A citizen-driven initiative that was first started in Mashhad, a north-eastern city of Iran with installation of few hooks and hangers on a wall called 'Deewar-e-Mehrbani' with words 'If you don't need it, leave it. If you need it, take it,' written next to it. The initiative soon became a viral movement and spread like wildfire across the globe with people painting walls and joining this humanitarian initiative.
On a warm sunny Tuesday morning, 60-year old Mumina of Nagwa area could be seen standing under the shade of a tree, about a few metres away from a banner that reads 'Neki ki Deewar', waiting for it to be opened for the homeless, needy and impoverished.
"I beg at Assi ghat and heard a bunch of youngsters talk about a place that gives away clothes to homeless and needy. I did not ask them the exact location and decided to figure it out myself and landed up here in want of clothes," she said, pointing towards her tattered saree.
As the clock struck half-past-nine, hordes of people assembled outside a yellow fenced kiosk waiting for it to be unlocked and their opportunity to bag a new pair of clothes and shoes and even toys for their children.
"I am a rickshaw-puller and do not make enough earning to afford quality clothes for my children and wife. A friend told me about this place and I am glad to have found clothes that would fit them," said Ramesh.
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