Real People. Real Concerns. Real Connect
Well, the above six words provide the reason for the birth of KRK Foundation with complete focus on Heavy Commercial Vehicle (truck) drivers' families living in remote villages.
Over my past three years exposure to hundreds of drivers as part of my 21,000 KM truck trip on Indian highways, one thing I noticed that what they miss is "RESPECTABILITY" from fellow citizens.
They feel, they are 'untouchable' in a manner of speaking.
Nobody - including their immediate supervisors - willing to recognize them as human beings.
They are treated shabbily.
They seek 'RESPECTABILITY' or RECOGNITION as human beings.
The same holds good for their families.
I had occasion to spend time with their families in remote villages.
Will talk about one such visit to Bhim, Rajasthan (100 km from Ajmer/Rajasthan) in a dispatch sometime soon.
Their love and affection for outsiders like you and I are 100% unadulterated.
Yes... pure and pristine.
That brings us to the title of this blog
: "How can you help KRK Foundation?"
Simple.
Respect drivers - your own and whom you see on roads from your airconditioned passenger vehicles, driving other vehicles.
Yes, they commit horrendous mistakes.
Yes, their behaviour or attitude is 'crude'.
But understand they have no formal education like you and I.
Forget about formal education.
Not even they had been 'tutored' or 'schooled' in driving trucks.
They all learnt from their fathers, uncles, brothers, cousins.
By watching.
While you and I return home every evening to spend time with our parents, wives and children, they get to see their wards maybe twice or thrice a year.
Why?
Because they are away on highways carrying your Colgate/Pepsodent toothpaste....
Carrying your Cadbury's Silk or Dark Fantasy..
Carrying your farm fresh lettuce from various sourcing centres to (y)our favourite hangouts such as Domino's, Pizza Hut, McD.
Well, this list is endless.
Imagine our plight if one day our morning newspaper, milk or vegetables don't turn up.
We are nobody without THEM.
Our life will go topsy turvy.
This basic fact of life is not something we wish to recognise.
Help KRK Foundation by beginning to RESPECT drivers....
After all, they are also human beings like you and I.
But less privileged.
Show you CARE for them by RESPECTING.
Smile at them. Wave at them. Once in a while.
You will not be a loser, by spreading warmth.
That's all for now...
See you all soon!
Jai Hind.
