Jain Digest 2005 07

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

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JAINA COMMITTEES
mation of JAINA news and activities. Through this site one can WCS recruited 40 doctors and volunteers to assist at the camp. access list of officers, directors, centers and committees. One can At the camp, JAINA treated 19,645 patients and the entire cost also access JAIN DIGEST, JAINA SPECTRUM , JAINA of the camp was borne by WCS. Our efforts earned us honor Calendar, YJA, YJP or Pathshala material from our site. This from 30 different institutions, including the Speaker of the website will serve as a tool to unify the Jain community in North Parliament of India as well as Health Minister of India. America. Recently a very powerful "forum" has been added
In 1993, when a devastating earthquake jolted the where any Jain topic or concerns can be discussed.
Lathur district of Maharastra, JAINA was there to distribute
basic necessities such as food and clothing to the victims. We Dilip V Shah, Chairperson
also built a Jain Nagar at the village of Kwatha with 55 houses and a primary school. WCS, with the help of BJS, also adopted 1500 orphans, victims of the quake.
• In 1994, when an earthquake struck Northridge, CA, WHEEL OF HOPE
WCS was there to help. In the same year, when Ujjain,
Rajasthan needed an anesthesia machine, WCS provided one In last 6 months, a number of encouraging and greater with the help of Dr. Neelam Patel. visionary developments have taken place and more resources are
In 1995, when civil war broke out in Rwanda, WCS opening up to help poor and sick of our motherland.
was there to help the refugees through the American Red Cross. 1. Visit to Kenya & Burundi at request of Ratna Nidhi For our contributions, the American Red Cross gave us an Charitable Trust and Local Jain Sanghs of E. Africa during the Institution of the Year award. In that year, we also sent a phaco last week of June 2004; Established very valuable contacts in emulsification machine for cataract operations to Gondal, India. East Africa for future expansion of JAINA's W.O.H. Program WCS also established a women's medical center in tribal area of Netra Jyoti Pariwar' of Deesa' (Dr. Bhansali & Dr. Bipin Parikh) Gujarat where the women in that region had no access to medperformed 1,000 eye surgeries for African patients.
ical care. 2. RECOGNITION of JAINA'S CONTRIBUTION • In 1996, WCS sent 20,000 pounds of used clothes to
a. BIDADA Sarvodaya Trust has agreed to inscribe Bombay to be distributed to the needy in India. We sent comJAINA's name permanently on a plaque on one of the buildings. puters and a printer to a girl's high school in Kutch. We also
b. Jhatakia Eye Hospital, Gondal has agreed to inscribe started a free medical dispensary in Vasai, Gujarat. JAINA's name on one of the rooms in the hospital.
• At this point, due to all of our humanitarian activities, c. Hira-Mongi-Navneet Hospital, Mulund has mailed us JAINA was recognized by the United States Agency for a appreciation Certificate.
International Development as well as by the Ministry of Welfare 3. Kiritbhai, Dr. Mamata Shaha and Anopbhai have of the Indian Government. We were provided registration under worked very, very hard to develop NEW GUIDELINES for W- the Indo-US bilateral agreement of 1966. JAINA is only the 2nd O-H Program to be more effective and less controversial. Institution out of 1500 Indian American Institutions to receive
Mahendra Mehta of Ratna Nidhi Trust has agreed to such an honor. work with JAINA for importing Charitable Hospital Eqpt. but in 1997, mammography machine was sent to Maru Hospital, he will help us to develop workable guidelines which will work Bombay, for early detection of breast cancer. under New Environment of Govt. of INDIA.
In 1998, when the cyclone hit Kandla and killed thou4. In coordination with Jain Center of Southern CA. sands of people and destroyed hundreds of villages, WCS adoptBIDADA Sarvodaya Trust, has started promoting medical ed two villages, Ragha and Shekhadia and rebuilt them. camps for 2005. BIDADA has always appreciated efforts of In 1999, when Kosovo was facing refugee problems due JAINA to recruit more doctors, volunteers which has resulted in to civil war, WCS contributed $10,000 to the United Nations more financial donations.
for their humanitarian work. In the same year, Dr. Pravin Mehta
donated stress test machine to a hospital in Bhuj-Kutch through Ramesh P. Shah, Chairperson
WCS. Dr. Dilip Patel provided three phaco emulsification machines for a hospital in Bihar through WCS. Dr. P. K. Parikh
donated endoscopy equipment to a hospital in Bhuj through WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICES
WCS.
• WCS contributed $22,000 to rebuild a small village in The humanitarian activities carried out by the World Orissa destroyed by the cyclone, which hit the coastal area of Community Service of JAINA, as follows:
Orissa in October 1999. These houses were handed over to the . In 1991, WCS was there to help the victims of earth- families of victims on January 23, 2001. quake in Uttar Kashi, UP as the victims were dying due to cold • In 2000, WCS sent six tons of milk powder to help chilweather, In the same year, when there was a drought in Gujarat, dren, victims of drought in Gujarat and Rajasthan. WCS also WCS was there to feed the animals and thus prevent them from sent a mammography machine to Leva Patel Diagnostic Center being sent to the butcher's block.
in Bhuj for early detection of breast cancer. In 1992, WCS sent an ambulance to Bahubali,
In January 26, 2001 when a massive earthquake in Maharastra and organized a medical camp in Kutch, Gujarat. Gujarat killed over 30,000 people, injured 300,000 people and Jain Education Intemational 13 • JAIN DIGEST • SUMMER 2005