Archive · 14 Sep 2026
Mumbai Couple Asks Ganpati Visitors for Stationery, Not Sweets
Pooja and Dipesh Dedhia are celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi by asking visitors to bring school supplies instead of presents.
They want to collect notebooks, pencils, colours and other useful items.
These supplies will become kits for about 400 children at a school in Khadavali.
The children will be able to use the kits during the school year.
Last year, the couple made 40 kits for children in an underserved community.
They also serve breakfast to more than 100 people every Sunday.
They have continued this breakfast effort for 167 Sundays in a row.
People who live far away can also help by contacting the couple or contributing through a vendor.
Pooja and Dipesh Dedhia are collecting unused stationery during Ganesh Chaturthi.
They aim to create school-supply kits for around 400 students at an Adivasi Ashram Shala in Khadavali.
Requested items include notebooks, pencils, pens, colours, drawing books and geometry boxes.
The couple previously distributed 40 stationery kits and has served breakfast weekly for 167 consecutive Sundays.
Stationery can be donated at their Mumbai home on September 14 and 15, or coordinated through vendors until September 20.
- Who
- Mumbai couple Pooja and Dipesh Dedhia, founders of the Matoshreee Foundation.
- What
- They are collecting fresh, unused stationery to create school-supply kits for around 400 students.
- When
- Donations are requested on September 14 and 15, with collection continuing until September 20; the couple has served breakfast every Sunday since July 2023.
- Where
- At the Dedhias’ Mumbai home and for students at an Adivasi Ashram Shala in Khadavali.
- Why
- They want to turn Ganesh Chaturthi offerings into practical school supplies for children.
- Organisers
- Pooja and Dipesh Dedhia
- Foundation
- Matoshreee Foundation
- Target beneficiaries
- Around 400 students at an Adivasi Ashram Shala in Khadavali
- Requested items
- Notebooks, pencils, pens, colours, drawing books and geometry boxes
- Donation dates
- September 14 and 15 at the couple’s Mumbai home
- Collection deadline
- September 20
- Previous effort
- The couple distributed 40 stationery kits during Ganesh Chaturthi last year
- Weekly service
- Fresh breakfast for more than 100 people every Sunday for 167 consecutive Sundays