"In Villages of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, India"
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Xerophthalmia Control Project "In Villages of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, India" |
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The Existing Infrastructure 1. B.K.L.Walawalkar Hospital and Diagnostic Centre. 2. A quarterly publication “Uplift” from B.K.L.Walawalkar Hospital. 3. Three temples at : 1) Mumbai 2) Pune 3) Dervan (Tal. Chiplun, Dist. Ratnagiri) under which various social activities are carried out. Gist of activities carried by the trust The aim is to provide human beings basic needs, such as food, water, clothing, shelter, education, and medical aid for his physical survival and spiritual discourse for his self-realisation. The maximum concentration is however on Dervan and surrounding villages, Dervan is a village about 19 Kilometres from Chiplun and 290 Kilometres from Mumbai- Goa highway. The population of Dervan and nearby villages is 0.6 million. It has an average rainfall of 85 inches and moderate temperature of 330 C. The trust has been doing the work of providing these basic needs to people in the above mentioned areas. All these activities are carried out irrespective of caste, creed or religion of the person whom help is rendered. Contributions over 32 years towards alleviating human sufferings Some of the major projects undertaken by the Trusts on a continuous basis are as follows : 1) “Work is worship” being the motto of the Trusts, it has been providing work for last 20 years to all those who seek it. 2) Under the project “helping hand for handicapped & underprivileged,” the Trust has built a most modern Hospital and Diagnostics Complex named B.K.L.Walawalkar Hospital & Diagnostics Centre at Dervan at the cost of Rs. 80 million and has been giving subsidised-medical aid. 3) The Trust has been providing ‘free medical aid’ to the villagers through the OPDs, and dispensary at Dervan for the last 20 years. 4) The trust has been conducting various ‘medical and awareness camps’ including ‘AIDS awareness’ by taking expert Doctors help and providing medicine to the villagers from remotest and backward areas. 5) Project ‘roof over your head’ has been in full swing for the last six years. Since 1992, it has provided “Manglore” roof tiles to 914 houses from 43 villages at the cost of Rs.2.5 million. 6) Under the project “free the hungry”, the Trust has been providing Free Lunch every year to 25,000 poor villagers, for the last 6 years. 7) The trust has till today built/repaired/renovated 16 school buildings from the surrounding villages. 8) The Trusts has repaired/renovated 44 temples from the surrounding areas. 9) The Trusts has been distributing scholarships every year to 250 primary school students, 50 students for higher education and 15 students for professional courses. 10) The trust has been providing drinking water to the villagers by 3 tankers, between March and June everyday for last 22 years. 11) The trust has got old wells repaired, dug up new wells & ponds and installed 20 borewells in surrounding villages. 12) The government due to paucity of funds could not provide roads/bridges etc. Hence the trust has built 5km. WBM (Water bound Macudum roads) roads connecting 14 villages and has built 3 bridges on the river Kashyapi. 13) The innovative project of helping poor villagers by eradicating dowry practice . 14) For the last six years, the trust has been providing woollen blankets, in every winter season, to protect the villagers. 15) The Trust launched a massive programme “back to your homes & hearth”. With the collaboration of experts from Agricultural colleges, the farmers have been taught productive methods of farming. 16) Clothes are distributed at least twice a year. 17) Through the Employment guarantee scheme the Trust has ensured that there is no unemployed youth in this area and that enough wages are paid which will give them two meals a day and they can save something for the rainy days. |
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