With a population of about 400 million,
Northern India is the most socially deprived area of India. While
literacy is only 30%, the infant mortality rate is double that
of the national average. In the tribal villages of Northern India,
people are dying everyday due to preventable diseases.
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The deadliest of the Himalayan
earthquakes recording a magnitude of 7.6 took a toll of thousands
of human lives and rendered millions homeless. In India, nearly
1,345 have been confirmed dead but another 2,000 are still missing.
More than 36 thousand properties are damaged either fully or partially.
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The Kalgidhar Society has adopted completely
destroyed 15 villages reconstructing 930 houses, 1 school, 3 mosques,
1 Hindu temple and 4 Sikh temples till November 30, 2005. Further,
reconstruction of 1941 houses, 4 mosques, 1 Hindu temple and 1 Sikh
temple is being carried out by the volunteers of The Kalgidhar Society
in adverse climatic conditions of heavy snowfall and sever cold.
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The children hailing from rural and backward areas of Northern India have negligible prospects of education. Majority of people are farm workers, masons, carpenters and labor working in various other areas and are illiterate. India accounts for more than 20 percent of the world's out-of-school children and for 20 percent of the gender-gap in elementary education. Don’t forget that nearly one-fourth of India's population, 251 million out of nearly one billion, is below the poverty line. One hundred seventy million of the poor, 68 percent, are rural
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The Kalgidhar Society has established 22 schools, all in rural, backward, remote and far-flung areas of Northern India, wherein more than 20,000 students are being imparted education.
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Approximately
one-third of the people of India, particularly living in the rural,
hilly and tribal areas have a critical health status as a very
large part remains under shadows. People have to cover long distances
for vaccination and avail primary medical facilities.
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The Kalgidhar
Society has established a 200-bed charitable hospital in the remote
rural hilly area of Himachal Pradesh, India to provide integrated
health services to those neglected.
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Drug addiction has become a major health problem in India with estimates indicating that as many as 15 million people getting addicted by the end of 2005. In a study of Indian opioid addicts, researchers found that 8.3% of injectible drug users were HIV-positive. The youth in rural and backward areas of Northern India get addicted to various kinds of drugs, alcohol and narcotics from an early age resulting in an alarming increase in the crime rate, conflicts, litigations etc.
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The Kalgidhar Society has established two de-addiction centers (under the pattern of Alcoholics Anonymous), located at Baru Sahib (Himachal Pradesh) and Cheema (Punjab), India that have cured more than 1500 drug-addicts till now. Consequently, the youth have shed bad habits and have joined the social mainstream.
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There are about
84 million orphaned and abandoned children in India. They are left
vulnerable to all sorts of evils, exploitation and death. They
are often forced into child labour in order to survive and miss
out on a normal childhood. Needy orphans are usually deprived of
food, clothing, sufficient healthcare and a good education.
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The Akal Child
Welfare Foundation established by The Kalgidhar Society, located
at Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India, is a home to more than
800 orphans and poor children.
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Millions of aged people, particularly in rural India are suffering from lack of proper care and protection. As they are incapable to work and earn their livelihood, they have no financial support of any kind to meet their daily requirements. Their condition is pathetic as they suffer from diseases, malnutrition, loneliness and lack of peace of mind.
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The Kalgidhar
Society runs an old age home at Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh wherein
200 aged persons are provided with care and protection.
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There are over
34 million widows in India according to the 2001 Census. They continue
to live in conditions of social, economic and cultural deprivation
as most of them being unable to live independently and earn their
livelihood owing to the traditional Indian customs. Their condition
is more pathetic in rural India due to poverty, lack of education
and bias against women where they are living a life devoid of dignity
and honour.
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The Kalgidhar
Society is running a Home for Widows and Destitute Women, wherein
more than 200 widows and destitute women are being imparted vocational
training in various fields to make them self-dependent.
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India is a nation
of villages. Rural India which comprises 5.5 lakh villages and
encompasses three fourths of India’s population is characterized
by low income levels. There is a big chasm in the facilities available
to the city dwellers and rural folk. The villagers still suffer
from lack of education, employment, medical and other facilities.
They have to cover miles to avail these facilities which are of
mediocre standard
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The economic
upliftment of the backward hilly rural area initiated by The Kalgidhar
Society is unique in its own perspective, in which free education
and employment is provided to the local rural people.
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