BLOOD DONATION CAMP

BLOOD DONATION CAMP
In Mumbai yearly there is a requirement of 2.5 to 3 lakh litres of blood and this demand will go on increasing.Blood transfusion is required in a variety of patients which include road traffic accident patients,burns patients,post delivery mothers,patients suffering from chronic disease such as cancers ,severly malnourished patients and several other such emergencies.Blood is so very important because its a modality of treatment that is required at the time of emergencies.And thats exactly what makes blood donation camps very necessary.Also any patient requiring blood can be given only human blood and that too properly matched with his or her blood groups.There are many blood group types but more importantly for cross matching A,B,AB,O and Rh are important.A person with A Rh positve group can be given only A positive blood.So that multiplies our demand for human blood.
In human body there is 4.5 to 5 litres of blood of which only 300ml of blood is withdrawn durind donation.Also it is done only after properly checking that the donor him/herself is not deficient of blood ie.after checking the donor’s pulse, B.P.,haemoglobin etc.So there shouldn’t be any fear on our part that blood donation will affect our health.The 300 ml blood that is withdrawn is easily replenished by our body.
Shree Aniruddha Upasana Trust,Shree Aniruddha Upasna Foundation,Dilasa Medical Trust And Rehabilitation Centre,Aniruddha Samarpan Pathak ,Aniruddha’s House Of Friends,Aniruddha’s Academy Of Disaster Management together are arranging BLOOD DONATION CAMP on 12 april 2009,Sunday at New English School of Indian Education Society,Kherwadi,Bandra from 9.00 am to 6.00pm.
Age:18 to 60 years.
Weight :more than 45 kg.
Heamoglobin:more than 12.5%

KOLHAPUR MEDICAL AND HEALTH CAMP

Kolhapur Medical And Health Camp

For the welfare of the people in rural areas medical and health camps are been conducted by Shree Aniruddha Upasna Foundation for the last 6 years along with its other sister organizations namely
Sadguru Shree Aniruddha Upasna Trust
Aniruddha Samarpan Pathak
Dilasa Medical Trust And Rehabilitation Centre
Shree Sadguru Punya Kshetram
Aniruddha’s House Of Friends
This year too SAUF conducted the camp on 09th and 10th of February.First day was for the Distribution and the second day was the actual Medical Camp.

First Day(Distribution Day)
All the volunteers were divided into 18 groups.Each group was allotted a set of 2-3 villages.Volunteers from Kolhapur Upasna Centre had already segregated and packed the articles to be distributed according to the villages.The articles that were distributed were as follows:
1)Used clothes, used utensils and toys.
These all were collected under the Old Is Gold Yojna where in devotees donated their used but undamaged and not torn clothes , toys and utensils.
2)Hygiene material :
Tooth powder(A total of 9488 packs were distributed)
Bath soap(9488)
Cleaning powder(9488 kg)
Water purification liquid(4744 bottles each of 100ml.)
Anti scabies lotion-gama benzene(4744 bottles each of 100ml. Villages/families covered under last year’s camp were given 50ml bottles due to reduced incidence of scabies in them.New villages/families were given 100ml bottles.)





Lice comb(9488)
Nailcutters(1600.Nailcutters were given only to those families which were not covered in the previous year.)
3)Quilts and sweaters
These are made under the Warmth Of Love Project.In this devotees collect torn clothes/pieces of clothes and convert it into quilts.Also many devotees stitch sweaters.These are then gifted to the villagers.
Distribution was carried by all the volunteer groups by going to each and every village.During the distribution the Veterinary doctors did the regular checkup and vaccinations of the livestock of the villagers.These articles were distributed to a total of 4744 families.

Second Day(Medical Camp Day)
This camp was held at Pendakhale village.The villagers from Pendakhale gave 10 acres of their farmland for the camp.Out of this 5 acres was leveled by the villagers themselves. 65000 sq.ft of pendal was erected for the camp.
Total number of Docters who attended the camp was 138
Total number of Veterinary Doctors who attended the camp was 07
Total number of paramedical staff that attended the camp was 108.
Total number of villages that attended the camp was 203.
Total number of villagers that attended the camp was 16191.
Total number of student who attended the camp was 8349 from 113 schools.
Total number patients registered were 7842(due to the excess crowd registration process was stopped for 1 hr 30 Investigahe camp were properly guided by the volunteers to 32 registration centres and then to the min)
The villagers coming to tGenral O.P.D.Here they were given proper treatment and if necessary were referred to tions and/or Special O.P.D.
Speciality O.P.D.s included:
Ophthalmology(294
0 eye checkups,2176 spectacles distributed and 453 more spectacles to be distributed) Dental(414 patients)
Paediatrics
Orthopaedics
Cardiac and Medicine(248 patients)
Gynaecology(185 patients)
ENT(270 patients)
Physiotherapy(240 patients)
Investigations that were done at the campsite itself were:
Radiology:Xray(244),Sonography(294),2-D Echo(124),E.C.G.(309)
Pathology:Hb,Blood sugar,E.S.R.(a total of 427)

Many villagers who due to refractory errors had thought that they have permanently lost their sight were delighted and surprised to get their vision back on correction of their errors.Around 2176 spectacles were distributed free on the day and 453 more will be distributed later on..
In Pharmacy the drugs were divided into 17 groups.Each villager was properly made to understand the dosage of medications by the paramedics at the pharmacy.Also each medicine was given in a separate small plastic bag which had a label containg the information of how to take the medicine.
Every student who came to the camp was given a cap(A total of 8349 caps were distributed) and a pack of glucose biscuits.They were then guided to the special O.P.D. for school children where a routine health checkup was done.Each student was given the prescribed medicine if any, a multivitamin tonic and a deworming medicine.These drugs are provided free of charge through the year to these children.
Then each student was directed to the distribution pandel where they were given Slippers,candles,matchsticks,crayons,a pair of their school uniform and a pack of dryfruits which comes as a Prasad from SHREE ANIRUDDHA GURUKSHETRAM
The uniforms distributed come from The Clothing With Charkha Yojna in which devotees at their homes as well as at special Charkha camps spin the AMBER CHARKHA and make threads.These are then converted into clothes which after proper processing are made into uniforms.Kolhapur volunteers had already taken measurements of school children according to which uniforms are made.A total of 2 pairs of 16698 uniforms were distributed free.
Slippers prevent worm infestation in these children, amajor cause of anemia in them.A total of 8349 pairs of brand new slippers were distributed free to them.
Most villages don’t have a steady and proper electric supply which hampers the study hours of these children.Hence candles and matchsticks were given free to them.17000 candle boxes were distributed free.
Schools were provided with sports materials.A total of 220 footballs(2 per school),220 handballs(2 per school),440 rings(2 or 4 per school),660 skipping ropes(4 or 6 per school) and 220 Cricket sets which included 2 bats,4 stumps,6 balls per school were given free.
Then these students were given free lunch under the project of Annapurna Mahaprasadam.Also under the project free midday meal is given daily to 31 schools throughout the year free.Along with the students villagers were also given free lunch on the campday.A total of 65000 villagers had lunch on the day of camp.

The camp cocluded with a Satsang (a compilation of devotional songs).Throughout the 2 days of this each and every volunteer was doing the seva as a devotional service and not as a social work and hence this camp was a divine service and not a social service. A total of 2026 VOLUNTEERS took part in the camp. 6 years of this camp has brought about a drastic and positive change in the health, hygiene, habbits and more importantly the way of life of these villagers.

Vermiculture

Vermiculture
Dr. Aniruddha Dhairyadhar Joshi lovingly called by His followers Shree Aniruddha Bapu is M.D.,a medical professional who has by His sheer pure love for His followers whom He refers to as His dear friends,changed their way of life inculcating in them the values of Bhakti and Seva. A perfect family person,P.P.Aniruddha Bapu through His conduct communicates that it is very much possible to beautifully blend our family, social and spiritual life .Spirituality is not escaping from the worldly pleasures and troubles but making our day to day life more beautiful by Bhakti and Seva. For the very same reason P.P.Aniruddha Bapu has provided the 13 point progarmme which is a path not only to fill our life with Bhakti and Seva as an individual but also at the same time take our entire society to a dream of a perfect society.P.P.Bapu gave the 13 point programme to every Shraddhawan on 3rd October 2002.One of the major project among these was setting up Aniruddha’s Academy of Disaster Management-AADM.AADM strives not only to teach the art of saving our and others lives in the times of disaster but also if possible to prevent disasters.
One major disaster that our world faces today is the fastly deteriorating environment of ours.This includes many causative factors the major one being the loss of plantation cover.Another problem that is fast incrementing is the deficient foodsupply .One of the major reason for the same is the loss of land under crops to ever increasing population and deteriorating quality of land already under cultivation due to the overuse of artifiscial fertilizers.Sighting these two problems AADM undertook the project of vermiculture under its wings.
The vermiculture project took shape in the year 2003. In a meeting of Committee members of AADM conducted by Param Pujya Bapu on 23rd July 2003,P.P.Aniruddha Bapu talking about the disasters said that any calamity on the social, environmental and personal front is a disaster. In order to overcome these disasters, Param Pujya Bapu advocated few projects of which vermiculture was one of the projects.

Aims and Objectives :
1,Working towards better environment
2.Production of vermicompost thru’ Vermiculture technology which can be put to effective use for-
i) Tree plantation project
ii)To supply the produce to the drought prone areas and to the needy farmers.
Mission of this project is to spread this technology to everyone willing to adopt this system and provide Consultancy and Supervision for the same along with hands-on training for the project on Free of Cost basis.

Spiritual Base of the project:The spiritual importance behind this project is that ‘Trees’ are considered as living immovable souls. By supplying them with good fertilizers and water, we are not only nurturing them but also trying to repay the obligation of Mother Earth in a small and righteous way.

Definition : Vermiculture means cultivation of earthworms.
Vermicompost : excreta of earthworms.
Vermicompost is one of the most effective and environment friendly fertilizers without any harmful side effects.
Mumbai at present faces a huge problem of garbage. Mumbai produces daily 6000-7000 tonnes of garbage of which household garbage forms a major chunck. Also due to limited land resource of Mumbai, Mumbai’s dumping ground are unable to take care of the whole of Mumbai’s garbage. Thus Mumbai’s garbage burden is now been put on Navi Mumbai and Thane. Also the dumping grounds themselves are big hazzard to the health of the citizens residing in the vicinity and also to the environment. And therefore looking for new dumping grounds will not only temporarily relieve us of our problem, there is a need for a proper and healthy way to efficiently dispose the garbage. That’s where vermiculture comes to pur help.
Earthworms eat cowdung and other solid wastes like household garbage and give out vermicompost. Muncipal waste and nontoxic solid and liquid waste can also be similarly converted to vermicompost. And the vermicompost so formed is niether hazaedous nor a waste but is one of excellent manure. Thus earthworms not only rid us of our major chunck of garbage but also provide us the manure. Therefore our beloved P.P.AniruddhaBapu had once said that there is no other organism as helpful to mankind as the earthworm. The project was first started at residence of volunteers who created vermiculture bins from household items and with initial seed of earthworms provided by the Academy.
Vermiculture project encompases two components.
a) Vermiculture undertaken on large scale basis such as in Cooperative Housing Societies.
b) Vermiculture on household basis.

The Basics for any vermiculture projects are
l 1. A living environment usually called “ bedding”
l 2. A food source
l 3. Adequate moisture
l 4.Adequate aeration
l 5. Protection from extreme temperature

1. Bedding : - Selection of proper bedding material is key element of success of project. Worms can be enormously productive (and reproductive) if conditions are good; however their efficiency drops if the basics are not meet.
2. Food source: - Compost worms are big eaters. Under the ideal conditions, they are able to consume in excess of their body weight each day, although the general thumb rule is ½ of their body weight per day.
3. Adequate Moisture : -The bedding used should be able to hold sufficient moisture if the worms are to have a livable environment. They breathe through their skin and so moisture content is very crucial for their existence.
4. Adequate aeration:- Worms are oxygen breathers and cannot survive anaerobic conditions. They operate best when ventilation is good and the material they are living is porous and well aerated.
5. Protection from extreme temperature: - The temperature control is essential for both vermicomposting and vermiculturing process.
The other important parameters are ph, salt content and proper shadow.
AADM conducted a large scale project of vermiculture at the Central Railway workshop (Mumbai) using there canteen and garden waste.This project was hugely appreciated by the local civil bodies as well as by the Corporate sector. The team which implemented this project now acts as a training team for setting up such projects on large scale as well as small scale (household) and upon request also offers consultation to various housing societies, public institutions, Corporate sectors, schools, colleges, etc. Consultancy is given till the period of first production cycle and the people concerned handling the project are trained by the Academy’s team.
Following is the list where AADM has conducted Vermiculture projects.
1.Bhavan’s college- Andheri- 26th Jan.’06
2.FDC-Jogeshwari 21st April ‘08
3.dil Ltd. Thane 22nd Feb ’06
4.Naval Dockyard – Colaba June’06
5.Central Railway Matunga workshop Nov.’06
6. SEBI 13th Oct.’07
6. Pearl Society- Vile parle July.’ 07
7.Cypress Society-Mulund 13th April’2008

At following places AADM conducted trainning sessions:

SEBI
Naval Dock – Colaba
Central Railway Workshop – Matunga
FDC Ltd. – Jogeshwari
Maharashtra Stete Bank
DIL Ltd. – Thane
Bhavans College – Andheri
IES School – Marol
Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Vidyalaya
Thane Mahanagar Palika School

Vermiculture can also be very useful in reducing our daily household garbage and providing us with a high quality manure which can be used for terrace gardening or can be given to the AADM which can then be distributed among the needy farmers or used for tree plantation projects undertaken all over Maharahtra by AADM.
Vermiculture project on a household basis requires a bucket, a nylon mesh, dried cowdung, hay and most importantly earthworm seed.Once the earthworm seed is released in the vermiculture bed ,the vermi bucket is ready to devour our household waste.After a period of two months we have to stop putting the wastes in the bucket for fifteen days. Within this fifteen days all the waste that we had put gets converted to manure. After this period the entire content is removed and put on a sheet of newspaper making a heap. The earthworms have a tendency to move away from light and they go deeper into the heap away from the surface. So we can slowly start collecting the upper layers of manure which are without the earthworms. By continuing this process we are left with little manure alongwith the earthworms. This are then put back into the buckets with a ready bed. Thus a new cycle can be started and the Vermiculture bucket is ready for use.
The Vermiculture bucket should be preferably kept in a dark cool area. The Vermiculture bucket does not give foul odour. In fact if one tries to smell the manure, it gives the smell of soil which has been wetted by first monsoon rains. At first one feels reluctant to touch the earthworms, but once familiar with their touch it is so fantastic to feel them move on slowly on our fingers shying away from light and finding a place to hide within our fingers. There is definitely a sense of attachment that develops within them. Thus rather than having a single pet we can have hundreds of such pets in the form of this Vermiculture bucket which neither demands a evening walk nor does it dirt your floor, but just ten minutes from your routine.