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Health
- Mobile surgical camps
Due to health and medical services provided by the Foundation at the door step of the villagers, about 58,398 patients received treatment and 10,867 surgical operations were conducted.
Apart from the above, the Foundation has also forged collaboration with international organizations and organized two medical camps exclusively for women and children.
- Eradiation of Tuberculosis (TB)
Till date, 10,600 persons were diagnosed for TB by carrying out sputum test, x-ray etc. The identified TB patients were provided medicines from Lupin along with other support.
To have regular follow up and to cover more and more patients, 76 persons were given training to work as DOT volunteers, who are at present actively working in the rural area.
- HIV-AIDS Target Intervention
The Foundation has been entrusted the task of working amongst 5 High Risk Groups, viz., Migrant Labour, Male having Sex with Male (MSM), Truckers, Intravenous Drug Users (IDU) and Female Sex Workers (FSW) sanctioned by NACO through Rajasthan State Aids Control Society.
Under this project, 314 patients have been subjected to HIV tests, of which 18 cases of HIV+ve have been detected. Their treatment, support and counselling is being carried out regularly.
- Integrated Child Development Scheme
The Foundation has been successfully and effectively implementing the ICDS project since 1994 in 100 villages of Kumher block of Bharatpur by setting up 171 Anganwadi Centres. The annual project outlay of ICDS is Rs.90 lakh.
Over a span of 14 years, about 180,000 children in the age group of 0-6 years, 21,500 pregnant women, 27,400 lactating mothers and 11,700 adolescent girls have benefited from this program.
The significant achievement of the program has been the reduction in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) to 24 per 1000 live births and Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) to 40 per 100,000 deliveries.
Education
- Child Labour Schools
To educate child labours, who are deprived of education, 8 schools are operating in Bharatpur district, where 400 students are receiving education. The project is being run in collaboration with State and Central Government.
- Lok Jumbish
To provide elementary education to the most vulnerable sections of the Society, Lok Jumbish scheme was implemented in 58 villages of Mewat areas under Kaman block of Bharatpur district, under which 7143 students received elementary education making them capable for reading and writing.
- Samudayik Janshala
25 full-time Janshala schools were opened for the benefit of 3065 children from the slum areas, where no schools were available in and around Bharatpur. This program was highly successful. As a result, the Government of Rajasthan converted all the 25 schools into Government Primary Schools.
- Career Counselling
More than 630 students Class X, XI and XII benefit from the career counselling.
- Social Security
The Foundation has also initiated an innovative idea of covering all the heads of families, who are the bread-earners from poor and BPL families under social security/insurance schemes. As a result, 40,311 poor persons have been covered under various insurance schemes in the area of operation of four states.
Women Empowerment
- Self Help Group (SHG) Promotion
Total 4000 Self Help Groups (SHG) were formed with a membership of around 50,000 women. In Sindhudurg, Mahila Mahasangh was formed with 40 SHGs and 480 members, under which Lupin Swayampurna Gramin Mahila Project was established.
- Self-employment to Women
More than 19,000 women were provided loan to establish their own small enterprises for income generation.
Infrastructure Development
- Village link & internal roads
The Foundation has constructed 60 kms link roads with a cost of Rs.100 lakh in order to bridge the missing links in the villages. Village Internal Road of 38,575 running meter of village internal roads constructed in 104 villages with a cost of Rs.300 lakhs. This has improved connectivity between villages thereby increasing the income through sale of agricultural products.
- Physical Facilities in Schools
Physical facilities such as; rooms, toilet, boundary wall etc. have been constructed in 432 schools.
- Low Cost Houses
Total 507 low cost houses have been constructed in the districts of Bharatpur, Bhopal, and Rishikesh.
- Major Watershed Projects
In a major initiative, the Foundation’s Bhopal Center has successfully completed various watershed projects in Madhya Pradesh, viz., (1) Barna Milli Watershed project in 9080 hectares of land costing Rs. 2.42 cr (2) Jamner Watershed Project in 3960 hectares of land costing Rs.0.23 cr, (3) Rajgarh District Watershed project in 3820 hectares costing Rs. 1.14 cr.
In 16 villages from Rajgarh and Thanagazi blocks of Alwar district, the Foundation has implemented four micro watershed projects under Employment Assurance Scheme of Government of Rajasthan covering 2120 hectares with a project cost of Rs. 85 lakh.
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