It was MAY, 2021. West Bengal had been badly hit by the terrific Cyclone Yaas, and the need of the hour was to stand by the victims. About 6-7 friends got together to create an informal group on  WhatsApp , and named it Jonaki. 
The prime objective was to open a temporary community kitchen, one at Purba Midnapore and the other at Sundarbans. 
The plan  required huge funds and the only option was crowd funding. 
A Facebook page was created. "Jonaki Greater Purpose" came into existence. 
Word spread. And with all your support our dream to help the Yaas victims was realised.
With every project that we aimed at, another cog was put to the wheel.
With our growing members and supportive community we decided to get ourselves registered as a trust. We are now recognised as Jonaki Welfare Trust - a strong supportive family of around 2.5k, with 50 active members. We bring to the team an interesting blend of seniors and juniors alike.

Our Primary Focus now is  Education, Employment,  Women & Child Hygiene.  We are also successfully working on ventures like Prostuti, Boi Toroni, Devi, Jonakir Haat, Project Smile, and Avoron, to name a few.

Let's spread light to as many possible, just like a Firefly (Jonaki) that lights up the loneliest of darkness.