All India Pingalwara Charitable Society Key Issues and
Operational Areas, Major Activiities & Achivements
Operational Districts: Amritsar
Operational States: PUNJAB
AchieveMents: a) Looking after 1714 inmates which include destitute children, sick, disabled, mentally challenged and old men and women. These inmates are accommodated in branches of Pingalwara at Amritsar, Pandori, Goindwal, Jalandhar, Sangrur and Palsora (Chandigarh).
b) Free medicines to the poor and needy people.
c) Free help (Tricycles etc) to the handicapped.
d) Medical and material aid to the victims of natural calamities.
e) Artificial Limbs are provided free of cost to all needy person upto August, 2015 a total of 6738 artificial limbs have been fitted.
f) Physiotherapy centre for indoors Patients.
g) A home for the Senior Citizen at Sangrur & Manawala.
h) A well equipped Ultrasound Centre for needy patients.
i) A state of Art Operation Theatre for Surgery of Ear including Cochlear Implant at Manawala Complex, Amritsar.
a) Bhagat Puran Singh Adarsh School at Manawala. Free education (including uniform and books) is provided to the wards of under privileged sections of the society. It has 682 students on its rolls.
b) Bhagat Puran Singh School for the Deaf Children at Manawala. It has 103 students.
c) Bhagat Puran Singh School of Special Education. The school caters for the mentally and physically challenged educable inmates of the Pingalwara. 140 children get individual attention, care and love here.
d) Bhagat Puran Singh Adarsh High School for the poor children of the Quadian area. This school is situated at Buttar Kalan and provides free education to 360 students.
e) Provide free books and stationery to the poor and needy students.
f) Two of our special children Dolly & Shallu have won medals in World Summer Special Olympics held at Los Angeles, USA during July-Aug, 2015
a) Vigorous drive to plant trees every year.
b) Maintenance of a nursery to provide free saplings. Every year over 60,000 saplings are distributed as a part of the tree plantation drive.
c) Distribution of free literature on various environmental issues.
d) Natural Farming (Pesticide and chemical fertilizer free cultivation of crops).
e) Environment March in Amritsar Town in August, 2014.
a) Rights of Persons with Disabilties-2006
b) Seminar on Ill Effects of Pesticides on Health-2006
c) Workshop on Natural Farming-2006
d) Seminar on AIDS Awareness-2007
e) Bhagat Puran Singh Memorial Seminar ââ¬ÅEcological Challenges and Social Responsibilitiesââ¬Â-2008
f) Gift of Sight Camp- Dec., 2008
g) CME on Rehabilitation of the Deaf & Free Check Up Camp ââ¬â Oct., 2009
h) Live Cochlear Implant Surgery and CME ââ¬âNov., 2010
i) Seminar on Autism ââ¬â Feb., 2012
j) CME on Rehabilitation of Deaf and Free Check-up Camp ââ¬â Feb., 2013
k) Seminar on ROKO CANCER ââ¬â 2nd August, 2013 and 2nd August, 2014.
a) Free distribution of literature on Religious, medical, social, ethical and environmental issues.
b) Printing & free distribution of literature on issues such as living habits, drugs, health, positive thinking aspects which improves quality of life.