Free Oxygen Machines: During 2nd wave of the Covid crisis, beds were not available in hospitals. Patients had to wait for at least 2 to 3 days to find a bed. During this wait, they needed oxygen support which was also not available with the govt. as well as private organisations. Many people were dying just because of oxygen scarcity. To counter this problem, Dar-E-Arqam bought 14 Oxygen Concentrator Machines which were imported from Germany. The Trust gave these machines free of cost to the Covid affected patients for 3 to 5 days till they got admitted in hospitals. This project saved dozens of lives. The project is still going on. Since the pandemic has decreased, non-Covid patients are also benefitting from those machines now.

Free Ration Kits: During lock-down period under Covid crisis, poor families lost their livelihood. The communities were facing hunger and malnutrition problem. In such situation, Dar-E-Arqam Trust distributed Free Ration Kits to hundreds of families in Kondhwa Khurd area of Pune city. The ration purchased cost more than 7 lakh rupees.
Free Ramzan Kit: Very poor families are given Ramzan Ration Kits which include items used for cooking sehri and dinner so that they can spend their Roza peacefully and respectfully.
Free Eid Kits: Very poor families are given Eid Kits which include items used for cooking special Eid meal and Sheer-Kurma so that they can celebrate their Eid with fellow Muslim community.
Legal Advice: Many people face such issues in their family life or social life that they need to take legal action. Whereas some people are victims of unprovoked legal actions. It is a very confusing and tense situation for them. These people are given expert legal advice at the Trust office.
Water Supply: There is a labour camp in Kondhwa Khurd area of Pune city where families of construction labour live in shanties made of bamboo and tin sheets. They lacked proper water source. Dar-E-Arqam Trust made provision of free drinking water for them. Next to that water point a big water vessel was kept for stray animals like cows and goats also for drinking, especially during summer season.
Promotion of Education: Lack of education causes uncivility and poverty. In turn, poor people are seen to be less interested in educating their children. Dar-E-Arqam regularly runs campaigns to promote education among poor localities of Kondhwa Khurd area using posters, banners, handbills, rallies of school children and house to house visit.
RTE Awareness: The govt. of India has made it compulsory for all private schools to reserve 25% admissions for children of poor families. Ironically, the poor people are unaware of the scheme or its process. Dar-E-Arqam team creates awareness among them about the scheme and its process. We also help them apply online for the admission as they are unable to do so due to lack of education.
Govt. Schemes Awareness: The govt. of India has made number of schemes related to health, education and livelihood for poor families. But the poor people are unaware of these schemes or their process. Dar-E-Arqam team creates awareness among them about these schemes and their processes. We also help them apply for these schemes as they are unable to do so due to lack of education.
Medical Assistance: Medical treatment is quite expensive. Poor people struggle to get timely and quality treatment. But the govt. has many schemes under which they can get free or cheaper treatment in private hospitals. We assist people in availing such schemes. In some emergency cases, we also help such patients financially, to some extent.
Anti-Begging Campaign: Begging is disliked in Islam and illegal as per Indian law. But beggars’ rackets are big menace in India. They are professional beggars who don’t deserve alms but pester general public and create other nuisance. These people flock Muslim localities in Ramzan. Dar-E-Arqam, along with other local NGOs, ran Anti-Begging Campaign in Kondhwa are of Pune city. The team stood outside masajid holding placards and posters to create awareness among Muslim community about this menace. A meeting with local police officer was held and the police took action against them in the holy month of Ramzan 2021.