Project Saksham

Financial Assistance

Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation has provided financial assistance to Mr. Madhav Darak, Kumbhalgarh, Rajsamand for his books titled 'Edo Maharo Rajasthan' and 'Shiv Darshan' which are related to the history of Mewar.

Supporting the 'Widow Care Project' at Udaipur, Rajasthan

Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation has also provided financial assistance to support the 'Widow Care Project' at Udaipur, Rajasthan for the year 2018-19. This project is running since 2012 under the aegis of Swami Vivekanand Sewa Nyas, Udaipur. This welfare trust is inspired by the teachings of Swami Vivekanand: 'Daridra Devo Bhava' (to serve the poor is to serve God). Since 2004, SVSN has aimed to serve the underprivileged by economic empowerment of the rural population through innovative training in agriculture and animal husbandry; infrastructure improvement of schools; healthcare delivery and awareness training and social awareness against orthodox practices such as child marriage, dowry, etc. While in urban areas SVSN supports financially and health care for needy widows. SVSN has undertaken an endeavor to improve the quality of life of destitute widow residing in Udaipur and neighboring areas of Udaipur with an objective to provide free monthly medical check-up by doctors, distribution of medicines for the whole month and if necessary refer them to other specialties for surgeries like cataract, dental care; to provide monthly pension to widow so that they can fulfill their very basic needs; to provide scholarship stationeries and uniforms to children of young widows so that they can continue their education and to provide skill development training to young capable widows so that they can earn their livelihood.

MMCF is supporting the project for the year 2018-19 with an objective to promote distribution of clothing, medical relief, etc. and to help institution who are working for the benefit of widows. SVSN organizes a medical camp in Udaipur on every last Sunday of the month with free medical services which includes eye, sugar and blood pressure check-ups, surgeries and free distribution of full course of medicines for the month for these widows.

In this month of May, SVSN organized a free medical health Check-up camp at Theosophical Society, Udaipur on 27th May 2018. In this camp Dr. Arun Bordia and Dr. J.P. Simlot examined the patients. Blood sugar was done by Mr. S.M. Porwal. During the camp free medicines and pension were given to all the widows.

Team of doctors examining the patients at the medical check-up camp at Theosophical Society

International Museum Day - 2018

On 18th May 2018, museums all over the world, including the City Palace Museum celebrated International Museum Day on the theme suggested by the ICOM'S - International Council of Museums i.e. 'Hyper connected museums: New approaches, new publics'. Schools from across the city were invited and student entry was free. To make this day memorable, The City Palace Museum, Udaipur planned different activities at various historical locations in the Palace. The whole program was designed by Children's Art Society C/o Ms. Tanvi Jadvani, Mr. Manik Malhotra and Mr. Manas Malot. A child-friendly map; developed especially for this day, was distributed to all students for easy understanding of the different spaces. The museum staff also interacted with children and asked them what they thought about the museum, what they liked about the museum and so on; these interactions were uploaded as video clips on various social media platforms.