Sundays begin with feeding 600 people in the Sion area and 200 in Chunabhatti.

For MOST of us, Sunday is a fun day – a time to put up our feet and forget that Monday exists. But for several Mumbaikars, Sunday is for getting up, getting out and making the city that much more liveable. Ordinary people have been getting together on their day off, volunteering their time to fix, feed, rescue, teach and protect, and have loads of fun in the process.

Here are their adventures. So what did your Sunday do for the world today?

The Friendly Neighbourhood Aides

Thirty years ago, a group of school children started an initiative to feed the homeless around the central suburbs. The kids are all grown up now, and all are businessmen.

But here’s what hasn’t changed: they still use their Sunday to spread the love, and they do more than feed. The group – they call themselves Sunday Friends – prefers to be anonymous. But their work doesn’t go unnoticed. Sundays begin with feeding 600 people in the Sion area and 200 in Chunabhatti. They also distribute fruits to roughly 80 patients in Sion Hospital, buy medicines for them and arrange for food for their families. 



The Sunday Friends started their operation from a single car. But logistics have expanded over the years. They now organise several blood donation camps and are now taking organ donation under their wing as well. “We want to encourage skin donation in particular because the awareness for that is considerably low,” says Yogesh Doshi, one of the members.

“We have a strong association with Sion Hospital and are trying to raise funds for equipment and machines for the hospital as well,” Doshi says that help pours in from the local residents, but Sunday Friends prefer to fund most of their activities on their own. They also teach 50 street children basic English and Maths at the Little Angels High School, making Sion smile wider on Sunday.

To help: Register as a volunteer at Sundayfriends.in

For MOST of us, Sunday is a fun day – a time to put up our feet and forget that Monday exists. But for several Mumbaikars, Sunday is for getting up, getting out and making the city that much more liveable. Ordinary people have been getting together on their day off, volunteering their time to fix, feed, rescue, teach and protect, and have loads of fun in the process.

Here are their adventures. So what did your Sunday do for the world today?

The Friendly Neighbourhood AidesThirty years ago, a group of school children started an initiative to feed the homeless around the central suburbs. The kids are all grown up now, and all are businessmen.

But here’s what hasn’t changed: they still use their Sunday to spread the love, and they do more than feed. The group – they call themselves Sunday Friends – prefers to be anonymous. But their work doesn’t go unnoticed. Sundays begin with feeding 600 people in the Sion area and 200 in Chunabhatti. They also distribute fruits to roughly 80 patients in Sion Hospital, buy medicines for them and arrange for food for their families. 



The Sunday Friends started their operation from a single car. But logistics have expanded over the years. They now organise several blood donation camps and are now taking organ donation under their wing as well. “We want to encourage skin donation in particular because the awareness for that is considerably low,” says Yogesh Doshi, one of the members.

“We have a strong association with Sion Hospital and are trying to raise funds for equipment and machines for the hospital as well,” Doshi says that help pours in from the local residents, but Sunday Friends prefer to fund most of their activities on their own. They also teach 50 street children basic English and Maths at the Little Angels High School, making Sion smile wider on Sunday.

To help: Register as a volunteer at Sundayfriends.in - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/brunch-stories/meet-the-sunday-heroes/article1-1303037.aspx#sthash.MVvTVroV.dpuf