Project ‘Life’ started
in the year 1978 and moving with the time with a modest aspiration to support, sustain and enrich the lives of the
people and in particular the under-privileged. This worldwide acclaimed
humanitarian service organization is the result of 43 years of relentless
endeavour and dedicated service. It is professionally well managed and uses its
talent of manpower and financial resources to maintain sustainability and aims
at empowering our different interventions to better perform internally and towards
the community. We are located in Rajkot city of Gujarat state of Western India
and working all over Gujarat state for service of humanity. In the former years
we started the noble cause by providing high quality safe blood and in
subsequent years we initiated various interventions such as health awareness
and promoting wellness, thalssaemia prevention, skill development and
empowering women, constructing schools in rural areas and saving the
environment by distributing nurtured plants. Our advancement in humanitarian service
and noble life saving cause in these years has enabled us to gain recognition
worldwide. Still we have miles to go and miles to go...…
PROJECT 'LIFE'
CONTRIBUTES IN CHANGING LIVES FOR BETTERMENT.
When COVID-19 struck in 2020,
lockdowns were imposed and life was paralyzed in India and everywhere else in
the world. People lost livelihoods, stress increased and survival became
difficult. At such a juncture, Project 'Life' resolved to contribute in making
life easier for those affected by the pandemic. As a response to COVID-19
pandemic, we launched a host of measures and initiatives to cater to the
community reeling under heavy pressure and stress caused by the pandemic. Since
physical movement was either not allowed or restricted and social distancing
norms did not permit any event or gathering, we decided to make the transition
and transformation to digital space. Almost overnight, we launched the digital
version of all programs of our initiatives. We took all our training and events
online ensuring our reach to the most remote parts of the region, transcending
beyond geographical barriers of state and country. All this was materialized on
the basis of the timely foresight of making the digital transition for all the
interventions of Project 'Life'.
Significant activities carried during COVID-19 pandemic
period:
Ø Acting as
Corona Warriors, Life Blood Centre is working 24 x 7 since inception and during
the pandemic period more than 14,000 blood units and around 450
Covid-19 Convalescent Plasma (CCP) have been distributed among Covid-19
patients.
Ø Life Blood
Centre has been awarded by International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT),
Amsterdam “ISBT Award for Developing Countries 2020” on December 12, 2020. It
is indeed a moment of pride not only for Rajkot but for Gujarat &
India. LBC is the first stand-alone Blood Bank in India to receive ISBT
Award for Developing Country.
Ø With an
objective to create healthcare awareness regarding viral disease prevailing in
villages especially, COVID-19, a special drive has been launched by Project
‘Life’ through GRAMSEVAKS. The program is being initially implemented in the
selected six villages as pilot project where Project ‘Life’ has built primary
school and there are plans to expand its scope gradually to other villages
also.
Ø
Reconstruction of 4 schools in interior villages of Saurashtra
& Kutch region. In the history of Life Education Centre of Project ‘Life’,
Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony and Dedication Ceremony of schools has been
organized on digital platform.
Ø
Online Yoga classes, workshops, virtual competition and
certificate courses were organized to facilitate participants and to spread the
importance of Yoga during pandemic time. To get rid of pandemic fear, Yoga
teachers of Project ‘Life’ were in constant touch with participants and
provided virtual guidelines and counselling to overcome chronic stress and
depression and helped them to provide mental and emotional balance.
Ø
Under the lecture series of ‘How not to fall sick?’ total 12
lectures were organized by well-known and reputed Doctors of Rajkot city.
Ø
The Covid-19 pandemic had brought to a standstill economic activities in
India. This made difficult life of those families whose sole breadwinner was a
woman. Project ‘Life’ reached out to such families and women in the hour of
distress by giving them work of stitching face masks. More than 100,000 masks
sewn by such women were distributed in UK and the remaining were distributed in
India. The work is helping the families going after they were hit hard by the
pandemic.
Ø
Project ‘Life’ made arrangements for BPL Women / Widows by
providing digital theory & vocational training like sewing, embroidery,
catering, beauty parlour and Computer Operations etc and now Life Women
Empowerment Centre have started practical training to these women as per Government
protocols and guidelines.