The
Jury felt that the NGO's activities in the field
of animal welfare and animal rights in the coastal
part of Orissa as commendable and deserve the
award. Apart from caring for stray animal, the
NGO has also done outstanding service during
natural disaster in the areas requiring relief
operations. A 400 year old practice of sacrificing
animals was also stopped as also possible sacrifies
of about a dozen horses at Yagna.
The NGO has taken considerable initiative in
stopping these sacrifices. These were stopped
with the help of Animal Rights Activists. This
apart, the organization has also taken considerable
initiative in educating children and motivating
volunteers to take up the cause of non - violence
towards animals.
The NGO has persuaded
a large number of students from using leather
items wherever possible. Its role in pursuading
young men and woman to take up non - violence
values such as protection of animals, vegetarianism
is really impressive. The Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation
takes great pleasure in making the award to
the NGO. |
Mahatma
Ganghi Institute India's first rural medical
college was set up in the year 1969 to meet
the needs of rural India. Kasturba Hospital
which was started by Gandhi Ji himself forms
part of this hospital. The Institute is committed
to the pursuit of professional excellence by
evolving an integrated to the pursuit of professional
excellence by evolving an integrated pattern
of medical education to produce doctors sensitive
to the needs of rural India, and provide accessible
and affordable health care primarily to underprivileged
rural communities.
The
students and faculty adhere to an unique code
of conduct which includes wearing Khadi, Sarva
- Dharma community prayer, Shramadan, Vegetarianism
and Eschewing alcoholb and tobacco. On ethical
grounds, the Institute does not accept sponsorship
of pharmaceutical companies in organizing academic
activities.
The
College has functioned as an agency for change
of values by insisting of community ownership
in health, self help groups, social health education,
Kisan Vikas Manch etc. To sum up, the institution
is a model institute in community health care.
The
Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation is Happy to confer
their award for excellence in education and
medicine on the institute.
The
award for Excellence in Community service has
gone to Amar Seva Sangam, Ayikudy, Tirunelveli
Dist. This Institution was established by Mr.
S. Ramakrishnan, a totally physically challenged
person in the year 1981. Even though it was
feared that his life was doomed after an accident
during an interview at Air Force Training process,
by sheer determination, he has succeeded in
setting up an example to the entire physically
challenged population to prove that even they
can be assets to the community.
He has been joined by Shri. S Sankara
Raman, another physically challenged
person and both are running the institution
with a basket include establishment and maintenance
of a gaushala, a middle school having about
480 students and holding of medical camps.
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