Services and Programs
- Social
& emotional support to Elders.
- 24X7 Helplines
(Medical & General) for Elders to meet emergencies.
- BHAVANA’s
own well equipped Charitable Age Care Centre (Physiotherapy
Clinic) at Lucknow managed by experienced qualified physiotherapists.
- BHAVANA’s
own Multi-facility Day Centre for Senior Citizens
at Lucknow.
- Tie-ups
with Specialized Old Age Hospital, a Multi-specialty Hospital
& Dental Surgeon.
- Tie-ups
with Ayurvedic, Naturopathy, Homeopathy, Clinical Psychiatry,
Acupressure, Reiki & Acupuncture Therapists.
- Tie-up
for Hospice & Palliative Care for needy Elders. Tie up with the best Old Age Home of Lucknow.
- Tie-up
with best Old Age Home of Lucknow.
- Frequent
social & spiritual excursions and get-togethers for Elders.
- Camps are
organized at frequent intervals at different locations in and
around Lucknow wherein full medical checkup (including clinical
tests) and treatment of Elders as well as other persons of all
ages including women, children and infants, is done free of cost.
- Financial
assistance/scholarships are given to extremely poor but meritorious
students up to class 12. Assistance, even beyond class 12, is
provided to extra-meritorious students.
- Due to Covid BHAVANA had to stop activities related to Informal Literacy Centre and has started निर्धन कन्या सशक्तिकरण योजना near Nageshwar temple, Parag Dairy Road,Ricksha colony, Lucknow where the girls from poor families are enrolled and trained for sewing and making of useful domestic material and enhance their skill to be independent.
- Camps are
organized in villages to create awareness in villagers about personal
hygiene as well as cleanliness in own house and locality. They
are also informed about the government schemes available for their
welfare. Simultaneously, they are also informed about salient
features of Constitution of India, relevant to the village folks.
- A free community service named “Prasadam-seva” is being run within the premises of KG Medical College Hospital, Lucknow, Balrampur Hospital, Lucknow and & Lohia Hospsital, Lucknow. 250 care-giver associates of very poor hospitalized patients are served good hot lunch absolutely free of cost daily.
- A free basic community service named “Sai Rasoi” is being run by BHAVANA’S institutional Member, M/s Kamla Social Welfare Society, within the premises of their Old Age Home cum Hospice named “Raising Hopes” situated in Vigyanpuri, Mahanagar Extn., Lucknow. Basioc hot vegetarian foods are served daily in lunch & dinner to all hungry persons visiting the place within notified timings..
- Frequent
seminars and talks are organized to update Elders about their
rights & privileges, taxation laws, investment opportunities,
health related issues etc.
- Problems
of Elders are highlighted at various Forums and through memorandums,
letters to editors etc.
- Interaction
and co-ordination is maintained with other organizations working
in India and globally for the cause and care of Elders.
- An elders-friendly,
fully furnished, state-of-art, BHAVANA OLD AGE HOME is coming
up in NCR region of India, adjacent to Greater Noida. A 3000 sq.m.
developed plot has been allotted to BHAVANA for this purpose by
“Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA)”.
Construction work will be taken up immediately after possession
of the Plot is given by YEIDA to BHAVANA.
- A similar
elders-friendly, fully furnished, state-of-art, SAMUTKARSH AASHRAY,
is being envisaged in Malihabad area of Lucknow district. Land
has already been earmarked for the purpose. It is going to be
a joint venture of BHAVANA and RK FOUNDATION (a non-profit initiative
of RK Group). Negotiations are on between both the organizations
to enter into a M.O.U. for the purpose.
- Regular
publication of quarterly bilingual (Hindi-English) magazine and
books on positive thinking.
- Currently
BHAVANA has 960+ life members (including 430+ females) and fourteen
Institutional Members.
- Help, in
cash or kind, small or big, is solicited from generous members
and non members to enable BHAVANA continue implementation of these
and many more such services & programmes.
- Donations
to BHAVANA are exempted from Income Tax under section 80G of Income
Tax Act.
- Donation
Cheques/DDs may be drawn in favour of BHARATIYA VARISHTHA NAGARIK
SAMITI payable at par at any bank at Lucknow.
- Donations
are solicited on-line also. Relevant details for this purpose
are:
Name of Bank & branch – Axis Bank, Indira Nagar, Lucknow
Name of Account – Bharatiya Varishtha Nagarik Samiti
Nature of Account – Savings Bank Account
Account number – 355010100011769
IFS Code – UTIB0000355