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PROUDLY ANNOUNCES   The Samir Zaveri Railway Helpline for Railway accident victims & passenger issues   80 lakh Mumbaikars travel by train everyday 25 of them meet with an accident

10-12 of them lose their lives   Think about it…about 3,500 or more railway deaths every year in Mumbai alone. Yet, only a few of these make it to the newspapers. Most of them get a tiny mention. Some of us notice them, most don't bother.   But one extraordinary individual, who survived such an accident at the age of 16, but at the cost of both his legs, refuses to move on.

      Samir Zaveri, recently confirmed as a Mumbai Hero by a local daily, has devoted his life to helping victims of railways accidents. While he started out wanting to help save lives in the golden hour after an accident, he has ended up building an amazing track record of fighting for medical facilities, compensation and reimbursement as well as innumerable cases of extortion and harassment by railway employees and the police. Much of this has come at great personal cost and risk.   Help Samir The success of the Samir Zaveri Helpline depends on your generosity and your willingness to help victims of horrible railway accidents, thefts and such. He needs your monetary assistance to make a big difference in making Mumbai the safest place for travel. Moneylife Foundation is collecting money on Samir's behalf.

  About Samir Zaveri Samir Zaveri helped bust a fake bail bond racket being run by the railway police at Kurla station to rob migrant workers returning to their home state with savings. They used to arrest these workers and release them on ‘bail’ after taking away their savings by issuing them a fake bail bond. Exposing this racket, which received wide media coverage angered the railway police leading false and vindictive cases being filed against Samir Zaveri including murder and kidnapping. He has emerged successful from them. Samir got the Railways to install medical facilities at Dadar station through an order from the Bombay High Court, which also ordered payments to private hospitals (to ensure that victims are taken to the nearest hospital) and to ambulance services and helpers, in order to ensure they make haste to help.

While there are several passenger associations and activists, Samir has single-handedly done more for Mumbai’s 75 lakh railway passengers than anyone else.     Donate in India   You can donate to us through RTGS/NEFT,

using the following details: Organisation: Moneylife Foundation Bank Account No: 909010039802584 Bank Account Type: Savings Account Bank Name: Axis Bank Ltd. Bank Branch: Shivaji Park Bank Address: 81, Dev Kunj,

Veer Savarkar Marg, Shivaji Park,

Dadar (w), Mumbai – 400028. IFSC Code: UTIB0000341    

  Foreign Donation   Please send your donation to our FCRA Account: Account Name: MONEYLIFE FOUNDATION Account Number: 040601000028859 Bank Name: Bank of Baroda Branch Address: 309, Chandavarkar Road, Matunga (Central RLY), Mumbai-400019, India. IFSC Code: BARB0CHANDA MICR Code: 400012046 BIC/SWIFT Code: BARBINBBMAT   Please mail us at foundation@moneylife.in – Complete details to trace donations, issue receipts and for proper account maintenance. This is extremely crucial for our audit requirements.       Why has Moneylife Foundation started this Helpline? This tireless activist now wants to formalize his process of helping people by leading a formal helpline for railway passengers through Moneylife Foundation. The initial money for this has come from Samir himself; he has donated Rs50,000 that he received as an award for his work from the Neel Group. But that will cover only one month’s expenditure.   Please help us to create a corpus to build a sustainable helpline for 80 lakh railway commuters. We are delighted to say that support has already started coming in for this initiative, but we need more. Please help by clicking the donate button on the top.   What does the Helpline do? It will guide, by email, all issues that affect railways commuters such as: • Procedures for dealing with accidents and death • Compensation claims

• Fighting for better amenities and infrastructure

• Dealing with harassment and extortion by railway employees and railway police.

• Educate people on their rights in connection with the railways   Samir has witnessed the callousness of the Railways, Railway Protection Force (RPF) and even state-managed Government Railway Police (GRP) on several occasions. He even faced the wrath of the Railways and Police for his tireless, never giving up spirit and humble attitude.   What does the Helpline not do? The Helpline will provide guidance and hand-holding, it will point you to ways of seeking redressal, but will not fight your cause or file your complaints.     How does the Helpline work? It provides FREE email assistance based on a simple email registration: www.moneylife.in/register.html. Email a synopsis of your problem to railwayhelp@moneylife.in, or call 022 4920 5000 for clarification on the process. Samir and a group of dedicated volunteers will examine the complaint and guide you on how to seek redressal or resolution with facts, links to railways notifications, circulars, court judgements. The Helpline will first create detailed FAQs on all issues that affect passenger safety and safe commute.   Personal interaction with Samir Zaveri and railways experts Every alternate Saturday 11am to 1pm at Moneylife Knowledge Centre, Dadar, Mumbai Call 4920500 or email at railwayhelp@moneylife.in for prior appointment   About Moneylife Foundation: Moneylife Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation set up in February 2010 for financial literacy and advocacy on behalf of savers. It has over 23,550 members, has conducted 182 seminars/workshops and already runs two helplines – one for insurance and another with Disha Financial Counselling for banking.

Moneylife Foundation is registered with the Mumbai Charity Commissioner under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 vide its Trust Registration no: E-26571.

Donations to Moneylife Foundation are eligible for tax benefits under Sec 80G of the Income Tax 1961 (50% tax exemption). 80(G) Reg No: DIT(E)/MC/80G/685/2010-11 dated 7.2.11 effective 8.9.2010 Moneylife Foundation is registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 and is eligible to receive Foreign Contributions (FCRA Registration No: 083781387).