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d.
Facial cleft surgeries:
Persistent Foundation in association with Rotary Club, Nagpur conducted several camps for
facial cleft surgeries in Nagpur. At other locations such as Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Goa and Pune, the Foundation
is conducting such camps in association with a few plastic surgeons. Around 178 children underwent surgeries in
these camps this year.
e.
Breast Cancer Screening:
Persistent Foundation has been conducteing breast cancer screening programs for
women in the slum areas of Pune and Bengaluru for last few years. During the year, around 1,000 women were
screened.
f.
Bal Shalyakriya:
Persistent Foundation, in association with Gaud Saraswat Brahmin Sabha, Nagpur and /ata
Mangeshkar Hospital, Nagpur conducts camps in Nagpur, where a team of surgeons perform surgeries on children
suffering from conjenital deformities. During the onancial year 2016-17, around 120 children successfully underwent
surgeries in this camp, out of which 29 children have undergone major surgeries.
Community Development
a.
Zero Garbage Project:
Persistent Foundation, in its endeavor to support clean environment and waste management
adopted Prabhag No. 11 and 36 of Pune Municipal Corporation. The project is being implemented in association
with Janwani, Pune. Persistent Foundation has managed to reach out to more than 6,000 households to collect
segregated waste due to which the percentage of segragated waste has been improved considerably. Due to
the continued efforts, Prabhag No. 36 won the prize for “
Green Prabhag
” by Pune Municipal Corporation in the
onancial year 2015-16.
b.
Water Conservation:
The :ater conservation projects were initiated as ambitious project of the Chief Minister of Maharashtra,
Mr. Devendra Fadanvis, the
‘Jalyukt Shivar Yojana’
. The Foundation collaborated with the Government of
Maharashtra in e[ecuting the watershed projects at various places across Maharashtra.
The snapshot of the watershed projects e[ecuted during the onancial year 2016-17 is as follows:
District
Project Location
Number of beneociaries
(Approx.)
Land to be beneotted in
Ha (Approx.)
Pune
Harni
2,000
1,025
Rakh
650
500
Nasrapur
1,500
600
Total
4,150
2,125
c.
Installation of Solar Power Plants on roof top of railway stations at Pune and Hyderabad:
In response to the
Government of India’s Solar Power Mission, the Indian Railways has set a target of installing 1,000 M: of solar
power by 2020.
Therefore, as a part of Go Green initiative, the Foundation has installed a solar power plant of 163 kwp capacity
at Pune Railway Station which is e[pected to generate around 2.40 /akhs units of electricity per year. Since
commissioning of this plant in June 2016, the plant has generated 1,68,886 units of electricity till March 2017. This
solar system caters about 60% of daytime requirement of Pune Railway Station.
After successful implementation of solar plant at Pune Railway Station, the Foundation continued its Green
Initiative and installed Solar Power Plant of 227.52 kwp capacity at Nampally, Hyderabad Railway Station. This
Plant was inaugurated at the august hands of Hon’ble Minister for Railways – Mr. Suresh Prabhu on March 25, 2017,
which has generated around 4,807 units of electricity in a week till March 31, 2017 after its installation.
d.
Vocational Training Centre for Women:
Since last onancial year, the Foundation has been conducting programs
for women to impart training to them pertaining to various vocations. During the onancial year, around 300 women
were trained in different vocations. Out of them, around 50 women are working as trainers, around 100 women
are engaged in seasonal businesses which are festival specioc and many women are engaged in regular business
activities like tailoring, soft toy making, bag making, stitching, etc.