1. Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust Food for Education VocationalTraining Hearing Aid Before Jaipur Foot After Jaipur Foot

2. ith a vision to rekindlethelivesof millions in despairWand to eliminate the blight of poverty, bringing the shine of education, development and well being in the dark and o b s c u r e w o r l d o f t h e underprivileged echelon, The Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust is selflessly extending services towards the reinvigoration of mankind,leavingbehindasmile on millions of faces across the globe. Ratna Nidhi Charitable trust was initiated with a mission to address the immediate needs of the poor and marginalised sectionsofthesociety.Forover 25 years the trust has been on an endeavour to bring about welfare anddevelopmentofboththeruralas well as urban destitute without distinctionofcaste,creedorreligion. Its focus has been on the poorest of the poor slum and street children as well as the physically handicapped including limb amputees, polio affected and hearing impaired. It dreamsofafutureinwhicheachand everychildcanlookforwardtoanew day, a day free of hunger, suffering, abuseandpoverty. Networkingandcollaborationswith NGO's, Government organisations, F u n d i n g A g e n c i e s a n d Philanthropists has been a major strength for the trust in its outreach tothousandsofbeneficiariesinIndia andotherdeveloping nations. atna Nidhi Charitable Trust is committed to the welfare of peopleRf r o m t h e m o s t underprivileged strata of society without distinction of caste, creed or religion. Its emphasis is on assisting the children and youth who are the citizens of tomorrow and the disabled who need a support to help them join mainstreamsociety. Our Mission About Us 3. Contents: About Us Trustees Note 1 Mobility Project 3 Permanent Jaipur Foot Centre, Mumbai 4 Food for Education 5 Vocational Training 6 Milestones 7 Educational Sponsorship for children of Terror victim 10 Hospital Equipments 11 Garment Distribution 11 Book Donation 12 Statistics 12 Testimonials 13 Our Partners 15 Get Involved Contents 4. Present Trustees: ?Mrs. Asha Mahendra Mehta ?Mr. Rajiv Mahendra Mehta ?Mr. Prakash V. Mehta he Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust was founded by Mr. Mahendra Mehta over 25 years ago and has Ttransformed lives of hundreds of thousands by providing artificial limbs (Jaipur Foot) to amputees, tricycles and wheel chairs to physically impaired, food and medical help to victims of natural disasters, and educational/vocational training support to the needy not only in India but many developing countries. The primary objective was to help beneficiaries become independent so that they can earn their livelihoodandarenolongeraburdentotheirfamilyorsociety. UnfortunatelywelostthisgreatsoulinAugust2013attheageof 78.The highest tribute we can pay to his visionary and humanitarian life was not only to continue but also expand the scope of the activities that can transform and enrich many more lives. He has left this world, but his legacy lives on and his work continueswithmorevigour. Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust The Trustees www.RatnaNidhi.org Ph. No. 022-23898930 1 The Founder: And the Mission continues..... 5. Our compound is very huge and outside there is the Mahadev Mandir. I tell my husband to take me there. He drops me there and goes to work. I have to wait till he comes back. Now that I have got this Wheelchair I can go on my own and come back. I will not have to wait for so long. - Madhuben was rendered disabled due to swelling in her feet, Dakor Camp Beneficiary 6. www.RatnaNidhi.org Ph. No. 022-23898930 3 Abdul was born with a disability in both of his hind limbs, he's never experienced walking before. He was the center of attention of the whole camp, his unbelievable personality, sense of humour and peaceful smilingfacecapturedtheattentionofeveryone. Witnessing his first walking attempt with the provided Jaipur Feet was priceless. The smile on his face, excitement and the tears in his mother's eyes were indescribable. Abdul exclaims to his mother when she cried with happiness, Now I can walk, run and even play cricket!! I can grow up to be a superstar like my favourite Salman Khan. Mother, don't cry, tearful times are gone, happy days are here. Now we can go buy a nice Jeans pant that I have always wanted to wear! *all smiles* Mobility Project Stepping into a new life! 2.21% of people in India are physically disabled. he dictionary says that, Disability is c o n d i t i o n t h a tTrestricts or limits movements and activities. However, when you meet a disabled person you will know that it is a lot more than that! The inability to move or hear has very deep implicationsintheirlives. Hundreds and thousands of disabled people especially those in poverty, depend on others for their most basic needs such as earning an income or even using the washroom,whiletheirdreams and aspirations are as high up asanyofus. Bymeansof themobility and hearing aids project Ratna Nidhi Charitable trust aims to bequeath a new life to each of those who have been deprived of the basic privileges of mobility and hearing for most of their lives. Withthegiftofmobility,these p e o p l e d e v e l o p s e l f confidence, have the abilities to lead near normal lives and have the potential to become contributivemembersoftheir society instead of being a burdenonit. Total appliances distributed this year: 2,643 Total since 2001: 2,43,000 Little Abdul standing tall A wheelchair of independence Priya after CalipersPriya before Calipers 7. www.RatnaNidhi.org Ph. No. 022-23898930 4 etupintheheartofthecityof Mumbai, in a haven for NGO's, our permanentSJaipur Foot centre aims to be the backbonetothephysicallydisabled personsinandaroundthecity. The centre is manned by skilled technicians and is fully equipped with the machinery required to fabricate customized Jaipur Foot and Calipers as per beneficiary measurements, within a matter of hours. The objective of this centre was to create a workshop that is easily accessible to disabled persons to have their mobility needs met, Free of Cost anytime of the year. They need not waitfor a campto be held. Beneficiaries can also re-approach the centre in case of any wear and tear or any training requirements (as many beneficiaries are walking for the very first time using Jaipur Foot/Calipers). Saturday camps: Apart from the walk in beneficiaries, we began organizing camps every Saturday at this centre where about 50 to 100 patients are imparted mobilityorhearingaids. Although our focus this year has been on capitalizing our centre and reaching out to more beneficiaries fromapermanentplace,wehavealso organized 2 and 3 day camps at M a n k h u r d a n d M u l u n d respectively. Dakor Camp: In a day and age when various innovativeideasareavailableto rehabilitate the disabled, it is unfortunate that most of the ruraldisabledpeopleyetdonot have adequate access to this. With this as the motivation we organized a 3 day camp in Dakor, Gujarat in February aiming to rehabilitate the disabled population in rural areas of Kheda and other surroundingdistricts. Pritesh's (a beneficiary from our Dakor camp) father expresses his gratitude Pritesh is a clever student. He got an electric shock while flying a kiteand so his handand leg had to be operated. All his studies were at halt because of his medical treatment. With the wheelchair & Jaipur Foot we can now drop himtoschool.Timeseemedtohavestoodstill for us but now again we have got a Hope! We feelvery nice receiving appliances here. A camp at the Permanent Jaipur Foot Center Permanent Jaipur Foot Center Pritesh standing for the first time in 2 years Permanent Jaipur Foot Centre at Mumbai 8. FoodForEducation EnsuringaHealthyEducated future School Students Relishing their meal www.RatnaNidhi.org Ph. No. 022-23898930 5 hile in rural and tribal areas the Wcause of malnutrition is non- availability of food, in urban India Millions of children go to bed hungry because their parents are not able to purchase food for them. Mostof themdrop out fromschoolssothattheycan help their parents and supplement the family income. Our Food for E d u c a t i o n p r o g r a m distributes free food prepared at our kitchens, to poorchildrenondailybasisif they attend any formal or non-formal educational class. It thus combines food with education-we now have a child who is educated and well fed also. The program has been very effective in arresting the drop-out rate in schools. This year over 4500childrenhavebeenfed daily dueto whichthey have beenattentiveinschoolwith astomachfullofhealthyand nutritiousfood. express my profound gratitude for your kind help to our school children. Our school is situated near the dumping ground of Deonar. Parents are very poor. So they are unable to provideInutritional food to their children. Last year your Trust and Dharam Bharati Mission had provided mid day meal for all our school students. This mid day meal had helped them maintain their physical fitness. Attendance has also increased. This shows us good results. On behalf of our school trust, school, children, staff, parents I thank you for the help provided and love and affection shown towards our students. Dyansadhana Vidhyalaya Headmaster Mr. S.B.Shirke At 29%, the incidence of child malnutrition is far higher among Mumbai's urban poor than it is even in the most impoverished tribalareas. Total Meals given in this year 6,94,235 Since 1998: 2,1881,100 One of the School receiving our meal 9. www.RatnaNidhi.org Ph. No. 022-23898930 6 Walking past the streets of Mumbai, you will see the hard to miss but easy to ignore tea sellers, shoe polishers, beggars, hawkers andthelikes. They are the street children of Mumbai, numbering in thousands. The United Nations estimates that there are about 2.5 lakh streetchildreninMumbai. Vocational Training Total no. of students trained in this year 2,876 Since 1996: 63,000 Students Trained Unleashing their latent talent Home Management class in action he city of Mumbai attracts millions of migrants every yearTmajorly constituting children andyouthwhoflockin,sadlyend up living on the pavements and become prey to starvation and exploitation. Ourvocationaltrainingprogram was thus initiated with the thought that every such child has immense latent capabilities that need to be polished in. It thus adopted an innovative approach to impart business trainingandvocationalskills. The project trains the children in various skills such as Domestic helpers, Home management, Small scale manufacturing of common non- durable household products, Drivers, Security Guards, Electriciansandsimilarvocations. It has trained over 63,000 beneficiaries who are now gainfullyemployed. DetailsofCoursesheldthisyear TOTAL Course No. of NGOs Workshops Participants Orientation Training Agarbatti Making Paper bag Making Rakhi Making Phenyl & Liquid Soap Making Greeting Card Making Jam, Jelly and Sharbat Making Diya painting Kandil Making Tea Making Home Management Training ANZ Banks Money Minded Program 16 6 7 7 5 1 1 2 1 1 1 10 25 912 8 266 9 338 9 305 9 207 1 27 1 40 5 175 2 60 1 39 2 83 14 424 58 86 2876 10. Growing ..... One milestone at a time 1992: Initiated Garment Distribution 1996: Vocational Training for street children 2001: Began Mobility Camps 2003: Educational Sponsorships for Terror Victims 2006: Started using fully equipped Mobility Vans for remote villages 2009: Palitana Mega Mobility Camp-28549 beneficiaries helped 2010: Multiple mobility camps- effort to make Gujarat Disabled Free 2014: Started Regular Mobility Camps at our Centre 2005: Began Nation wide Mobility Camps in full swing 2007: Introduced distribution of splints and braces at camps 1998: Started Food for Education 2005: Began distribution of Hearing Aids at mobility camps 2013: Started Permanent Jaipur Foot Center at Mahalaxmi, Mumbai ..and continuing the work for a better FUTURE 2001: First Disaster relief project during Gujarat Earthquake 2000: First International Camp at Dominican Republic www.RatnaNidhi.org Ph. No. 022-23898930 7 www.RatnaNidhi.org Ph. No. 022-23898930 8 11. I am polio ridden since the age of 2. I cannot contain my joy as I stand tall with the support of my calipers. Now I don't have to crawl and I will be just as tall as all my friends Kalpana - A bright little girl at our Dakor Camp 12. www.RatnaNidhi.org Ph. No. 022-23898930 10 Educational Sponsorship for Children of the terror victims A pillar of support ts unfortunate that the poor and already helpless people fall victim to theIbrutalities of terror. The loss of their financial and emotional backbone brings their lives to a standstill. The trust thus initiated involvement in supporting the families and dependents of all those who are victims to the ravaging and heartless man caused calamities such as the blasts in Zaveri Bazaar and Gateway of India in 2003, suburban railway blasts on July 11th2006,MajorTerrorAttack of November 26th 2008 at Taj, CST etc, and the most recent blast in opera house and Zaveri Bazaar on July 13th 2011. We offer educational scholarships to the innocent children so that their lives come back on track and they g e t a c h a n c e t o f i n d themselves a place in this competitiveworld. The sponsorships are given out for a period of 5 years, wherein a minimum of R s . 5 0 0 0 a y e a r a n d additionally Rs.10000 to those pursuing higher education, graduation and postgraduation,isoffered. Varun and his sister with the sponsorship cheque When tragedies of terror rob away all hope, the light of Education can show the way to bright future. Till date we have helped 245 terror affected children in their education. Muneera with her Family Apart from my father who has lived in Bombay, my entire family in the village is very orthodox. They believe that girl must not go out and work. After my fathers death my uncle insistedonusshiftingbacktothevillage.Butwewerefirmthat wewantedtostayonandstudy.Thiswaspossibleonlybecause we received the sponsorship from the Trust. Today we have becomecapableenoughtodosomethinginourlives.Wewish todosomethingnoteworthywithourlives! Muneeraisjust1stepawayfromherdreamofbecomingaFashion Designer. She is currently interning with a reputed designer and wantstodoaninternationalfashiondesigningcourse. Safe Kids Foundation Creating Safety awareness The Safe Kids Foundation, India is an addition to the Safe Kids Worldwide family of coalition partners. The organization works towards preventing unintentional childhood injury.The Safe Kids Foundation in India was created by Mr. Mahendra G. Mehta in October of 2006 as a logical continuation of the Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust's work to help children of all backgrounds lead better lives. Founder Trustee: Mahendrabhai Mehta Present Trustee: Asha Mehta Managing Trustee: Rupa Kothari This year we have reached over 3,00,000 children in 415 schools. Since the launch of the program we have reached out to over 32,75,000 children in nearly 2,000 schools. 13. Hospital Equipment project Making quality healthcare equipment available atnaNidhi Charitable Trust imports Stateof the art medical equipment fromUSAandGermanyanddonatesthemtohospitalsandinstitutions Rdoing humanitarian work. The finest quality of equipment include, Sonography Machines, Hospital beds, Dental chairs, ECG machine, Surgical toolsetcaswellasseveraltypesofaccessoriesandconsumablesusedinhospitals. ECG Machine Spectrophotometer EquipmentsdonatedtoHospitals/NGOsinthepast: 1.MahavirresearchCenterGowaliaTank,Mumbai 2.MahatmaGandhiInstituteOfMedicalSciences,Sevagram, Wardha 3.ShantiDan,Mumbai 4.BhutaniInternationalMedical&researchCentre Bhoopatwala,Haridwar 5.LionsClubofPalanpurCharitableTrust EquipmentsdonatedtoHospitalsintheCurrentYear: 1.K.J.SomaiyaMedicalcollegeHospital&ResearchCentre,Mumbai 2.SriJalaramArogyaSevatrust,Modasa,Gujarat 3.Dr.RasiklalShahSarvajanikHospitalModasa,Gujarat 4.BalwaSarvaganikClinic,Gandhinagar,Gujarat Garments Clothing in self To give an underprivileged person a pair of clothes is as goodasdressinghimwithself-respect. In Ratna NidhiCharitable Trust's garmentsProject usable garments aredistributedtothepoorestofthepoorchildren,womenandmenof allages. Thegarmentsthatarereceivedfromvariousdonors,areassortedsent to various institutions working with the poor who in turn distribute thegarmentstoindividualbeneficiaries. Garments Sorting Happy Beneficiaries! Total Garments distributed this year: 34,250 Total since 1992: 9,52,666 www.RatnaNidhi.org Ph. No. 022-23898930 11 14. Book Donation Widening the scope of Education atna Nidhi, in collaboration with Rotary Club of Bombay Worli has organized Rseveral free Educational book exhibitions for distribution over the past 12 years. In these exhibitions we display quality Indian as well as imported Educational Books panning over a wide variety of subjects such as Literature, Science, Computer, Encyclopedias, Mathematics,Geographyandmanymore. Each of the books are carefully sorted and categorized. Principals and Teachers of various schools and colleges, are invited to come and select books required for their library free of cost. Over 2000 organizations have benefited and more than 1,75,000 books have been distributed. Hence providing world class reading material for school children especially the poor who otherwise may never get the opportunity to accesssuchbooks. A treasure house of BOOKS! Representative of Smt S.J.Mehta school says: The exhibition was well arranged. We could get a variety of books which were informative. The whole idea of organizing such exhibition is a unique one which would be appreciated by every visitor. We assure that every book has reached the right place. www.RatnaNidhi.org Ph. No. 022-23898930 12 Our Work At A Glance in Figures Project - Mobility Total appliances distributed Current year 2,643 Since 2001 :2,43,000 Total Meals distributed Current year 6,94,235 Since 1998: 2,1881,100 Project - Food for Education Project - Vocational Training Total No. of Students trained Current year 2,876 Since 1993 :63,000 Till date we have helped 245Terror affected children in their Education Project - Educational Sponsorship for Terror victims 1,75,000bookshavebeen distributedtoOver2000organizations Project - Book Donation Total Garments distributed Current year 34,250 Since 1992: 9,52,666 Project - Garments distribution 15. What people have to say about our work www.RatnaNidhi.org Ph. No. 022-23898930 13 What you see here is agony and smiles. We face small challenges in our life and we get disheartened. Here you see the big challenges of these young people, they have to face it for the rest for their lives, and they face it with a smile. Whatever God has given us we should share. Donor - Shri Gulabchandbhai Shah There was a time when only those donors were appreciated who would donate at temples & other religious places whereas here such donors are being felicitated who are providing Hearing Aid to the deaf, Jaipur foot to disabled, Tricycle to those who need them. This is a campaign to serve living Gods which will encourage other people of the society to follow the suite. Shri Narendra Modi - Prime Minister Please accept my compliments for the extremely useful welfare and developmental work which your trust has been doing, particularly for poor and marginalized sections of the society and for the rehabilitation of the physically challenged people. It is heartening to learn that you are reaching out to remote, border areas of our country in your noble mission. Your welfare and developmental work in Rajouri, Kargil and Leh would have not only benefitted the needy people of these locations but also helped in integrating people from these areas into national mainstream. General V P Malik, PVSM, AVSM - Former Chief of the Army Staff The mission of the Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust (RNCT), an NGO, is to transform lives in India as well as other developing countries by promoting health, education and vocational training. Primary objective is to help beneficiaries become independent so that they can earn their livelihood. The Food project of this trust feeds over 6000school going children everyday, majority of them lives in slums. Their services are free to any needy person irrespective of color, creed, race, religion or national origin. RNCT took the responsibility for educating all 150 children of victims of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Educare has partnered with RNCT to educate 30 of these children. Our Partner NGO - USA Educare Foundation, Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust has been helping us in our Project- Hunger-free India wherein we provide mid day meals to school going children, with the ultimate objective being improving the overall education scenario. The food provided by them is of a consistent quality and always reaches in time. We have been working with them for almost 5 years now and have found their humane approach and sense of Sewa to be very inspiring. They have also helped us in identifying new and needy schools. we look forward to a long and meaningful partnership with them in this nation building initiative. Our Partner NGO - Dharma Bharathi Mission www.RatnaNidhi.org Ph. No. 022-23898930 14 It is amazing to see the joy on their faces in spite of so much of grief. I am very Happy to see this kind of work, its like a Creation, creating something out of nothing! This is a kind of work that can be compared to the Kohinoor diamond. Donor - Smt. Urmilaben Dholakia, USA I think this Foundation is started for a good cause. People, I think, when they get artificial leg they will not think that it is an artificial but it is a real leg they got and it is like a re-birth for them. Ratna Nidhi Charity is very good. People should come forward to help them because they are not charging anything. It is a tremendous job because spontaneously they are doing. It is not like any other trust, spontaneously they are doing it and keen interest they are taking in it. Mr. A. L. Quadros General Secretary Mumbai Taximen's Union I am very happy meeting Mahendrabhai Mehta and group of his Indian friends, Who really dedicate to the welfare of humanity, in general particularly in this country. This is great, great work and great service to humanity in general particularly the less privileged or unfortunate people. Such great work great service, I really admire. His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama This is a permanent center and more importantly, a NGO is running it. Hospitals have such center is a different thing and NGO running such center is totally different thing because NGO do it with all their hearts. Everything is managed by them including fund raising etc and it is done without government help. It is self sufficient. Donor - Shri Arvindbhai Shah & Dineshbhai Shah (M/S ASIAN STAR LTD.) I have been associated with RatnaNidhi as a volunteer, as a fund raiser and as admirer of this work for many many years. Now seeing this Camp I am very glad that there is permanent Center in this area rather than having camps which is sporadic kind of activity. We have permanent base because of which we are able to serve as many people as possible and more people than we can before. So I am very happy being here, its wonderful location, wonderful place, centrally located in Bombay and so many dedicated people working for this. It's a wonderful feeling to be here and all the best! Fund Raiser - Singer Mr. Sanjiv Shah We would like to thank your esteemed organization for the generosity and concern towards needy elders. Mrs. Tsewang Dolma Shosur - Central Tibetan Administation, Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) 16. www.RatnaNidhi.org Ph. No. 022-23898930 15 Our Partners Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, India Rahmani Foundation, India Bombay South Rotary Charitable Trust Ratna Global Foundation, USA Mumbai Autorickshawmens Union Mumbai Taxi mens Union Dharma Bharathi Mission, India Rotary Club of Bombay Worli Germany To name a few: U.S.A USA India Shri Sai Trust,India Akshar Gyan Charitable Trust,INDIA 17. WeatRatnaNidhiCharitableTrustwantmorepeoplelikeyoujoininghandswithustospreadsmilesandmaking peoplestandontheirownfeet. WewelcomeyoutoGetInvolvedandMakeaDifference. 1) When you come across any disabled person who can be helped with a Jaipur Foot, Caliper or Hearing aids, please help them get in touch with us. Also kindly bring to our attention pre-schools, slum schools or night schoolswhichneedfood. 2)YoucanDonateusedEducationalbooksandNationalGeographicmagazinesinourbookprojectwherebywe aredistributingtheminveryorganizedmannerto2000school/collegelibrariesoverpast15years. 3) You can Donate used Garments and Toys from your home and neighborhood which we are distributing to needypeople,children,variousNGO'saswellasHospitals. 4)Whenyouwishtoupgradeyourhomeoroffice,ComputersandLaptops,donateyouroldonesthatwecangive toneedyschoolstoeducatehundredsofchildrenwithusefulcomputerskills.Wehaveadatabaseof3000schools andtheirrequirementsindetailandthustherightthingswillgototherightgroup. 5)Volunteertoteachinourvocationaltrainingprogramsothatmoreandmorepeoplecandevelopskillstoearn anindependentincome. 6)Youcanvolunteertoshareyourskillstotakeourworkforward.IfyouareinCommunications,PR,Advertising, SocialMedia,Fundraisingetchelpourcausetoreachmassessothatmorepeoplecanbenefit. Ifyouhaveanyotherwayinwhichyoucanhelpus,Pleasefeelfreetotalktousrightaway! 6waysinwhichyoucanhelp: Emailusat-info@ratnanidhi.org 18. RATNA NIDHI CHARITABLE TRUST 5th Floor, Vasant Vilas,31, Dr. D.D.Sathye Marg,Mumbai 400004 Tel. 022-23898930 / 8879965481 info@ratnanidhi.org www.RatnaNidhi.org Donations to RNCT are tax-exempt under section 80G of the Income Tax Act for Indian taxpayer I was born with a deformity in my left foot, which is shorter than my Right one. However , I do not feel disabled, all thanks to my JAIPUR FOOT. Now I can run, swim, play cricket and even ride a cycle, and above all lead a very normal life, just like my peers. - Suresh Waghela, Jaipur Foot Centre Beneficiary.