Our Story
Helping is Great Virtue for Every Human’s
Tribhuvandas Foundation is a unique Dairy Cooperative Linked Health Program, registered in 1975 as an NGO under Bombay Public Charitable Trust Act 1950. The organization is mainly supported by Local Dairy Cooperatives and provides community-based health and allied services as a part of rural integrated development program. The administrative head office is at Anand-Gujarat, India and subcenters are established at Tarapur (Dist. Anand), Kheda & Kapadwanj (Dist. Kheda) and Balasinor (Dist. Mahisagar), to decentralize the program activities.
The administrative head office is at Anand-Gujarat, India and subcenters are established at Tarapur (Dist. Anand), Kheda & Kapadwanj (Dist. Kheda) and Balasinor (Dist. Mahisagar), to decentralize the program activities.
Our History
Founded by Shri Tribhuvandas Patel, the Founder Chairman of Amul in July 1975, Tribhuvandas Foundation is an “Integrated Rural Health & Development Programme” of Amul which is inspired by the great success of round the clock health care services to the livestock of dairy farmers of Kaira.
Our Mission
To uplift the health of the people, particularly women and children in integrated way; both in terms of health i.e. physical, mental, social and spiritual health and in terms of systems of achieving health i.e. Modern Medicine, Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy and other systems like Nature Cure etc.
Our Vision
To aspire to be a model and relevant primary healthcare organization having ability to understand and implement need-based health programming and ability to formulate and contribute to futuristic health programming for an enlightened cheerful healthy community.
OUR HISTORY
Initially Tribhuvandas Foundation was financially supported by ODA (Overseas Development Association) U.K.
Major Achievements:
- The Foundation has been identified by Government of Gujarat to provide training inputs to members of Village Health and Sanitation Committees of Village Panchayats of all the villages of Umreth, Anklav and Anand Talukas of Anand District.
- The Foundation has achieved a drastic reduction in percentage of Low Birth Weight in Anand and Kheda districts – birth of babies with below 2.5 kg has been 11% at the end of year 2018-19, while it is 25-30% and even up to 40% in some parts of India and Gujarat.
- ‘Balwadi’, initiated by the Foundation across the rural community led to the initiation and operation of Government-run ‘Anganwadis’.
- In association with Sankara Eye Hospital, the Foundation has helped in performing 6000 surgeries free-of- cost for the vision impaired patients. The efforts are on to organize the camps for detection and improvement of vision of the rural people.
- The Foundation has also created a strong platform for organized training of rural women on appliqué/handicrafts where the additional income is generated for them by selling their works.
