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Infrastructure
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Constructed community sheds in 4 villages
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Established a prayer hall in a village
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Provided drinking water facility in a community hall
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Renovated an
anganwadi
in a village
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Upgraded amenities (community toilet block,
gram panchayat office, roads, street lights, etc.)
in 2 villages
Conservation
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Constructed gas based crematorium facility
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Distributed non-woven bags amongst villagers to
decrease consumption of plastic bags
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Installed rainwater recharging facilities in 2 schools
in 2 villages
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Launched ‘no plastic’ campaign
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Planted 70,000 trees
Health
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Constructed 624 toilet blocks in 10 villages
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Organised 13 blood donation camps
in 10 villages
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Organised eye and ENT camps benefitting
4,447 patients in 12 villages; 196 were operated for
cataract, 3,337 were provided spectacles
and 84 were provided hearing aids
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Supported a mega medical camp benefitting
2,360 tribal patients
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Trained 31 women in food and nutrition
Relief
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Contributed towards flood relief in Chennai
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Helped 8 poor cancer patients from 8 villages
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Helped 59 thalassemia patients from 36 villages
and 3 cities for blood transfusion
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Subsidised fertilisers for 53 farmers
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Supplied 2 lac kL free drinking water to 2 villages
If you wish to join in this endeavour of uplifting the rural poor, a form giving details about proposed
association is given on page number 168.