Eight Year Report of Achievements

Hayat Hospital was running in Thakurganj area of Lucknow since November 1993 under a registered society and as Hayat Health Care Centre. It was shifted from a rented building in the heart of the city to a premises on Hardoi Road in the outskirts of Lucknow, where the Foundation is going to develop all its future projects. The hospital at the new site was inaugurated by the renowned Islamic scholar and erstwhile rector of Nadwat ul-Ulema late Maulana Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi, commonly called as Ali Miyan, on 10 February 1999. In the wake of sad demise of this beloved patron of the FSC, the hospital was renamed as Maulana Ali Miyan Hospital on the first anniversary of its inauguration, in a ceremony graced by Maulana Syed Rabe Hasani Nadvi, the new rector of Nadwah and the renowned physician of Patna Dr Ahmad Abdul Hai, to pay a humble tribute to his contributions for the advancement of knowledge.

The Foundation has legally taken over the management of Hayat Hospital in April 2001. Within a short period of its services to people in the vicinity and of the nearby rural areas, a need was felt to provide more space for its desired expansion. Consequently, the project for the construction of a three-storied building was undertaken in July 2001. On the completion of the first phase of its construction by this time, the hospital is now ready to move into the new building which will have all facilities of a modern hospital and with an initial provision of 40 beds in the male, female and private wards.

Apart from four full time doctors, services of six visiting doctors are provided to the patients specially in the fields of gynecology, obstetrics, orthopedics, opthelmology, neurology and surgery.

The following figures show the overall facilities availed by the patients from April 2001 to March 2002:

This is quite revealing that the number of patients availing various facilities of this hospital, which is remote from the heart of the city, is quite satisfactory. And, this number is on constant increase even belying the accepted seasonal variations. It is due to the fast growing receptivity of the hospital in the area that, it is almost at the verge of crossing the break even point and soon will be running in profit in spite of the fact that charges of various facilities at the hospital are very nominal. The chart here indicates this assuring trend of the actual turn up of patients in the last six months, i. e. from January to August 2002.

Dr Marwan of Health Department of IIRO, Jeddah, paid a short visit of the hospital in June 2001 and was satisfied with the ongoing progress of the hospital in spite of financial limitations.

It is anticipated that the hospital will make a long stride as soon as it starts functioning from the new building and will become one of the self-financing projects of the Foundation and a leading health centre in the state capital.

Attached with the Hayat Hospital was an ancillary unit named as Mobile Hospital Service which was launched in May 1998. This service was considered essential basically for two reasons. Firstly, to provide health facilities to such people who deserve them most but at the same time can not easily afford them being away from the fruits of modern advancement. And, secondly to send experts, social workers, etc. to rural and slum areas for the generation of health awareness. One more motive was to serve the people of weaker sections of society who generally remain aloof from the government sponsored general health campaigns

For this purpose, a new bus was purchased and converted into a mobile van provided with necessary staff. For almost three years, the service remained very much operative and a lot of people enjoyed its facilities at their door steps. However, for about a year or so the van came to a natural halt after very hectic movements around hundreds of places and right now it badly needs an over hauling and immediate renovation. It is anticipated that the Mobile Hospital Service of the FSC will be resumed shortly either with a new van or after proper repair the stabled one.

During the hectic activities under the behest of the scheme, the Mobile Hospital used to cover daily 4 to 5 villages and around 70-80 patients while charging them just a paltry fee of Rs 5-10 per head.

The number of beneficiaries of the Mobile Hospital during the active period was as many as 69,004. during this period the mobile van have touched 3,360 villages, of course many of them were visited more than one time. Details of the year-wise services of the Mobile Hospital are follows:

May 1998- March 1999       928                          26,066

April 1999- March 2000     843                          28,743

April 2000- March 2001   1461                          13,199

April 2001                         128                              996

Loans are sanctioned from the Corpus Fund to deserving applicants who are provided interest free loans for a period of six months to one year. Under this scheme, the maximum amount given to an individual is Rs 25,000 whereas institutional loans are given on the merit of the proposals. The loans are sanctioned on the guarantee of members or depositors of the QHS or some ornaments and jewelry should have to be deposited by the loanees with the QHS as security. The securities of the loanees are kept in the lockers of a national bank. The proposal for loans against assets and other securities is under active consideration of the FSC.

The number of beneficiaries of the QHS from its commencement on in November 1994 up to March 2002 is 514, who were loaned an aggregate amount of Rs 67,50,056. A branch office of the QHS was opened in Tulsipur in October 1999, however, it became defunct since March 2001. Here, 71 persons were granted an aggregate amount of Rs 2,74, 650 as loans. Due to some administrative difficulties the branch cease to function any more.

The applications entertained by the QHS include small projects for housing, agriculture, establishment of cottage industries and running costs of the business and trades like grocery, supplies, shops, carpentry, handloom, garage, autoriksha, etc. It is a matter of ample satisfaction that normally the loanees return their due amount within the stipulated time and there are only a few troublesome defaulters. However, the FSC has not forfeited so far any securities of the defaulting loanees and has given them more and more chance to return the due amounts. Since, the total amount to such loanees is not much as compared to the over all service provided under the scheme, the FSC has nothing to worry about.

In order to enhance the capital fund of the QHS, several investment-cum-employment schemes were also undertaken by the FSC from time to time. So far the FSC has enthusiastically financed such schemes as goat farming, brick manufacturing, chicken and embroidery centres, poultry farm, fishery, etc. In some projects a good profit was incurred while in others only a nominal one was harnessed by the FSC.

At present, the office of the QHS is far from the heart of the city and hence the persons desiring to avail services of the QHS feel practical impediment in approaching for loans. Therefore, a proposal is under active consideration of the FSC to open its counters in some selected parts of the city.

It was started at the registered office of the Foundation in Aminabad area of Lucknow City and since then it is steadily progressing and providing a gainful service to interested youth. Except for a brief period, the progress of the RICA remained consistent and satisfactory as may be seen from the relevant chart. Now, the institute is entering the next phase of its activities by launching courses in the field in affiliation with officially recognised outfits such as MCRPVV, Bhopal, NCPUL, New Delhi, Manipal University, Sikkim, DIT, New Delhi.

Various courses presently run at the institute include PGDCA, DDCAP, ADCA, and courses leading to skills in ADIT, DTP, MS Office, Fox Pro, VB, Tally, etc. The duration of these courses vary from two months to one year.

Presently, the RICA has become one of the leading computer centres of the city and imparts better training at a moderate fee.

While encouraged by the success of this experience, taking the stock of its various shortcomings and compelled by the increased demand for appropriate coaching arrangement for the students who are coming from educationally a backward environment, the FSC decided to relaunch the scheme in January 2001 at somewhat professional level, under the aegis of Radiance Institute of Career Orientation (RICO). It was opened at a suitable site at New Janapath Complex, Ashoka Road, in a posh locality of the state capital, with all necessary facilities and services of experienced persons. Even a hostel was also established for the students coming from distant places. It was intended to coach students for their entrance examinations leading to undergraduate courses in medicine, engineering, etc.

However, in spite of all the determination, available resources and experienced team, the RICO could not progress well and was ultimately shut down in October the same year, in spite of some hectic arrangements to rescue it from the imminent closure. After, a thorough analysis, it has been decided to start the institute in New Delhi where there is a natural concentration of target students and good faculties might be easily available. The FSC will shortly take necessary steps in this regard to commence this very important venture in the national capital.

The Scholarship Programme of Foundation for Social Care is one of its major projects. It was commenced in July 2000, on the eve of a new millennium, with a firm resolve to promote talents and develop human resources of the sponsoring community leading to its capacity building and empowerment in the new world. While departing from the conventional approaches of the organisations in the field, the FSC has chosen to sponsor studies in all branches of knowledge, although giving priority to some of them and for all the levels of higher education. It has also adopted the prevailing practice of giving scholarships as interest-free loans to the talented but needy aspirants who are made legally bound to return the given amount once settled in life. Moreover, the FSC Scholarship Programme was designed in such a way that the beneficiaries not only receive its financial benefits but they could also avail other benefits of the Programme as a package of comprehensive development.

Although in the initial phase, the Programme was run from Lucknow, however, it is now executed from its Delhi-based office having a Counsellor, Programme Director and other supporting staff. The affairs of the Programme are planned and executed under the guidance of Committee of Scholarship Programme (CSP). In order to have constant contact with the beneficiaries and organise various activities leading to their orientation and comprehensive development, the Scholarship Office has established its centres in various cities, having concentration of the beneficiaries. These centres include Delhi, Aligarh, Lucknow, Kolkata, Guwahati, Cuttack, Jaipur, Indore and Ahmedabad.

In a perfect rural setting around the village of Karpi, craving for someone to take an initiative for its meaningful future, the Foundation for Social Care has decided in early 2001 to establish its maiden school. Consequently, the Foundation-Stone Laying Ceremony was observed on 14 March 2001 graced by Maulana Mohammad Farooq Khan, a renowned Islamic scholar and the school building was fully prepared to house its destined functions by May 2002.

The FSC has formed the School Management Committee of the AFPS in June 2002 to plan and execute its various curricular and extracurricular activities. In the light of recommendations of the Committee, the FSC has decided to start classes only in lower standards although the present building is build to accommodate classes up to high school. This policy was to lay emphasis on gradual progress of the school without compromising quality of education imparted by it. Hence, the school will commence its educational mission with classes of nursery, lower and upper KG and first standard from July 2002. It was furthermore resolved that the school will follow the duly approved syllabus and that the medium of instruction will be English. The school will also have a provision of financial assistance for talented students of economically weaker families in the form of scholarships, fee concessions, etc.

The Management Committee of the school comprise of Mr Tariq Anwar Khan (Convener), Mr Amar Pal Singh, Mr Abdul Rashid Agwan and the principal.

Although the thrust of the entire organisation is the welfare and progress of weaker, downtrodden, destitute and excluded lot of the society, however, it has formed the Social Welfare Programme under its aegis in order to keep human sufferings in focus. The destitute and people in distress are regularly being provided help by the FSC under the SWP. In this regard, the FSC earmarks funds for the following assistance schemes every year and strives to help as many needy people as possible within available resources:

Medical Relief: For poor patients

Marriage Relief: For the marriage of poor girls

Timely Relief: For occasional help to needy persons

Relief to Wayfarer: Occasional help to the needy

Educational Relief: To students for fee, dress, books, etc.

Relief for Funeral: For burial rituals of poor and uncared

Orphan Relief: To orphans for educational and daily needs

Besides, these schemes, people are helped by the FSC at the time of calamities and in any form found proper for the welfare of common men and people of the sponsoring community. One of the major financial assistance which has been provided by the organisation for quite some years is in the form of regular grants to some schools. The chart here depicts the overall assistance provided by the FSC under this head since its foundation.

The catastrophic earthquake that befell on the people of central Gujarat on 26 January 2000 brought a prosperous province of the country to heavy losses of lives and property leading to an unprecedented economic crisis in the state. The emergent situation called for some all out help for relief in the first place and rehabilitation in the long run. The FSC rushed its three member team, led by Mr M. Nasim Akhtar, to the affected areas on 9 February 2000 to make a survey of the exact needs of the affected people. The team visited Bhuj, Anjar, Dhamrakar, Khedwa and Bhusao where maximum casualties were reported. The foundation also formed the Gujarat Earthquake Relief and Rehabilitation Committee of Lucknow-based associates, headed by the Founder President of the FSC Mr Zaheer Ahmad Siddiqui, for raising funds to provide immediate relief to the victims of the calamity.

In the light of feedback from the survey team and resources collected within a fortnight, 2500 packets, each containing 22 essential items for one family, were packed and sent to the affected areas for distribution. Apart from food materials, utensils, blankets, buckets and tent of 15’ x 10’ size were put in each of the packets. The total payload of the relief material was around 55 tons. A convoy of trucks, laden with the above said packets was send off on 19 February 2000. The packets were distributed amount 2500 families of Bhuj and adjoining areas, Anjar, Nigar, Mundra and adjoining areas, Nakhatrana and Ludia Khoda.

The second phase of the work focussed on the long term aids and rehabilitation of the affected people. Consequently, the following projects were undertaken by the FSC and by this time major work has been completed.

Localities: Mirzapur, Bhuj: 14

Andaw, Bhuj: 12

Purasar, Bhuj: 13*

Anjar: 21

* In Pursar, the entire colony based on 13 families was reconstructed by the FSC.

b. Self-Employment Scheme: 214 persons

Beneficiaries received financial assistance for shops, carts, garages, trade and production work

The FSC has rebuild them in the following localities:

1. Varnur: Community centre: 1

2. Nigar: Community centre: 1

3. Ludhiya, Bhuj: Educational Centres: 2

The total amount spent for the entire work by the end of June 2002 was like this:

a. Immediate Relief : Rs 18,33,079

b. Construction of Houses : Rs 26,99,484

c. Construction of EC & CC : Rs 7,75,896

d. Self-Employment Schemes : Rs 9,82,694

TOTAL Rs 62,91,153

It has been envisaged by the FSC that certain cities have become educational centres as illustrated by the concentration of students of the sponsoring community. New Delhi and Aligarh may be particularly mentioned in this regard having educational institutions of national eminence such as Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Millia Islamia and Jamia Hamdard in the national capital and Aligarh Muslim University at Aligarh. The students taking to higher education particularly face the problem of accommodation since the respective universities do not have enough hostels.

Therefore, the Foundation for Social Care has decided long back to establish some suitable community hostels for the students where they can stay on nominal charges and in return the Foundation may make some regular earning for its projects. The idea materialised in 2001 when the FSC purchased a plot measuring 500 sq m in the Jamia Nagar locality in New Delhi for the hostel project. However, due to paucity of funds the construction could not be undertaken so far and the place is being utilised for the working office of the Scholarship Programme of the FSC.

The FSC is planning for the second phase of its programmes and activities. Some of its projects in the offing include:

1. Development of Maulana Ali Miyan Hospital into a well furnished and fully equipped health centre while enjoying cooperation of experts of high caliber.

2. Establishment of a paramedical training college.

3. Establishment of a rich and resourceful research academy under the aegis of Darul Quran.

4. Reorganisation of Radiance Institute of Career Orientation in New Delhi.

5. Commencement of Talent Nurturance Scholarship Programme.

6. Extension of the arena of cooperation with several other NGOs.

7. Publication of the FSC Newsletter for circulation information to a wider circle.

8. Establishment of Advisory Council of eminent dignitaries of society to have the privilege of their valuable guidance of important issues.