Matru Sewa Sangh

Matru Sewa Sangh is an Indian non-profit organization founded in 1921, by Kamalatai Hospet and Venutai Nene in Nagpur, Maharashtra. It runs a network of sites dedicated to providing health services to the poor, including a maternity hospital, school for mentally retarded, home for the aged, child adoption services, working women’s hostel and family counseling center. It also runs the Institute of Social Work, affiliated with Nagpur University, which provides adult education and development programmes. Matru Sewa Sangh was founded by Kamalatai Hospet (1896–1981) and Venutai Nene (1896–1973).

Recognition

The leaders of Indian society, such as Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, among others, recognized Matru Sewa Sangh's work over the course of its existence.

Awards to the organisation and its staff include:

Maternity hospitals

The organisation has 12 maternity hospitals in the states of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Founded in 1921, the original hospital at Nagpur now provides 75 beds and a range of out-patient clinics. It is a government-recognised facility for training house officers and for medical fee reimbursement. Services include family planning, antenatal and postantal care, premature baby care, a well-baby clinic with a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), cancer detection, othopaedics, and homeopathy and ayurvedic clinics. The hospital has an outreach vehicle taking family planning services to outlying areas.

Institute of Social Work

The Institute was founded in 1958 and provides adult education in Nagpur. It runs development centres and programmes in the slums and in rural areas. In conjunction with Nagpur University it grants bachelor's and master's degrees in social work.

Snehangan

This residential school for physically handicapped children is a project by Matru Sewa Sangh for Physically Handicapped Students. This institute aims at the Rehabilitation of the children by providing them medical attention & education simultaneously.

Other organisations

In 1971, Kamalatai Hospet also co-founded Vidya Shikshan Prasarak Manda, which now has more than fifty educational institutes.1

References

  1. ↑ "Jamnalal Bajaj Awards Archive". Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation.

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