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SUPPORT OUR EMERGENCY RELIEF RESPONSE TO THE DEVASTATING 7.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE AFFECTING NEPAL

Thus far, we have sent 3519 garments, 1125 packets of sing/chana as food packets, 400 blankets and 16 cartons of biscuits have been sent.

More such items are collected and they will be sent in next installment.

Dhanbad is the largest city in the state of Jharkhand. It is also known as the coal capital of India.

Dhanbad is famous for its coal mining and has some of the largest mines in India. Tata Steel, BCCL, ECL and IISCO (Indian Iron And Steel Company) are some of the companies having coal mines in the district.

On one hand where Dhanbad is famous for its coal mines and industrial establishments with 112 coal mines, on the other hand these mines sometimes act as a cause of infection for their workers. As a result of this infection their legs have to be amputated.

This bitter fact became our driving force to have a screening camp in the city of Dhanbad. A team of 4 Technicians & our Project coordinator headed to Dhanbad. We did a 3 day screening camp at Damien Social Welfare Centre.

Untiringly our technicians worked hard diagnosing and taking measurements of hundreds of disabled people who came to our camp. Under the able management of our Project Head, this screening camp was successfully concluded with below statistics:

Jaipur Foot – 78

Calipers – 54

Crutches – 45

Hearing Aid – 222

Total - 399

Run for Ratna Nidhi! Run for Jaipur Foot! Run so that many can WALK! contact us for charity bibs to take part in the Full Marathon/Half Marathon or the Dream Run. Hurry limited bibs available !

On 25th of June in the occasion of their 40th wedding anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Baldev Krishan Sharma,owner of Marshall Wallpapers,will be sponsoring a camp where 40 mobility appliances like calipers,jaipur foot,crutches and wheelchairs will be donated by them to the disabled at our permanent center in Mumbai.

An update of the work carried out by Ratna Nidhi in the months from

December 2013 TO April 2014:

It gives us pleasure to inform you that the last few months have been very fruitful for Ratna Nidhi and its beneficiaries.

Here are a few ways in which we have endeavored to make a difference in these five months:

Food for Education - Through this project about 4500 children have been attentive in school with a stomach full of healthy and freshly prepared food.

Total no. of meals – over 3,32,820

Partnership with new NGOs – CORP, Sujaya Foundation, Masoom, Sunrise, Childrens Aid Society, Gharkool and Buniyaad.

Mobility aids for Physically Challenged

• A 3-day mobility camp was held in the pilgrimage town of Dakor, Gujarat from the 21st to 23rd of Feb 2014. An overwhelming response was received and 1365 appliances were distributed to rehabilitate disabled persons.
• On the 16th of March 2014 a mobility camp was held at Mulund in Mumbai where 336 mobility aids were distributed.
• At our permanent center in Mumbai over 356 mobility appliances were distributed.

A total of 2057 beneficiaries were rehabilitated in this period.

Garment distribution - Over 45000 garments have been sent to deserving NGOs like Reliance Foundation, Dharampur Agricultural Rural Development, Shrimad Rajchandra Mission - Dharampur, Slum Rehabilitation Society, Nashik Adivasi Mahila Seva and many more.

Educational sponsorship for children of Terror victims - 245 children who have lost their parent in the innumerable brutal terror attacks of Mumbai continue to receive educational scholarship cheques.

Donation of Hospital Equipment such as Nebulizer, Suction Machine, Centrifugal, Measurement & Weight Machine, Sterilizer Machine, Examination Table, Bed With Trolley and Mattress were donated to Shri Jalaram Seva Trust - Sabarkantha, K.J Somaiya Hospital - Mumbai, Living Hope - Pune, Shri Balwa Gram Vikas Mandal - Gandhi Nagar as per their request and requirement.

Vocational Training - Over 800 street children and children from remand homes received small business training which included practically making the products along with learning where to buy raw materials and marketing finished goods.

Also three16 day’s Intensive Home Management Training Program were conducted for about 100 slum girls who are now equipped with skills such as cooking, child care, care for the aged, hygiene and cleanliness, grooming and so on.

A summary of the no. of Lives Touched :

1. Food for Education - 4500 children
2. Mobility - 2057 appliances
3. Educational Sponsorship - 245 children
4. Vocational Training - 900

A Total of 7702 beneficiaries!

A child’s single smile is better than millions of dollars

Meet Adbul the Rockstar!

Abdul was born with a disability in both of his hind limbs, he's never experienced walking before. Despite his disability, he was the center of attention of the whole camp, his unbelievable personality, sense of humor and peaceful smiling face captured the attention of everyone.

Witnessing his first walking attempt with the provided Jaipur Feet was priceless. The smile on his face, excitement and the tears in his mother's eyes were indescribable.

Abdul exclaims to his mother when she cried with happiness, “ Now I can walk run and even play cricket!! I can grow up to be a superstar like my favorite Salman Khan. Mother, don't cry, tearful times are gone, happy days are here. Now we can go buy a nice Jeans pant that I have always wanted to wear!” *all smiles*

Help us to empower others.

With just Rs. 2000 of support from you, we can enable an amputee to walk once again with Jaipur Foot