WHO: Right from 1997, Parabaas has been blessed with spontaneous help from our well wishers. Since 2010, ALL the contributions from "Friends of Parabaas" (সহযোগী পাঠক) are used to undertake several pro bono projects to help the needy in West Bengal.

— Clothes distribution
— Study materials etc.
— Financial support to Pather Alo (পথের আলো), a free tutorial for students

— More blanket distribution in winter (in Patharpratima area)
— Sharodiya clothes distribution (maintained at ~200+ level for past few years)
— About 120 students getting help (maintained this level since 2014, and up from ~60 in 2012-13)
— Increased support to Pather Alo

How to Become a 'Friend of Parabaas (সহযোগী পাঠক)':

Please send us an email at: parabaas@parabaas.com 

Below are some related pictures:

2017 Clothes Distribution Pictures

Among the students directly supported, number of boys=65; girls=55

2017 Sponsors
Alokekumar Ray, ON, Canada
Anonymous, CA, USA
Anonymous, GA, USA
Anonymous, Puerto Rico
Arghya Mukherjee, CA, USA
Arindam Saha, CA, USA
Asish Mukherjee, OH, USA
Chaitali Sen, NH, USA
Champa Chakraborti, LA, USA
Chandana Roy, MA, USA
Chhanda Bewtra, NE, USA
Chhanda Mukhopadhyay, VA, USA
Gauri Chatterjee, NE, USA
Gouri Datta, MA, USA
Ilora Basu, IN, USA
Jayasri Dasgupta, TN, USA
Madhumita Guha, VA, USA
Maitrayi Majumdar, CA, USA
Manash & Lily Bhattacharyya, PQ, Canada
Mousumi Bhandary, GA, USA
Nachiketa Nandy, GA, USA
Nandini Bandyopadhyay, FL, USA
Nandini Dasgupta, NC, USA
Nandini Mandal, PA, USA
Pradipta Chatterji, NY, USA
Purna Chowdhury, ON, Canada
Rabina Banerjee, CA, USA
Raghu Mitra, NY, USA
Rahul Ray, MA, USA
Sandeepan Banerjee, CA, USA
Sarbani Basu, CT, USA
Sharmila & Shyamal Sen, NJ, USA
Somak Bhattacharya, NJ, USA
Srabani Banerjee, MA, USA
Sudipto Roy Choudhury, FL, USA
Sukhendu Dev, CA, USA
Susama Chunder, CA, USA
Tandra Banerjee, CA, USA
Urmi Guha, MI, USA
Zakia Afrin, CA, USA

2016 Sponsors
Alokekumar Ray, ON, Canada
Anima Guha, IN, USA
Anindya Basu, CO, USA
Anonymous, GA, USA
Anonymous, Puerto Rico
Anonymous, QC, Canada
Arghya Mukherjee, CA, USA
Asish Mukherjee, OH, USA
Brati Bhattacharya, OH, USA
Chaitali Sen, NH, USA
Champa Chakraborti, LA, USA
Chandana Roy, MA, USA
Chhanda Dewtra, NE, USA
Debjani Chakraborty, W. Bengal
Debmalya Chakraborty, W. Bengal
Gouri Datta, MA, USA
Ilora Basu, IN, USA
Indira Chakravorti, CA, USA
Ipsita Mallik, ND, USA
Jayasri DasGupta, TN, USA
Karola Hassan, Germany
Krishna Dasgupta, MA, USA
Madhumita Guha, VA, USA
Manash & Lily Bhattacharyya, PQ, Canada
Mashiul Chowdhury, NJ, USA
Nabanita Das Sen, CA, USA
Nachiketa Nandy, GA, USA
Nandini Bandyopadhyay, FL, USA
Pradipta Chatterji, NY, USA
Pranab Mukherjee, OH, USA
Rahul Ray, MA, USA
Rochana Lahiri, LA, USA
Santosh Brahmachari, CA, USA
Sarbani Basu, CT, USA
Saumitra Sengupta, CA, USA
Shampa Chaudhuri, AB, Canada
Sharmila & Shyamal Sen, NJ, USA
Somak Bhattacharya, NJ, USA
Sudipto Roy Choudhury, FL, USA
Subrata Sen, PA, USA
Sudeshna Seal, CA, USA
Sumita Mallick, CA, USA
Susama Chunder, CA, USA
Tandra Banerjee, CA, USA
Tanima Bhattacharya, NJ, USA
Tapash Mukherjee, Netherlands


2015 Sponsors
Alokekumar Ray, ON, Canada
Amit Choudhury, ON, Canada
Anindya Basu, CO, USA
Anonymous, CA, USA
Anonymous, GA, USA
Anonymous, OH, USA
Anonymous, OH, USA
Anonymous, OH, USA
Anonymous, Puerto Rico
Anonymous, VA, USA
Arghya Mukherjee, CA, USA
Asish Mukherjee, OH, USA
Avishek Ghoshal, MA, USA
Ayub Hassan, CA, USA
Bhaskar Ray, MA, USA
Bhaswati Bandyopadhyay, OH, USA
Chaitali Sen, NH, USA
Champa Chakraborti, LA, USA
Chandana Roy, MA, USA
Chhanda Bewtra, NE, USA
Dola Mettu, WA, USA
Gouri Datta, MA, USA
Ilora Basu, IN, USA
Ipsita Mallik, ND, USA
Jayasri DasGupta, TN, USA
Karola Hassan, Germany
Madhumita Guha, VA, USA
Mandira Chattopadhyay, NY, USA
Mita Guha, TX, USA
Nachiketa Nandy. GA, USA
Nandini Bandyopadhyay, FL, USA
Pradipta Chatterji, NY, USA
Rabina Banerjee, CA, USA
Rahul Ray, MA, USA
Raj Dasgupta, CA, USA
Samir Bhattacharya, MB, Canada
Santosh Brahmachary, CA, USA
Santwana Pramanick, CA, USA
Saswati Paul, AB, Canada
Saumitra Sengupta, CA, USA
Shampa Chaudhuri, AB, Canada
Sharmila & Shyamal Sen, NJ, USA
Somak Bhattacharya, NJ, USA
Somnath Ghosh, MD, USA
Srabani Banerjee, MA, USA
Sudeshna Seal, CA, USA
Sukanta Bhowmick, ON, Canada
Sukhendu Dev, CA, USA
Suparna Majumdar, ON, Canada
Susama Chunder, CA, USA
Tandra Banerjee, CA, USA
Tapendra Bhattacharya, NJ, USA
Uma Kar, AB, Canada
Urmi Guha, MI, USA