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Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust

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An Overview

With a vision to rekindle the lives of millions in despair and to eliminate the blight of poverty, bringing the shine of education, development and well being in the dark and obscure world of the underprivileged echelon, The Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust is selflessly extending services towards the reinvigoration of mankind, leaving behind a smile on millions of faces across the globe. For over 25 years the trust has been on an endeavour to bring about welfare and development of both the rural as well as urban destitute without distinction of caste, creed or colour. Its focus has been on the poorest of the poor slum and street children as well as the physically handicapped. It dreams of a future in which each and every child can look forward to a new day, a day free of hunger, suffering, abuse and poverty.

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Projects

Rehabilitation of people with orthopedic and hearing disability.

Food for Education Vocational Training Educational Sponsorships for Terror victims Donation in Kind Hospital Equipment Business on wheels

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Rehabilitation of people with orthopedic and hearing disability.

Mobility Camps:By means of the mobility and hearing aids project, and Ratna Nidhi Charitable trust aims to bequeath a new life to each of those who have been deprived of the basic privileges of mobility and hearing for most of their lives. Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust has been one of the pioneers in organizing mobility camps having worked in the Himalayan mountainous regions of Leh, Kargil and Srinagar, in the strategically located border areas of Rajouri and Poonch over and above the major camps in Gujarat and many more places across India and developing nations abroad. Till date the trust has been able to reach out to an astounding figure of over 2,45,000 disabled beneficiaries. The camp at Palitana, Gujarat in 2009-10 was the largest of its kind giving a new lease of life to 28,549 poorest of the poor disabled of Bhavnagar and adjoining districts. The camp was inaugurated by Honourable Chief minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi on 23rd December 2009 and was graced by the presence of His Holiness The Dalai lama.This mobility camps provide various aids such as callipers, Jaipur foot prosthetics, tricycles, wheelchairs, crutches and hearing aids. The trust also provides L S belts Cervical collars and other ortho items which a great support to senior citizens and a relief for them in pain.The trust has a fleet of custom built Mobile Orthopaedic Hospital Vans and a special van for the Hearing impaired all fully equipped and manned by teams of trained and experienced personnel who fabricate prosthetics within a matter of hours so that a patient who enters the camp with the support from a family member in the morning, walks out independently by early evening.

Permanent Jaipur Foot Center - MumbaiSet up in the heart of the city of Mumbai, in a haven for NGO’s, our permanent Jaipur Foot center aims to be the backbone to the physically disabled persons in an around the city. The center is manned by skilled technicians and is fully equipped with the machinery required to fabricate customized Jaipur Foot and Calipers as per beneficiary measurements, within a matter of hours. The objective of this center was to create a workshop that is easily accessible to disabled persons to have their mobility needs met, Free of Cost anytime of the year. They need not wait for a camp to be held. This is especially helpful for young children who require new appliances at shorter intervals of time as they grow. Beneficiaries can also re-approach the center in case of any wear and tear or any training requirements (as many beneficiaries are walking for the very first time using Jaipur Foot/Calipers)

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Videos of Work In Action

Center in Mumbai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDUXjIiosVc Camp at Dakor Feb 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6MID4ydJs4 Food for Education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ihQfzG-MrE ESP for Terror Victims: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BJltOx71QU HH Dalai Lama at Palitana Camp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=BcWM0rMJgqc The Jaipur Foot Miracle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcWM0rMJgqc To see more you can subscribe to our Youtube Channel:

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