These are the unfortunate men & women whom you often see
wandering on the roads, lost in their own world, laughing and talking to
themselves, with dirty long matted hair, half naked and skin & bones
appearance. They may be just barely surviving on garbage, gutter water and
whatever leftovers of food are thrown at them by passerbys. They are in much
worse shape than the poorest of the poor because they have no one, we repeat,
absolutely no one to look after them. They are on the roads for
weeks/months/years without food, clothing or shelter. No one may give them a
second glance and often no one cares whether they live or die. They are
stripped of all human dignity, but we believe that they are humans
nevertheless.
Shraddha Rehabilitation Foundation was founded in the year 1988, to
deal with the above tragedy of the mentally ill destitute wandering
aimlessly on the streets of India.
Shraddha does not take in patients brought by family members or whose family
antecedents are known.
Shraddha is a fully charitable, secular, social, apolitical and
registered Non-Government Organization (NGO) wherein all the services are
provided free of charge.
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To rescue maximum number of mentally ill roadside
Destitutes.
To provide free shelter, food and psychiatric treatment
to the rescued Destitutes.
To trace out addresses of the Destitutes & reunite them
with their lost families in any part of India.
To promote massive mental health awareness among rural
villages, families, police personnel, railway officials & general public.
To network with other NGOs and Govt Mental Hospitals in
other to generate collective efforts.
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