Global Philanthropic Report 2019 - SECT, VKF & Go2C

of India. Occasionally, the destitutes have also been found to be from Nepal, Bangladesh, and
Iran.
Shraddha’s Center at Karjat
Shraddha also has in its intake destitutes picked up by Government Mental Hospitals such as
Chennai IMH and Bhuj/Ahmedabad/Vadodara/mental hospitals in Gujarat. Police Stations across
Mumbai and Karjat have also referred their wandering destitute inmates to them for treatment
and rehabilitation. Once the rescued destitutes show signs of progress and are able to provide
their native/village details, reunion trips are planned out.
Starting with the rehabilitation of 47 destitutes in the year 2006, Shraddha expanded to care for
742 destitutes in the year 2016, 920 destitutes in the year 2017, and 940 destitutes in 2018. 293
destitutes have been rehabilitated till March 2019 (going by calendar year). Over the course of
its operations, Shraddha has assisted, treated, rehabilitated, and reunited 6237 destitutes with
their families in far-flung and remote corners of India.
Shraddha and their team bring very moving stories from having found and reunited Topiamma,
who was suffering from dementia, with her family at 18 years of age, to Inderjeet Ghai, who was
rescued from a near-death state and reunited with her family in Jalandhar at 54 years of age.
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