The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the path of the Almighty God is as the likeness of a grain which groweth seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains. He giveth increase manifold to whom He will. The Almighty God is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.

Bangalore, often touted as the IT hub of India, is, nevertheless, not without its slums and alleyways that are inhabited by those living in degrading conditions of poverty. People with no shelter to accommodate themselves in, with no provision for even two square meals a day, with none to finance their children’s basic education and with neither facilities nor funds to treat their urgent medical condition – all have, more or less, benefited from the efforts of the Hira Welfare Association (HWA) since its inception in 2005.

The Hira Welfare Association (HWA), which is a grouping of like-minded socially-engaged individuals centred in Bangalore, works with the prime focus on poverty alleviation and upliftment of the underprivileged people. Most, if not all, of these targeted beneficiaries, imply the economically-challenged and often, physically-challenged groups that eke out a living on a low-income or even a no-income livelihood.