Anti-Tobacco Week

Goal : 
To educate the people about health by informing, motivating and helping people to adopt and maintain healthy practices and lifestyles.

It is well known fact that the habit of chewing tobacco is increasing day by day amongst the youth. There is a need to make the community aware about the diseases which are caused by chewing tobacco. Therefore awareness activities had been undertaken by displaying charts, posters, handbill etc.

Smoking (Tobacco Use)
The incremental risk of getting heart attacks is common to all users of tobacco. The risk is same whether one uses filter or non-filter cigarettes, beedies, pipe/cigar or chews tobacco.
The risk however increases with the number of cigarettes/day smoked. Smoking 1 - 9 cigarettes increases the risk 1.5 times. 10 - 19 cigarettes/day increases the risk by 2.7 times and smoking >20 cigarettes/day increases the risk 5 folds. 
Within 3 years of quitting smoking the risk attributed to smoking ceases to exist. Cutting smoking prevalence in the society by even 10% is more cost effective then setting up 30 specialized hospitals. Public education to curb this habit needs promotion.

WORLD RED CROSS DAY – BLOOD DONATION AWARENESS CAMP

WORLD RED CROSS DAY was celebrated on 8th MAY 2006 at PRAGATEE FOUNDATION’S Multi Tech Computer Ghatkopar(W). President Mr. Kiran Rane , secretory Mr. Harish Pagare , treasurer Mrs. Pawanpreetkaur Duggal and other trustees Dr. Baba L. Meshram were participated. Dr. Baba L. Meshram was kind enough in presiding over the function. He enlighten the gathering about the purpose and objectives for which RED CROSS SOCIETY was founded and emphasized the need for contribution by every citizen for peace, cardinal relation with every one. President

Mr. Kiran Rane appealed the students to sincerely contribute in making objectives of the Red Cross Society.
Speaking on the occasion Mr. Kiran S. Rane, President, Pragatee Foundation, stressed upon the need for voluntary blood donation. He said that there existed a great gap between the blood needed and blood collected in one year.

World Health Day

WORLD HEALTH DAY was celebrated on 7th APRIL 2006. On this particular day various health awareness lectures was conducted in various parts of Ghatkopar, Vikhroli and Kurla surrounding area.

The World Health Day has been celebrated worldwide on 7th April every year for engaging the general public in discussion and debate and awareness on important health issues. On this date in 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) was constituted.

The World Health Day 2006 has been devoted to the health workforce crisis with the slogan "Working together for health. On this day around the globe, hundreds of organizations will host events to draw attention to the global health workforce crisis and celebrate the dignity and value of working for health. The Pragatee Foundation, Mumbai plans to bring this awareness and orientation programmes in the theme of together, we can make a difference. About 100 health workers from Mumbai and Thane districts are attending the seminar.

Mission Drushti (Konkan)

PRAGATEE FOUNDATION was organized Free Eye Testing, Free Eye Surgery and Free Specs Distribution camp on Feb 9, 2006 in the Konkan region, with best compliments from Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, Mr. Anil Deshmukh and Mr. Narayan Rane. TIMES FOUNDATION has been joined them as an Encouraging partner. Because of Heavy schedule ministers were not present but because of lots of blessing and encouraging support we were completed this mission successfully.












Refractive error, Cataract, Glaucoma, Squint, Conjunctivites, Corneal opacity, Conjunctiva xerosis, Bitot’s spot  (Due to Deficiency of vitamin A) etc. In this event we invite expert and Eye specialist team of doctors to check the patient. We were distributed almost 500 specs of Rs. 100/- each and served around 300 patients for Cataract surgery which was cost almost Rs. 500/- each patient. In short we were spend almost Rs. 2,00,000/- (Two lacs only) expenditure to conduct this camp successfully. All these expenses were bared by pragatee foundation only. All treatment and specs are free to patients.

Pragatee Foundation (Regd) is one of the active, fast growing and Associate member of Times Foundation Devoted in the field of social, medical and education development. 

This eye camp was useful to people who are suffering from eye diseases like Refractive error, Cataract, Glaucoma, Squint, Conjunctivites, Corneal opacity, Conjunctiva xerosis, Bitot’spot (due to deficiency of vitamin A) etc. 
In this camp Pragatee Foundation invited expert and a team of eye specialist doctors from K.B. Haji Bachooali Charitable Ophthalmic & E.N.T. Hospital, Parel to check the Patients.

All treatment and specs were served free of charge for the patients. Pragatee foundation made an arrangement to carry patient from village/native place to Mumbai hospital for treatment and operation purpose.

Free Eye Testing And Eye Surgery Camp At Chembur, Mumbai

Pragatee foundation was organized FREE EYE TESTING AND SURGERY CAMP on 4th DEC 2005, at Dr. Baba Saheb H.S., P.L. Lokhande Marg, Chembur(w), Mumbai between Morning 09:00 a.m. To 3:00 p.m. successfully. 

This camp useful to the people who are suffering from many eye diseases like Refractive error, Cataract, Glaucoma, Squint, Conjunctivites, Corneal opacity, Conjunctiva xerosis, Bitots spot(Due to Deficiency of vitamin A) etc.

In this event we invite expert and Eye specialist team of doctors to check the patient. This event was organize in the presence of our hon. Minister Mr. Eknath Gaikawad and hon. Minister Mr. Chandrakant Handore and Pragatee foundation’s Trustee and founder member like Mr. Kiran S. Rane (Daniji) , Mr. Harish D. Pagare, Mr. Krishna S. Bokka and Dr. Baba L. Meshram

This camp was useful to the people who were suffered from many eye diseases like Refractive error, Cataract, Glaucoma, Squint, Conjunctives, Corneal opacity, Conjunctiva xerosis, Bitot’s spot  (Due to Deficiency of vitamin A) etc. We found around 300 patient of Cataract to whom we operated absolutely free of charge.

Free Medical Camp Organized By Pragatee Foundation In Ghatkopar For Flood Affected People

On 26th July 2005 Entire Mumbai people faced one of the worst day in their life. Almost everyone lost something in that heavy flooded rain fall. This type of disaster was never happened in the history of the Mumbai.  Every person was seeking help to save their life. Many of them lost their lives, their relatives, their family members, their friends and their entire earnings in this disaster. There after many Govt. and Non-Govt. Organization, Trusts, Societies, Social workers came forward to help people. Because of heavy rain, flood like situation and full of garbage new challenge arises of epidemics. Mumbai started facing diseases like malaria, dengue, leptospirosis etc. It is very difficult to reach each and every part of Mumbai to control this epidemic like situation. Govt. try their best but there are certain areas where no one reach and no one take care of them.

Pragatee foundation is one of the trusts for social, health and education Development; find out such affected areas and organized free medical camp, free medical distribution camp etc. Pragatee foundation’s survey team found that there are areas where diseases are there but because of poor background people are not able to take proper treatment and medicines. Even today there are many cases come forward of malaria, dengue, lepto etc. Pragatee foundation is totally non-political trust. It doesn't have any political touch with any political party. It is fully social body.

 So on 4th Sept 2005 Pragatee foundation organized Free medical check up and Free medicine distribution camp at Indira nagar 01, Near amrut nagar, Sai nath road, Opp. Datta mandir, Ghatkopar (w), Mumbai – 86 between morning 8:00 A.M. to Evening 2:00 P.M.. Pragatee foundation selected qualified doctors’ team under Dr. Pramod Nishar (M.D., Hindusabha Hospital). Team includes Dr. Baba Meshram, Mrs. Dr. Veena Meshram, Dr. Rupesh Mandaokar and Dr. Jayendra Singam. Celebrities like Marathi Movie Actress Prema Kiran (“DHUMDHADAKA” fame), Area corporator Mr. Kumar Pandeyji, local social workers etc. visited and encourage us. There were 55 volunteers and 10 Team Leaders appointed to control and manage this camp successful.

Media channels like “C” TV and local cable channel CITI cable broadcast this event and encourages us. FM Radio channel - Radio city made an announcement about this event 3 or 4 days before during their programs. Maharashtra. Here we spend around Rs. 40,000/- (Forty Thousand Only) .

Independence Day Flag Hosting, August 15th

Independence Day, August 15, commemorates the day in 1947 when India achieved freedom. It is celebrated all over the country with meetings and flag-hosting ceremonies

INDEPENDENCE DAY was celebrated on 15th AUGUST 2005 at Ghatkopar(W) head office with the presence of local residents. During this ceremony Pragatee Foundation has distributed sweets and fruits to all local children. Function was attended by President Mr. Kiran Rane , Vice-President Mr. Krishna Bokka , secretory Mr. Harish Pagare , treasurer Mrs. Pawanpreetkaur Duggal and other trustees Dr. Baba L. Meshram , Mr. Trilokchandsing Duggal and Mr. Dharamveersing Arora.