Maharashtra

As the entire world battles the coronavirus crisis, our Samta Soldiers have sprung into action and gone beyond the call of duty in these testing times. Even as they safeguard themselves and adhere to strict norms of social distancing, they are selflessly reaching out to the grassroots communities in need, round-the-clock.

Our Initiatives Against Corona

COVID-19 Vaccination Drive

COVID-19 VACCINATION DRIVE

SERVICES

  • Conducting vaccination camps in rural areas
  • Counselling for rural and tribal communities to encourage vaccination

     

    • Providing transportation facilities for the government vaccination team and the rural population

    VACCINATION DRIVE

    IMPACT*

    • 65807 people vaccinated by the foundation
    • 100% people vaccinated in Risod, Maharashtra
    • 69422 vaccinated by the government with support from the foundation

    REACH

    • Tribal and rural areas of Maharashtra
    • 27 villages vaccinated through the foundation
    • 188 villages supported through the government vaccination drive
    *Till March 2023

    Support for

    Government Hospitals

    and Medical Colleges

     

    SUPPLIES DONATED*

    • 367,670 3-ply masks
    • 123,800 cotton masks
    • 25,000 N95 masks
    • 123,327 sanitizer bottles
    • 18,035 PPE kits
    • 74 infrared thermometers

     

     

    • 8 ventilators
    • 98,000 gloves
    • 50 pulse oximeters
    • 12,200 food plates
    • 250,000 khichdi plates

    *Till December 2022

     

    SUPPLIES DONATED*

    • 7,450 goggles
    • 2,500 spirit bottles
    • 2 swap collection booths
    • 300 bed hangers
    • 20 BP machines

     

     

    • 10 oxygen concentrator machines
    • 500 high oxygen concentrated masks
    • 2 HNFO respicare machines
    • 2 dreamstation machines
    • 1 portable ICU unit

    *Till December 2022

     

    REACH

    • Risod Municipal Council
    • Civil Hospitals of Dhule, Riphad, Risod, Chikalthana, Beed, Osmanabad, Latur, Naded, Jalna, Ahmednagar, Jalgaon, Buldhana, Yavatmal, Amravati, Morshi, Wardha, Bandhara, Chandrapur, Nagpur, Akola, Gadchiroli, Nandurbar, Pune, Gondia, Thane, and Palghar
    • Rural Hospital and Nagar Parishad Hospitals at Risod
    • Primary Health Center, Mangul Zanak
    • District Civil Hospital, Washim
    • Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai

     

     

    • Government Medical Colleges of Aurangabad, Nagpur, Pune, Gondia, Ahmednagar, and Dhule
    • Balika Ashram, Aurangabad
    • Cancer Hospital, Aurangabad
    • Haffkine Institute, Mumbai
    • Mumbai Municipal Corporation
    • Nair Hospital, Mumbai
    • Bhabha Hospital, Mumbai
    • Cooper Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai
    • Worli Covid Hospital, Mumbai
    • BSES MG Hospital, Mumbai

    Support for Prisons

    and Police Stations

    SUPPLIES DONATED*

    • 28,380 3-ply masks
    • 88,164 cotton masks
    • 1,370 N95 masks
    • 64,969 sanitizer bottles
    • 75 PPE kits
    • 151 infrared thermometers
    • 4,800 gloves
    • 116 pulse oximeters

     

    • 250 sanitisation chemical bottles
    • 121 sanitiser foot stands
    • 52 disinfectant sprays
    • 315 sodium hypochlorite solution bottles
    • 281 face protectors
    • 50,100 vitamin-C & homeopathy tablets
    • 3,840 food plates
    • 1 hot/cold water dispenser

    *Till December 2022

     

    REACH

    • Arthur Road Prison, Mumbai
    • Byculla Prison, Mumbai
    • Police Stations in Charoti, Risod, Washim, Aurangabad, Nashik, Jalna, and Satara
    • Mumbai Traffic Police and 40 police stations in Mumbai
    • Ajanta Pharma, Aurangabad
    • Collector Office, Aurangabad

     

     

    • Central and district prisons in Thane, Taloja, Kalyan, Aurangabad, Nashik, Jalna, Osmanabad, Latur, Nanded, Parbhani, Akola, Washim, Sangli, Kolhapur, Pune, Visapur, Dhule, Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Bhusawal, Buldhana, Yavatmal, Amravati, Morshi, Wardha, Bhandara, Chandrapur, Ahmednagar, Nagpur, Akola and Gadchiroli

    Support for the Community

     

    SERVICES

    • Awareness drives in villages
    • Social distancing project
    • Masks made by tailoring students at Akola and Mannalal Agrawal Institute of Technology, Risod
    • Free distribution of preventative COVID-19 supplies

     

     

    • Free distribution of Ration Kits to poor families: containing flour, dal, oil, spices, salt and soap
    • Creating awareness among villagers to contact the Tehsildar for Ration Kit for poor families
    • Sanitation kits distributed to municipal sanitation workers, journalists, Samta Foundation team members, and other essential service providers

     

    SUPPLIES DONATED*

    • 17,439 food kits
    • 27,475 food grain kits
    • 53,950 3-ply masks
    • 1,47,929 cotton masks
    • 40,787 cotton masks stitched by 89 students from the foundation’s tailoring program

     

     

    • 60,151 sanitiser bottles
    • 160 infrared thermometers
    • 1,969 face protectors
    • 86 pulse oximeters
    • 1,000 safety ear protectors
    • 190 vaporizers

    *Till December 2022

     

    REACH

    • Mumbai, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Meghat, Washim, Risod, Kasa, Palghar, Nanded, and Aurangabad districts
    • Charoti and Virar toll stations
    • Zilla Parishads of Aurangabad, Jalna, Parbhani, Washim, Chandrapur, and Gadchiroli
    • Collector Office of Aurangabad

     

     

    • Tehsildar Office of Risod
    • Rural and tribal areas
    • Communities under the foundation’s Divine Light and Noble Gender programs
    • Sadhguru Isha Ashram

    *Till December 2022

    Donations received

  • Ventilator donated by Ms. Deepa Jain
  • Mr. Mihir Kapadia and Mr. Anand Kabra, Owners of Noble Plus Chemist, donated 700 bottles of sanitiser (900 ml)
  • Mr. Anwar donated 250 Litres of sanitiser
  • Mr. Parag Shah donated for distributing masks and sanitisers
  • Our Process

    Our Samta Healthcare workers have received due permission to be on the field and protect the health of communities at the grassroots against COVID-19. The dedicated workers are running awareness drives while distributing free masks, sanitisers, infrared thermometers, and other necessary equipment at a short notice to Government hospitals, medical colleges, prisons, police stations and toll-nakas. They are distributing free ration kits to poor families during this crisis.

    Our Initiatives

    Education

    We set up computer labs and vocational infrastructure and provide trained teachers. Our computer curriculum has been designed by IIT, Bombay

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    Prisoner Transformation

    We work with prison officers to conduct regular camps, cure patients of skin and eye diseases and improve the quality of life

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    Community Services

    We create sanitation awareness and provide meals and shelter to patients from rural areas visiting hospitals in cities

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    Stories of Real Change

    Eknathji’s account: Community Service

    Samta Annachattra provides welcome relief to relatives of patients from rural regions coming to city hospitals

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    Harsha’s story: Vocational Course

    A shy girl took steps for self-empowerment and found financial independence for herself, and her family

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    Janu’s story: Cataract Cure

    As the elderly man’s eyesight worsened, a specialised Cataract Surgery gave him more than the ability to see

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