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"It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving."- Mother Teresa

This is exactly what we could see at Ananda Yaan - Byculla centre on 8th October which culminates the Daan Utsav ,that whole of India is celebrating - “Joy of giving week “.

Daan utsav was celebrated by the members in the most unique way - they donated prosthetic legs to people who could not stand on their own until yesterday!!

Byculla Anandan yaan members of Rotary club of Bombay in association with Dignity Foundation collected funds and donated Jaipur Foot to three physically disabled people through Ratna Nidhi Charitable trust.

Ratna Nidhi Trust kindly organised these three Beneficiaries to go to anandayaan centre with their super efficient team and technician .

1) Md. Mustafa age 45.

2)Pandurang Coge age 79

3)Md Shahid Ansari age 45

These beneficiaries are almost same age as Ananda Yaan members, they were welcomed with gifts that members bought for them from their own savings.

Ratna nidhi technicians attached the Jaipur legs in front of everyone who could see the whole process .

All three beneficiaries were overwhelmed by this gesture of beautiful human beings , senior citizens who themselves come from not such privileged backgrounds.

Beneficiary after wearing his foot stood on his own and did a small prayer starting with Gayatri mantra.

Rotarian Charu Agrawal arranged snacks for beneficiaries , their family members accompanying them and all 80 Ananda Yaan members.

In the fifth phase of Vision 10000, Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust in association with Titan Eye Plus organized a FREE Eye Camp to screen 177 children in Ashok School. The camp was conducted on the 5th of October at Ashok School in Girgaon.

At the camp, requisite measurements of the students' eyes were done by an optometrist from Titan Eye Plus.

Fine quality lenses, provided by Titan Eye Plus, will be fitted into spectacles and the ready spectacles will be distributed for free to all the children prescribed by the optometrist within 4 weeks of the screening camp.

Summary of the camp:

Total number of screenings - 177

Prescribe Glasses - 14

Doctor recommended - 3

No spectacles needed - 160

In the fourth phase of Vision 10000, Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust in association with Essilor Vision Foundation & Lotus College of Optometry, Lotus Eye Hospital organized a FREE Eye Camp to screen 90 BMC workers of the conservation department.

The camp was conducted on the 18th of September at the BMC office in D Ward. At the camp, eye measurements and screening for cataract were done by optometrists from Lotus College of Optometry,Lotus Eye Hospital.

Fine quality lenses, provided by Essilor Vision Foundation, will be fitted into spectacles and the ready spectacles will be distributed for free to all the BMC workers prescribed by the optometrists within 4 weeks of the screening camp.

The BMC workers will also be provided with FREE cataract surgery by the Vision Foundation of India, Babulnath.

Summary of the camp:

Total number of screenings - 90

Prescribe Glasses - 54

Cataract - 4

No spectacles needed - 27

Doctor recommended - 5

The Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust has employed three graduates of Mann - Center for Individuals with Special Needs; Dilshad, Silvester and Ajinkya who have been working since January' 2018. The Mann Team is very grateful to them for the support the entire team has provided through the journey of training and working independently.

Their key roles involve the packaging and folding of clothes, sorting and packaging of books. The Mann graduates are very happy working at the Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust. Additionally, I would like to make a special mention of the entire Team that works with our graduates on a daily basis. They treat them just like anyone of themselves. And lend their helping hand whenever necessary to make it a barrier free and inclusive work space for our graduates.

- Geetanjali Gaur, Head of Administration

Mann - Center for Individuals with Special Needs

232 physically challanged people screened and measurements taken in our mobility camp in Kargil this week.

Distribution camp is on 13th to 15th October at Kargil.