ASHADHAM ASHRAM SOCIETY Website : www.ashadham.com Email : info@ashadham.com, ashadhamashram@gmail.com You Tube : link for documentary (Hindi) https://youtu.be/1jxeozf4z18 You Tube : link for documentary (English) https://youtu.be/4jlehbbkntu How it started : God has Wonderful plans for each one of us and without his mercy, care and help nothing can be accomplished. This was very true with Sister Damian, founder of Ashadham Ashram. In her last days of her teaching carrier, sister thought to learn ayurvedic medicine and serve the society. Henceforth she took permission from her Mother Superior and went to do a diploma course in ayurvedic medicine. After the completion of her course, Sister Damian along with Sister Bernadette came and visited Dr. Joseph Pathalil, Bishop of Udaipur to seek his grace blessings to start this new work. After Listening to their interest, bishop suggested them to do something for the poor and needy people of the society. Sisters agreed to his lordships advice. As they came out of the House. They found Lali, an 85 year old lady who was lying on the roadside with both legs fractured and the wounds decaying, as there was nobody to look after her. The sisters took her from street, cleaned her and took to the hospital and with the help of doctors and nurses, gave her all possible help to cure her. After she was discharge from the hospital, sisters could not find a place to keep her as nobody was ready to keep her. Then our district collector helped us to find the distant relative of Lali and handed her to them. After a few days as they were going through the city, they found a lady lying on the road side and soon they recognised her as Lali. Sisters put her on a bed and took them to a rented house which was arranged by Mr. Ramesh Verma, a teacher of St. Pauls School. She was morally supported by Advocate Shri Fateh Singh Ji Mehta who stood strongly with them to face all the legal challenges. Thus with her first inmate "Lali" the noble mission of Ashadham Ashram started on 11th November 1997.
As the numbers increased they were shifted to the staff quarters of St. Paul's school given by the bishop of Udaipur. The People around were very helpful and supplied them with all that was needed for their maintenance. Within few days more such people were brought to the sisters and the number soon increased. As there was no room for more people in the house, Bishop granted them a house at the suburb of the city, in a locality called "Sajjan Nagar" and since then the house is being run there. Our Aim : Ashadham Ashram started with the aim to accept people without any discrimination of caste, creed and religion believes that we all are the children of one God. With the increase in number of inmates, more and more donors joined with us to construct facilities like building, kitchen, dispensary, drinking water facility etc at Sajjan Nagar. They helped the ashram in cash and in kind to cater the needs of the ashram. Among the donners these were some important people and their contributions Visit of the Mother General : Sister Martina, Mother General of PSA visited Ashadham Ashram and helped us in constructing two halls with Latrine, Bathroom facility. Construction of a tin-sheeted dining hall: A dining hall covered with tin sheet was constructed with the help of the generous donors of Udaipur city Visit of the Chief Minister : After a long wait, the Ashadham with its Residents government of Rajasthan acknowledges the services of Ashadham. Mrs. Maya Kumbhat and late Shri Rajendra Kumbhat were the key people behind bringing their friend, Shri Ashok Gehlot, our Honourable Chief of Minister of Rajasthan who visited Ashadham Ashram on 20th June 2002. On his visit he admired and acknowledged the works of Ashadham and promised to give an ambulance for taking the patients to the hospital for treatment. This promise was implemented and the ambulance was dedicated to the ashram by Shri Trilok Purbia, MLA, Udaipur. Dispensary : A dispensary along with equipments was donated by the urban co-operative bank, Udaipur as it was very difficult for the sisters to take these sick people for treatment to the hospital. Septic tank : With the help of the municipality of Udaipur a big septic tank was constructed in the ashram. Nati, an inmate was found in wounds by sister Damian near Hospital Campus and later he got a chance to garland Shri Ashok Gelot on his visit Construction of Kitchen : A kitchen was constructed with the helping hands of Zilla Pramukh, B.T. and sons, Bhagwat Singh Mehta, badali nalwaya, anil suwalka and many others contributed for the same Visiting of Missio Member : Ms. Margret, A missio member was invited to visit the ashram by Father Demonic, SVD. On her visit she suggested to make a project for sanctioning aid for the development of ashram. Through this project she donated a sum of 40000 Euros which was used to construct the 1st floor building of Ashadham. Visiting of Rosy from England : Shri Raju Chelawat a resident of Udaipur brought Rosy of England to visit the ashram, who later made two rooms with latrine and bathroom facilities in memory of her mother. Mrs. Kiran Babel contributes to make a room with attached bathroom.
Sisters taking care of Purshotham, a cancer patient Arya Sisters contributed to make a room for the gatekeeper. A hall was constructed with the help of zilla parishad and a few donors. A dining hall was constructed with the help of Shri Gulab Chand Kataria, MLA A cow shed was constructed with the help of Shri Raghuveer Meena, MP A few cows were donated by Mrs. Shashi Agarwal of Kuber Bhandar, Mr. Shailendra Ghiya, BT & sons A Loading tempo was donated by R.S.M.M limited. An Ambulance was donated by SBBJ Hans Foundation, A leading NGO, helped in constructing a room and also sponsored salaries to staff for 3 years. Social welfare department agrees to help Ashadham and sanctions a project on 12th January 2012 for 50 inmates to appoint doctors, nurses and other staff. Khaitan Saheb provides a huge washing machine for the ashram and also helped in constructing a water tank at the new site. Ashadham expands itself to Hawala Khurd badi. A 10.5 bhigas of land was allotted by the UIT Udaipur for the construction of Old Age, Destitute and MR Home. Surendra Jain [10.5 Lakhs], HZl, RSMM, R.K. Marble [5 Lakh Each], Shri Laxman Singh Mehta, Shri Kanihya Lal Bapna & Shri Mahveer Jain Contributed more than 1 lakhs each for the payment of the land. Construction of boundary wall: A six feet high boundary wall was made around the new site at Hawala Khurd badi. Digging of Tube well : A tube well was dug by Mrs. Pankaj Sharma, Mrs. Lalita Purohit at the new site of Ashadham at Hawala Khurd badi. Udai villas contributes for fixing the water pump set for the newly dug tube well. Mr. Nissar Ahmed, DIG, Udaipur help in fixing the main gate of the new site. Er. B.L. Mantri contributes towards the entire site plan for the new project at Hawala Khurd. Inauguration and ground breaking ceremony: Sarva Dharm Maitri and a few eminent people of Udaipur came forward to begin the new project with the inaugural function on 19th October 2014. Mrs. and Mr. Sanjay Hinduja contribute a solar water heater & Mr. Laxman Singh Mehta and Mr. Jayesh Sharma contributes towards installation of biogas plant at Ashadham Ashram, Sajjan nagar. Vermin compost inauguration: The Agriculture College helps Ashadham in developing a plant for vermin compost. Since then we are making vermin compost in the ashram and selling it to needed people at a subsidised rate. Body donation : Dead bodies of the residents who had no claims from their families were donated to the Govt. Medical College for their medical studies. Shri Rahul Agrawal, Secretary, Pacific Medical College and Hospital accept gladly to take over the construction work of aggressive block for Mental Patients at Hawala Khurd, Badi. Besides these Ashadham is regularly helped by the generous people of Udaipur in food, clothing, medicines etc on a regular basis. Ashadham also received awards and recognition from various people, organisation, associations etc. for their dedicated services to the people. Till now near about 1000 people came to the ashram and more than 220 people died here. About 500 people got cured and left ashram. It is presently having strength of 270 residents. We at Ashadham Ashram express our sincere thanks to each and every person for all their valuable contribution in the growth of Ashadham and taking care of its residents on a daily basis. May God bless them and their families and help them to continue serving Ashadham in the coming days.
Activities Sisters serving meals to the residents Taking care of mentally retarded, deaf & dumb lady Residents dining on the floor due to lack of space Sisters taking care of Residents Taking care of an old lady Donating Blankets by a generous donner Ashadham receiving its first Ambulance Cow Donation by Mrs. Agrawal, B.T. & Sons
Activities Taking care of cancer patient Visit of Shri Shikhar Agrawal, District Collector & Bishop Joseph Pathalil Inauguration Cow Shed by Shri Raghuveer Meena, MP Residents making vermin compost No Space-Residents sleeping on the corridor No Space-Residents sleeping on the floor Felicitation of Er. B.L. Mantri Felicitatiing Shri Ram Niwas, UIT Chairman
The aim of Ashadham ashram is to serve the abandoned and needy people of the society by providing them food, clothing, medicines, giving treatment by admitting them in hospitals, giving shelter. If anybody comes to claim their relatives are given back to them. Ashadham is fulfilling its aim with the help of its generous donners. Inmates who are well enough are trained in different livelihood skills like rope making, paper craft, preparing vermin compost, taking care of cows etc. Financial Situation : Ashadham Ashram has no source of income of its own and is fully dependent on the donations given by the generous people. Now we are seeking donations for its forthcoming projects. Legal Status : 1. It is a registered unit under Rajasthan society act 1958. Registration number is 210 Udaipur 99-2000. 2. It is also registered under the Social Justice and Empowerment Department. 3. The constitution of unit is approved by the Registrar under society's act 1958. 4. The Income Tax Commissioner Udaipur vide his letter 496 s/21.6.0 has granted exemption under income tax act 1961 (80G). 5. The Ashadham Ashram Society is also exempted by the income tax department of India to receive unlimited donations by sub-section (iv) of clause (23C) of section 10 vide notification number No. 10/2008-09. Present Projects : With the increasing number of inmates in the ashram and due to lack of space, there is an urgent need to accommodate the males and females separately. Also we have enquiries for starting an old age home. Acknowledging the activities and needs of the Ashram, the state government has allotted a 2.59 hectare of land on 99 year lease at Hawala Khurd, Badi, Udaipur at a reserved price and the due amount was paid by the help of its generous donners. The above 2.5 hectares of land is allotted to us on the basis of our future projects to construct 1. An old age home to accommodate 150 people (which includes 75 single rooms with common kitchen, dining hall, prayer hall, dormitory, yoga hall, indoor games etc), 2. Mental Homes for keeping atleast 200 males (females would be kept at 'B' Block, Sajjan Nagar) 3. A large kitchen with all economic cooking facilities to cook food for 500 people. 4. A Dispensary (with physiotherapy and other facilities to treat the mental and surgical patients.) 5. Open spaces/gardens(for walking track, exercise, herbal garden near old age house, ornamental garden etc), 6. Prayer Hall/ Recreation Hall 7. Staff accommodation 8. Dormitory for staff and religious sisters.
The Plan and Estimate
An Appeal : We at Ashadham Ashram hereby invite all the generous people of good heart to visit the ashram and help us in the construction work of the new project. You can even enrol our ashram in your CSR programme. In case of group sponsoring, a common fund can be created and that can be used for the construction of the block taken up by your esteemed Organisation / Firm /Association etc. This aid can also be in 'Kind' by supplying building material to the ashram. The block/ construction work taken up by the Organisation /Firm /Association will be dedicated to them by writing its name on the dedication stone. It will be a memorable event for them by participating in such noble and social cause. Your Organisation / Firm / Association can also join us on a long term basis by sponsoring the recurring expenses of Ashadham. The donor will be issued a receipt under 80G to get this donation exempted under income tax act. The Organisation /Firm /Association shall be provide a certificate under CSR for the contribution made in cash or kind. Shri Sanjay Nagda speaks on the foundation stone laying ceremony Sister Ranjita, Provincial PSA speaks on the foundation stone laying ceremony Felicitating Dr. Sudha Jain Residents in Entertainment Mood Regd. Office : B-Block, Sajjan Nagar, Udaipur(Raj.) Mobile No. : +91-9001695353, Landline: 0294-2431660 Website : www.ashadham.com Email : info@ashadham.com, ashadhamashram@gmail.com You Tube : link for documentary (Hindi) https://youtu.be/1jxeozf4z18 You Tube : link for documentary (English) https://youtu.be/4jlehbbkntu Sister Damian Secretary Ashadham Ashram, B-Block, Sajjan Nagar, Udaipur(Raj.)