Introduction and Background

This project endeavors to make critical medical help available to:

1. Destitute, aged women, mostly widows, living in Vrindavan & Radhakund (referred to as Mothers in this document hereinafter)
2. All other destitute other than the group in (1) above

The widow population in India is estimated to be around 40 million. The highest concentration of them, currently around 10,000, is in the holy city of Vrindavan and Radhakund.

Neglected and abandoned by their families, due to death of spouse or other family circumstances, the Mothers have flocked to Vrindavan over the years to find help and spend the last years of their life in spiritual / religious activities in the holy city. Most of these women are in the age group of 65-80 and hence not so physically fit to find employment or earn a livelihood by other means. Many of them suffer from age related issues like dementia, Parkinson, join issues, failing eyesight, organ failure, life threatening diseases like Cancer, Heart ailments, paralysis etc. With highly inadequate Government support, they are forced to dwell on the pavements and beg on the streets for survival. They have no access to medical help and lead a life of suffering and abject Poverty. 

Vrindavan & Radhakund have an estimated population of around 90,000 and around 30,000 belong to economically weaker section of society with very low income.

The Government health infrastructure is woefully inadequate and therefore there is an urgent to provide medical help to the above mentioned destitute and underprivileged.

About the Project             

Name of the Project – “Aarogya Vardhan Program” – making critical medical care available to the Destitute

Duration of the Project – Ongoing Project

Area Covered - Vrindavan and Radhakund

Compliance - This project is in consonance with the following items of schedule VII of the Section 135 of The Companies Act, 2013 and SDG 3 & 10.

Project Objectives

The objective of the Aarogya Vardhan Program is to make critical medical care available to the following groups:

1. Destitute, aged women, mostly widows, living in Vrindavan & Radhakund
2. All other destitute other than the group in (1) above

Project Intervention

Scope

The intervention being proposed under the Aarogya Vardhan Program of Yogananda Trust takes care of entire medical treatment expenses covering the following:

• OPD (cost of medicines only)
• Hospitalization (IPD), all types of surgeries (like cataract, knee replacement, gall bladder, stones removal, implants etc.), treatment for life threatening illnesses (like Cancer, Heart ailments, organ failure etc) as advised by the Doctors of Ramakrishna Mission Hospital.

Identification of Beneficiaries

Mothers

• Needy Mothers are identified through a process of survey and due diligence
• An identity card with photograph is provided to the eligible Mothers

OTHER DESTITUTE

• They are identified either through govt document like BPL card or in the Trust conducts a due diligence to assess their economic status.

Intervention process

• Trust has an MOU with the Ramakrishna Mission Sevashram (RKMS) Hospital in Vrindavan to deliver efficient medical caree
• RKMS does not levy any fee towards Doctors’ consultation (in OPD & IPD) or surgeons fee (in IPD).
• RKMS offers heavily subsidized rates to the program for various treatment costs
• Trust owns two ambulances and hires e-rickshaws to transport the Mothers to the medical facility
• 24-hour bedside attendance (without which hospitalization would not be possible) is provided to the abandoned, by sevaks from the Trust, for the full period of their hospitalization.

Budget

•  Total project Cost Rs 2.27 cr. Funding available upto Rs 1.0 cr. Balance Rs 1.27 cr funding is requested.
• The medical costs incurred under this program based on previous years records is estimated to be approximately 2.27 crores.
• This is a co-sponsored program

Online monitoring will be possible through a digital platform

• Records of intervention shall be updated on the platform
• Donors shall be able to view the same online