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Bharat Sevashram Sangha is a well known philanthropic and charitable organization engaged in various humanitarian activities throughout India and in some countries across the world.
MUMBAI BRANCH:- The Mumbai Branch of the Sangha is engaged in various educational, social and economic welfare activities for the poor and suffering humanity in and around Navi Mumbai, specially among the slum and construction workers. Free medical services are offered to the poor. The major activity of the Mumbai branch is to provide free accommodation to cancer patients coming from all over the country. At present we have 36 rooms and 6 dormitories that can accommodate about 120 patients together with their attendants. Besides free accommodation we are providing free transportation (in a 54 seater bus) to the patients and the attendants, round the clock Ambulance service is also available. We also provide meal to them at very subsidized rate. For needy patients we provide free medicine and financial help besides arranging blood donors in case of need. Taking cognizance of the emotional problem and mental stress of the patients / attendants we depute professional counselor and provide in-house entertainment facilities for them. Dr. Suresh H. Advani, eminent Oncologist and medical director of Jaslok Hospital, Dr. Mehul Bhansali, Dr. D.N. Savant, Dr. Sudhir Bhargava, Dr. Shishir Shetty, Dr. Satish R. Rao, Dr. (Mrs.) Kakoly Borthakur, Dr. (Mrs.) Mrudula Tillu are rendering free check-up/ advice to cancer patients once in a week at our Cancer Care Centre. Recently we have started a Day Care Chemotherapy Unit at affordable cost. Beside this for Blood counting a Cell Counter Machine have been installed. We are also trying to provide free treatment for poor cancer patients. The branch also runs a non-formal school, charitable Allopathic & Homeopathic dispensary, free coaching classes, and publishes spiritual monthly ‘Maha Milan’ in English. For tribal welfare, a centre started at village Kulhe, taluka Shahpur, in district Thane, 90kms from Vashi. To maintain these facilities we need regular funds. The financial burden is ever-increasing due to cost escalation and due to increase in number of patients. We fully depend on public charity and donations from generous people and organisations. We earnestly appeal you to donate generously and be a partner to this humanitarian activities. Cheques/ DD may please be drawn in favour of ‘BHARAT SEVASHRAM SANGHA’ payable at Mumbai. Donations to the Sangha are exempted from Income Tax, u/s 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961, vide no. DIT (E) / 1255 / 8E / 84 / 63-64 dated 15-03-2004 valid for asstt. yr. 2005-06 to 2008-09. Cancer HelplineA Cancer helpline has been started in Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil Hospital & Research Centre, Sector-5, Nerul, Navi Mumbai to guide, assist the cancer patients and general patients as well. Volunteers help the patients in Registration, visiting the different wards, guidance for financial help for poor and needy patients and counseling. The Sangha also provides Ambulance when in needs for emergency patients. Besides magazines, newspapers, Tea, Snacks are also provided to the poor and needy patients. Those who are interested in rendering voluntary service may contact Swami Prashantananda, Secretary, Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Navi Mumbai on 022-27811296 / 56191326. |
| The Sangha is running 35 charitable dispensaries at the Head office and in different branches covering more than 0.75 Million of patients, 20 mobile units are in service. Free eye operation camps are conducted by the Sangha at Jamshedpur, Gangasagar, and New Delhi etc. Leprosy eradication and welfare project has been undertaken by the Sangha. The Jamshedpur branch of the Sangha had been playing an important role since 1980 for the treatment of leprosy patients and their rehabilitation on a long term project. It is running 3 hospitals and 55 clinics for the leprosy patients in the Singhbhum district of Bihar. Rural development and tribal welfare project of the Sangha at Barajuri, Ghatshila, Bihar has under taken TB control programme since 1992. The center has already cured more than 2500 TB patients, mostly tribals. The Barajuri centre is also running a 30 beded hospital with X-ray , Pathology and operation theatre facility. |
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The Sangha maintains 100 educational Institutions like Primary schools, Junior high schools, High schools, Junior basic schools, Night Schools, Colleges in the urban and the rural areas of India . To build up moral, spiritual character of the students, the Sangha has been maintaining 'Ideal Student Homes' at Gaya , Jamshedpur ,Surat, Delhi, Kurukshera, Ahmedabad, Lumding, Bankura, Garia, Siliguri, Horekhali, Mahishadal, and Head Office Kolkata. |
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For the physical development of the young generation, the Sangha has been introducing physical culture and also teaching the art of self defence in the forms of Wrestling, Boxing, Jujutsu, Yogic exercises and also through display of Lathi, dagger, sword etc. through its hundreds of centres all over India. The Sangha also has been conducting several Yoga Training Centers since long in different parts of India with greater devotion. |
The sangha has been undertaking various welfare schemes for the scheduled castes and tribal people by running schools, hostels, hospitals, technical training centers, TB sanitorium, etc exclusively for those people living in remote villages. |
| The Sangha has undertaken a network of Organisation for reforming and reconstructing the Hindu society, which is the largest community in India ,first, through its Hindu Milan Mandir movement. The Milan Mandir is a common platform upon which the Hindus of all classes and creeds, of all castes, get together, meet and unite forgetting their petty social and sectarian differences in order to work for the all-round welfare of the society and Nation. The Milan Mandir is a place where untouchability vanishes, casteism perishes and sectarianism dies out automatically. Welfare activities for the tribals and scheduled castes, physical activities, all these are carried on in the Milan Mandirs. The Sangha maintains hundreds of such Milan Mandirs in the various parts of India. |
| Reformation of Holy Places :- To restore the India's age long spiritual and sacred atmosphere of the holy places of the pilgrimages which got vitiated by a section of so called agents of the Pandas by extortion, torture and cheating of the innocent pilgrims, Sangha has setup nearly 46 Yatri Niwas (Guest House) at various important pilgrimage centres throughout the length and breadth of India where the pilgrims are not only given free shelter but also are helped to perform their religious rites peacefully instead of being cheated by so called religious touts. |
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