BHAI GHANAIYA CHARITABLE TRUST ®
Purely non-political voluntary organization
About The Trust :
       Started with a small beginning of anonymous donation of Rs. 2,000/- only on 14-7-1990, has now grown up to a very dynamic and progressive institute for the service of the poor and under-privileged in a multiple way. Total expenditure so far (up to 31-3-2011) is about Rs. 2.25 crore only.
Objectives :
  1. To save valuable human lives by helping their treatment.
  2. Help to widows, the aged, orphans etc. as per their felt need.
  3. To help victims of nanural calamities flood, famine, war, riots, earthquakes, cyclones, accidents etc.
  4. Spiritual uplift
Attainments :
  1. Registered under the Societies registration Act, 1860.
  2. Exempt from income tax.
  3. Donations to the trust are eligible for income tax rebate.
  4. Eligible for foreign donations under the Foreign Contributions (Regulations) Act. 1976.
  5. Eligible for support form Govt. and other funding agencies.
Our Services :
        Chronic poor patients irrespective of any caste, region, religion, etc. and barely as human brotherhood are sponsored for treatment. Expenditure per year is about Rs. one lakh.
Day Care Centre For Aged :
         A day care centre for aged started in 1994 is serving the senior citizens in a no. of ways. They have been provided with a no. of facilities such as in-door games, TV, Radio etc. Refreshment is also provided. For their health care, a qualified doctor visits the centre once a week. Poor members are provided with medicines free of cost. Members are also taken for outings to places of religious, historical and socio-economic importance twice a year.
Ambulance Service :
         

      A big ambulance carrying 4 patients at a time and equipped with oxygen gas cylinder, intensive care medicines is deployed since 1998 on the National Highways Jalandhar-Pathankot for taking care of accidents that occur very often.
         In the year 2005 another Maruti van was added. This vehicle was donated by M/s Sat Pal Kaur USA
        Another    second hand Mahindra ambulance was transferred by helpAge India in December,2008 that  was utilized as mobile dispensary for 2 years. It is now out of service due to non- availability of spares

       The up to date progress (up to 31-3-2011) of the Ambulance service
        1.No. of f kilometer covered                                                    246993
        2. No. of kilometer Free                                                             53549
        3. No. of accident patients served                                                2175  
        4. No. of other patients served                                                     1176

                                                                                                                The service is free for the poor and only nominal charges for others.
Diagnostic Lab :

           A diagnostic lab. was established at Tanda on 1-4-1997 with one-time grant of Rs. 94000/- from HelpAge India. The Service is free for the poor, destitute, the aged etc. and nominal charges for others It is being run under the supervision of Dr. D.L.Badwal our Vice President

Eye Camps :
         

Ever since the inception of the trust, it has been organising eye camps-at present three a year.
The up-to -date progress (31-3-2011) is: -

S. No.

Particulars

Progressive Total

1

No. of camps

48

2

Total No. of patients screened

17752

3

Total No. of patients Operated upon for cataract

2346

4

No. of patients operated for IOL

1517

5

 Expenditure up-to-date (31-3-2011)

1561071


           Patients are only screened in the camps in rural areas but the operations are performed in the specialized eye hospitals with the latest techniques. The patients are transported to and fro by the trust. All services are free.
           During the operations on 18-11-2000, a unique case most difficult to handle was of one Mohinder Kaur who is deaf and dump by birth and turned blind for about one and a half year. To control a person placed on a surgical table who can neither see, nor express nor hear is a huge problematic task. The operation was found successful, when the next day she kept showing the same no. of fingers as the doctor was repeatedly raising.
           Eye Donation:  our trust also motivate for eye donations and very useful result achieved. There was about a dozen blind persons who have restored there eye side through cornea grafting through the donated eyes.
Adopt A Granny Scheme :
                 This Programme is financed by HelpAge International U.K. Under the scheme, 50 poor aged distitute mostly handicapped persons are provided with a monthly assistance of Rs. 400/- Total up to date expenditure is Rs. 7,07,420/-.
Relief Work :

              Whenever and wherever there is natural calamity in the country, the trust reached there with supplies and cash relief   

Year

Place

Calamity

Service

Amount spent

1993-94

Around Ropar

Maharashtra

Flood

Earth quake

Ration, clothing, medicines
clothings medicines

Rs. 100000-00

Rs. 11500-00

1999-2000

Orissa
Kargil

Tsunami
War with Pakistan

Ration, clothing
Cash to war widows

Rs. 200000-00
Rs. 40000-00

2000-2001

Gujrat

Earth quake

Three truck loads of Ration, medicines, clothing etc.

Rs. 2000000-00

2004-2005

Tamil Nadu

Tsunami

Ration,
Cash relief to orphaned students

Rs 70000-00

Rs. 112000-00

2005-06

Sri Nagar

Earth quake

Tents, blankets,
Ration, clothing two truck loads

Rs. 300000-00

                                                                                 Total

Rs. 1033885-00

Relief in USA

In 2007-8 there was a devastating fire in California. Our volunteers presiding in USA made special efforts to send money for the relief work. Thus our relief activity is now international

$2200


         This project was sponsored by society for service to voluntary organization(N)  Chandigarh in 2007-08 for kandi area( deficit in medical facilities) for a population of 10621. In 12 villages. this project was sanctioned to provide medical advice and basic medicines to pregnant women, adolescent girls in the 9-19 age group and couples in the reproductive age group. This project sanctioned for 3 years was successfully completed in march 2011 with an expenditure of 742676
        Now seeing our performance another project has been sanctioned by SOSVA(N) Chandigarh for slum area around TANDA and some village where medical facilities were deficient.

Sponsorship of an abandoned girl.

        This is new, unprecedented and accredited achievement in the history of the trust that shot our image high in the sky. The story is that about four years ago merciless parents intentionally abandoned their female daughter at Khudda railway station (near Dasuya) in Distt. Hoshiarpur. Our very kind hearted and devoted Trustee Davinder Singh got wind of it and picked her up. He made an arrangement for her safe upbringing. Now on her attaining marriageable age the trust arranged her marriage by finding a suitable match. Marriage was solemnized on 13-3-2011. Here too the key role was of Davinder Singh. People of the area had all the praise and liberally gave gifts to the girl. This includes the sewing machine with embroidery equipment that is helpful for her earning.
Our Coordinators/Supporters :
  • Our honourable donors and volunteers
  • Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India.
  • Department of Social Security, Punjab.
  • HelpAge International U.K.
  • HelpAge India
  • Sita Ram  Jindal Trust, New Delhi  
  • Central Social Welfare Board, New Delhi
  • Social Welfare Advisory Board, Punjab, Chandigarh
  • M/S Motia Oil Industries near Tanda
  • Society for Service to Voluntary Organization (N)  Chandigarh