Jain Digest 2011 04

SR No.: 527119
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 80
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, USA_Jain Digest, & USA
File Size: 18 MB

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JAIN DIGEST.. May 2011
breast cancer-screening program screened and educated 437 women, of which 13 lumps were sent for further testing. The smoking cessation program ran during the entire camp, educating patients and family members of the dangers of smoking and the harm of tobacco chewing. Total of 25,554 patients were treated and 1042 Surgeries were performed in addition to 157 major surgeries scheduled for Mumbai.
JAINA Website: We revamped the JAINA website completely. It is dynamic, interactive and informative. This was the first task handled by present committee. We needed to get this done through professionals and we had to spend some money. Now you can log on to Jaina.org and see
the results. Infrastructure is in place to develop it further. This was possible with the efforts of many. Yogen Jain and Chandrakant Vora provided the leadership.
JAINA Education Committee: A flagship committee under the leadership of Pravinbhai Shah of NC does tremendous amount of work. Over the past 9 years the committee has distributed more than 50,000(valued at $200,000) JAINA Education books to the Pathshala students of North America and other countries. There are more than 3500 students attending Jain Pathshalas across North America. Committee also conducts Jain Academic Bowl competition. For the past six years, Virendra Shah and Bharat Shah of Los Angeles handle the entire operation of the Pathshala Book distribution system. Jain eLibrary Project: Over the past 16 months, more than 6100 eLibrary users from 64 countries have registered to download the literature available on the website. During this time, 44,000 books have been downloaded by the members. Meanwhile we continued to add 15,000 pages every month of the Jain literature on the website. The website now contains more than one million pages of scanned images of Jain Literature. You can order the JAINA Education materials, eLibrary DVDs, and pay for your order or donate to JAINA Education and eLibrary activities on this website.
JAINA Calendars: JAINA is delighted to present 2010 and 2011 calendars to Jains of North America. JAINA calendars depict rich Jain art and architecture of Jain Temples. 11,000+ JAINA Calendars are shipped free of charge. The response to our 2010 and 2011 Calendars like always was an overwhelming one. Most Jains look forward to receiving this calendar. The JAINA Calendar takes about 4 months to produce, involves over 15 people in 5 cities and over 1,500 man-hours of work. JAINA TV Show: JAINA Media Production Committee produces the only JAIN TV show in North America. The aim is to present Jain religion through television medium in nonbiased non-sectarian way, with special focus on our next generation. The show "MANGALAM" the only Jain TV show in North America is on air, broadcast on weekly basis for the past four years. It has given Jains of North America an important presence in the media world. It is on SAHARA TV every Saturday morning at 9:00am JAINA Jivdaya Work: To promote non-violence and the practice of Ahimsa - non-injury to life. This Committee has so far distributed about 1.2 Million Rupees to Various Panjarapols and Animal Centers in India and is run under the able leadership of Pramodaben Chitrabhanu.
Leadership Conference at Siddhachalam in April 2010: 5th Leadership Conference marked in history as the inflection point in accelerated growth of JAINA and its infrastructure. The theme of the conference was How to Deliver on a National Infrastructure for JAINS, JAINA, JAINISM, and JAIN Organizations. More than 50 participants attended the conference for two and a half days at Siddhachalam in the wonderful atmosphere of tranquility and positive energy. The conference was led by Dr. Dipak Jain, the past Dean of Kellogg's School of Management, and LRP team. After extensive discussions, the team agreed that the following critical infrastructure support is needed to service our members and meet our vision of "To Live and Share a Jain Way of Life."
1. Financial sustainability-short and long term
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