Sangeeta Darvekar Charitable Trust Regd. No. E/3092/Thane under Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950

602/A, Sea land Tower, Jesal Park, Near Ashirwad Hospital, Jesal Park, Bhayandar (east), Dist.

Thane 401105. India.

Phone: +91 9224320230

Website: www.oralcancerawareness.org Email: oralcancerawareness@gmail.com.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/sdctrust

Annual report 2015-16

This organization was established in 30th April 2003, in the memory of the departed sister Sangeeta. It’s been 12 years of our journey which was conceived to be a gesture to give back to the society and in some we have been successful and in some we learnt a lot Following is the brief overview of the journey till now.

Journey of Sangeeta Darvekar Charitable Trust at a glimpse

Year Activities Program Location Partners

2003 onwards

Charitable Dental Clinic Dental Treatment at no profit basis Bhayandar

2003 onwards

Oral Cancer Awareness

Creating awareness of dangers of tobacco use and resultant oral cancer

Across India and the world

Tata Memorial Hospital

2005 Flood Relief

Distribution of 5kg rice and 1Kg Dal (160 Packets each) to those affected by the deluge on 26th July 2005

Manvel pada(Virar)

2010 Onwards

Medical and Dental Camps in the tribal areas

Various medical camps for tribal poor like Oral cancer awareness, breast cancer awareness, Gynecology , Paediatric, Chest and Tuberculosis, Heart and many more Dahanu Taluka

Indian Medical Association, Indian Dental Association Mumbai West suburban Branch, Bhayandar Medical Association

2015 onwards Cycle distribution

Tribal students were distributed cycles so that the can travel from their house to school and school drop outs are prevented

Dahanu and Talasari Taluka, Palghar District

Friends and many individuals

A quick glance about our financials and about ourselves. Courtesy https://www.helpyourngo.com/ngo-details.php?ngo=544&name=Sangeeta-Darvekar-Charitable-Trust

While we were doing many medical camps in the previous years, we felt an acute need to curb the school

drop outs due to many reasons. One of the reasons was as follows

The tribal kids have to walk long distance to reach their school/college, hence we decided for a pilot project of

donating 10 cycles to them. After interacting with them this is what we learnt

1. The kids are interested in a BSA photon cycle for boys and BSA ladybird shine for girls, as it looks trendier.

2. The cost of that cycle is Rs 3900 with bill.

3. The cycle will be fitted with lock n bell apart from stand n chain cover.

This would ease the commute to school/college as most schools are 5-7km from where they stay and college is

even far.

After a brain storming session with all the friends, we decided to implement his project

5th July 2015

5 boys and 2 girls received cycles

12th July 2015 6 girls and 1 boy received the cycle

15th August 2015

Rampur Grampanchayat felicitated us for our philantropic work.

26th November 2015

Today delivered at Indian Dental Association, Head Office, opp Siddhivinayak Temple,Dadar, a lecture on importance of Biopsy in early detection of Mouth cancer to 15 participants coming from various specialties in Dentistry from across India.

29th November 2015

Cycle Distribution program was arranged by Sangeeta Darvekar Charitable Trust on Sunday, 29th November

2015, at 11am at Omkar farm, Khedpada, near Rampur Grampanchayat, Gholvad east, Taluka Dahanu, District

Palghar.

Total of 36 cycles were distributed to d needy tribal students, who had to otherwise have to walk 5-8km to get

to the school. We hope to curtail the dropout from the school due to this factor.

The function was attended by

1. Mrs Asha Vartak, principal of S.P.H High School, Bordi

2. Mr Sandesh Kalangada, Sarpanch of Rampur Grampanchayat.

3. Ajay Valu, Member Jambugaon

4. Ramesh Padvale, former Sarpanch of Rampur Grampanchayat

5. Jayu Dongarkar, former Sarpanch of Chimbave Grampanchayat

6. Mr Nausher Irani, a social worker n an agriculturist.

7. Mrs Vidya Darvekar, a trustee of SDC trust

8. Dr Ajit Kotnis, a dentist

9. Mr Mahendra Kamdar, a CA by profession and his staff Shraddha Unadkat

10. Dr Rohit Karnik, a dental surgeon

11. Dr Rahul Nadkarni, a dental surgeon.

Also those present were Mohan Macchi and his wife, Piraji Dalvi and his wife, Rajesh Pardhi and Anil Rathod.

Dr Suwas Darvekar, principal trustee of SDC Trust, presided over the function

Hope the cycles would bring transformation in this tribal hamlets in terms of education and we can build a

educated village, and an educated India.

3rd December 2016 Our activity in Lokmat newspaper. 8th December 2016

Our Activity in Sakal newspaper

Our Activity in Janshahi , A Gujrati newspaper

26th

January 2016

6 riders are riding from Mumbai to Goa, a distance of 550km. They are raising funds for donating cycles to the

tribal students, who have to commute long distance on foot, and therefore many quit the school. These tribal

students, if they have a cycle, they can commute the distance of 5-10 km very easily and we can prevent the

drop outs. The 6 riders were Mr Dipen Jain,Mr Anurag Zutshi, Mr Yashkumar Sota, Mr Harshad Kale, Mr

Brijen Desai and Mr Ashok Bhanushali.

7th

February 2016

27 cycles were distributed. Here is the photo journey of the function

12th

February 2016

A post on Facebook page : Planning to visit vyahali village to finalize the beneficiaries. With 60+ km one way

travel from Dahanu station, its physically taxing.

But commitment wins over physical stress.

Would u like to accompany me?

would start from Dahanu station in a bike at 11.30am on 14.2.2016.

here r d coordinates of this remote village.

Vyahali, Maharashtra 401606

https://goo.gl/maps/qzh4y1oKgcT2

25th

February 2016 .

A full page article appeared in a Facebook page of “Humans of Bombay”. Following is the link.

https://www.facebook.com/humansofbombay/photos/a.188058468069805.1073741828.188056068070045/4555

18767990439/?type=3

6th March 2016

Students of SPH high school, Bordi received brand new cycles so that there commute to their school becomes easy

6th March 2016

Tribal Students of Vyahali, a remote village 60 kms from Dahanu,towards Wada, Near Saivan, received 19 cycles .

13th March 2016

Bicycle distribution by Sangeeta Darvekar Charitable Trust: On 13th March, at Vanravan Kakubhai Lakhani High

School, Borigoan, Near Bordi Staion, District Palghar, a total of 35 cycles were distributed to the tribal students.

5 cyclist rode from Mumbai to Borigoan school, a total of almost 150km to attend the function. They were

Kiran Patel, Pranaya Mohanty, Rakesh Patel Pantani Pirata, Jithin Mohananand Xerxis Tampal. On seeing this

professional cyclist, the students were very excited and greeted them with a rousing applause. Many other

dignitaries were also present for this function. They were Mr Anurag Zutshi with his family, Mr Brijen Bharat

Desai , Mr Yashkumar Sotta, Mrs Vidya Darvekar, Mr Balkrishna Lade, Mr Anil Save, Mr Sanjay Karandikar,

Vijay Mhatre and Rahul Lade.

Principal of the school, Mrs Dipa Patil, welcomed all the attendees in glowing terms. Dr Suwas Darvekar,

Principal Trustee of Sangeeta Darvekar Charitable Trust gave an inspiring talk to the students. After national

anthem, 17 boys and 18 girls received brand new cycles. All attending philanthropist were satisfied to see

beaming students leaving the school with their own cycles. All the teachers, Principal and the trustee were

also happy to see the happy students, because they knew, that there students can commute the distance of 5-

8 km in about 15 minutes as opposed to one and a half hour that it takes to walk to the school and the same

time to walk back to their house.

Dr Suwas Darvekar says that only through the development of the students can we build a developed India.

Sangeeta Darvekar Charitable Trust has distributed 151 cycles to the tribal students in this academic year.

Apart from that, the trust conducts Medical and dental Camps for the tribals, distributes footwear to the tribal

students, and conducts awareness on mouth cancer because of tobacco use.

27th March 2016

Interview on Radio City, Fun ka antenna.

My dad was virtually challenged. This made things slightly difficult at home right from the very onset. As fate

would have it, he suffered an accident and lost the only job he had.

But he was a man of strong will-power and determination. He wanted me to have a good education in an

English medium school to brighten the prospects of my life.

Today, you can listen to my story about life & how I overcame the difficulties life threw at me & how a little

help from my friends and society went a long way in ensuring I realize my dream to becoming a dentist!

Yes, I am Dr. Suwas Darvekar and you can listen to my story today on #AamAadmiKiKhaasKahani only on

www.bit.ly/RadioCityFunKaAntenna!

The link to the interview is

http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fprcodm.newgenerationhosting.com%2Fodm%2Faakkk_dr-

suwas-darevkar.mp3&h=9AQF1P4lK.

Statistical Overview of our activities in 2015-16

NO of students benefitted from cycle distribution = 151 Total number of boys benefitted = 74 Total number of girls benefitted = 77 Goals: To curtail the drop outs from the high school due to long distance commuting Impact: A significant decrease in drop outs was found in those who received cycles. Number of patients benefitted from our subsidized dental treatment Approximate 1000 Goal: to provide Dental treatment to the needy people in a no profit basis Impact: A significant number of people can take dental treatment which is otherwise prohibitively expensive for the poor. Number of people counseled directly for quitting tobacco habit and Oral cancer awareness = around 200 Number of people counseled indirectly for quitting tobacco habit and Oral cancer awareness via website and DVD circulating in the public domain = more than 1000. Goal : To bring down the death due to oral cancer which can be prevented by simple changes in lifestyle. Impact: due to our sustained efforts and efforts from like minded organizations, Gutka and tobacco is banned in many states in India. There has been a significant decrease in oral cancers especially in the young age group.