nana patekar and makarand anaspure started with helping the families of farmers who had committed suicide in the year 2015. this help was at a personal level. initially, around 230 families from the villages in the districts of nanded, parbhani, hingoli were helped. the help package included a check of ₹ 15,000, blankets, clothes and medical kit. however, instead of helping a select few families and in order to increase the scope of this social work beyond monetary compensation, nana patekar and makrand anaspure decided to set up a foundation to undertake all these activities. they registered naam foundation in pune in september 2015.