Jain Digest 2002 07 Vol 21 No 03

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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COMMITTEE NEWS:....
WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICES:
WORLD MEDICAL RELIEF
Shrama Yatra II ( Labor of Love)
For Youth, By Youth, of Youth
Place: BIDADA, Kutch, Guj, INDIA Date: Dec. 15,2002- Jan. 15, 2003
Voluntary Work of Your Choice in Medical/Dental/Occupational Therapy
and/or Education & Teaching and/or Building Houses (H4H)
Your Ground Package for $ 121/includes:
Return ticket from Mumbai to Kutch,
Min. 7days Lodging & boarding Transportaion to Sites, Visi to Temples,
Entertainment & Home going Gift
Please Contact for More Info. Ramesh Shah 440-442-4596 or Dilip Shah 215-567-3025
Vardhman Nagar Progress Report:
Below is latest status of our project in Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat
World Medical Relief makes a Major Break, through JAINA, resulting in a million dollars worth of American equipment to aid sick and poor patients in INDIA.
USA based, World Medical Relief from Detroit, MI has donated electrical equipment to JAINA to facilitate aid for the sick and poor in central India. JAINA is shipping the equipment and supplies to Ujjain Charitable Trust Hospital and Research Center, Ujjain, MP (India) for a 500 beds new hospital now under construction. In addition, to serve the needs of patients, the hospital will educate 150 students every year.
"This equipment from World Medical Relief will help equip 20 departments such as: Pathology, Microbiology, Pediatrics, Chest Disease, Surgery, Ophthalmology, Ear/Nose & Throat, OB/GYN, and Kidney just to name a few." Said Dr. Rashmi Gardi from Chicago, Chairman of Governing Council. This state of art equipment will help to better treat the needs of our patients.
Dr. Gardi also noted that the donated equipment would save the hospital significant capital expenditures in the amount of more than 5 crores of Rupees. That is equivalent to one million dollars. We will use this savings most judiciously to help those in need."
"This is a history I was waiting for. World Medical Relief since it was founded in 1953, hasn't made any shipment to India." Said George Samson, Director of International Program." We've just opened up the bridge to India through JAINA.
"In last 10 years we have shipped a Mammogram machine, a Radiology machine, an Emulsification machine; But since Ramesh Shah has taken over this project in last 2 years, he has accelerated the shipments in huge quantity by container loads." Said Dr. Dhiraj Shah, Founder of JAINA World community Services program. “This is our 6th container this year. We have supplied to 10 hospitals in India. And there is a huge potential of this program."
World Medical Relief, Detroit, MI is a non-profit, non-political humanitarian organization founded by a Detroit housewife named Irene Auberlin in 1953. Its primary purpose is to provide medicine, medical supplies and equipment locally and internationally. They average 70-100 humanitarian shipments a year. For more information & volunteer opportunities at World Medical Relief call: 313-866-5333
JAINA's World Community Services serves the poor, disadvantaged and disaster victims worldwide, with special emphasis in India. For more information and volunteer opportunities at JAINA, call: Dr. Dhiraj Shah at 716-773-1314
Construction Excavation for foundation 200 Units P.C.C. laying in foundation
& Anti Termite Treatment 140 Units Foundation Construction 120 Units Foundation Coping
100 Units Const up to sill level(3' height) 50 Units
Civil work of 2 sample houses completed. Next we will undertake flooring, electrification plumbing etc.
Boring of our new tube well completed and fetching of water started for construction work.
We are pleased to inform that we have since received permission from the Government of India for receiving Second part of donation (Rs. 1,30,00,000/-) from JAINA. I am sending fol- lowing by post
1 Drawings for school & Dispensary. 2 Latest photographs of construction. 3 Copy of letter received from Government of India.
(R. C. Shah) Secretary, Vardhman Nagar Owners' Association
JAIN DIGEST. FALL 2002/15