NGO: Babasaheb Ambedkar Vaidyakiya Pratishthan Trust

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NGO: Babasaheb Ambedkar Vaidyakiya Pratishthan Trust

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Vaidyakiya Pratishthan is a charitable trust registered in 1988, by few motivated doctors who came together to bring a social change through healthcare. They started Dr. Hedgewar Rugnalaya (Hospital) at Aurangabad in 1989 and since then it is running many social activities apart from excellent patient carethrough several network of hospitals, mobile clinic and Slum Health Centers. It has achieved high level of faith & love amongst poor people of Marathwada region. In addition to providing health services to more than 4.5 million patients at affordable rates, the trust also provides Holistic Development programs such as Pre-Primary Education, and Skill-Development, etc. aimed at uplifting these communities.

IDRF partner since: 1998

  • Focus Area: Health
  • Location: Gujarat and Maharashtra
  • Project Title: Mobile medical clinics for urban slums in Aurangabad (April 2018-March 2021), BHIM -Better Health Intervention for Reducing Morbidity & Mortality in Malnutrition (June 2017 –May 2018), Dr. Hedgewar Hospital and Shri Guruji Rugnalaya.
  • Details:  After the success of IDRF-supported mobile clinics in other parts of India, we have expanded our program for three years (April 2018-March 2021) to the six slums in Aurangabad. This health care project has been successfully running for more than 21 years and provides three permanent health centers and one mobile clinic benefitting more than 125,000 slum dwellers, which is almost 40% of the population of the slums in Aurangabad.

    This project makes use of medical services as a tool for social development of the underserved. Millions live in densely populated urban slums in abject poverty under unhygienic conditions and lacking proper health and social awareness. Various diseases caused by unhygienic living conditions like water borne diseases, infectious skin diseases, T.B. and AIDs etc. are quite prevalent here. IDRF sent a grant to replace the existing old medical van with a new one. IDRF also supports various holistic preventive health activities that focus on education and neighborhood participation in community development, as the cost of curative treatment is lot higher than prevention. The unique feature of this project is that the doctor along his family resides among the slum dwellers and leads the program.

Services provided by the mobile clinic:

  • Primary health care (with nominal token fees)
  • Community health services (Free health camps incl. Eye and ENT)
  • Training of community health volunteers (Arogya Mitra Yojna)
  • Safe drinking water awareness
  • Health education and awareness programs (poster exhibitions, presentations, video shows, de-addiction programs, and personal hygiene awareness, etc.)
  • Community development programs (children development programs-jeevan drops distribution, women’s Self-Help Groups, and vocational trainings for youth)

Project Evaluation and Monitoring:

A project monitoring committee comprised of few trustees of organization, project coordinator, funding agency representative, etc., implements the smooth running of this project. They are responsible for periodic meetings, technical and financial reports and the maintenance of systematic patient records to evaluate the success of various programs.

Our partner organization has also trained and appointed health volunteers and people participation in every project area. Various events like health awareness exhibitions, poster exhibitions for school students, and video shows on healthy habits for children and adults, etc. are also organized on a regular basis.

Health Beneficiaries of Mobile Medical Clinics in 2019

Types of ActivitiesJanuary-MarchApril-JuneJuly-SeptemberOctober-DecemberTotal Beneficiaries
OPD patients examined7,0004,2496,1817,66425,094
Preventive Health Programs: health-exhibitions, video-shows, Jeevan-Drops distribution, anemia and de-addiction clinics1,0486941,4993183,559
Free Health Camps: ENT, Eye and Free Cataract Surgeries45143607181,272
Training & Appointment of Health-Volunteers (Arogya Mitra)200300730
Total8,5194,9897,7408,70729,955

Outcomes of the project:

  • Primary health care facilities are availed by more than 24,000 slum dwellers per year.
  • Cataract and micro-ear surgeries performed free of cost for poor and needy.
  • Health volunteers selected and trained to carry out various health awareness camps leading to a healthier lifestyle among the slum-dwellers
  • Increased economic productivity due to improvement in poor people’s health.

BHIM -Better Health Intervention for Reducing Morbidity & Mortality in Malnutrition (June 2017 –May 2018): Malnutrition is one of the most common causes of increased mortality and morbidity in children under 5 years, especially in developing countries like India.

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Vaidyakiya Pratishthan has started a community health research project with IDRF’s support, under which it is being studied whether small doses of antibiotics over a long term will be effective in reducing mortality and morbidity in malnourished children. This study is being done on about 5000 children living in 110 tribal villages in Maharashtra and Gujarat. The research team comprises of pediatricians, nutritionists, physicians, medical social workers and statisticians. This study will also help in improving the quality of life and survival of children with malnutrition.

Dr. Hedgewar Hospital: With IDRF’s continuous support and commitment for a noble cause, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Vaidyakiya Pratishthan has been able to spread healing touch through Dr. Hedgewar Hospital, a multi-specialty hospital in Aurangabad. This hospital serves the underprivileged with quality care that is easily accessible. The hospital has all the modern facilities and is at par with leading hospitals of the country in terms of latest technology and human resources.  IDRF has been supporting a variety of their programs from time to time.

Shri Guruji Rugnalaya: 

A program was started about 12 years ago, to sensitize and foster medical students while at medical colleges to work for the well-being of the poor and needy. At the Shri Guruji Rugnalaya in Nashik several such doctors are working who have given their lifetime commitment for this project. This hospital has achieved good faith and confidence amongst masses in providing excellent medical care at an affordable cost. More than 40, 000 patients in OPD, and more than 8,000 patients on In-patient basis have been treated here and more than 1,500 surgeries have been performed. Medical services are provided either free of cost or at subsidized rates to the poor people. With the support of IDRF, the hospital was able to buy equipment for the oncology laboratory.

Mobile clinic 

Patients at the mobile clinic

Health awareness exhibitions for the slum-dwellers

Dr. Hedgewar Hospital

Please click to learn more about Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Vaidyakiya Pratishthan.

NGO: Vikas Bharati

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NGO: Vikas Bharati

Background:

Vikas Bharati is a local NGO focused on the economic development of rural of Jharkhand. As one of Jharkhand’s largest NGOs, Vikas Bharati provides employment training and technology, while increasing social equity and preserving the cultural traditions of the people.

IDRF Partner Since: 1988

Focus Area: Ecofriendly Development

Location: Jharkhand

 Project: Seed Production

Details:

A primary source of income for Tribal farms of Gumla district is growing varieties of paddy rice. However, in order to buy quality seed, these economically disadvantaged farmers must buy them on credit, pushing them further into debt and making them even more vulnerable to climate-related catastrophes. IDRF, and local partner VIkas Bharati joined forces to implement a program where farmers grew paddy and saved it as seed rather than selling it as food. Eventually, the project introduced various technological measures to improve the quality of the seed. The project has resulted in local farmers earning almost triple their previous income by selling seed, and has improved conditions for non-participating farmers who have also benefitted from the higher quality product.

NGO: Society to Create Awareness towards Life and Environment (SCALE)

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NGO: Society to Create Awareness towards Life and Environment (SCALE)

Society to Create Awareness towards Life and Environment (SCALE) was established in 2002, as a non-government organization by a team of experienced professionals. SCALE aims at providing easy access to primary health care, quality education and check environmental degradation in the Kumaon region, Uttarakhand, National Capital Region of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. So far IDRF’s partnership with SCALE has been limited to Uttarakhand with a vision to strive to improve the quality of life of the underprivileged.

IDRF partner since: 2013

  • Focus Area: Ecofriendly Development
  • Location: Uttarakhand
  • Project Title: Environment Conservation through Solar Energy
  • Details:  In 2013, Uttarakhand flood disaster led to IDRF’s unique partnership with SCALE. As usual, IDRF endeavored and succeeded in accepting the challenge of turning a disaster situation into an opportunity for long term sustainable development. IDRF’s collaboration with SCALE resulted in establishing a Solar Energy Cooperative, first of its kind in India called “Uttarayan Co-operative for Renewable Energy” in Haldwani, Uttrakhand. This cooperative is engaged in manufacturing, selling and supporting solar lights and self-designed solar equipment. 60% of this cooperative’s work force are women, and 80% are underprivileged people.
    IDRF’s current partnership with SCALE is focused in an effort to introduce and integrate affordable solar power as an alternative “clean” energy source in rural Uttarakhand. SCALE has designed and developed a solar lantern with a 5 watt power, using indigenously obtained components, which upon solar charging, can give bright light for 14 to 16 hours.
    In order to execute this multi-dimensional project, SCALE is promoting skill-based training for local people to produce solar powered products such as lamps, and other lighting systems. Further, the manufacture and serviceability of these lamps is providing livelihood to the local population. Workshops conducted by SCALE are spreading awareness towards the use of alternative sources of energy amongst rural masses. IDRF’s grants to SCALE enabled the Cooperative to receive interest-free credit (seed capital) that was critical for its financial sustainability and scalability. Thus by IDRF’s vision in providing solar lights to the poor rural families, not only will education get a boon and drop-out rate will get significantly lower, but, there will be a significant reduction of the harmful effects of kerosene on the environment.

Training & Awareness Workshop for Solar Products

Solar Lamps Production Unit

Solar Lamps Production Unit Provides Employment to Local Youth

Please click on the link below to learn more about SCALE’s eco-friendly projects.
http://www.scaleind.org/environmental-projects.php

NGO: Samerth Charitable Trust

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NGO: Samerth Charitable Trust

Samerth is a non-profit organization, founded in 1992, that works towards development of a humane, sustainable and equitable society. The focus is on improving the conditions of marginalized communities and to that extent Samerth helps vulnerable communities to gain access to their social and economic rights and their programs are developed as per the requirement of the respective communities.

A safe and sustainable water supply, basic sanitation, and good hygiene are fundamental for a healthy, productive, and dignified life. And yet, many of India’s poor rural people lack access to an improved water supply and improved sanitation facilities. Samerth Charitable Trust, has been working on these issues in the Kutch District of Gujarat and Kabirdham District of Chhattisgarh, which are characterized as most arid and drought-prone regions of India.

IDRF partner since: 2009

  • Focus Area: Education, Health and Eco-friendly Development
  • Location: Gujarat and Chhattisgarh
  • Project Title: Water Harvesting/Security in Gujarat, Water Security & Ground Water Management in Chhattisgarh.
  • Water Harvesting Project in Rapar, Kutch District, Gujarat: Water harvesting is the technique through which rainwater is captured from the roof and stored for use later. Harvested rainwater can be stored in sub-surface groundwater reservoirs or in storage tanks in semi-arid or drought-prone areas for soil and water conservation. IDRF has partnered with Samerth in Rain Water Harvesting in order to provide safe and sustainable water resources for the poor and marginalized communities in 97 villages of Rapar block, (Dist. Kutch) Gujarat.
    This area is perennially water scarce and depends heavily on water bodies that are refilled each year by undependable monsoons. The environmental conditions are extreme, and due to the scarcity of water, no industry or enterprise has flourished here. The region has rain-fed agriculture that is the backbone of the economy. The communities mainly belong to the poor and backward class, with very limited resources available to them. Due to lack of rainfall, an array of problems like poor health, decreased livelihoods due to agricultural unproductivity and insufficient water for the livestock forces several poor families to migrate for 6 to 8 months each year with their belongings and cattle.
    Samerth has prepared a complete Water Security Plan and a comprehensive report by visiting all 97 villages of Rapar block and shared the information with local authorities. Samerth has constructed total 37 check dams and 12 dug wells in the area. This has led to a considerable decrease in the number of people and cattle migrating from village to village in search of water and employment. The availability of water has changed their sowing patterns in agriculture and also changed animal husbandry conditions, which has not only improved their financial condition, but also improved their sanitation habits. It has also reduced the drudgery of women who use to walk more than 5 km to fetch water for their families and resulting in an improvement in their health conditions. A decrease in migration has also decreased the drop-out ratio of children from schools.
    So far a population of 52,908 in 20% of the villages has benefitted by this project. Samerth has identified the locations for the construction of 6 Earthen Check Dams and 3 Dug wells in near future. This will benefit over 15,000 households comprising of 90,000 people and 57,000 cattle. The current phase of the project started in July 2016 and will end in June 2018.

Click here to watch the success of water harvesting program in Rapar.

Water Harvesting Program: Nakhatrana Block, Kutch District, Gujarat:

IDRF and Samerth have also been greatly successful in developing Water Harvesting Structurers in the villages of Nakhatrana block, District Kutch. READ MORE….

Dug Well at Kidiyanagar Village, Gujarat- Provides Safe Drinking Water to the Villagers

Drinking Water Harvesting and Security in Bodla and Pandariya blocks of Kabirdham District, Chhattisgarh:

With the success of water harvesting project in Gujarat, IDRF has expanded the program to the most impoverished and backward hilly areas of Chhattisgarh, where rainfall is inadequate & erratic. Local tribes are often excluded from infrastructural and government services. People are not able to use water as per their requirements and needs. Scarcity and poor quality of drinking water force women to walk daily for 2-4 kms to fetch drinking water. Gastrointestinal and stomach illnesses, especially among the children, have been a widespread health problem here.

The problem in this region is not only the absence of water, but also the poor quality that hinders life and livelihoods.

Absence of water has also lead to a reduction in agriculture which has increased malnutrition cases and infant and maternal mortality rates. IDRF and Samerth are constructing rain roof-water structures, earthen check-dams and water tanks to harvest rainwater and conserve existing spring water. Rain Roof Water Harvesting structures are cost-effective, easy to construct, operate and maintain.

The youth in these villages are being trained as Jaldoots on principles of participatory ground water management. Villagers are being made aware about the causes of water contamination and efficient ways to store it. This program will create water secured villages and address safe drinking water related issues for 1,021 tribal families.

Rain Roof Water Harvesting Structure being constructed at Sivnikala Village, Chhattisgarh

Please click on the links to learn more about Samerth’s Water Harvesting programs in Gujarat and Chhattisgarh.

http://samerth.org/kutch/water-security

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuoytemd5Pk

NGO: Magan Sangrahalaya Samiti

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NGO: Magan Sangrahalaya Samiti

Magan Sangrahalaya Samiti (MSS) is a non-government, social-service organization that started its work in 2003 and is committed to the empowerment of women in rural communities in Seloo Block of Wardha district in Maharashtra. Over the years Magan Sangaralaya has supported several women’s Self-Help Groups and helped in starting up various eco-friendly micro-enterprises run by women in their own villages. Recently MSS has started a program, inspired by the national campaign of ‘Clean India Mission’ -to eradicate the problems of open defecation.

IDRF partner since: 2007

  • Focus Area: Women Empowerment, Health and Eco-friendly Development.
  • Location: Maharashtra
  • Project Title: Women Supported Small Business Activities, Construction of Farmers’ School
  • Details:  Due to extreme poverty, aggravated by adverse impact of climate change on its local crops, and lack of livelihood opportunities, Magan Sangrahalaya Samiti decided to form Self-Help Groups (SHGs) of women in the 100 villages in Seloo. These groups trained other SHGs in turn and started several micro-level rural enterprises in these villages. However, poor infrastructure facilities: bad roads, absence of public transportation, irregular electricity supply and shortage of portable water in these villages, hindered the setting up of successful operation of these enterprises. A budding story was turning into a tragedy about a decade ago, until IDRF came to their rescue.
    A decade of IDRF’s involvement in 10 projects has brought MSS to a level of sustainability where it has become a hub of women empowerment in the area. IDRF has funded:

    1) two buildings to house rural women enterprises
    2) transportation facilities to provide access to raw materials and markets
    3) introduction of organic farming activities
    4)women led enterprises for processing and marketing of outputs from organic farming
    5) setting up of a training center for organic farming that provided direct benefit to more than 3,000 farmers in 50 surrounding villages 6. training for more than 10,000 farmers from Maharashtra and other states and formation of 79 farmers’ federations with 450 members each
    MSS has been selected by the Government of India as a nodal training center for organic farming. At present the rural enterprises are providing sustainable livelihood to around 500 rural women and reaching out to thousands of women in 1,000 villages of Seloo block through 1,000 SHGs.
    In 2007, IDRF gave financial assistance for the construction of the building for the “Center for Organic Farming” in Girad village. This building accommodates the office, training and meeting hall, storage of organic farm produce, seed-bank, machines and equipment for processing pulses, cereals, spices and oil, and farm-tool workshop. Over the last few years the activities at the center have increased manifold and all the rooms have been occupied. Due to lack of space a few processing machines and farm-tool workshop had to be shifted outside the building in a temporary shed and the office space (hall) was used for the farmers’ school. However, this hall is not spacious enough to accommodate the increasing number of activities as well as the increasing number of participants. The use of office space interrupts with the office work and threatens the safety of the organization’s records.
    With IDRF’s financial assistance, MSS has tried to overcome this problem of space by constructing a separate building for Farmers’ School and other community based activities alongside the Organic Farming building. This annex is being constructed as an eco-friendly structure with the use of mud-terracotta technology and will be fully solarized to run lights, fans, computers and projectors on solar power. This eco-friendly structure will be able to showcase an elegant, durable, thermally comfortable and energy efficient building to the villagers and will be symbolic of holistic organic living.

IDRF: Winning Hearts and Minds
“We were reluctant to take grants from a foreign entity. But to our relief we found that IDRF was not a straight jacketed funding agency, but a family where sensitive hearts and constructive minds came together to shake hands with institutions and groups working in critical remote areas of India, supporting works related to alternative education, skill development, awareness generation. Empowering the powerless and constructive development work. Empathizing with our urgent needs for a safe structure to house our enterprises support came from IDRF in 2007 to construct the common facility center for rural women enterprises in Seloo village.” READ MORE

-Dr. Vibha Gupta
Chairperson
Magan Sangrahalaya Samiti

Please click on the link to learn more about the various eco-friendly programs run by Magan Sangrahalaya Samiti.

http://www.gandhifootprints.org.in/

NGO: Dharma Chakra Trust

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NGO: Dharma Chakra Trust

Background:

The Dharma Chakra Trust opened its cow shelter in 2006 in Hosad village in Karnataka. The original intention of the shelter was to house sick, old, and orphaned cattle. However, in response to local need, the shelter soon began operating as a “cow bank.” They lend cattle to deserving farmers without the means to purchase their own cows outright. The shelter funds its operations by distilling and selling cow urine and manure, in addition to donations from individuals and organizations like IDRF.

IDRF Partner Since: 2011

Focus Area: Ecofriendly Development

Location: Karnataka

Project Title: Biogas Plant & Slurry Tank for Cow Shelter/Bank

Details:

In order to increase the sustainability of the cow bank/shelter’s operations, IDRF has supported the installation of a biogas plant to reduce the dependence on firewood for urine distillation. The addition of the slurry tank will allow the shelter to grow more grass and significantly decrease the cost of feeding the cows.

NGO: Animal Care Trust

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NGO: Animal Care Trust

Background:

Animal Care Trust has been operating in Karnata since 2000. Combatting India’s large problem of stray, abused, and neglected animals, ACT works to provide abandoned dogs, cats, and other animals with a save home. Snakes, birds, and other hurt animals are provided with veterinary attention and a space for recovery. ACT works to humanely control animal populations while educating the Indian populace regarding the importance for humane treatment of animals.

IDRF Partner Since: 2011

Focus Area: Ecofriendly Development

Location: Karnataka

Project Title: Vatsalya Shelter Staff Quarters

Details:

This project built a staff quarter to accompany ACT’s primary animal shelter in Karnataka. Due to the limited professional attention placed on the medical treatment and protection of animals, ACT sees great advantage in retaining their current dedicated staff. As such, they built staff quarters to eliminate the difficult commute to the shelter and enable the staff to continue their dedication to the well-being of animals in Karnataka.

NGO: Sewa Bharti Madhya Bharat

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NGO: Sewa Bharti Madhya Bharat

Sewa Bharti Bopal – Madhya Bharat is a nonprofit organization that serves the deprived and needy through educational, vocational, healthcare and socio-cultural programs. The organization has conducted a number of diverse programs for the past two decades in an effort to empower and engage the most disadvantaged of Madhya Pradesh.

IDRF partner since: 1995

  • Focus Area: Women’s Empowerment
  • Location: Madhya Pradesh
  • Project Title: Sagar Girls Hostel & Midli Project
  • Details:  The literacy rate among tribal females in the region is very low (6-7%). Furthermore, for middle and high schools girls are required to go to towns. Lack of lodging and boarding facilities and economic constraints of parents keep their girls away from continuing their education. In order to tackle this problem, Sewa Bharti is running separate hostels for tribal boys and girls and IDRF has funded the construction of the hostel for tribal girls at Sagar.
    In the past, IDRF has also supported several of Sewa Bharti’s educational programs, including the construction of a tribal boys’ dormitory, a separate dormitory for disadvantaged girls, an orphanage for abandoned infants, as well as the setup and upkeep of a medical van to provide health care to poor people living in remote rural areas.
    IDRF has also provided financial assistance for buying computers and providing vocational training to the economically disadvantaged in Midli village in Madhya Pradesh.

Tribal Girls’ Hostel at Sagar

A Room in the Tribal Girls’ Hostel

Please click on the link to know more about Sewa Bharti, Madhya Bharat.http://www.sewabhartimadhyabharat.org/index.php

NGO: Vatsalya Trust

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NGO: Vatsalya Trust

Vatsalya Trust Mumbai is a non-profit organization that was established in 1983, with the primary objective of caring for and rehabilitating destitute children through its orphanage as well as other social programs. The name ‘Vatsalya’, a Sanskrit word meaning affection, was considered appropriate for naming the Trust, as it works for the welfare of children/young adults and provides various facilities for their social and economic upliftment. Over the years, the Trust’s focus areas have extended beyond just the caring of destitute children/young adults, to include women’s empowerment and education efforts.

IDRF partner since: 1998

  • Focus Area: Women’s Empowerment and Education
  • Location: Maharashtra
  • Project Title: Patient Assistant Program and Drive with Pride
  • Details:  IDRF has been funding Vatsalya Trust’s Patient Assistant Program, which began in 2005, in order to create skill development among girls from rural Maharashtra. Under the guidance of qualified nurses and doctors, over 700 economically disadvantaged women have gained quality technical education in the medical field. A unique feature of this program is to focus on the participation of girls from tribal areas. Each batch of students has included around 10-12 tribal participants who receive free lodging, boarding, medical facilities, and tuition. After four months of the theoretical training, the participants are sent to reputed hospitals for a period of six months to get practical training.
    Almost all the participants have been able to get employment in various hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes after the completion of the courses. The growing demand of trained patient assistants in the society, especially for looking after of aged parents of working adult children, has encouraged girls from underprivileged sections of the state to attend this program, get employed and become self-reliant.
    Another skill development and empowerment initiative Drive with Pride that IDRF supports for school dropouts, started in 2016. This project imparts driving training for commercial vehicles to women who are then able to earn a living and support their families by becoming delivery van or rickshaw drivers and chauffeurs. Participants are also provided interpersonal and digital skills to improve their employability.

Please click on the following link to learn more about Vatsalya Trust’s programs for destitute children and women.
http://www.vatsalyatrustmumbai.org/uwep.html

Patient Assistant Program Trainees

Patient Assistant Program Training Session

Drive with Pride program participants

NGO: Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS)

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NGO: Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS)

Yogoda Satsanga Society (YSS) of India is a social service organization that runs several programs throughout India in the areas of education, medicine, and disaster rehabilitation. YSS operates more than 20 educational institutions and 30 charitable medical dispensaries focused on free homoeopathic and allopathic medical care. These institutions are primarily centered in the tribal and economically disadvantaged rural areas of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Maharashtra, Orissa, and Uttaranchal.

Partner Since: 2002

  • Focus Area: Education, Health and Rehabilitation
  • Location: West Bengal
  • Project Title: Corpus Fund
  • Details:  IDRF has made significant contributions to Yogoda Satsanga Society’s corpus fund, which is used for the running of educational institutions, awarding scholarships to deserving but economically disadvantaged students. IDRF grants have also provided financial support to nearly 750 students annually, and have enabled YSS to take advantage of various similar government initiatives.

Please click on the link to learn more about Yogoda Satsang Society’s various programmes.
https://yssofindia.org/