32 years back I met a lady who was looking for some help for her mother who was suffering from cancer. She was the only one in the family and had asked for help to accompany them to Tata hospital. I had never been to Tata hospital before and looked for it and after going there due to insufficient funds we told her to take her mother to the BMC hospital. During this time I had to go to Tata hospital quite a few times for her reports, thats when I saw 5 buildings of Tata hospital. I felt terrible after I saw that one of the buildings had a general ward and realised that the old lady’s treatment would have been better there. I apologised to the old lady’s daughter but she said ‘ please don’t, you are my God! All the doctors had told me that we’ll lose my mother but you’re the only one who supported us and she’s still alive because of that’. It was that one line that made me start Jeevan Jyot — an NGO to help cancer patients.
Cancer patients from all over India come to Tata hospital and since they don’t have money or any relative here they used to sleep on the footpath and eat Vadapav everyday. Once a patient's brother was down with severe stomach pain and doctors found out that for weeks he used to only eat vada pav, because that was all he could afford . At times he used to save money and only eat one Vadapav the whole day which completely ruined his system. Since then I made sure that patient's family members get some decent healthy meal at Jeevan Jyot and today around 700 people get two meals daily here. 9 years ago I shut my restaurant and got involved with Jeevan Jyot full time because the happiness I get from knowing that someone’s life has been saved because of me is priceless. Ultimately everyone dies… you can’t take anything with you when you leave…but the impact you create in your time here goes far beyond your years.”Wednesday 28 December 2016
MY Story- At the age of 12 my friend lost his father and he was going to leave school as there was no other earning member in the family.
“At the age of 12 my friend lost his father and he was going to leave school as there was no other earning member in the family. We were in seventh grade and I didn’t want him to drop out so I told him to continue and that I would figure something out. I didn’t have any extra money either but I knew that I have no choice and had to find a solution. Our school was 5km away and I used to get some money for travelling which was the only mode of money for me. I started walking to school everyday to save money for him and paid his fees in instalments. That’s a childhood memory I can never forget and my urge to help people started since then.
32 years back I met a lady who was looking for some help for her mother who was suffering from cancer. She was the only one in the family and had asked for help to accompany them to Tata hospital. I had never been to Tata hospital before and looked for it and after going there due to insufficient funds we told her to take her mother to the BMC hospital. During this time I had to go to Tata hospital quite a few times for her reports, thats when I saw 5 buildings of Tata hospital. I felt terrible after I saw that one of the buildings had a general ward and realised that the old lady’s treatment would have been better there. I apologised to the old lady’s daughter but she said ‘ please don’t, you are my God! All the doctors had told me that we’ll lose my mother but you’re the only one who supported us and she’s still alive because of that’. It was that one line that made me start Jeevan Jyot — an NGO to help cancer patients.
Cancer patients from all over India come to Tata hospital and since they don’t have money or any relative here they used to sleep on the footpath and eat Vadapav everyday. Once a patient's brother was down with severe stomach pain and doctors found out that for weeks he used to only eat vada pav, because that was all he could afford . At times he used to save money and only eat one Vadapav the whole day which completely ruined his system. Since then I made sure that patient's family members get some decent healthy meal at Jeevan Jyot and today around 700 people get two meals daily here. 9 years ago I shut my restaurant and got involved with Jeevan Jyot full time because the happiness I get from knowing that someone’s life has been saved because of me is priceless. Ultimately everyone dies… you can’t take anything with you when you leave…but the impact you create in your time here goes far beyond your years.”
32 years back I met a lady who was looking for some help for her mother who was suffering from cancer. She was the only one in the family and had asked for help to accompany them to Tata hospital. I had never been to Tata hospital before and looked for it and after going there due to insufficient funds we told her to take her mother to the BMC hospital. During this time I had to go to Tata hospital quite a few times for her reports, thats when I saw 5 buildings of Tata hospital. I felt terrible after I saw that one of the buildings had a general ward and realised that the old lady’s treatment would have been better there. I apologised to the old lady’s daughter but she said ‘ please don’t, you are my God! All the doctors had told me that we’ll lose my mother but you’re the only one who supported us and she’s still alive because of that’. It was that one line that made me start Jeevan Jyot — an NGO to help cancer patients.
Cancer patients from all over India come to Tata hospital and since they don’t have money or any relative here they used to sleep on the footpath and eat Vadapav everyday. Once a patient's brother was down with severe stomach pain and doctors found out that for weeks he used to only eat vada pav, because that was all he could afford . At times he used to save money and only eat one Vadapav the whole day which completely ruined his system. Since then I made sure that patient's family members get some decent healthy meal at Jeevan Jyot and today around 700 people get two meals daily here. 9 years ago I shut my restaurant and got involved with Jeevan Jyot full time because the happiness I get from knowing that someone’s life has been saved because of me is priceless. Ultimately everyone dies… you can’t take anything with you when you leave…but the impact you create in your time here goes far beyond your years.”
Wednesday 14 December 2016
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