Foundation OF LIFE :Upaasana Bora “Commencement of the Destitute Rehabilitation Centre at Katraj was ‘a dream come true’ for us. We started off with 20 children in the year 2002 and today, we have 150 children who are living at that centre. Since its inception in 2002, over 400 children have been benefited.” said Dr. Vinod Shah, the Chairman of Janaseva Foundation. Dr. Vinod Shah is a highly accomplished physician, and a renowned gastroenterologist associated with many prominent hospitals in Pune city. His prof...
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Saviours of the deprived: Janaseva Foundation by@upaasanabora Toilet use is the key to unlock social and economic progress in India. In rural India, 61% of the population defecate in the open. Open defecation is an age old practice that is seen as ‘normal’ in many communities. Usage of toilet is important for an individual’s health, safety and dignity. Janaseva Foundation was started with the motto ‘service to man is service to god’. One of the projects that Janaseva Foundation has successfully carried out is construction of toilets in the villages of Pune district. Over the past 3 years, we have been able to construct 1,600 toilets in 35 villages. 700 toilets in villages with Rotary Club Pimpri, Rotary Club Pune Riverside & Rotary Club Pune Central under their matching grant project. We believe that building toilets without addressing common norms, attitudes and beliefs around latrine use is unlikely to reduce open defecation in rural India, which is why various informati...