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A new platform in the form of an online website called "Social for Action" has been launched for social activities under the "Sakal Social Foundation". The response to this website was spontaneous. This led to the concept of a new digital platform for "Social for Action" crowdfunding to bring NGOs and donors together. One NGO will be informed every week about this initiative. In the first part of this, which was published last Sunday, we have learned about the NGO "Yashodhan Trust" which is working for orphans and the mentally challenged.
The "Yashodhan Trust", a non-governmental organization, provides shelter to orphans, the homeless, the elderly, and the mentally challenged people who are denied by society and provides them with the necessary medical treatment. The work of this organization was started with the help of generous people in society. With proper treatment, mentally challenged people can certainly lead a normal life and live with their families. There is one such psychiatrist who has been homeless has got his house and family back from Yashodhan Trust after twelve years.
Pargaon Khandala is a taluka near Satara-Pune-Mumbai Highway. Due to a large number of highway businesses in the area, mentally challenged people flock to the hotel premises and along the highway in search of food and hope. This matter was noticed by a person residing in the area.
He would drive psychiatrists from the highway to his home, lock them in a room, torture and beat them for two days, and then later hire them for a short period of time at a scrap shop or on a construction site.
In the evenings, when the holidays were over, he would bring them back home, and at night he would serve them rice and cooked dal on a plate. The psychiatrists who were exhausted from the day's hard work, could not get enough to eat, they could not sleep, they could not lie down, they had to put their limbs somewhere on the bed, and in the morning they had to suffer the same torture again if they did not work.
One day, a Yashodhan Trust worker saw a beggar on the construction site of a hotel. He thought he was mentally challenged. Activists of Yashodhan Trust took the psychiatrist to the police station and lodged a formal complaint. On the same day, police raided the man's home and released four psychiatrists. The activists of the organization put all the four mentally challenged people in the vehicle of Yashodhan Trust and admitted them to the Gajanant Shelter which was run by Yashodhan Trust.
Everyone bathed in the shelter at night, it was eight o'clock, and was time for dinner! Everyone came to the canteen and chapati, vegetables, rice was served in their trays, and tears started to flow from their eyes when they saw the meal.
After many days the four of them had eaten a proper meal. Psychiatrists started treating the four people who were rescued and after six days they were able to provide little information. It was learned that one of the four psychiatrists had a house in Palghar district, but he could not give his full address. "My name is Vishnu, I am from Manor. On my way to my house, Mastan starts cracking." That was all he could say.
Based on the above information, the search began. After getting the information regarding a Manor taluka in the Palghar district, Ravi Bodke of Yashodhan Trust left with Vishnu at 5 am the next day. He wanted to go to Palghar but was not sure whether he would find Vishnu's house. Dr. Ravidra Marathe a friend of Ravi Bodke lives in Virar. Ravi called him and told him all the facts and decided to meet him on his way. Ravindra Marathe informed that Manor is a taluka and is eighty km along with Mastan Phata. He gave the number of Amar Bhoi who is a local social worker. After a two-hour journey, when he reached Mastan Phata, Vishnu knew the place, but he still was unable to name the village.
By the time social activists reached Amar Bhoi, they had sent a photo of Vishnu to the Police Patil Group. Fifteen minutes later, two people replied. Patil, who is a village policeman was saying, "Saheb, it looks like we saw him in the village, but he left home twelve years ago from Mastan Phata".
Ravi Bodke set off in the direction of Vishnu's village. While he was at that distance, the police called Patil. Patil said, "This meeting has started, once it is over, we will meet." Patel reacted saying, "Vishnu is dead." Until then, one of the boys told in all the villages that "dead Vishnu" has come alive. The whole village flocked to see him in the panchayat. Patil and Ravi Bodke started walking towards Vishnu's house. Vishnu was very calm. When we got home, there was a fifteen-year-old girl and a thirteen-year-old boy at the door. When Ravi Bodke peeked into the house, he saw a photo of Vishnu on the wall with a sandalwood necklace.
When his daughter looked at Vishnu's photo and looked at Vishnu standing in front of him, she shouted, "Ayo bapus aala" and tears came rolling down to Vishnu's eyes while hugging the girl and the boy tightly. When the wife and husband came home after 12 years, she was devastated and asked Vishnu's daughter if she knew him, she nodded and said, "I was three years old when I lost my Bapu, my mother had left me when Bapu had died and my mother used to perform respect in Bapu's name every year, I thought Bapu would never give back."
Twelve years later, Vishnu was very happy to get his house and family back and was very satisfied. Children who were orphaned by their father's love got their father back. Vishnu is currently living happily with his family. Got a house for a homeless psychiatrist and this Yashodhan Trust will continue to work.
There is no government grant for the NGO "Yashodhan Trust". The organization is run with the help of generous people in the community and some organizations. The cost per day of the organization is very high. Health check-ups and medicines for orphans, homeless, and mentally challenged people. The cost of treatment is high. The organization is in dire need of collective financial support. You will find information about Yashodhan Trust's initiative on Sakal Media Group's digital crowdfunding platform "Social for Action".
Generous individuals in the community, IT companies, CSR companies, and foreign-Indian citizens can visit the website https://socialforaction.com/ to learn about the Yashodhan Trust's initiatives and donate directly through the website by clicking the Donate Now button. Each donor who donates through this crowdfunding will get a donation receipt and a certificate of 80G with a 50% discount in income tax.
"I have seen such patients many times and I have more understanding of what you did than any of my relatives. So, I decided to visit you first. If you hadn't dared, our daughter wouldn't look like this today. I will go to see her now. Doctors like you are gods. I have come to see you, to meet you, and to thank you for the image of God." With this, the doctor moved inside.