This NGO runs 27,041 schools in remote tribal areas providing free education to 7,53,123 tribal children.
This runs 1,70,000 social service project across India in areas including free health care, blood banks, AIDS awareness and prevention, awareness of new epidemics like swine flu, eye donation and reconstruction, help for special children, assistance to slum children, rehabilitation and recreation for disabled, rehabilitation of lepers, orphanages for destitute children, self-help training for women, women health, prevention of addiction, human rights campaigns, support for outcast communities, right of underprivileged women, rehabilitation of victims of terrorism etc
This organisation was usually the first group to volunteer on the spot during natural calamities like 1971 Orissa cyclone, 1977 AP cyclone, 2001 Gujarat Earthquake, 2004 Tsunami, 2009 hurricane in south, 2013 uttarakand flood and also to help the riot victims during 1984 anti-sikh riots, 2002 Gujarat riots, 2012 Asom riots, UP riots and various other unknown riots and calamities across india.
This group also conducts schemes to provide drinking water to remote villages, environmental awareness programs, activities for senior citizens, managing crowd in pilgrim centers, helping government in organising large scale festivals and so on.
This organisation volunteers went to war front to help the defense personal with logistics. For this, on Prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's invitation, this group marched during 1963 republic day parade in Delhi. On request of Prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, these volunteers managed Delhi's traffic control during 1965 Indo-Pak war, so that policemen could be freed for defense duties, and also was thanked by Army General for support and relief work during war. During 1971 Indo-Pak war, these volunteers donated blood in large scale for injured defense personnel.
This NGO adopted 57 children (38 Muslims and 19 Hindus) from militancy affected areas of Jammu and Kashmir to provide them education at least up to Higher Secondary level, and also helped rehabilitate victims of 1999 Kargil war.
And this is an Indian NGO funded only by Indians. Do you know this NGO?
Volunteers at work during landslide in Kerala
