1) Pascal Saldhana and Rozy

The Malad couple started free ambulance services in the city amid the pandemic

After learning about the heart-wrenching stories of ambulance operators charging Covid-19 patients exorbitantly, a Malad couple took their good work a notch up by starting a free ambulance service in Mumbai on July 28. The Saldhanas started ambulance service with two vehicles, where one was used for oxygen supply and the other to ferry patients. When the city was grappling with the second wave of the pandemic, Pascal Saldhana and his wife Rozy also sold their jewellery to buy nearly 30 oxygen cylinders for Covid-19 patients in Mumbai. They also distributed nearly 250 dialysis kits and two tonnes of pulses and grains to the needy since the pandemic began.

2) Mauris Noronha

The businessman refilled cylinders of 300 families, distributed food during lockdown

The businessman refilled cylinders of 300 families, distributed food during lockdownBesides distributing ration kits to people during the second wave, Borivli resident Mauris Noronha also paid for refilling the LPG cylinders of 300 families and bought food from almost 170 street vendors to help them. The 45-year-old businessman and c said he purchased vada pav and sandwiches from street vendors from Jogeshwari to Mira Road, so that they could continue to earn. He distributed sanitisers, masks and PPE kits to ambulance staff, BEST as well as police personnel.

3) Yash Chandrashekhar Mane

The 23-year-old took underprivileged kids on chopper ride, lunch at five-star in Mumbai

In a heart-warming gesture, Yash Chandrashekhar Mane, a 23-year-old student, managed to fulfil the dream of a few children to fly. He took two street children on a joyride aboard a helicopter, and also treated a group of them to delicious food at Taj Lands End in Bandra. Yash runs an NGO, Yuva Prerna Pratishthan, which aims at helping marginalised people and children on the streets. Mane often speaks to beggars and poor people living on the road check if they are hungry or need water.

4) Aria Gupta

Mumbai teen raised funds to get tablets for Dharavi schoolkids

Aria Gupta initiated a crowd-funding campaign for 15 students of a Dharavi school to get them tablets for online education. The 17-year-old, mentor to the students in the Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir, raised funds of Rs 1.50 lakh through a crowd-funding platform. With an aim to empower underprivileged children through education, she initiated this when the students were finding it difficult to cope up with the online classes

5) Kailash Shahani

Shahani provided relief material to the flood-stricken in Malad

Mumbaikar Kailash Shahani travelled to Mahad to help those affected by the floods in the region. The 40-year-old Sion resident carried relief packages, which included food, sanitary pads and other daily essentials. Shahani helped more than 50 families who were shattered due to the floods. This was not the first time though that he stepped up to help the ones in need; he had earlier distributed food packages to Covid-19 patients’ relatives at Sion Hospital in Mumbai.