A Healthcare Call by Ponty Chadha Foundation

At a time when health services are skewed towards urban dwellers that have access to 66% of available hospital beds in the country, parts of rural India cope up on their own. With inadequate healthcare facilities and infrastructure in rural parts, studies reveal that over three-fifth of village population travels over 5km on average just to find a healthcare utility.

Insufficiency in public healthcare leads such people to set hope towards private healthcare but it results in affordability issues. Aware of this anomaly, Ponty Chadha Foundation (PCF) organizes camps in remote regions across the country to help create self-awareness and broader national perspective.

The latest camp for this endeavour took place on 29th October in Raghunathpur and addressed general health problems faced by the villagers. The event was organized in collaboration with Indo German Hospital and administered free advice, aid, and guidance on safe healthcare-related practices.

To hold a large number of attendees, the premises of a local school were used. Proceedings began at 10 in the morning and continued till 1 pm.  While the doctors and paramedics conducted health checks, the volunteers of Ponty Chadha Foundation controlled crowd and logistics management.

Villagers were guided through a check point where they were provided tokens after they had filled out OPD cards. The event was well-executed right through as the teams of doctors, paramedics, and the Foundation displayed excellent coordination.

The ensemble of over a hundred and twenty two was treated for common healthcare problems that had before been untreated. When it came out that quite a few of them exhibited signs of body pain and Asthma, the most vulnerable were referred to Indo German Hospital for further treatment.

The camp was part of the drive Ponty Chadha Foundation undertakes in different regions across India to provide aid and bring to the forefront issues of local and national significance.

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Ponty Chadha Foundation Organizes Healthcare Camp in Village Kachera

The Ponty Chadha Foundation (PCF) organized a free healthcare camp in the village of Kachera on November 12th 2014 which was held from 10 am to 1 pm at the premises of a village temple and attracted huge gathering. .

The camp lasted nearly three hours with suitable arrangements for seating for the crowd which had begun building up early.  A pre-examination process was put in place where tokens were assigned to patients after getting their details on an OPD card. A separate counter for collecting medicines was also set up.

During the examination, doctors found vulnerability against anemia and gynecological issues was rather high among the villagers, and some of them were referred for further examination and treatment to the Indo German Hospital.

As one of the doctors from the camp observed, “There is a section of people who suffer from serious health issues but never go to a doctor because of lack of proper facilities. If they get early diagnosis, they can prevent a life-threatening situation.”

The day started building up early and when the examination was complete by 1 PM, 143 members from 600 families had enlisted free healthcare.

The camp was held in collaboration with Indo-German Hospital with the objective of raising awareness on general healthcare. Upon interacting with some attendees who had attended the camp, PCF volunteers found the villagers with greater understanding of issues they previously had little knowledge of.

Talking about the initiative Mr. Manjir Ghosh, Head CSR, Wave Group & CEO Ponty Chadha Foundation said, "It was the vision of our late Chairman Mr. Ponty Chadha to provide proper diagnostic facilities to the poor and needy people. He believed that lack of such facilities only lead to their poor heath and so proper diagnosis is crucial. Our attempts are wholeheartedly and sincerely directed towards addressing these grassroots problems wherein people do not get medical assistance due to financial constraints.”

Ponty Chadha Foundation works towards enabling equitable healthcare across all sections and demography. Its initiatives span special child education and healthcare and continue to spread awareness on these issues among the rural populace.

Ponty Chadha Foundation Initiates Health Camp in Hathipur

Healthcare in India is not a level playing field. Though technological advancements have led to state-of-the-art facilities across states, high treatment costs put these virtually out of bounds of the poor.

The existing public healthcare system, plagued by infrastructural, staffing, and quality issues, falls short on catering to over 260 million people in need of healthcare and nutrition support. Such a massive pressure exposes the cracks in the system all the more, and leaves nearly a third of the country deprived of quality health facilities.

Extending support in bridging some of the gaps is the Ponty Chadha Foundation. Recently, at a health camp held in village Hathipur (UP), the Foundation, along with staff from Dr. Ram Saran Garg (Indo-German) Hospital, tended to the indisposed with free medication, consultation, and examination.

Prenatal care was one of the key focus areas since the geography faces inadequate maternity care facilities. Would-be mothers and those who had recently embraced motherhood made a beeline for expert care from a distinguished team of doctors and paramedical staff.

The area has also been prone to cataract.  The old, in particular, have been majorly predisposed owing to below par ophthalmic support. A special team of ophthalmologists and optometrists served the affected, carrying out free surgeries, and educating the villagers on post-operative care.  The team also encouraged those with developing signs to adopt corrective measures.

In line with guiding principles of social welfare, a series of measures initiated across the country by Ponty Chadha's Foundation have helped bring aid to hundreds of needy with limited quality healthcare options. Some of the more recent efforts have been in small places like Inayatpur, Shadipur Chhidoli, and Dinanathpur Puthi and plans to extend further out to remote locales are on the way.

The Ponty Chadha Foundation for the Underprivileged

Philanthropy can bring about socio-economic changes at the grassroots and the Ponty Chadha Foundation has exemplified that. Incepted for creating parity across the board, the foundation has been working towards malnourishment eradication, special education, betterment of medical facilities, and food & nutrition accessibility to fringe demographics.

The charity is the vision for making philanthropy a distinctive culture in India. It works towards that goal through subsidiary setups which have come together under the PCF umbrella and work in unison.

The Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan (MBCN), a pivotal facility of the foundation, looks at providing holistic care for differently abled children. The institution holds special curriculums and is equipped with a core of trained faculty professionally adept for specific disorders. MBCN aims at meeting cognitive and nutrition requirements for autism, cerebral palsy, stunted growth, visual and hearing impairments, and other disorders hindering natural growth. The charity-driven school directs a greater part of its funding towards collaborating special physical, cognitive and nutrition needs.

Special education and child malnutrition are two of the most definitive causes the Ponty Chadha Foundation stands for. The foundation has gained momentum over time as sensitization on the issue picked up, but a lot of grounds need to be covered to pull India’s steep child malnutrition ratedown, which is currently behindsome of the most impoverished countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

The drive to make food more accessible fundamentally has seen the Ponty Chadha Foundation earning the collaboration of the nation’s food banking authority, the Indian Food Banking Network (IFBN). IFBN fosters sustainable food chains reaching out to underprivileged demographics, and teamed up with the foundation, the collaboration has seen Noida in Delhi NCR get its first food bank. The bank is essentially an end-to-end supply chain for procurement and delivery of food supplies and quality control.

Working towards restored societal balance requires branching out extensivelyand with increasing demographic coverage and social initiatives, the Ponty Chadha Foundation is adding meaning to the hope of the hundreds of thousands of needy, who deserve to be reached out the soonest possible.

The Ponty Chadha Foundation: Aiding Food Banking in India

The economic downturn may well be done and dusted, but the spins-offs are yet to be a thing of the past. A tight finance and stretched out economy, and a sizable population from the developing world struggling to make ends meet is very much a part of the ground reality.

Food shortage in particular, has scaled up to a much bigger global problem, with one of the most pervasive offshoots being malnutrition.  With prevalent food shortage, supply chains sourcing from public to private resources can be quite resourceful to fill up a growing demand for food.

A major chunk of the food supplies come from what is termed as a ‘food bank.’ Donated food comes into the bank from multiple sources across the value chain--businesses, schools, religious charities, or organised drives. The guiding principle to food banking is accumulation of surplus food with standard quality controls. Food banks essentially channelize accrued food to the people in need. Most supplies are collected by member subsidiaries which then go through the process of warehousing, packaging, and eventually ensuring delivery. The delivery channels can vary, but charity organizations remain the fundamental drivers of the food banking system. Typical food collection facilities can be member charities, food drives, soup kitchens, or subsidiary chain of accumulation channels.

In India, food banking is on the way to establishmentunder the Indian Food Banking Network (IFBN), an umbrella setup which envisagesthe coming together of sustainable food chains across the country. The organisation drives food down a chain of subsidiaries through to the grassroots. The supply sources vary between voluntary donations, government aid, and funded purchase.

Aiding IFBN to greater ground coverage in Delhi NCR is the Ponty Chadha Foundation (PCF), a charity institution dedicated to the cause of social welfare and upliftment. The foundation has pioneered a number of undertakings that reach out to the underprivileged with aid going out in different forms.

Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan (MBCN) looks at the challenges of differently abled children by specially designed curriculums for cognitive stimulation and growth. In its role as a special school, MBCN fosters holistic child development, all the way up to providing rehabilitation of children fighting disabilities like cerebral palsy and autism.

The Ponty Chadha Foundation is boosted by a line of tie-up with NGOs and other charity organisations working towards, and guided by the common cause of, advancing social welfare. The guiding principle to the Ponty Chadha Foundation is all but a means to that end.

MBCN is a charitable school which is empowered by The Ponty Chadha Foundation

This image was clicked on February 6, 2014 at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi during one of the Hero Hockey India League (HHIL) series matches. Here, the students of Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan (MBCN) got the opportunity to meet Bollywood superstar John Abraham. The children brought with them self-made paintings as gifts for the Bollywood star and he reciprocated by signing autographs for them. The children were delighted to meet their favorite Bollywood hero.

MBCN is acharitable institute which works in line with The Ponty Chadha Foundation, a charitable trust working towards the betterment of the socially marginalized and neglected sections of society.

The school caters to the educational needs of differently abled children; fostering equal growth opportunities while helping them to be economically independent and self-assured.

At one of the matches of the on-going HHIL Hockey tournament, Delhi Waverider’s team received avid support from some special fans, the students of Mata Bhagwanti ChadhaNiketan (MBCN), when they recently attended a match at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.

Prepped with cheer-flags and banners, the children of MBCN had a great evening cheering their favourite team. This image was taken at a pivotal moment when all eyes were glued to the field.

All children are differently abled students that MBCN helps with their tutelage. This charitable school was conceived in 1999, after which ‘The Ponty Chadha Foundation’ was conceived to serve this cause and many others.

The differently abled children studying at the Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan (MBCN) School recently got a chance to enjoy an HHIL hockey match. The children were at the Major Dhyan Chand National stadium on February 6, 2014 where they got the opportunity to meet B-town celebrity John Abraham. These are some students posing for the camera, delighted after an interaction with him; he also autographed some of the paintings that the children had brought as gifts for him.

MBCN, a school for the differently abled children, has been facilitating several such events in order to give children with special needs personal interaction with their role models. It is a charitable school working in line with The PontyChadha Foundation, a charitable trust established by Mr. Gurdeep SinghChadha (Ponty Chadha) of the Wave Group.

The Ponty Chadha Foundation Sponsors the International Badminton Tournament at Lucknow

January 26, 2014, Lucknow: On the occasion of the 64th Republic Day, the finale of the Syed Modi Badminton Tournament, sponsored by the Ponty Chadha Foundation, was organized at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium.

The event, which was held on January 21, 2014, saw its closure with India winning the Women’s League. In this tournament, the Indian star player and Olympic bronze medalist, Saina Nehwal, bagged the coveted trophy. This was her first victory in the finals in the last fifteen months. Her win in the semi-finals was a sure-shot sweepstake for her as P V Sindhu (India) was to contend against her in the finals.

Though PV Sindhu arrived with some victories against top-class opponents and even landed a bronze at the World Championships last year, badminton enthusiasts waited with bated breath to watch her showdown with Saina Nehwal. The opportunity came during this tournament, which was the first international meeting of the duo. PV Sindhu, who earlier lost twice to Saina Nehwal in the Indian Badminton league, suffered a straight-game defeat though both differ only by two seeds in the international rankings. Besides the Women’s Single, India could not make up in any of the other leagues and lost to China in the Men’s Single, Mixed Doubles, Men’s Doubles and Women’s Double.

The tournament was sponsored by the Ponty Chadha Foundation in light of encouraging the sport. A sum of USD 120,000 was spent in organizing this well-received and well-attended event.

About the Ponty Chadha Foundation

The Ponty Chadha Foundation has been working towards alleviating various social impediments, and encouraging the welfare of society. It has been actively working towards eradicating hunger through the Ghaziabad & Noida Food Bank project by organizing various drives and facilitating many similar events. The foundation also fosters education for the mentally disabled children through its special school, the Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan. Moreover, it actively promotes sports such as Hockey and Badminton in the community.

The Ponty Chadha Foundation - Organized an event to help alleviate hunger and malnutrition

The Ponty Chadha Foundation recently organized a seminar where eminent social workers discussed the pressing issue of hunger and malnutrition that is rampant in India.

The event was held at the Grace Care NGO located in Sector 3, Noida. Also in attendance, the seminar saw the participation by many prominent NGO’s and charity organizations that are active in the NCR.

During the course of the seminar, hunger related issues pertaining to poverty were discussed and all who were present unanimously agreed upon the fact that food banking has the potential to be a revolutionary concept to tackle the age-old problem of poverty and malnourishment in India. The summit drew to a close by everybody agreeing to work towards eradicating hunger and malnutrition in India by the year 2020.

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The Ponty Chadha Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated towards eradicating poverty and social anomalies among the people in India. It works towards alleviating hunger amongst the poor people of the rural areas of NCR through a joint establishment with the Ghaziabad & Noida Food Bank. In addition, the foundation has put in place various programs for the betterment of the mentally disabled, improving the health of the poor and also encourage young children belonging to the lower strata of society to actively participate in sports.

As a part of the Ponty Chadha Foundation’s mission to consistently help and aid those who are less fortunate than us, it sponsored blankets for 200 students from 3 schools in Ludhiana. The children who received the blankets come from economically weak families; some of them are affected by the tribulations of child labour while others were disabled. Mr. Manpreet Singh Chadha (MontyChadha), Vice Chairman of the Wave Group and who was a driving force behind the program, was present at this occasion and personally handed out the gifts to these children.

Swami Vivekananda Vridh Ashram, an old age home in Ludhiana, Punjab, received gifts of food products and sweets from the Ponty Chadha Foundation. Mr. Manpreet Singh Chadha (Monty Chadha), Vice Chairman of the Wave Group, graced the occasion with his presence and handed out grants to the staff of the old age home. The Ashram, a non-profit organization working for the care of the aged men and women who live there, was pleased to receive the aid.

The Ponty Chadha Foundation is a charitable organization and is the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of the Wave Group. It has been actively undertaking philanthropic endeavours that are unique in the way it tackles the problems of poverty, malnutrition, mental disability and other physical ailments of people in India.