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Health
Breathing new life into healthcare for the young and old
a.
Mobile Medical Unit:
Persistent Foundation, in association with HelpAge India, operated the Mobile Medical Unit for
16 remote village in Goa. Initially, support was extended to one village. Considering the non-accessibility of medical services
in villages and poor transport services, Persistent Foundation has now extended the support to 16 villages. During this
year, 1,714 unique patients were treated and total 16,229 treatments were provided.
b.
Cataract Surgeries:
Persistent Foundation is associated with Dr. Manohar Dole Medical Foundation in Pune, Swami
Vivekananda Memorial Mission in Nagpur and Dr. L. V. Prasad Memorial Hospital in Hyderabad for carrying out the cataract
surgeries of elderly poor people. During the year, around 1,400 people were benefited from such surgeries.
c.
Facial cleft surgeries:
Persistent Foundation is conducting this activity in association with Akhila Bharatha Mahila Seva
Samaja and Rotary Club, Nagpur. 40 camps were organised at Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Goa, Nagpur and Pune. Around 514
patients underwent surgeries in these camps this year, youngest patient being 1 month of age.
d.
Pediatric Surgeries:
During the year 2018-19, Persistent Foundation conducted this program at 2 locations at Pune and
Nagpur. In Nagpur, the program was implemented in association with Goud Saraswat Sabha and in Pune, the program
was implemented through Samavedana. Total 44 patients, ranging in the age group from 2 to 17 years old, were treated
successfully.
e.
Support to Jaipur Foot:
During the year 2018-19, in partnership with Bhagwan Mahavir Vikalang Sahayata Samittee
(BMVSS), the Foundation initiated the project in Nagpur, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, where around 605 patients were
supported during the year.
f.
Squint Correction Surgery:
Persistent Foundation has conducted this activity in association with Saksham, an NGO.
During the year, the support was given to 29 patients.
g.
Support for Dialysis Treatment:
Persistent Foundation has been supporting the Seth Tarachand Ramanath Charitable
Ayurvedic Hospital Trust since 2010 and is supporting Ashwini Kidney Dialysis center in Nagpur for last 2 years. During the
year, the Persistent Foundation has supported 3,441 dialysis sessions.
Community Development
Growing stronger by coming together
a.
Watershed Project:
Watershed Development has been a flagship project of Persistent Foundation for the past two years.
The Watershed project involves the deepening and widening of streams and nullahs and the construction of cement and
earthen check dams to conserve water. The program was implemented in the Pune and Nagpur districts. In Pune district,
the project was implemented in Pimpalwadi, Shastabad and Mitgulwadi villages in Shirur taluka which falls under the rain
shadow area. The project was implemented in Nisadkheda in Nagpur district. The program was implemented along with
IAHV in Pune and Nagpur district. Total desilting of 17.38 km, 35,500 Cum desilting of percolation tank , 2 check dams were
constructed as part of the work completed in these 2 villages. The Foundation was able to reach out to 3,910 farmers which
benefitted 2,640 hectares of land.
b.
Drinking Water Projects:
Persistent Foundation has considered it as its Flagship Program. During the year, 11 open wells
were constructed. This program helped to reduce women drudgery to a considerable extent. Earlier, on an average a
women has to walk for 2-3 km for one trip, in which she use to carry 30-35 litres of water. A women has to make a minimum
3-4 trips per day of about 9-12 kms walk with 30-35 liters water on head. She had to do this minimum for 3 months. Due to
implementation of this program, the duration has been reduced to 1 month. The distance has been reduced from 3-4 kms
to 0.5 to 1 km.
c.
Skill Enhancement Programs in Urban and Rural Areas:
The Foundation also addresses the need for livelihood creation
in urban and rural areas, through its skill enhancement programs.
The objectives of this project are as follows:
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To provide quality doorstep livestock based services for livestock development, increase productivity of quality milk
and support for enhancing dairy business
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Capacity building of youths to ensure livelihood opportunities through farm, off farm and non-farm based livelihood
sources.
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To demonstrate Bio Gas unit for alternative energy solution