Relief India Trust: Trust us!

Relief India Trust is a non-profit organization that works in India for the welfare of poor and needy. They have adopted a simple approach that is providing appropriate services to the poor who deserve support. They are campaigning all around the country spreading the word of peace and humanity. The Relief India Trust has ensured better lifestyles to many families before and they aim in doing so in the future as well. There don’t only work for a few Indian families but their ambition is to enhance civil society’s role, as a whole. They aim to eliminate poverty form the world.
All that Relief India Trust demands is trust and faith In them. They take the general public in confidence for the purpose of helping to enhance society’s culture. Relief India Trust realizes that India has been facing a damaged reputation and this is exactly what they aim to change. They aim to earn a reputation on low level first, and then proving the point to the whole world that India is a peaceful and united nation. For this reason, they work for the welfare of women in the society, for the little street children who critically lack literacy and they work for the diseased people who are too poor to afford the treatment of their disease, Various campaigns are held by the trust that include

1. Blood Donation campaigns: Where the volunteers understand that donors carry a great role in helping the society reshape itself. They realize the importance of helping, all free of cost because someone has to take the step. The volunteers are friendly and helping
2. Organ donation campaigns: Organ donation certainly takes a big heart. But it is also that only a greathearted can make this sacrifice The Relief India Trust promotes Organ donation and has set many camps on this niche.
3. Free distribution of medicines: As stated earlier, India Relief Trust put great emphasis on providing medical services to the poor. There are a million needy families living in the slums that severely require medical facilities. They are unaware of the importance of medical health. They do not realize that their treatment is necessary not only for their selves but for the sake of whole humanity. The people around them could easily be affected by their disease and its prevention is a must. For this purpose Relief India Trust provides free medication to the needy.
4. Awareness camps: Awareness camps regarding medics and education are arranged by the trust The camps ensure perfect awareness to the uneducated about the importance of health and education Deadly diseases like AIDS and HIV necessitate prevention and critical care The awareness camps have professional doctors who Influence the people living In slums to take steps in the cleanliness and treatment of their problems.
5. Free distribution of books camps: Relief India Trust realizes that education is the only key to success. A civilized and educated society can lead a country to heights. They have set various camps that distribute free books to the poor children.

Relief India Trust not only provides support to the poor through their campaigns but gains the trust of the public so they might be sure that their funds to the Relief India Trust are in secure hands!

Relief India Trust: Working with the disempowered

At noon on six days every week, Aryan, 8, makes a dash to a stall in his slum in north Delhi — and returns satiated and smiling. The reason? It is the only time he gets to enjoy a full meal for free, and is treated like the child that he is.

In another part of the city, Vishnu is studying for his exams scheduled for the next day. He is just one of many disempowered children in his locality receiving free education. Instead of a life of adversity and ignorance, he today harbours dreams of a better tomorrow.

The lives of Aryan and Vishnu — and hundreds like them — are being transformed thanks to Relief India Trust (RIT), which provides basic support structures, facilitates a better quality of life and alleviates human suffering.

In their very raw battle for survival and the daunting challenge of fending for themselves one day at a time, Relief India is a beacon of hope for the underprivileged of the country.

Says Shikha Dhawan, chief aid officer with RIT: “We respond to adversity and commit to recovery for weeks, months and even years. Whenever, wherever people are in crisis, we work with you, our donors and partners, to deliver the help they need.

“Engaging with the section of society that needs a helping hand isn't just the right thing, it is necessary, especially at a time when capitalist tendencies and selfish needs abound.”

Relief India Trust's efforts have not only made a difference to many lives, it has inspired quite a few to follow a similar calling.

Begum Noor, whose daughter was a beneficiary of Relief India Trust's 'Literacy for Adolescent Girls' campaign, wants to give back to society in her own small way.

She has set up a blackboard in her house and her daughter, now armed with education, tutors children from the weaker sections of the society.

Says Begum Noor: “We can only keep what we have by giving it away. I am very proud of my daughter and will never forget RIT's role in it.”

Community participation, education, protection and promotion of environment, and building of human capital are central to the activities of the organisation.

A variety of awareness programmes are created and shared on diseases like AIDS and cancer, for which camps are set up and run all over the country from time to time. Relief India Trust also provides managerial and technical assistance as well as training to other NGOs, governments of developing nations as well as agencies in the private sector.

“Guided by experience and expertise, we are always ready to act and respond: Emergency medical and humanitarian aid immediately moves through our strong distribution network into the hands of first responders on the ground, irrespective of race, creed or political persuasion, saving lives,” says Dhawan.IANS

Giving Back – NGO India Event: Sustainability Is Theme Of Year

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India has an estimated 3.3 million non-governmental organizations (NGOs). And the government of India passed a legislation that requires large companies to spend at least two percent of its profits every year, on corporate social responsibility (CSR). This applies to companies with an average net profit of at least Rs 50 million over a period of three years. The bill is effective from 2014.

As more and more Indian corporate started implementing CSR initiatives in recent years, there was a need for a platform that brought NGOs, corporate, foundations, government and the general public together. UBM India, the largest trade exhibition organizer, now provides that platform through its annual Giving Back – NGO India event.

The third edition of Giving Back – NGO India will be held between May 16-17, 2014. It will be conducted at the Bombay Exhibition Center, Goregaon. More than 200 NGOs will exhibit their cause at this event, and more than 3,000 visitors from the corporate, social and government sector are expected to attend it. This event brings together the voluntary sector, Indian corporate and the government, on a common platform, enabling them to network and interact. 

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With Sustainability as its theme, Giving Back aims to make the voluntary sector self-sustainable, and will also enable the corporate sector to work towards brand sustainability, thus contributing to the overall growth and well-being of society.

The 2014 edition of Giving Back – NGO India will see speakers who are CSR or Sustainability Heads from organizations such as P&G, Tupperware, Cipla, Unilever, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Luxor, TCS, Reliance, ICICI Securities, Kalpataru, Avantha Group, Swades Foundation, National Human Rights Commission, and many others.

In 2013, Giving Back – NGO India showcased 170 exhibition stalls represented by NGOs. Some of the NGOs that participated were: Aaina, Blind Welfare Council, Cancer Aid Society, CRY, Child Help Foundation, Family Planning Association of India, Helpage, Goonj, Rural Development Trust, and Wockhardt Foundation, among many others.

The event saw 2,000 visitors and delegates and was well received by the NGOs, corporates, and various foundations involved in facilitating interactions between NGOs and the society.

Dr. Kiran Bedi, Chairperson, India Vision Foundation said, “We need to create exclusive hubs to connect capable, creditable and transparent NGOs with corporates, UBM being one of them. This will facilitate better disbursal of resources and help overcome shortages.”

Giving Back – NGO India is a CSR Initiative from UBM India, a leading service provider for all global events-led marketing and communications business.

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India defeats polio, global eradication efforts advance

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India marked three years since its last reported polio case Monday, meaning it will soon be certified as having defeated the ancient scourge in a huge advance for global eradication efforts.
India’s polio programme is one of the country’s biggest public health success stories, achieving something once thought impossible thanks to a massive and sustained vaccination programme.
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, along with global groups who have been working to eradicate the virus, hailed Monday’s anniversary as “a monumental milestone”.
Smiling and flashing a V for victory sign, he added: “I think this is great news not just for India but the entire globe.”
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Success and caution Despite the success, isolated polio outbreaks in the Horn of Africa and war-wracked Syria emerged as new causes for concern in 2013.
There are also reasons for caution in India, with the virus still considered endemic in neighbouring Pakistan, where vaccinators are being killed by the Taliban which views them as possible spies.
In the absence of official data, most experts agree there are several million survivors left with withered legs or twisted spines who face discrimination and often live on the margins of society.
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Million of vaccinators
The country’s success was built on a huge vaccination programme that began in the mid-1990s with the backing of the central government and a coalition of charities, private donors and UN agencies.
The girl, Rukshar Khatoon, is now attending school and leads a “normal life”, although she still suffers pain in her right leg, doctors and her parents told AFP.
“She can now stand on her feet and walk, but can’t run,” her father Abdul Saha said. “When her friends play, she remains a spectator.”
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Wider benefits Jafari from the WHO highlighted the immense knock-on benefits for India, which is still afflicted by other preventable diseases, widespread malnutrition and poor sanitation.
“India has now set other important public health goals as a result of the confidence that the country has got from the successful eradication of polio,” he said, citing a new measles eradication goal.
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NGO asks politicians to push for child rights

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Despite introducing several policies for children’s education in the country, there is a need to press for child rights, said members of TN- FORCES (Tamil Nadu Forum for Creche and Child Care Services) during a meeting held in Trichy on Saturday. They urged political parties competing in the upcoming elections to push for child rights assuring development of children.

The meeting saw people from all walks of life including parents of street vendors, who in spite of their poverty, have been sending their children to government run anganwadis . The convener K Shanmugavelayutham said there were no proper methods to monitor the quality of day care services and development of children.

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The meeting also discussed the absence of kindergarten education in government schools. At a time when many of the government aided institutions are gradually implementing Right to Education, it is not a good sign to find government schools lacking in kindergarten education, which is in the reach of the poor, the organizers opined. The RTE in the country does not give an option for children to do their pre-school education and there is a need for amendment, they appealed.

The non-political organisation is now planning to take it up to the political parties as well as to the contesting candidates and voters to push for child rights. The forum will start its campaign across the 145 organisations in the country soon.
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How to Become Part of the Relief India Trust Family

Relief India Trust is a non-governmental organization whose main objective is to improve the quality of lives in the society. There are many individuals in marginalized areas that need help to sustain themselves on a day to day basis. Poverty is a common tragedy in the country with many in the slums not able to afford their daily needs leave alone the luxury ones.

If you are a volunteer intending to join hands with Relief India Trust, it is easy to participate in all the programs provided here. The Relief India Trust is an international organization that has opened up centers across different parts of the country and outside. If you are interested in joining Relief India Trust, it is just a matter of getting in touch with the Volunteer Actions coordinators in the nearest city around you. Share with the coordinators your specific area of interest and leave your contact- just that and you are one of the big Relief India Trust family.

There are thousands of volunteers who have shown a tremendous interest in joining the Relief India Trust to help the needy in society. You can be part of a child’s permanent change when you join hands with the Relief India Trust.

Our support services are divergent from fighting for the rights of children, women, and underprivileged and physically challenged to provide various facilities such as education, health care and community protection among others. Your voice counts too as we take part in changing the lives of our children and other affected members of society. Join the Relief India Trust today to add the voice of demand for allocation of resources that will boost the lives of poor children and the underprivileged in the society.

What could be the difference between us and animals if we do not participate in crucial matters touching the society such as child labor and marginalization of certain groups? As a group, Relief India Trust is going to hold campaigns by all its members across the country and outside to ensure better quality life is guaranteed to every person.
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Muzaffarnagar: NGOs come out for help as administration fails

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After the administration failed miserably to provide any relief to the people displaced following the Muzaffarnagar riots, some NGOs have come forward to support them. A relief India camp in Shamli has seen 30 deaths in the last two months and over 960 children are still battling the cold. Though the administration made some move after the Supreme Court took cognizance but now they have stopped providing milk and remain in denial.
“We have been giving them a lot of things including food serials and milk,” said Shamli’s District Magistrate PK Singh.
But amidst the squalor of this camp there is some hope. NGO named Zakat foundation has provided the victims with food, clothes, tents and are now contemplating building housing units. Imtiaz Siddiqui, a retired professor from Delhi University has been coordinating the relief work in this camp.
“We provided them food, shelter and then plastic tents. They needed water we also installed many hand pumps here,” said Siddiqui.
For the residents of Malakpura camp, this team is god sent. People like Imtiaz is not only providing victims with blankets, tents and essential commodities. They are also planning to build housing units. Despite grand plans, they have funds for only 100 units now.
“We intend to make 1000 units so that they don’t have to stay in the open,” Imtiaz said.

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NGO provides equipment to 103 disabled

The Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), maker of the world famous Jaipur Foot, equipped 103 physically challenged persons with artificial limbs, hearing aids, wheel chairs, crutches and walking sticks in the border villages of Dagbella under Kupwara district of Kashmir.

The BMVSS in association with 5/5 Gorkha Rifles set up the special rehabilitation camp Tangdhar area after crossing a pass located at a height of 13,000ft recently. At the camp site, the morning temperature used to be -7 degrees centigrade and the night temperatures dropped to -20 degrees.

Organized under the programme "Manzil Aapki, Kadam Hamare", the camp was meant to rehabilitate civilians who lost their limbs or had become hearing impaired because of enemy bombing.

According to the second in-command of the Gorkha Rifles Sajal Shukla, the camp at the Tangdhar area under the jurisdiction of Kupwara district of Jammu & Kashmir is one of the remotest places in the vicinity of LOC. The area has a large number of villages adjoining the border and has historically witnessed harassment due to enemy firing, shelling and bombardment. The area has evidence of heavy causalities caused due to accidental blasts of war-drifted mines and unexploded explosives (UXOs).

The BMVSS sent a team of six technicians headed by Latif Pandit, the works manager of the BMVSS, Srinagar branch. The technicians braving heavy snowfall and low temperature reached the camp site and equipped the disabled with the artificial limbs, hearing aids, crutches, tricycles and walking sticks.

"The Samiti will always be ready to provide equipment and manpower support to the armed forces wherever they hold such camps to benefit the civilians," Dr Mehta, the founder and the chief patron of BMVSS said.

 

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Relief India Trust in the fight against malaria

The malaria pandemic occurs in nearly 100 countries and affects 200 million people with 655,000 deaths annually in the world. This pandemic imposes heavy social and economic burden in India and the world over. Relief India Trust is actively involved in the efforts to minimize and finally eradicate malaria.

Malaria is caused by the plasmodia parasite spread by the female anopheles mosquito. The symptoms include high fever, chills, flu like symptoms and anemia. Left untreated malaria is a killer.

In the fight against malaria Relief India Trust has joined hands with other organizations of its kind, the government and relevant institutions to roll out services with an aim to combat the disease.

Vector control.

Vector control is the eradication of disease causing organisms from the environment. Relief India Trust has been in the forefront in the application of vector control methods. The organization distributes treated long lasting bed nets to hospitals, dispensaries, schools and also for pregnant women. These play a big role in reducing mosquito bites. Volunteer workers affiliated to Relief India trust also help with indoor and outdoor spraying with safe insecticides. Spatial repellants and sugar baited traps are also procured and distributed by the trust. This ensures fewer mosquito bites to individuals thus reducing infection. In vector control, it is important to curd the reproduction of the pathogen spreading organisms. Through identification of the breeding ground and the modes of reproduction, female anopheles mosquitoes have been depopulated effectively. This is done by proper waste and dumpsite management and proper drainage in the populated areas.

Diagnosis and proper treatment.

Relief India Trust is actively involved in reaching out to the less fortunate that cannot afford medical care. It is during such camps that patients are tested for malaria and effective treatment given. Timely diagnosis and treatment using effective antimalarial drugs reduces deaths. The patients are monitored by social workers to ensure the medication is taken and that it is effective. Pregnant women are checked and given nets to make sure they are protected and thus safeguarding the unborn babies.

Research.

Relief India Trust has put an enormous amount of its resources to the research on malaria. The research is done in conjunction with health institutions, local universities, and centers for disease control, the Indian government and the world health organization. This is in a bid to develop new and effective drugs, new preventive measures and also to try and come up with a malaria vaccine that will be a big win for this fight. Medical experts work around the clock in monitoring the disease. They also monitor how effective the drugs work and if the disease develops resistance to these drugs. Testing of the newly developed types and vaccines is also carried out and results monitored.

Rehabilitation.

Most of the children who survive malaria suffer long-term mental disability as some strains of the disease like meningitis affect the brain. The disease is cured but the children are left with the scars. It is at this point that the rehabilitation centers run by Relief India Trust step in to address the problem. The centers offer psychological treatment to the children, training them in a bid to make them regain control of their lives. This has been successful as most of the patients are stabilized through proper therapy and treatment.

Relief India Trust: NGO to campaign against food wastage

This New Year, the resolution of the day is to ‘Eat less and serve more’, a target that has both personal as well as social benefit. Though it may sound weird, it is in fact built on sound logic.

In spite of the food production touching nearly 260 million tonnes and the introduction of Food Security Bill, the strides made towards achieving nutritional security is far from satisfactory. In spite of the marginal decline of 3.4 p.c. of under-nourished population, 3.2 p.c. of malnourished children below five years and 1.4 p.c. of child mortality registered over a period of eight years, India is placed at the dismal rank of 63 among 78 countries for hunger index of 21.3 under ‘alarming hunger’ category. Still worse, the country lies between poor countries like Tanzania and Mozambique. The performance indicators of several states have shown insignificant improvement.

Here is the paradox. The number of malnourished people with calorie deficiency is almost the same as people with over-nutrition. Around 35 crore Indians go to bed without food, while those who have had sumptuous food are ignorant of their fellow denizens’ plight, thus posing a serious challenge to the administration on food security implementation.

“An estimated 25-30 crore Indians, forming 20 p.c. of the population, tend to consume food above the 2000-2500 K calories (over nutrition), which is not a healthy sign. This happens among the rich and affluent sections of the society in cities/towns, mostly in lavish marriages and extravagant social parties with several ‘calorie-rich recipes’ made of pulses and fats”, says Velamoor Rajagopal, formerly Director of Central Plantation Crop Research Institute, Kasaragod (Kerala).

Another reason for the failure to meet the target is food wastage, especially in hotels, social gatherings and student hostels.

Dr.Rajagopal, who has founded the Society for Hunger Elimination (SHE) to work towards achieving a ‘hunger-free India’ by creating awareness on food wastage, appeals to the public to take a resolution on the occasion to restrict intake, avoid wastage and serve the deprived. He can be contacted at 94412 00217 for details.

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Relief India Trust: One Man’s Anxious Wait for a Polio-Free India

India reported 741 new cases of polio as recently as 2009 – about half of all cases reported that year — more than any other country in the world.

It then took a more aggressive approach, and ramped up its focus on high-risk groups. The program now covers 170 million children in two rounds of vaccination a year. Just three years later, the WHO took India’s name off the list of polio-endemic countries. In 2012, there were only 223 polio cases worldwide, down from 350,000 in 1988.

For the 34-year-old Mr. Ferris, India’s completion of three years without polio will have enormous personal significance. He contracted polio in the southern Indian city of Coimbatore when he was an infant – around the time India first began promoting the use of the oral polio vaccine that has been the mainstay of eradication efforts.

“That was my eye-opening experience in terms of what the reality of life is like for many polio survivors in India and around the world,” he said.

Mr. Ferris has since campaigned in Canada for global polio eradication, but also in other countries where the disease still prevails.

“To have India have no new cases of polio on January 13 is truly one of the greatest public health achievements of all time,” said Mr. Ferris.

But, warns Mr. Ferris, India should not become complacent. Health experts say that polio can always recur in a polio-free country as long as it remains endemic in some part of the world. According to the WHO, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria remain in that category.

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Volunteer's involvement in Relief India trust

Volunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity and is intended to improve the quality of life without financial gain. Volunteers constitute 95% of the workforce required in humanitarian work undertaken by organizations like Relief India Trust.

Volunteers can help bring about change in children's lives and address issues pertaining challenges faced by underprivileged children in the society. Individuals focused on bringing about this change can join hands with Relief India Trust as volunteers.

For those interested in this noble cause, they can get in touch with the trust's volunteer action coordinators based on the various cities in India. They then will get invited to volunteer orientation meetings to familiarize themselves with the trust's actions and get to know the trust better. In so doing the interested parties get to know what they can do as Relief India Trust volunteers.

Volunteer work in the trust is a matter of personal commitment to bring about the much needed change. The program is flexible in nature and individuals get to decide when to work, where to work and what to do. There are no fixed hours but most of the activities take place during the weekends. Those that are employed or in school can work when it is convenient for them. Professionals are more than welcome to use their talents and skills in impacting children's lives. Lawyers, doctors, teachers, entertainers and all other professions can make a whole lot of difference in this cause. All that is required is the willingness to engage and contribute to the campaign positively in line with Relief India Trust's agenda. This is a group effort and solitary action is not encouraged.

Volunteer work is not for any financial gain. Therefore Relief India Trust will not pay for the services offered, however, the trust may reimburse work related expenses. To the individuals who make time for such a cause much more is gained. The knowledge and skill gained during this work does a lot more value addition to the individuals. Virtue is cultivated, like perseverance, compassion and resilience, things that money cannot buy. Letters of acknowledgement and, or certificates are given by the trust to individuals who have been engaged in active volunteer work for a year or more. This is if the certificates are required.

Relief India Trust NGO is committed to ensuring children's rights permanently. This means influencing the relevant institutions that can make this be realized. Volunteer opinion influences the government and the campaigns change public opinion. The volunteers can help bring about changes in the system and make the entire system more effective in service delivery, like having more teachers in schools, having more doctors and nurses. It is all about voicing the right opinions and building enough pressure to bring about the change and make a difference. The main driving force in every volunteer should be; bring about permanent change in the lives of children, address the root cause behind children right violation,  how this  can be dealt with and eventually making the state more accountable  for children's rights.