THE GOAL IS TO PLANT 50,000 TREES BY FEBRUARY 2024 Will you help? Each tree planted is not only helping the people of the Tansa Valley – it is helping us, each individual, and indeed all of planet earth. Each tree costs: $4 per sapling, including planting and caring for the [...]
Nirmala Poona, a participant of the Self-Help Group for women, standing outside her shop. DONATE NOW
A local villager collecting saplings from PRASAD Chikitsa nursery. DONATE NOW
Village women during PRASAD Chikitsa’s midwife training- 2004 DONATE NOW
Welcome to the final newsletter for 2021! We hope you are well and making the best of newfound freedoms after being in a series of lockdowns for the last couple of years. The people of the Tansa Valley too, are returning to greater normalcy in their lives. We thank all our donors for [...]
Dear All, Warm Greetings to all! First of all, we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their generous donations, which continue to flow in response to COVID-19. Due to this extraordinary generosity, PRASAD can fulfil its commitment to helping people living in the Tansa Valley. Last year, PRASAD directed [...]
Warm greetings! We hope that you and your family are well. The effects of the pandemic have overwhelmed global health systems and caused many businesses to shut down. The poorest and most vulnerable are being affected disproportionately, with women and children bearing the heaviest brunt, but your support has helped us to make [...]
COVID-19 has shaken the foundations of our societies, presenting unknown new challenges but, together, we are navigating a course to the other side of this pandemic. Together, we are standing strong, responding and adapting quickly to a changing world. Because of the lockdown in India, PRASAD Chikitsa is doing what it can. It is [...]
PRASAD Chikitsa was incorporated in 1994 but it really began in the 1960s with the dilapidated houses rebuilt for 1000 poor families and the critically important medical hospital travelling to villages in the 70s. Initially much of the work was done by volunteers, including Australians, who offered their professional services on the bus or [...]
Every year the Government of Maharashtra holds a prestigious ceremony to encourage rural women who have succeeded in developing successful, life-changing programs in their communities. For the eighth year in a row, Self Help Groups(SHGs) monitored and supported by PRASAD Chikitsa have won recognition for their achievements. REAPING THEIR REWARD Eight [...]
