Charitable giving is motivated by many factors. It can be an expression of compassion, a form of gratitude, or simply a way to create joy. Members of Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur UK are motivated by a desire to improve the lives of others and fulfil the vision of their Guru, Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai Jhaveri, Spiritual Head of Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur.
Their passion in service is driven by devotion and love for their Guru and His inspiration, Shrimad Rajchandraji. The devotees endeavour to realise Shrimad Rajchandraji’s vision of spreading love and care to all living beings. Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care (SRLC) relentlessly pursues this purpose. SRLC is a ten-fold programme which includes health care, education care, child care, women care, tribal care, community care, humanitarian care, animal care, environmental care, and emergency relief care.
A new health care initiative taken in stride by the members of the mission across the world is to raise funds to support the construction of a hospital in the Valsad district of rural Gujarat. It is a state-of-the-art 200-bed multi-speciality charity hospital. Poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy and lack of access to basic healthcare and sanitation are prevalent amongst the tribal population in the area. Such factors have an adverse impact on the long-term well-being of the community.
An existing Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital has been in operation since 2004 providing affordable healthcare to those in need - a 75-bed facility with a multitude of departments including neonatal care, radiology, ultrasound, and 24-hour accident and emergency services. These services among others are extremely rare in rural hospitals. Nonetheless, it has become an urgent need to expand the scope of healthcare provisions and related infrastructure to cope with sheer weight of necessity of the local population, and hence the plans for the new technologically advanced hospital have been commissioned.
The huge investment required for such an undertaking has been supported by an array of fund-raising initiatives in India such as the annual Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon. Runners from UK took part in the marathon in January and raised an incredible £25,000 for the new hospital. Bharat Sheth, Hetal Shah, Miloni Virani, Kaushik Rambhiya and Preeti Rambhiya represented the London Centre of the Mission, and with donations from generous individuals, they reached their target. Bharat Sheth enthusiastically commented, ‘I felt most fulfilled from knowing that the construction of these facilities would change the lives of thousands of people for many years to come’.
The biggest contributor to this fund-raising initiative is a theatrical masterpiece ‘Yugpurush – The Play’, as all surplus proceeds will go towards the new hospital.The 150th birth anniversary of Shrimadji was marked with the launch of Yugpurush. It depicts the untold story of the relationship between Shrimad Rajchandraji and Mahatma Gandhi, a bond that helped transform Mohandas to Mahatma. Yugupurush has taken India by storm with rave reviews, touching over 275,000 lives in 140 cities across India through 400 shows in just 5 months. It has won Transmedia Gujarati Drama Awards for Best Director, Best Drama and Best Supporting Actor.
The UK will witness the first international tour of this play with performances in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leicester, Southampton and Bolton between 27th April and 11th May. With 7 sold out shows and over 6,000 tickets sold already – new shows have been added across UK. Don’t miss this opportunity to witness an untold story in Indian History - buy tickets now at www.yugpurush.org/uk.
