Parishad’s nationwide blood donation drive inaugurated
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister inaugurated Parishad’s nationwide blood donation drive at a function held at BVP Bhawan in Delhi on the 9th July, 2017 – the day Bharat Vikas Parishad was established 54 years ago in 1963. A website was also launched for registering voluntary blood donors.
Bharat Vikas Parishad’s over 1,360 branches cover all states of India including Northeastern states of Manipur and Tripura.
These branches will be organising blood donation camps and donor registration programme throughout the year. Parishad aims to collect more than 1 lakh units of blood in one year and create a voluntary blood donors data base for more than 5 lakh donors to meet needs of defence and paramilitary forces and others in need of blood in Government Hospitals.
Blood Donation Drive: A cause for service to the humanity
Bharat Vikas Parishad is a socio-cultural service organization. Established in 1963 with a view to serve the mankind, it is inspired by the thoughts of Swami Vivekanand. Parishad has been blessed with the active participation of Lala Hans Raj Gupta, Dr. L.M. Singhvi, Justice H.R. Khanna, Justice Rama Jois and Justice D.R. Dhanuka and Justice V.S. Kokje as its National Presidents. As on date it has a nation-wide infrastructure in 360 districts, 1350 branches and 61,000 members.
Parishad is trying to infuse the sanskar of Indian Culture among the students through various programmes such as Guru Vandan Chhatra Abhinandan, Bharat Ko Jano quiz competitions and National Group Song Competitions from branch level to prant level and then to national level. Parishad also organizes Bal Sanskar Shivirs to promote the feeling of coexistence, co-operation and sharing among the youths.
Parishad is serving the society through assistance to physically challenged and their rehabilitation, medical camps, aid to needy, mass marriages, eye camps and eye donations, computer and tailoring training centres throughout the country. Having its own 74 Trusts and Societies, the Parishad is providing medical and path lab facilities through its various centres such as Chandigarh Diagnostic Centre, BVP Hospital Kota, BVP Viklang Centre Patna and many others. Parishad is operating about 60 path labs, approx. 200 ambulances and 1600 service projects throughout the country.