Great Parajiya Pattni Humanitarian
-Naginbhai Jagada-
30th June 2011
Message from Naginbhai Jagda:
I feel so delighted to inform you all that I have recently finished a 10 day Vipassana course at Mumbai Pagoda. I am back in
Name of the bank: HDFC bank.
A/C No. NRE 1011010000018
A/C No. NRO 1011010001185 use if transfer from
Address:
Many thanks.
Naginbhai Jagada
From; N.J. Jagada
2 Swashray society,"Arpan"Mavdi road,
Tel No. 0281-6531367
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30 June 2010
13 sewing machines donated to Pattni sisters and mothers in Amereli, 6 in
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Akila News: Naginbhai Jagda - Humanitarian Work
I feel so happy to give you all a brief report of the work done from March to May 2010.
The total amount used for charitable purposes was about Rs.15 lakh or approximately $32,500.
The area covered includes
1. About 1200 physically challenged people were transported to and from Palitana by twenty special buses with proper care of food and drinks. This was the largest camp arranged by Ratnanidhi charitable trust for the disabled and was held in the December of 2009. All expenses were paid for by the Indians for Collective Action ( ICA ) in
2. 190 tricycles and 55 wheel chairs were given to handicapped people from all over Saurashtra with the best care as well as boarding and lodging in six different cities. (55 wheel chairs - courtesy of Manav Sadhna, Gandhi Ashram, Sabarmati, Ahmedabad)
3. 30 sewing machines were given to poor women to make them self-sufficient.
4. 15 poor widows are being given food, grains,cooking oil, and other necessities every two months; this will continue for one full year.
5. 180 nursery schools ( Anganvadi) have been given tricycles and swings at eighty-four different villages.
6. 300 sets of steel plates, bowls, and spoons were given to young children in villages.
7. 300 saris were handed out to needy mothers at ten different places.
8. 1000 wall clocks were rewarded to brilliant students of government primary schools who secured first, second, and third place in their exams in and around
9. Nine scholarships of Rs. 20,000 per year for medical and engineering courses to deserving students (who cannot afford such an education). All scholarship amounts were donated by the Foundation for Excellence in
10. 3000 pairs of footwear were passed out to needy students as well as to those who work in the sun.
11. 1000 hats to provide protection from the sun were given out.
12. Homeopathic consultation and free medicines will be provided at a camp for one year ( 2nd Sunday of each month for 1 year). This camp has been arranged for the poor by the renowned Dr. N. J. Meghani in
I am very thankful, especially to those who helped me financially and morally, as well as charitable organizations like
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND MAY GOD GIVE
(MANAV SEVA IS MADHAV SEVA.)
With warmest regards to those who helped and read this email.
Naginbhai Jagada
Hello everyone,
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!
I will be going to
This year we are planning to distribute toys and tricycles in Anganvadis to young children in small villages, blankets for poor people, footwear for poor people, scholarships to very poor but brilliant students, sewing machines to the needy, annual supply of food to fifteen widows, and prize distribution to the poor students who excel in their studies. For more details, please visit http://naginjagada.pledgepage.org
If you wish to donate, you may send, cheques, drafts to the following three addresses.
1. Nagin Jagada,
2. Nagin Jagada, "Arpan", 2 Swashray Society,
You may also direct credit to my A/C:
3. ICICI Bank, NRE A/C No. 015301075417 or NRO A/C No.015301075819 in the name of Nagin Jagada, Jaihind Press Building, Sardar baug, Rajkot, 360001,India
Thank you and warm regards to all.
Nagin Jagada
It is with great pleasure, that I inform you all that Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust is organizing a Mega Mobility Camp at Palitana from the 23rd of December 2009 to the 9th of January 2010. It would be the largest of its kind anywhere in the world and would rehabilitate over 25,000 poor orthopedically handicapped and hearing impaired from the nearby districts.
Amputees would get free custom made Jaipur foot prosthetics, polio afflicted children would become mobile through fitting of Callipers, Tricycles, Wheelchairs, Walkers would be distributed on a need based assessment and hearing impaired would undergo audio logical tests and receive appropriate hearing aids.
Naginbhai Jagada, USA and Shri Bhaskar Devji, Bahrain are very happy to inform the Parajiya Pattni Community that we will be arranging transport for all the needy folks from Rajkot to Palitana and provide other facilities. We request our Gnati brothers and sisters to inform all their relatives in
We are going to manage with the help of Bharat Vikas Parishad, finance from
Warm regards.
Naginbhai
Nov 17th, 2009
Jay Shri Krishna! May God Bless you and all Pattni members worldwide
Let me begin with thanking you all for all your support - financially, emotionally or through your positive thoughts - each one of you has given me more strength to work for the poorest of the poor.
We have now begun to plan for the tasks to be accomplished next year and I will need your support again.
Again, many thanks, warm regards and MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL. I never miss to pray for all of you in my daily meditation.
I request you all to forward this email to your near and dear ones and share in this good cause. Please note that my humanitarian work has zero percent expenses.
Naginbhai Jagada
Instructions for donation
If you are in the
Nagin Jagada
I request you all to visit my site at: http://naginjagada.pledgepage.org.
I am very happy to be working with a very reputed non-profit organization in
For more
You may send your donations as follows:
Make check payable to: Indians for Collective Action
Mail to:
Please note in the memo section of your check: �for Jaipur foot work by Naginbhai Jagada�
Please visit my web site for more details and photos regarding these camps in
With heartfelt gratitude,
Naginbhai Jagada
Happiness has a strange arithmetic - The more we divide it, the more it multiplies!
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THE LIST OF SERVICES RENDERED BY SHRI NAGINBHAI JAGADA (
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Hello Everybody, MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORTED ME FINANCIALLY AS WELL AS MORALLY A camp for Physically-Challenged in Veraval-Somnath; On the 15Th and 22Nd March 2009 was spent with the patients. They were fitted with artificial limbs according to their sizes and the instruments were also tested for their proper functions. The program ran for 12 hours and was a huge success. Patients had arrived with their families and while they waited for their turns they were all served breakfast, lunch, tea, coffee, ( 400 people both times, first time served GULAB JAMBU AND SECOND TIME SHREEKHAND) and dinner till they stayed. Some of them who were very poor were also paid traveling expenses. The following is the list of disability aids which were donated on the day: 43 Artificial Legs (Jaipur foot) 8 Artificial hands 35 Calipers 5 surgical Boots 3 Walking sticks 41 Leg supporters Total 135 |
29 tricycles were distributed to the physically handicapped - 17 tricycles on 22nd March in Veraval (Somnath) and 12 tricycles on 27th March in
Sewing Machines for women to generate self employment:
11 �Usha� sewing machines of good quality and paraphernalia were donated to the economically weak women to uplift their livelihood on 7th March.
Food, clothing and aids
15 widows with no economic support are to get enough grains to feed a family of four, in addition to saris every month for one year.
150 Saris were given to the needy women
60 tricycles and 250 chairs to Anganvadies of Rajkot Corporation and near by villages.
Rs. 2000/ each toy to the two Anganvadi in backward area.
To encourage the talented: 100 wall clocks and 50 wrist watches were distributed to children of middle class families studying in the schools.
For the very poor: 800 slippers and 4000 packages of food to the very poor and needy in surrounding seven villages.
Evening meals to orphans: Provided evening meals to 250 orphans at Kathiawar orphanage,
Scholarship: Provided scholarship of Rs.100 each for full one year to the 15 bright and needy students from 15 different schools in 5th std.
More tricycles: On 27th March 11 tricycles were distributed to disabled people from all over Saurashtra.
Appreciation: They and a further 100 people were invited to my home in
Warm regards to all.
Naginbhai Jagada
Naginbhai Jagda � a great humanitarian
The needy in
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Naginbhai was born and grew up in
Naginbhai�s new life took him to Naginchandra Jamnadas Jagada, age 70, is now settled in |
He started his humanitarian journey in 2002 by distributing clothing and various other essentials to the poor and needy in the small towns of
Naginbhai would like to thank Shri Bhaskar Devji (
He is a believer and practices Vipassana Meditation. Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of
This non-sectarian technique aims for the total eradication of mental impurities and the resultant highest happiness of full liberation. Healing, not merely the curing of diseases, but the essential healing of human suffering, is its purpose. We ought to live at peace with ourselves and at peace with others.
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Naginbhai wishes to reach out to our Parajiya Pattni community and share his experiences of humanitarian aid work providing the most loving and compassionate help possible to orphaned and impoverished children in
Patel Vadi Rajkot, The Jaipur Foot camp. December 2007
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1. During the camp, another person, not on the original list, came to the camp hoping that he would also be blessed with tricycle. He approached and told me that he had come in spite of not being invited, with the hope that he would receive help. I assured him that we would put him on top of the list for the next camp. A brother and sister from Dhandia village overheard this conversation. They immediately walked over and said, �Dada, both of us have received one cycle and we would like this gentleman to receive one of ours, since he needs one too�. This was a moment; I felt I was in the presence of divine beings. Their names were Chagan Ravji Kadwani and Mukta Ravji Kadwani and this to me was humanity at its best.
2. A shoe shine man from
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3. An 18 year old girl came with her parents. She was disabled from birth. As she finally walked with her own two feet she fell on mine, seeking blessings.
I exclaimed, �Girls do not need to fall at anyone�s feet. Tell me what your wish is.� She sobbed uncontrollably and remarked �I have experienced the joy of walking for the first time in my life. If I do not bow at the feet of the person who gave me a new life, then who else can be worthy of such a respect?� Hearing this, everyone present became emotional and teary-eyed and rejoiced at the beauty of voluntary work and pure hearts.
4. There was a 30-year old man and he had no arms when he came to us. He was fitted with artificial ones. Overcome with glee he drove the scooter, (that belonged to the friend who brought him to the camp) all around the Patel Vadi. This was a glorious and heart-warming moment that appeared in everyone�s eyes in the form of joyous tears once again.
5. A 35-year old man carried his disabled mother on his shoulders. He is her physical and emotional pillar of strength. I am delighted to report that the same mother was able to walk out of the camp not on his shoulders, but holding her son's hand. This was another moment I felt gratitude for life and such experiences
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7. I had two Rickshaw drivers who were my most frequent rides. While being dropped home one day, I mentioned that he did not seem to have a wrist watch. He simply looked at me as if to say ��Do you think I can afford one?� I gifted them both wrist watches before the end of the visit. And the sense of gratitude and joy on their faces enriched my life 100 times over.
8. My thanks and warm regards to all official of PATEL VADI,
Naginbhai�s noble work is detailed in the DIARY section of his webpage to:
1. Learn more about Naginbhai
2. Read details from the most recent trip, newspaper articles regarding the work accomplished during since 2003.
3. Applaud all those who support and assist me.
This humanitarian work needs your help. Every dollar or rupee that you can share would change the lives of thousands of unfortunate people. Naginbhai has promised that he will go personally to distribute each item by himself. He will bear all expenses and the money received in donations will be used solely for the mission.
To view the photos of the humanitarian tasks we undertook, please visit http://naginjagada.pledgepage.org
May all of you be happy, peaceful & healthy!
WHAT IS VIPASSANA ?
By: S. Goenkaji (Main teacher of Vipassana Meditation)
Reproduced by: Nagin J. Jagada
A man may conquer a million men in battle, but one who conquers himself is indeed, the greatest victor,
Vipassana meditation is a straightforward, practical way to achieve real peace of mind and to lead a happy, useful life. In Pali,the old language of
Vipassana is the technique the Buddha practiced to become enlightened and what he taught for the remaining forty-five years of his life. By direct personal experience the Buddha realised the extent to which human beings live in a contrived of fantasy and delusion, our own little world far away from actuality. Vipassana meditation keeps us on track by always focusing on the reality of the present moment.
Vipassana is universal technique, a way of knowing oneself which is totally non-sectarian, without any unquestioning faith or connection with organised religion. The Buddha did not coin the team "Buddhist", nor did he claim that the path he was teaching was his discovery alone. He had no interest in building up a sect of dependent disciples or establishing a personal following. The central issues for him were two-fold: the truth of suffering, physical and mental, and how to fully liberate oneself from this universal condition. "Dharma", the law of nature operating in and outside us, was he taught. The whole teaching can be summarised in a few short lines:
Abstain from all unwholesome actions,
Perform wholesome ones,
Purify your mind.
The practice of Vipassana meditation is anchored around these three trainings--to avoid unwholesome action, to achieve control over the mind in the service of wholesome actions, to purify the mind through the wisdom insight. By learning the technique and by applying it in life one is not going through some rite or ritual--immediate concrete improvements will result. Now as in the Buddha's time, ordinary men and women as well as those devoted to a spiritual life from many different traditions, benefit from the practice. The shared aspiration, the enduring aim, is to become a better person.
To learn technique, it is necessary to take a ten-day course with a qualified teacher before practicing on one's own. The course, whether it is held at one of the many centers around the world or at some rented site, is always provided on a donation-only basis. There are no charges for the teaching, food or accommodation. The teachers and workers who staff the course all they give their services freely. In the pure tradition, all cost are met by donations of grateful students who have themselves experienced the benefits of the technique and want others to have the same opportunity. ( Anyone more interested about Vipassna may visit www.vri.dhamma.org )
MAY EVERY READER FIND HIS OR HER PATH AND GROW IN HAPPINESS AND PEACE.
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