Dear Friends,
Greetings from Friends of ARCH.
Due to the generous support from friends like you, members of ARCH have maintained their momentum in helping the needy. They have not only continued their activities from the past, but because of your support, they were also able to explore and support new needs of people –– especially in rural areas predominantly inhabited by tribal people. We are sharing links to YouTube videos (see below) that we feel will provide you with some insights into their efforts. Here are some highlights we would like to share:
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Diabetes, Hypertension, Thyroid related illnesses etc. are increasingly prevalent across centers in Mangrol and Dharampur, and ARCH’s programs have modified to take care of these chronic diseases now impacting the tribal population. Another very important area they are focused on is strengthening the counseling processes at each level, especially for couples with infertility problems.
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Work in Dediapada villages has now moved into the final phase where the results are apparent. . Villagers who have received land with titles are now mobilizing to undertake productive agriculture. This will lead to sustainable improvement in their livelihoods as well as forest conservation.
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As of this year, ARCH is also working with drop-out students from interior villages to explore skills development
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Many new measures are being implemented to help students achieve better understanding of Language, Math and Science. Similarly, our programs for Early Childhood (ages 3-8yrs) are also getting fine-tuned for many new areas of development.
Please see the links below to see ARCH’s activities.
I sincerely urge you to consider supporting ARCH activities by donating this year.
Thanks!
Friends of ARCH
Mangrol Health Program: Dr. Anil Patel describing the new situation at Mangrol:
https://youtu.be/hq4Za3rsiGc
Dediapada Program for Forest rights and rural development activities described by Trupti and Ambrish: https://youtu.be/OuAy60ibdLw
Dharampur Health program: Dr. Nisith Vohra and Dr. Bhavna Vohra describing new measures introduced at Dharampur Dispensary and Dr Sudarshan and Laxmi describing growing programs for Infertility care: https://youtu.be/X8LjbU0OutY
Dental Program: Dr.Niti describing opening of new dispensary at village Vavar and update of Dharampur dispensary: https://youtu.be/XjgxYS8aaCY
Early Childhood Programs; Dipti describing new innovations in our Preschool – balwadi and Nrupesh describing class library programs for creating reading hobbies and learning language. https://youtu.be/g2y2yCSBekg
Math and Science program for about 600 children: Swati and Kaushik describing activities to sustain and upgrade the quality of Math and Science after the learning loss after Covid Pandemic: https://youtu.be/n_G5V1ON2CY
Skill Development program: Jigar describing a resident program for 16 students:https://youtu.be/-B6ig91L2FQ
We humbly urge for your continued support and annual donations in support of the ongoing activities.
By Mail: Please make check payable to “Friends of ARCH”
Mailing Address: Attn: Friends of ARCH – 17 Capri Drive, Roslyn, NY 11576
Donate Online: https://friendsofarch.org/donations/
“Venmo” Donations – Click Here
Thank you in advance for your generous donations and support.
With warm regards,
Rajesh Patel – President, Friends of ARCH
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Friends Of ARCH celebrated over 25 years of dedicated service to humanity this weekend.
In 1993, Friends of ARCH (FOA) was formed as a U.S. based non-profit organization with the intention of supporting the activities of ARCH India. Funds Raised Go Towards Improving Health, Education & Welfare of the Tribal Population in the areas of Primary Health Care, TB Care Program, Education Activities, Women Health Program & Health Education, Land & Community Forest Rights andForest Conservation & Soil-Moisture Conservation, empowering tribal people from the remote areas of Gujarat, India -Mangrol, Taluka Rajpipla, District Narmada, Dharampur, District Valsad, Serving Tribal villages of Narmada (Dediapada), Vadodra and other tribal districts of Gujarat. Several under nourished children and women are treated regularly for malnutrition.
ARCH, established in 1982, is a non-profit charitable organization that works to improve the health, education and welfare of the tribal population residing in Gujarat, India. Our work began in a small village of Mangrol. Now, after almost 35 years, ARCH and its core group of founding members have expanded their work to 3 areas —Mangrol, Dharampur and Dediapada/Kawant. ARCH, in the truest sense, is committed to work for the benefit of the downtrodden and the poor.
Dharampur dispensary now provided medical care to patients from surrounding 350 villages. Low cost laboratory tests and ultrasonogram continue to be in great demand with approx. 685 sonographies and 37,000 plus laboratory tests last year and the number keeps on growing. Mobile health camps treated over 1800 patients. This year we have added more villages to the community health program, making a total of 30 villages with about 40,000 population. ARCH has reached out to approx. 6500 children across more than 7 locations involving about 150 teachers directly or indirectly through other NGO’s. Several new programs like mobile Active Library Program – “Mari Vachan Gadi – Vanche Dharampur”, Teaching with Tablets, have been launched to nurture children education.
Several dedicated committee members and volunteers under the leadership of President Rajesh Patel have been working diligently since inception towards this noble cause. Committee members including Kaushika Patel, Drs. Chhaya & Mahendra Patel, Flora & Paresh Parekh, Dr. Jyoti & Rajni Gandhi, Dr. Surekha Patel, Jagruti & Krupesh Shah, Madhu & Kamlesh Parekh, Saumyika & Akash Patel, Shashi & Subhash Kapadia,Vandana & Anil Shah, (Late) Vasumati & Sukhdev Vyas , Manjari & Dr. Harshad Bhatt , Hitesh Panchmatia & Pritam Shah and several other volunteers helped make this a huge success. Sufi Shehanshah Bhavin Shashtri spell bounded the audience holding them to their chairs until midnight!Bhavin Shashtri sings from the soul supporting various charities and a very important initiative by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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