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HAND IN HAND USAA Non-profit Organization for
Humanitarian AidThe Best Way to Lose yourself
is to lose yourself in the service of others

-Mahatma Gandhi
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Hand In Hand USA, through donations provided by
its supporters, contributes financially to
various humanitarian aid projects. http//www.han
dinhandusa.org
Currently, Hand In Hand USA sponsors
humanitarian work carried out through Prajnana
Mission.
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Map of India showing Different states
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Hariharananda Balashram in Arua - Orissa, India
Hariharananda Balashram - Original Building
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HARIHARANANDA BALASHRAM
A Home That Nurtures, A Home That Provides
Growth And Strength
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Hariharananda Balashram

• Inaugurated in July 2004.
• Provides Primary through Secondary
• School Education and Boarding to
• many children from families earning
• less than 0.50 cents per day.

• Technological Education and Training.
• A Nurturing Spiritual Environment.

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Balashram Treasure

• 2006 Batch of 40
• Kindergarten Students.
• Additional 40 Students
• join every year
• When fully operational in
• 2015, Balashram will be
• home for 480 children.

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Balashram Treasure
2005 Batch of 40 First Grade Students.
2004 Batch of 40 Second Grade Students.
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Rise Shine
It is exercise alone that supports the spirits,
and keeps the mind in vigor. Marcus Cicero

• Day begins in
• Balashram with
• daily ablutions,
• exercises, yoga and
• prayer.

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Nurturing body and mind

• Rain or Shine, children begin
• their day at 5 AM everyday.

• Adept at yoga postures which
• keeps body and mind healthy.

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Assembly every morning before classes begin
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Balashram Classroom

• CBSE Syllabus affiliated with
• Central Board of Secondary
• Education in New Delhi.
• Medium of instruction is in
• English.

• Children are taught language
• classes, Science, Math, Social
• Studies by qualified teachers.
• Teachers live on Balashram
• campus with their own family.

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Balashram Dining Room
The Children being served meals at the balashram
dining room
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Hariharananda Balashram Cowshed
Cows provide milk for the balashram children
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New Dining Hall
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New School Building
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Gifted Children of Hariharananda Balashram
Megha, Saras, Saran, Dipak and Om took part in
the Anjali National Childrens festival with
participants all over from India and the
children took part in various workshops which
included art, craft and modern Dance. Megha
performed Odissi the classical dance from Orissa
and also won a prize for his painting based on
Nature at a Competition held by Vivekananda Art
School
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Cultural Awareness
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The pictures say it all
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Temples in Orissa
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Health Care for the Poor

• Health Centers
• Balighai
• Cuttack
• Bishindipur
• Jagatpur
• Panarhat
• Mobile Medical and
• Dental Clinic

• Out Reach Programs
• Pentakota Fishermans
• Village with migrants
• from Vizag A.P
• Health Camps

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Charitable Health Clinics
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Hariharananda Charitable Health Clinic - Balighai

• Inaugurated in Year 1999.
• Provides Free Medical Services
• and dispenses free Medicine.
• New floor constructed to
• accommodate for additional
• patients.

• Doctor and Pharmacist On Site.
• Lab Test Facility On Site.

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Patients being treated at Balighai center
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Hariharananda Charitable Health Clinic - Cuttack

• Inaugurated in Year 1999.
• Provides Free Medical
• Services and Dispenses free
• medicines
• Prescription Services.
• Open Twice a Week.

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Hariharananda Charitable Health Clinic -
Bhisindipur

• Inaugurated in Year 2003.
• Provides Free Medical
• Services.
• Homeopathy Clinic.
• Homeopathy Medicines
• Provided.

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Mobile Medical and Dental Unit

• Started free Dental Service
• in 2003
• Approximately 10,000
• patients have benefited.

• Services Include
• Dental Checkup.
• Filling Cavities.
• Extractions.
• Treatment of Mouth
• Ulcers.
• Dental Awareness
• Camps.

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School Outreach Program

• Over 50 schools
• served each year.
• Medical and dental
• care provided to
• children.

• Health and Social awareness
• camps held by medical staff
• and volunteers.

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Bay of Bengal
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Outreach Efforts

• Pentakota/Fishermans
• Villages
• Bi-Weekly Health Clinics
• Distribution of Free
• Medicines
• Health Education

• Health Awareness Camps
• in areas of
• Diabetes
• Smoking/Tobacco Risks
• Eye Examination
• General Health Issues
• HIV/AIDS

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Ambulance Service

• Begun in Year 2000.
• Provides Free
• Transportation for
• the medically needy.

• Transports patients to hospitals
• in time of need.
• Stretch of highway between
• Puri and Konark is accident
• prone. Ambulance is used
• frequently to assist victims.

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Flood Relief Work

• Caused due to heavy rains
• and low pressure in Bay of
• Bengal.
• Relief camp was setup in
• Marsaghai village in
• Kendrapara district.

• Mud dwellings were swept away
• and people found shelter in the
• main school building.
• Hand In Hand provided funds
• for Food parcels, drinking water
• and first aid.

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Activities of Hand In Hand since Inception

• Free Medical facilities in Hariharananda
  Charitable Health Centers
• Cuttack and Balighai - 1999/2000
• Panarhat West Bengal - 2002
• Fishermens Village, Pentakota Puri - 2002
• Homeopathic Center in Bhisindipur - 2003
• Flood Relief Work in Orissa ( 3000 meals per day
  ) - 2001
• Construction of Library building at Gopinath
  College, Balighai, Puri - 2002
• Construction of 20 small cottages in Manipatna
  and Tanpur which were deeply
• affected by the 1999 cyclone disaster - 2002
• Mobile Dental and Medical Unit for villagers and
  children in East coast of
• Orissa 2003
• Start of Balashram Project offering home and
  school for destitute children 2004
• Monetary Aid was sent to victims of natural
  disasters in the US and also India.

• Over 70,000 patients served in 2006 by the
  Health Centers and MMDU.

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Year wise total no. of patients at HCHC, Prajnana
Mission
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Thank You For Your Support
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