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1988
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Shraddha's has been providing temporary
custodial care since 1988
for road side destitute schizophrenia
patients and started from a two room
tenement that could house only 2-3
mentally ill roadside destitutes at a
time. This unique institution was perhaps
the only one of its kind in India run by
practicing psychiatrists that focused on
the roadside mentally ill destitute .
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1993
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An art exhibition of
leading Indian artists,
at the Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai,
donating their creative worth to Shraddha.
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Registration under FCRA [Foreign
Contribution (Regulation) Act], 1976; Ministry
of Home Affairs, Government of India -
Allowing the Foundation to receive foreign
contributions / donations.
A separate psychiatric institution
was established from the proceeds of the art exhibition of leading Indian artists, as well as the contribution of independent donors, at Dahisar in Mumbai. It had a capacity of 20 beds with appropriate infrastructure and facilities and a recognition from the Government of India.
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2002
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Notification
u/s. 35AC
of Income Tax Act, 1961, recommended by
the National Committee for
Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare,
Ministry of Finance, Government of India -
Allowing donations to the Foundation to be
fully exempt from income tax, valid upto a
aggregate total of 1.5 crores.
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2004
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Inspired by the pioneering rehabilitation experiments of
Baba Amte for the leprosy afflicted “Anandvan” near Nagpur, the trustees of Shraddha decided on a larger scale of operations and a new open type of custodial care.
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2006
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With the blessings of Baba Amte and Prakash Amte, a new institution to provide a humane and compassionate rehabilitation of the mentally ill roadside destitute was founded at a large 6.5 acre plot on the undulating knolls of Karjat on the outskirts of Mumbai in March 2006. It houses 50 destitutes and can be scaled to house 120 destitutes.
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2007
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| Reunited 134 mentally ill roadside destitutes after treament with their families.
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2008
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| Reunited 156 destitutes with their families.
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2009
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| Reunited 212 destitutes with their families.
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2010
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| Reunited 125 destitutes with their families till June 2010.
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