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COMMUNITY SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS 2006-2007

  COMMUNITY SERVICE I : Director: RtD. Dr. Billal Khetawat


HEALING LITTLE HEARTS:
58 Paedeatric Heart Surgeries for repairing congenital defects of children of underprivileged parents were performed during the year. The total cost of the project was Rs. 75 lacs. This project got us the coveted Citation from Rl President Bill Boyd as 'Significant Achievement Award'.

ANDHAKAAR SE PRAKASH (EYE CARE):
About 16000 Eye checkups were performed during the year
1600 IOLs were conducted during the year at various centers.
Awareness about avoidable blindness was created by holding talks and speeches.
People were persuaded for eye donation and pledging of eyes.

TACKLING SILENT KILLERS (Diabetes & Hypertension):
Check up, Awareness & Advise Camp were held at public places throughout the year
Awareness was created by handing out leaflets.

SPARKLING SMILES (Dental Check ups and Dental Hygiene Awareness):
Dental check ups were conducted in schools and students were educated about Oral Hygiene

PULSE POLIO:
We regularly participated in the District's program on NJD. The uniqueness of our program was the mobile van in which we went from locality to locality covering 100% children in our area of operation.

AMBULANCE:
We received an Ambulance from MLA Sri Shobhandeb Chatterjee, in appreciation of our good serv ices to the underprivileged and needy. We dedicated the Ambulance to the welfare ofthe community.

BLOOD DONATION:
Three large blood donation camps were organized at Kalighat, Purba Medinipur and Padmapukur.
More than 600 units of blood was donated to Govt. Blood Banks.

HELPING TO HEAR:
We gifted Hearing Aids, Computers and other equipment worth Rs. 8.46 Lacs to Oral School For The Deaf.

DRUG ABUSE AWARENESS:
We raised awareness against Drug Abuse by distributing more than 10000 leaflets in various areas.




 COMMUNITY SERVICE II: Director: Rin. Harkesh Gupta


RCC:
Our Vocational Training Centre at RCC at Boral functioned satisfactorily.
We sponsored a medical diagnostic centre at our RCC at Bora!.
We provided employment opportunities to unemployed youth in Boral & Netajinagar area

INTERACT:
We formed Interact Club of St. Thomas' Day School. Charter presentation was done by Distt. Governor
Rtn. Debashish Mitra on 13'10 February 2007.

PAY & USE TOILET
We constructed a well appointed Pay & Use Toilet Complex atthe most busy and public frequented area of Park Street AJC Bose Road Crossing at a cost ofRs. 7.5 lacs and donated the same to KMC for operation. The keys were accepted by the Mayor ofKolkata, Sri Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya and other officials of KMC. This structure will be a landmark in that area and will serve as a prototype for all future projects of th is type taken up by other NGOs.

TOY BANK:
The Toy Bank at Salt Lake was well maintained.

JAL HI JIWAN HAl (WATER MANAGEMENT):
We provided a deep hlbewell in the arsenic prone areas of San thai Parganas at Birbhum.
We installed a unique Cold Drinking Water Kiosk at Park Street.
We installed three water purifiers at Dumdum Motijheel Girls' High School, a Govt. aided school.

LEARNING 3 R's (LITERACY DRIVE):
We continued the CLE Program with full force.
We organized a massive rally 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan' Education For All, in which 2000 children partici pated.
We distributed a lot of study material and stationery in underprivileged schools We provided Computers at many under privileged schools.

HELPING THE HELPLESS:

Happy moments were spent and time shared with spastics and children of orphanages.
We provided Hearing Aids, Computers and other educational equipments worth Rs. 8.46 lacs to the students of Oral School forthe Deaf.
We create job opportunities for 35 unemployed youth during the year, by providing the Driving Training.
About 60 ladies passed out as certified seamstresses from our vocational training centers.
We organized movie screenings for underprivileged street children who had never been to a cinema hall.
We distributed woolens and blankets on the street s ofKolkata on many a wintry nights.

FOOD TO FEED:
We distributed food to underprivileged section especially in orphanages, homes for mentally & physically handicapped and old age homes on a regular basis.

TREE PLANTATION:
We planted many trees amidst the concrete jungl~, helping the city breathe.



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