Social Responsibility Project

Social Responsibility Project

Project Selected : Visit to Orphanage 1. Rameshwar Jaware Roll No. G18422. Vasantha Ramanathan Roll No. G18613. Muthamma Thevar Roll No. G1831Good Samaritan Missions Vijay Ashram For Dying Destitute'Providing dignity in life and in death' for such people is the main objective of Vijay Ashram.People living in streets , Injured people , Elderly people who has no one and diseased persons are taken care hereAt least 2000 people die in a month in Mumbai who belong to the above categoryVijay Ashram gives the people who are in their death bed , peaceful and decent last days and when they pass away, they perform their last rites.

A view of the Ashram

People in charge:

Managed by Bro.Peter Paul Raj Founder & Managing TrusteeMr. Francis Carmello, a retired civil engineer manages the facilitiesAnand an orphaned youngster Amar Bhai and Bengali Babu who bathe the geriatric persons and washes their clothes as wellJaan a youngster without his family stays here and voluntarily dresses the wounds of all patients as skillfully as a nurseCooking is done by workersThere is a TV with cable connection for the entertainment of the elderly gentsService

Till date (i.e. in little over 8 years) 1405 destitute males have been catered to470 have passed away in this care , whose last rituals has been done properly252 patients were brought in by the Mumbai Police department such street dwelling seriously sick and wounded destitute persons from different parts of Mumbai because they cannot be accommodated in Government hospitals.Mr. Francis who is working for these destitute males by helping them in dressing their wounds, giving them medicines from time to timeFew affected people 75 year old (Harish Kunwarji Tanna) has been staying in this Ashram for last 5 years. Being unmarried, he has none to be taken care in his illnessA patient from Bangkok/Thailand has been staying for last 6 years after he met with the train accident, lost his documents, didnt have anyone and the railway police brought him hereSilvai Raj, 76 years from Tirchy is here for last 2 yearsA 29 year old boy from Kolkata had come to Mumbai for job and unfortunately met with accident and has broken his leg and been brought from the street to this placeOne person named Shivkumar had his leg amputated as his leg was completely eaten up worms , which even entered his blood stream and caused more problemsRole of Godrej :After meeting all these people and distribution of biscuit packets which we carriedDuring our visit, we met all of them and spoke to those patients. They were more than happy to see us and speak to us. One of the patient identified us as Godrej employees and they were very happy and told us that Godrej canteen provides food snacks to them on daily basis. It was a surprise to us too. It seems they have been getting help in different forms from Godrej employees in the past as well as nowWe salute Bro.Peter Paul Raj and Mr. Francis who has left his job/career etc. for this human cause.

A small act of kindness

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