChairperson, Infosys Foundation

We need to take up social responsibility the way BRIDGE does. We must be inspired by BRIDGE because these are efforts that have been started by common people from within our society. Bapu would have been proud of such initiatives.

Tushar GandhiManaging Trustee, Mahatma Gandhi Foundation

Unlike many social initiatives, what makes BRIDGE unique and why I admire this is that it invests so much of emotional energy on the anchorless families. This has to come from heart, not anywhere else. I am fully with this formidable team in this journey.

Bala MalladiCEO, ACT Group

I feel personally touched by the moving gesture of BRIDGE to reach out to bereaved families and give them a sense of dignity. This is truly commendable. BRIDGE is a shining example to hundreds of other generous givers to think beyond themselves.

Rajashree BirlaChairperson, Aditya Birla Centre
for Community Initiatives

India's IT industry promoted the concept of Daana in plentiful ways. BRIDGE travels on the same path but is utterly different. It shows that one does not have to be wealthy to do one's duty, that ordinary individuals engaged in ordinary occupations can also make a mark.

TJS George Veteran Journalist

I felt moved when I heard about the kind of service BRIDGE is doing among families that have lost their breadwinners. It is heartening to see the goodwill and momentum BRIDGE is generating right from the start. I am sure, this will grow into a major force.

Ashish DikshitMD, Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail

BRIDGE Resilience Awards

BRIDGE Resilience Awards, introduced in 2018, is our way of recognizing and appreciating families that have fought the odds and survived with grit and determination after losing their breadwinners. The Awards consist of a cash prize, a citation and a uniquely designed memento.