The senior citizens of Anandam Homes made 6,000 packets of food overnight to be distributed to those affected by the floods. Dawn Williams, general manager, Blue Cross Chennai, facilitated the rescue of 400 animals. Sathyam Cinemas opened its doors for people to shelter in. These and many other residents and organisations that worked through the devastating floods were honoured by an organisation, Adding Smiles Foundation, as ‘Real Hero Awardees’ at a function held on Monday.
14 awardees
Among the 14 who received the award, were also Peter Van Geit, founder, Chennai Trekking Club — who, with his team, rescued several people and distributed aid — and other individuals who had helped out tirelessly to rescue or distribute aid to those in need.
The award function also honoured several others, including Oscar-winning music composer A.R. Rahman; C. Rangarajan, Chairman Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and former governor of Reserve Bank of India; Ambika Kameshwar, dancer and director of Rasa, a centre of theatre arts for holistic development; acid attack survivor Sonia Chaudhary; and P. Madhavi Latha of the Wheelchair Basketball Federation of India.
Founder of Adding Smiles Media Kavipriya said the foundation considered every dream and everyone’s dream important and wanted to honour those who had touched the lives of others through their work and actions.
