Our Journey

Our Journey So Far

Spread Some Smiles – III

December 24, 2020

Spread Some Smiles – III

Team BiLoopTo travelled 60 km away from Kolkata to Ashoknagar, to share love and warmth with the underprivileged aged locals, by distributing 100 blankets. We are are thankful to Procheshta, an NGO based out of Ashoknagar, for providing us the opportunity, and also distributing education kits including exercise books, pencils, eraser, sharpener, ruler, colour box,…

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Route 2 Root – Restoration update

December 14, 2020

Route 2 Root – Restoration update

6 months post restoration, out of the 111 trees restored by us, 97 are alive indicating a success rate of 87% . In terms of plantation, out of 160 trees of 35 different species planted by us, 147 are alive which is equivalent to a success rate of 92%.

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Spread Some Smiles – II

October 27, 2020

Spread Some Smiles – II

Durga Puja ended on a happy note. After the distribution to 50 children at Kakurhati village in Ketugram block of East Bardhaman on the auspicious day of Ashtami (24th October) a team of spirited volunteers from BiLoopTo and Udyomi Bangla concluded the distribution by reaching out to the remote Adivasi village of Binannagar in Katoya…

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Spread Some Smiles – I

October 22, 2020

Spread Some Smiles – I

A team of immensely energetic volunteers from BiLoopTo and Udyomi Bangla spent their Panchami (21st October) and Shashthi (22nd October), distributing education stationeries and new clothes amongst 200 children in and around the Ghoranash village of Bardhaman. The smiles and grins on the faces of the little ones albeit hidden under their tiny masks were…

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Route 2 Root – Plantation drive

August 30, 2020

Route 2 Root – Plantation drive

To try and restore the green cover inside the university, BiLoopTo planted 162 plants of 35 different native species, across two separate plantation drives within the campus.

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Independence Day celebrations

August 15, 2020

Independence Day celebrations

On the occasion of our #74thIndianIndependenceDay, BiLoopTo distributed pencil box sets to kids; Umbrellas, masks and sanitizers to the elderly. In order to fight dengue cases on the rise apart from the ongoing pandemic, mosquito nets were distributed as well to 400 needy families. The community service drive was concluded after applying disinfectants and bleaching powder…

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Assam Flood Relief – Phase IV

August 11, 2020

Assam Flood Relief – Phase IV

BiLoopTo reached 339 family members across 60 households in Jaleswar (Goalpara district) near the Assam-Meghalaya border with relief materials including food supplies and hygiene essentials. This time, our stress was on the senior citizens, who have been the most vulnerable during the ongoing pandemic situation. Apart from regular relief materials, we tried to fend for…

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Assam Flood Relief – Phase III

July 31, 2020

Assam Flood Relief – Phase III

BiLoopTo came to the aid of 95 families with relief packages in Kumarbari of Moregaon district, Assam in collaboration with Akanksha Axom. The relief materials included Rice, Pulses, Potato, Mustard oil, Salt, Flattened rice (cheera), Biscuit, Phenyl, Soap, Sanitary Napkin, Mosquito coil and Face masks…

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Assam Flood Relief – Phase II

July 29, 2020

Assam Flood Relief – Phase II

BiLoopto distributed relief packages amongst 96 families in the villages of Poragaon, Munshigaon and Molati Khamar at Madhya Madho Shaulmari M.E. School today on the 29th of July. The packages included rice, pulses, mustard oil, potato, biscuits, beaten rice (cheera), salt, soybean, candle, matchbox, soap, bleaching powder, sanitary napkins, baby food, etc.

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Assam Flood Relief – Phase I

July 26, 2020

Assam Flood Relief – Phase I

BiLoopTo reached the flood inundated villages of Asharikandi and Madaikhali in Dhubri district of Assam working together with Akansha Axom. Food and hygiene essentials were distributed amongst 400 people.

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Covid awareness campaign

July 10, 2020

Covid awareness campaign

BiLoopTo organised a Covid awareness Camp at the Bhuri Dwijapada Jnanmayee High School, near Galsi, Bardhaman. Nearly 600 students were distributed pamphlets in Bengali, Masks (3 layered, designed in JU) and Sanitizers to help them practice hygienic habits.

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Route 2 Root

June 30, 2020

Route 2 Root

Having worked continously for nearly 10 days back to back, BiLoopTo with support from Nature Mates managed to restore 57 trees at our Jadavpur campus and 24 trees at our Salt Lake campus. 37 of those trees were very large and older than 70 years. JCB and cranes had to be put to use to…

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Amphan Relief Phase V

June 20, 2020

Amphan Relief Phase V

BiLoopTo distributed Sattu, Chola, Milk Powder, Parched rice, salt, sugar, oil, Detergent, soaps, mosquito coils, mosquito nets and matchboxes amongst 400 families at Haru Point. Once again the village was inaccessible from mainland and the only means of transporting everything was by using boats.

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Amphan Relief Phase IV

June 16, 2020

Amphan Relief Phase IV

BiLoopTo reached out to stranded areas near Dasha River bund breach with relief and rehabilitation materials for 200 families working in partnership with Procheshta. The villages were completely disconnected because of submerged roadways. The team reached out on boats. The villagers seemed to be waiting in eagerness and waded into the water to collect relief…

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Fundraiser virtual concert with Neil Mukherjee

June 14, 2020

Fundraiser virtual concert with Neil Mukherjee

Guitar virtuoso Neil Mukherjee joined BiLoopTo and performed a virtual fundraiser concert for Amphan victims. Our patrons joined in for an evening of amazing music with the maestro. All proceedings went to BiLoopTo’s Amphan relief funds and were used in subsequent relief drives.

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Route 2 Root

June 10, 2020

Route 2 Root

The team continued with its work of restoring fallen trees at both Jadavpur University campuses of Jadavpur and Salt Lake….

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Amphan Relief Phase III

June 9, 2020

Amphan Relief Phase III

BiLoopTo and Sopan partnered to distribute basic medicines, sanitation kits, baby food, nutritional supplements and HDPE plastic sheets amongst nearly 4500 people in the villages of Situlia, Puijali, Rupmari and their neighbourhood. The villages were completely cut-off from land and the team had to undertake perils carrying everything on boats through flooded waters.  

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Route to Root

June 5, 2020

Route to Root

Route 2 Root – A BiLoopTo initiative Celebrating World Environment Day The recent Amphan cyclone has uprooted nearly 220 trees in Jadavpur University. We the students and alumni of Jadavpur University have always taken pride in the green cover of our University and we owe a lot of our upbringing and memories to these trees….

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Amphan Relief Phase II

June 2, 2020

Amphan Relief Phase II

We jumped on boats to reach Rangabelia Island in the interiors of The Sunderbans as this place is not accessible through any regular transport. BiLoopTo understands the hygiene requirements of women from such affected regions and reached out to them with essentials to ensure their health stays intact. A social initiative called the “Rangeen Khidki ” had…

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AMPHAN RELIEF PHASE I

May 28, 2020

AMPHAN RELIEF PHASE I

We had a successful drive catering to the victims of Amphan at Madhavkati village in Hingalganj, North 24 Parganas. We distributed more than 3.2 Tonnes of relief package to about 300 families, which will last for 3 weeks for each family. It would not have been possible without the support and trust we received from…

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Gift a Mask

April 1, 2020

Gift a Mask

It was a pain to see so many daily wagers loosing their means of earning. Evidently, the daily wagers skilled needs work and people of our country needs protective masks. We decided to setup seed fund for these needy people so that they can buy raw materials to make masks and sell them to earn…

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Collection Drive 5

November 10, 2019

Collection Drive 5

Sports and Charity has been friends since a long time now. Football Ekadoshi is a carnival for the football lovers of Jadavpur University that brings together the current and the ex-students. We teamed up to drive 1000+ clothes collections in that event for our upcoming distribution drive

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Dheklapara Tea Estate

November 10, 2019

Dheklapara Tea Estate

With 3500+ clothes distribution in Dheklapara of West Bengal, this becomes our single largest drive undertaken till date. We are committed to reach greater heights, standing beside the less privileged at greater scales and varied geographies, touching more lives!

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Sundarban Relief

September 15, 2019

Sundarban Relief

Our team went to the Sundarbans and became a reason for a smile on the face of 250 women right before the Durga Pujas! They also distributed another 1250 pieces of clothes to the kids and men. Your love and support has enabled us to perform this fulfilling task.

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Collection Drive 4

September 15, 2019

Collection Drive 4

By now we have more than 5000 clothes in our bank. We have reached London! The Jadavpur University Alumni Association of UK has supported us to cross the geographical boundaries and bring back their love back to India. We’re another step ahead towards humanity.

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FIRST KID’S SPECIAL DRIVE

August 29, 2019

FIRST KID’S SPECIAL DRIVE

Our team travelled to a remote village called Lepchakha, near Alipurduar and delivered footballs, school bags, notebooks and other stationaries along with clothes for 40 children. Empowering kids to nurture their creativity and education is one of the favourite activities of our volunteers.

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Haliyal Distribution

August 24, 2019

Haliyal Distribution

In collaboration with Dell and their NGO partner “Reaching Hands” we travelled to the village of Haliyal (90 kms from Belgaum. We distributed 350 kgs of rice, 100 kgs of toor dal, 3000 sanitary napkins and 100 blankets amongst 196 individuals from 52 families in the aftermath of Karnataka flood

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Collection Drive 3

August 17, 2019

Collection Drive 3

In collaboration with TreatAp, we held our first collection drive outside Kolkata, we collected 350+ clothes and organised a free medical camp at Raksha Kabach Diagnostics in Bardhaman. By now we have more than 4500 clothes in our bank.

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Collection Drive 2

August 9, 2019

Collection Drive 2

We collected 2500+ clothes on our second day of collection at Jadavpur University with 100+ Donors. In just two drives we have collected about 4000 pieces of wearables like Saree, tops and bottoms for children, women and men.

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Distribution Drive 1

July 31, 2019

Distribution Drive 1

We reached the flood stricken region of Ghoramara, 200 kms from Guwahati in Assam and provided relief for 382 individuals from 81 families. We supplied Zeoline, ORS, Savlon, sanitary napkins, phenyl, bleaching powder, poha, sattu, milk powder, candles, matchboxes were distributed and delivered 360 pieces of clothes for men, women and children from the previous…

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Collection Drive 1

July 12, 2019

Collection Drive 1

With campaigning of just 4 days, over 80 donors including the VC and Registrar of Jadavpur University, came forward & helped us collect 1500+ clothes in just one day.

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