Mewar Students Scholarship & Medical Aid : Maharana Charitable Foundation

Organization : Maharana Mewar Charitable Foundation
Scholarship Name : Students Scholarship & Medical Aid

Website : http://www.mewarindia.com/noncomm/public/mmcf3.html#scholar

Scholarships:

Scholarships are awarded to students at every level of education, from primary school to post-graduate research scholars. In many cases, had it not been for the intervention of the trust, the individual students’ academic career would have come to a halt. Both men and women applicants are treated fairly and without bias.

Related : DDU Alumni Jan Utkarsh Trust Scholarship : www.scholarships.net.in/10710.html

The numbers can range from a single scholarship granted to one student to cover their entire course of graduate studies or, to a number of students to help subsidize school fees. From 1, April 1999 to 31 January 2000 some 30 individuals were recipients of charity from this trust and Rs 1,69,977/- was spent on scholarships alone.

Medical Aid:
** Medical Aid is an important activity of the MMCF. The common citizen of Mewar, and other precincts in Rajasthan can apply for medical benefits and assistance. The Trust disseminates funds fairly and without any prejudices. Appeals made for such medical assistance is overwhelming.

** The Trust has to be judicious and compassionate in its responsibilities. So as to maximise benefits; the trust has also included a category of Miscellaneous Charity, which covers ground left uncovered, by the previous category. Miscellaneous Charity funding is activated in special cases only, or when demand outweighs the funding available.

** In most cases, the people applying for assistance are nearing a life or death situation. Along with this category, the Trust also runs a Charitable Dispensary. The dispensary, which operates all year round, aims to provide free medical counselling and medicines to the poor, who are unable to afford private medical treatment.

** This of course comprises a substantial part of the community. The charitable dispensary is contained within the City Palace complex. Medical aid is granted in many differing situations. The treatments can range from assistance to geriatrics to monetary reimbursement for social workers for distributing medicines to poor and disabled people in villages.

** In the month of March 1999, financial assistance was given for geriatric treatments, to cover the costs of a heart operation in Bikaner, and to a woman for feminine treatment in Udaipur. Monies have also been paid for the care and treatment of paralysed patients.

** A Muslim social worker was given financial assistance over a number of years, for distributing medicines and food to poor patients in the Udaipur General Hospital. Treatment of respiratory problems, reimbursement of medical bills to social workers who distribute medicines to the poor in neighbouring villages, burn victims, dental treatments, broken bones and prosthetic limbs are all covered by the charity.