Along a dusty roadside near Aishbagh, a small settlement quietly survives: Motijheel.
No boundary walls. No formal address. Just a tight-knit group of families living in makeshift homes stitched together by tarpaulin, wood, and resilience.
On a warm afternoon, our team at DUA Child & Social Welfare Trust arrived not just with food and essentials, but with time, warmth, and the intent to truly connect.
The moment we stepped in, life greeted us. Children ran barefoot across cracked pavements. Women looked up from their clay stoves with cautious smiles. A group of elders sat together beneath a half-broken canopy, watching the world go by, waiting for someone to notice.
And we did.
A little girl shyly tugged at my sleeve.
“Kya aaj bhi cake laayi, Didi?”
I knelt down, looked her in the eyes, and said,
“Aaj ka cake sirf tum sab ke liye hai.”
Her face lit up not just with joy, but with the rare feeling of being remembered.
We set up beside the road, under open skies. And what followed was unforgettable.
✨ We handed out nutritious food packs
💧 We distributed clean, portable drinking water
🎂 We cut a cake because every child deserves to be celebrated, regardless of where they sleep
But what mattered most wasn’t what we gave
It was how we gave it: eye to eye, heart to heart
We sat with them. We played. We laughed.
And as one child whispered,
“Didi, lagta hai aaj hum bhi kuch khaas hain.”
That was everything.
What This Experience Taught Us
Behind every roadside tent is a universe of stories
Stories of strength. Stories of sacrifice. Stories waiting to be heard
This wasn’t charity. It was community building on the margins
It was uplifting roadside families without making them feel less
It was humanity in motion
Because when you take time to sit down with someone forgotten by the world, you remind them and yourself what real connection means
Let’s Keep Showing Up
We don’t need massive campaigns
We need moments that matter
With your support, we can continue reaching areas that get overlooked in maps and minds
We can bring clean water, safe meals, and a sense of belonging to the underserved corners of Lucknow.
