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computer skills to students in various
schools. During the pandemic, my father
literally stationed himself in the village &
donated umpteen equipment for various
hospitals in over a 100 km radius. Oxygen
m/cs, oxygen concentrators, diagnostic
equipment etc.
Also distributed for months rations to
everyone in need, also anonymously to
those who we knew would not come to ask
Jaswantgarh is where our family & our for it. Nobody went back empty handed.
foundations have done our bit for the For all the work done by him over the last
people of the village. The family runs a several years the villagers decide to honour
full-fledged Sanskrit school & college. Over him.
800 students are studying there. Rerun an In the cool morning of 25th November we
ITI providing over 20 employable skills gathered around fifty mts away from the
to enhance the employability of this who place where the blood donation drive was
did not wish to pursue further studies. to take place. As soon as my father reached,
We recently built a girls college which has we walked on the red carpet laid for him
over 700 students & can accommodate & the entire fifty mts was lined with men
nearly 1500 students. Already the girls, and women on either side, showering rose
who just passed out, have started getting petals on him till the entrance. All of us
employment in large organisations. We enjoyed the flower shower, feeling truly
expect that we will be at full capacity in 3 overwhelmed. This was just the beginning.
to 4 years. When the PM announced the As soon as we reached the covered area,
scheme of toilets for every home, the family there were a string of local associations of
gave the additional money required to over
400 homes in the village. Till recently all
the roads in the village were kaccha roads.
Several of the roads have been laid to allow
for better commute. Drains have been built,
Kunds (for rain water collection have been
built in several houses. The foundation is
hiring teachers (nearly 1000) to teach at
various government schools in Ladnun
district & Sanskrit schools in Ajmer and
Bikaner division where education was
suffering due to lack of adequate teachers
which the government is supposed to
provide. Various facilities including
toilets for girls have been built over the
last few year. A mobile computer training
bus goes from village to village to impart

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