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The NGO with the maximum corporate support, Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care shines once again at the Mumbai Marathon

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The NGO with the maximum corporate support, Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care shines once again at the Mumbai Marathon

Mumbai Marathon 300x198 The NGO with the maximum corporate support, Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care shines once again at the Mumbai MarathonStandard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2014 saw over 750 supporters for Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care (SRLC) participate with fervour to promote the 10 Care programme with the theme `Extend Love and Care’, including 200 Half and Full Marathon runners and 1 barefoot runner. This was depicted through costumes, jingles, banners and dance performances at the cheering zone.

This year too SRLC lead the charts with 27 Dream Teamers & 24 Corporate teams, raising over Rs. 1.5 crores, showing the confidence these organisations have in SRLC’s social initiatives.

Amongst the group of Dream Teamers was 15-year-old Meera Mehta. This is the 3rd year, Meera has been raising funds for SRLC! From being the Youngest Dream Teamer, to a Dream Wizard and this year, the Youngest Dream Champion one who raises over Rs. 10 lakhs for a social cause) Meera and her mother, Dr. Bijal Mehta, an eye surgeon, continued their dedicated efforts to raise funds for Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care…thereby making a formidable team working seamlessly towards the upliftment of the underprivileged.

Tribal children supported by SRLC also performed on the cheering zone in Marine Drive. It’s noteworthy that several children and youngsters volunteer for this organisation. With such values in action, the world surely looks brighter!

SRLC’s social initiatives in the Year 2013 alone include…

• Over 1,00,000 patients treated from rural areas by Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital (SRH), including over 500 infants at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

• Over 1200 units of blood donated by SRLC volunteers.

• SRLC’s focused effort of working towards the health of the underprivileged rural people has won it the Medscape India Award for “Excellence in Rural Health”.

• Early Intervention Programme, which aims at early detection of disorders in newborn babies and preventive intervention, launched at Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital.

Mumbai Marathon 151 300x200 The NGO with the maximum corporate support, Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care shines once again at the Mumbai Marathon SRG adds an extra division for 11th standard science students.

• Educational aids distributed at subsidised rates to over 1,00,000 rural students.

• Second edition of Shrimad Rajchandra Kala Utsav launched – a platform for rural students to express their talents.

• Shrimad Rajchandra Pustakalay (libraries) donated to 10 rural schools.

• Prisoner Welfare Programme extended to the Navsari Jail.

• Over 2,00,000 lives benefitted from humanitarian activities.

• SRLC ventures into the drought hit interiors of Maharashtra to provide relief to affected villagers and take concrete steps to secure their future.

• Support extended towards emergency relief in the aftermath of the Uttarakhand floods.

• A new lease of life provided to over 4,200 animals by rescuing them from slaughter and relocating to panjrapoles (animal shelter homes). Support extended to more than 30 panjrapoles.

• More than 50 animal medical outreach programmes conducted in rural areas, providing relief to over 2,500 animals.

Source : Sachin Murdeshwar

 The NGO with the maximum corporate support, Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care shines once again at the Mumbai Marathon

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