Bharat Sevashram Sangha
Cancer Care
Centre
By Dinesh
Kamath
NAVI MUMBAI: Bharat Sevashram Sangha was established in the year
1917 by Swami Pranavanandaji Maharaj, the great illustrious philanthropist,
with a view to elevate mankind from misery and poverty by putting into practice
the benevolent ideals he could foresee. He thought that the golden way to serve
humanity is to bring about social, economic, cultural and of course, spiritual
upliftment of the people at large with priority towards underprivileged masses.
From its modest start the Bharat Sevashram Sangha, serving thousands of people
daily, on the ideologies of its noble founder, is now regarded as a premier
institution of its kind, with 50 branches covering almost entire India Rash
Behari Avenue
The Bharat Sevashram Sangha started its activities
in Navi Mumbai in the year 1988 under the leadership of Swami Prashantanand
Maharaj. The main activity of Vashi
Branch is to help Cancer patients with the following facilities: Free
Accommodation, Free Transportation to Tata Memorial Hospital, Panvel and
Kharghar, Rasoi Ghar for Self Cooking, Ambulance Facility, Free Counseling,
Recreation, Rehabilitation services,
Awareness programmes, Distribution of free milk and biscuits every day and
Financial assistance to needy patients.
Besides the above activities, Vashi branch also
provides the following services for public in general: Free Computer Training
Classes, Free Coaching Classes, Health services during natural calamities,
Kumbha Mela, Ashadi Ekadashi at Pandharpur every year, Publication of spiritual
English monthly magazine – Maha Milan, Food grains to poor patients, Cancer
Awareness Camp, Yoga Classes, Reiki, Sponsorship arranged for deserving
students who want to continue studies, Spiritual Congregation and Library.
Main source of this organization’s financial
contributions come from its well wishers, corporate funds and various trusts,
who donate either in periodic contributions or one time lump sum amount. Many
of them have also sponsored a good number of its schemes in part of in full.
But these are for a temporary period and earmarked for particular projects. Its
own projects are run purely on non profit basis and do not provide for anything
more than its own subsistence. All donations to Bharat Sevashram Sangha are
exempted from IT under section 80-G of Income Tax Act, 1961.
Even Rotary Club has been supporting Bharat
Sevashram Sangha in carrying out community projects.
Address: Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Home for Cancer
Patients, 263, Swami Pranavanandaji Marg, Sector 31A, Vashi, Navi Mumbai 400
703.
Tel: 2781 1327 / 6523 4773
Email: bharatsevas@gmail.com
Website: www.bssmumbai.org
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