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Social Internship Report

on
(Help Agra)

Submitted By :- Shaurya Raaj Pratap

Enrolment No :- 10609192

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 Self Declaration

I Shaurya Raaj Pratap student of Jaypee Business School MBA 2010-

2012 enrolment No 10609192, states that I have completed my social Internship from
Help Agra from 1st March, 2012 to 30th March, 2012. I have completed my Internship
report on promotion of various services provided by Help Agra.

Thanks and Regards

Shaurya Raaj Pratap

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 To Whom It May Concern

SOCIAL INTERNSHIP CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Mr. Shaurya Raaj Pratap of M.B.A. Batch 2010-
2012 of Jaypee Business School, Noida has successfully completed his social
Internship from 1st March, 2012 to 30th March, 2012.

The Project on evaluation fulfils all the stated criteria and the student’s
findings are his original work.

I hereby certify his work excellent to the best of my knowledge.

Sh. Kishan Kumar Agarwal

General Secretary
Help Agra(Regd)
st
1 floor, S.N. Medical College
M.G. Road, Agra

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 Acknowledgement

The special thanks goes to Mr. Om Prakash. The supervision and

support that he gave truly helped the progression and smoothness of the internship
program. The co-operation is highly appreciated.

Projects studied during the program were highly interesting and

educative. The enthusiasm and interest shown by the office bearers and members of
the NGO during my internship helped me in understanding appropriately the
functioning of this NGO. This internship program has made me realize the value of
working together as a team and gave me a new experience in working in a social
environment, which challenges our mental and physical faculties every minute. The
one month long internship programme provided to me a lot of opportunity to work in
different settings and exposed me to interaction with different sets of people. The
working environment in the NGO was highly motivating and inspiring; I am highly
thankful to all office bearers and members of the NGO who helped and guided me
during my internship programme.

I am also highly thankful to my faculty …………………….. under

whose able guidance I completed my social internship programme successfully.

Last but not the least, I would like to thank all colleagues with whom I
worked together in the projects during the internship programme.

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Table of Contents

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 Introduction of NGO

Help Agra is a registered non-profit organization based in Agra, India.

With its all-important philanthropic pursuit of alleviating the pain from cancer and the
sorrow ostracize suffered due to incarceration, the trust has tried to achieve many
goals in its short lifespan.

The trust has put together a functional group of experts who take care
of the various aspects of services coming within its gamut of operations. With a three-
tier management hierarchical system in place each and every activity gets its due
attention down to the minutest of details during each of the strategizing, planning and
execution stages.

The trust involves noted physicians, doctors and surgeons to give

strength to its activities such as medical camps, ambulance & medical store facility.
The trust disburses its valuable messages to the masses through events such as free
ambulance service & cost to cost medical stores.

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The trust activities concern the following area :

Catch the Cancer :

A nationwide endeavor to spread cancer awareness and to educate
people in the prevention and cure of the deadly disease. The trust provides timely help
for effective detection of cancer and gives the patients most affordable and reliable
treatment once it is diagnosed along with cost to cost medicine facility & free of cost
ambulance.

People Behind Help Agra

Executive list :-
S.No. Name
1. Sh. Ashok Kumar Goyal
2. Sh. Azad Mohan Agarwal
3. Smt. Pravin Patni
4. Sh. Mukesh Jain
5. Sh. Ashok Bansal
6. Sh. Gautam Seth
7. Sh.Akhilesh Agarwal
8. Sh. Anil Bansal
9. Sh. Om Prakash Agarwal Chandiwale
10. Smt. Rashmi Magan
11. Sh. Harishankar Goyal
12. Sh. Gopal Bansal
13. Sh. Navneet Bansal
14. Sh. Rakchit Tandon
15. Sh. Girish Bansal

Vision and Mission

Help Agra has embarked on its journey of service to humanity with the
aim of bringing solace to people suffering from cancer and providing free of cost
ambulance & cost to cost medicine facility

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 The trust identifies the financially weak families and individual who
are victims of either of these two conditions, provides with long-term as well as short-
term financial assistance, gives them adequate counseling for character development,
and in case of prison inmates; once they are released from jail placing them in viable
jobs.

The trust holds regular good shows. Thus, continuing its mission of
strengthening the delicate societal fabric of our multi-cultural citizenry.

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 Programs

Overview :-

Our society is our responsibility

What is the state of our society today?
And How does one define ‘Service to humanity’?

If we conduct welfare services for our society, are we really helping

others, or are we working to improve our own surroundings? With the conviction and
belief that every service to society is actually a service for our own betterment, Help
Agra has taken up diligent endeavors to improve the conditions of people suffering
from various stages of cancer, and to support them by providing free ambulance
service & cost to cost medicine facility.

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Catch The Cancer:-

Introduction To How Cancer Beings

Simply put, cancer is the result of unregulated cell division. Cancer cells divide when
they are not supposed to, don’t stop dividing when they are supposed to and don’t die
when they should. In the worst cases, the cancer cells leave the area in which they
arose and travel to other parts of the body.

Cancer cells do not look or act like the normal cells from which they originate. It is
reasonable, then, to ask ‘why do cancer cells behave so badly?’. It turns out the
answers lie in the genes of the affected cells. In cancer cells, changes to key genes
cause the cells to act abnormally. The changes are often the result of changes to the
DNA (mutations) in the cells. Because there are many different things that are capable
of causing mutation, there are an equally large number of causes of cancer.

The development of cancer takes place in a multi-step process, as the cells become
more abnormal, they gain new capabilities, such as the ability to release growth
factors and digestive enzymes. The cells continue to divide, impacting nearby normal
cells, often reducing the function of the affected organ. Even abnormal cancer cells
die sometime and a tumor that is large enough to feel can take years to reach that size.
Although not all cancers share exactly the same steps, there are some general features
that are shared in the development of many types of cancer. Another critical step in
the growth of a tumor is the development of a blood supply (angiogenesis). Blood
provides nutrients, carries away waste and the blood vessels provide a way for cancer
cells to move around the body.

Cancer Initiation, Promotion and Progression

In the eighteenth century, London physician Percival Pott made the first link between
cancer and environmental agents when he noted a high incidence of scrotal cancer
among chimney sweeps. He hypothesized that it was caused by exposure to coals and
tars. Out of this observation grew the two stage modal of cancer development by 1)
initiations and 2) promoters. In the years since Pott’s observations a wide range of

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chemicals, radiation sources, viruses and bacteria have been implicated in the
development of cancer.

The initial experimental studies of carcinogenesis were conducted in animals.

Chemicals able to react with DNA and non-reactive compounds were both tested for
their ability to cause cancer. The modal used was mouse skin carcinogenesis. In this
system researchers painted test chemicals on the skin and observed the growth of
tumors. Reaches Found that application of a DNA reactive substance only resulted in
tumor formation when the animals were further treated with another non-reactive
substance. A compound that reacts with DNA and somehow changes the genetic
makeup of the cell is called a mutagen. The mutagens that predispose cells to develop
tumors are called initiators and the non-reactive compounds that stimulate tumor
development are called promoters. Approximately 70% of known mutagens are also
carcinogens- cancer causing compounds. A compound THAT ACTS AS BOTH AN
INITIATOR AND A PROMOTER IS REFERRED TO AS A ‘complete carcinogen’
because tumor development can occur without the application of another compound.

Initiation

Initiation is the first step in the two-stage model of cancer development. Initiators, if
not already reactive with DNA, are altered (frequently they are made electrophilic )
via drug-metabolizing enzymes in the body and are then able to cause changes in
DNA (mutations). Since many initiators must be metabolized before becoming active,
initiators are often specific to particular tissue types or species. The effects of
initiators are irreversible; once a particular cell has been affected by an initiators it is
susceptible to promotion until its death. Since initiation is the result of permanent
genetic change, any daughter cells produced from the division of the mutated cell
will also carry the mutation. In studies of mouse skin carcinogenesis, a linear
relationship has been observed between the dose of initiator and the quantity of
tumors that can be produced, thus any exposure to the initiator increases risk and this
risk increases indefinitely with higher levels of exposure.

Promotion

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Once a cell has been mutated by an initiators, it is susceptible to the effects of
promoters. These compounds promote the proliferation of the cell, giving rise to a
large number of daughter cells containing the mutation created by the initiators.
Promoters have no effect when the organism in question has not been previously
treated with an initiators.

Unlike initiation, promoters do not covalently bind to DNA or macromolecules

within the cell. Many bind to receptors on the cell surface in order to affect
intracellular pathways that lead to increased cell proliferation. There are two general
categories of promoters: specific promoters that interact with receptors on or in target
cells of defined tissues and nonspecific promoters are often specific for a particular
tissue or species due to their interaction with receptors that are present in different
amounts in different tissue types.

While the risk of tumor growth with promoter application is dose-dependent, there is
both a threshold and a maximum effect of promoters. Very low doses of promoters
will not lead to tumor development and extremely high doses will not produce more
risk than moderate levels of exposure.

Progression

In nice, repeated promoter application on initiator-exposed skin produces benign

papillomas. most of these papillomas regress after treatment is stooped, but some
progress to cancer. The frequency of progression suggest that the papillomas that
progress to cancer have acquired an additional, spontaneous, mutation. The term
progression, coined by Leslie Foulds, refers to the stepwise transformation of a benign
tumor to a neoplasm and to malignancy. Progression is associated with a karyotypic
change since virtually all tumors that advance are aneuploid ( have the wrong number
of chromosomes ). This karyotypic change is coupled with an increased growth rate,
invasiveness, metastasis and an alteration in biochemistry and morphology.

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 Defining cancer

At its heart, cancer is the result of uncontrolled cell growth. Our bodies are composed
of trillions of cells, all working together. In cancer, one of those cells stops paying
attention to the normal signals that tell cells to grow, stop growing or even to die.
Cancer cells still share many of the same needs and properties of normal cells but they
become independent of the controls that makes our body function smoothly. The
process by which a normal cell changes into one that behaves so abnormally can take
a long time and is often triggered by outside influences. The next few sections
describe the differences between normal and cancer cells and outline the steps leading
to the creation of a cancer cell from a normal cells.

Cancer is actually a general term that describes a large group of related diseases.
Every case of cancer is unique, with its own set of genetic change changes and growth
properties, some cancers grow quickly while other can take years to become
dangerous to the patient. The many difference between cases of cancer even of the
same organ(i.e, different cases of breast cancer), is one of the main reason that
treatment is so difficult.

Despite the difference between different types og cancer, all cancers DO share some
common features, and these share properties are the basis for many cancer treatments
and research efforts. It is important to understand the basic, shared, features of cancer.
This will allow for an understanding of detaction, diagnosis and treatment options.

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 Introduction To Cancer By Type

This section contains information detailing by type. As our focus is on the biology of
the cancer and their treatments, we do not give detailed treatment guidelines. Instead,
we link to organization in the US that generates the treatment guidelines.

Thank you for your patience as we work to continue expanding this section with
additional cancer types. If the cancer in which you are interested is not yet presented,
please check back because we will be adding new cancer types regularly.

 Breast
 Cervical
 Colon and Ractal (colorectal)
 Leukemia
 Liver
 Lung
 Lymphoma
 Multiple myeloma
 Pancreatic
 Prostate
 Skin
 Stomach (Gastric)

Cancer may be categorized based in the function/ and location of the cells from which
they orginate. The following terms are commonly used to categorize tumors by their
tissue (cell type) of origin.

 Carcinoma – a tumor derived from epithelial cells, those cells that line the
surface of our skin and organs. Our digestive tract and airways are also lined
with epithelial cells. This is the most common cancer type and represents
about 80-90% of all cancer cases reported.

 Sarcoma- a tumour derived from white blood cells on their precursors. The
cells that from both white and red blood cells are located in the bone marrow.

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  Lymphoma- a cancer of bone marrow derived cells that affects the lymphatic
system.

 Myelomas- a cancer involving the white blood cells responsible for the
production of antibodies (B lymphocytes or B-cells).

Introduction to cancer prevention

Because each cancer type is different in origin, composition, and responsiveness to

treatment, reliable prevention techniques are very difficult to identify. Abidance that
an activity or dietary items prevent cancer is difficult to confirm because the goal of
cancer prevention is to produce an outcomes where nothing changes’ i.e cancer does
not develop). Additionally, because cancer preventions cannot usually be
accomplished by a single event, preventative measures must be taken for many years
to give results that can be examined. Even if something is shown to help prevent a
certain type of cancer, there is no guarantee that eating or behaving in a certain way
will absolutely assure freedom from cancer development.

Muchg of the evidence for cancer prevention is not definitive. As an example, a diet
low in fat but high in fiber, fruits and vegetables has been associate with lower risk for
several cancer. There has also been a number oif studies that have shown no
connection between these kinds of diets and reduced cancer cases. Exercise has been
shown to reduce cancer accurencing ion some studies in others, exercise does not
seem to make a differences.

Dispite the conflicting the evidence , the national cancer institutes contents that the
best way to help prevent cancer ius to exercise, as well as eat a low calories diet
containing fiber, fruits, and vegetables they also suggest that people should avoid a
sedentary life style, animals facts and grilled meats to lessen the risk of developing
cancer. Research suggest that a combination of different essential nutrients is better
than consuming a large amount of a single item.
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Another way to help prevent cancer is to avoid behaviors that are generally accepted
to increase your risk of cancer. Some of the behaviors linked to cancer development
are tobacco use, alcohol, consumption, obesity, and sun exposure. A study on Swedish
family shows that an increased risk of cancer is more associated with environmental
factors, diet and exercise rather that heredity. The American cancer society suggest
that a third of all American cancer deaths are linked to poor diet and lack of exercise.
Additionally, another third of all cancers deaths are preventable by avoiding tobacco
products. The world health organizations beliefs that 40% of cancer deaths world
wide could be prevented with proper diet, exercise, tobacco avoidance.

In addition to these general guidelines, there are several specific compounds that have
exhibited evidence that they may contribute to cancer prevention.

ANTIOXIDES

The possible role of antioxidants in the prevention and treatment of a variety of

medical conditions has been very highly publicized. For some diseases, anti-oxidants
may well play an important role. Unfortunately, some of the excitement is not based
on scientific evidence. In order to understand how antioxidants works, it is first
important to understand the process of oxidation.

WHAT IS OXIDATION?

Oxidation is a chemical process. Oxidation is the reason that metals rust and apples
turn brown. When this same process happens inside your body, it can harm cells and
tissues. Free radicals are small chemicals that are responsible for oxidative damage.
Free radicals can be contained in (or caused to form by) a variety of things including
tobacco smoke, radiation (like sunlight or x-rays) and even the normal functioning of
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the human body. Free radicals are unstable and they can interact with, and alter, other
molecules. Targets of free radicals include DNA, lipids and proteins . when free
radicals interact with other molecules, they can cause changes ( called oxidation) that
interfere with the normal activity of the altered target molecules. The altered activity
of the altered activity of the affected cell part can cause severe problems for the cell
and ultimately the entire body. You can learn more about oxidation in the closer look
on this page.

WHAT ARE ANTIOXIDANTS?

Antioxidants are molecules that, as the name suggests, prevent or reserve oxidation.
Examples of dietary antioxidants including vitamins C and E. antioxidants are able to
interact with and neutralize free radicals in vitro, improve health and prolong life in
animals, and many studies are underway to investigate the potential of these
compounds to prevent cancer in humans. Antioxidants are important to humans
because they stop “radicalized” molecules before they cause damage. Compounds that
exhibit antioxidants properties do this by donating an electron to a free radical without
the electron they donate. Some antioxidants function in a “suicidal” manner,
neutralizing free radicals by forming permanent bonds with them.

Sources and uses of antioxidants

There are many good sources of antioxidants including green tea, berries, tomatoes
and soy. Antioxidants can be found in many fruits and vegetables because plants
produce antioxidants to help protect themselves from free radicals created by
radiation from the sun . the body naturally produces some antioxidants that help
protect against free radicals damage . Unfortunately, these do not provide complete
protection . Humans most consumes antioxidants from other sources if they wish to
decrease their risk of developing diseases that are increased by free radicals damage .
Outside of the body, antioxidants can also be used for many practical purposes :
museum curators use them to preserve artifacts derived from living things, they can
prevent food from spoiling . they are also used to make better rubbers, plastics,
automobiles fuels and paint .

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 Plant Products (Phytochemicals)

Phytochemicals are compound found in plants. The phytochemicals below are being
investigated to see if they are beneficial to human health; even when extracted from
the plant from which they originate. In recent years, there has been a large amount of
research to investigate the usefulness of specific nature compounds in the prevention
and the treatment of cancer. The list below is not meant to be complete. There are
numerical other chemicals that are being examined.

Drugs

Drugs that are used to help prevent cancer are highly regulated by the federal
government to insure quality and safety. Most drugs that are suggested by doctors to
help prevent cancer are for a specific population that is at a high risk of developing
certain cancer types. These drugs are not suggested for all people because they can
cause other problems that may not be worth the cost of protection. Nevertheless, some
drugs have shown to decrease the risk for cancer and have been approved by the US
Food and Drug Administration for cancer prevention. These include non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and the hormonal antagonists Tamoxifen and
Raloxifene.

Cervical cancer Vaccines

The development of vaccine against HPV is a major step in the fight against cervical
cancer.

Currently, there are two vaccine approved for the prevention of infection with HPV,
Gardasil and Cervarix.

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Gardasil is FDA approved for the prevention of HPV types 6, 11, 16, 18 infection is
young women aged 9-26. on October 16, 2009, the FDA also approved Gardasil to
prevent genital warts caused by HPA types 6 and 18. Cervatrix was approved for use
in the United States in October 2009.

Importantly, the vaccinations are prophylactic and are not effective against the
progression of pre-existing HPV infection or cervical dysplasia, and should not deter
women from annual screening tests, especially since not all cancer
causing(oncogenic) forms of HPV are included in the vaccines.

Introduction to cancer Detection and Diagnosis

Once a key problems in the treatment of cancer is the early detection of the disease.
Often, cancer is detected in its later stages, when it has compromised the function of
one or more vital organ systems and is widespread throughout the body. Methods for
the early detection of cancer are of utmost importance and are an active area of
current research.

After the initial detection of a cancerous growth, accurate diagnosis and staging of the
disease are essential for the design of a treatment plan. This process is dependent on
clinical testing and the observations of physicians. It is important for cancer patients
and their families to understand the results given to them so that they can take an
active role in the planning of the treatment protocol to be used.

This section includes information on some of the methods used to direct cancer. Also
discussed are some possible tests that are still under investigation. You can touch find
information on the result presented in pathology(path). Reports and a section that
describes the process of cancer staging. Because no test is 100% accurate, it is
important to understand the limitations of medical tests. The limitations of any
particular medical test are described by its sensitivity and specificity and false
positive/false negative rates.

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 Side Effects of Cancer Treatments

A wide variety of drugs is used to treat cancer. Many of them have side effects, some
of them potentially serious and long-lasting.

One reason that cancer drugs tend to have many/severe side effects is that cancer cells
are not very different from healthy cells. Choose a topic from the list on the left to
learn about a particular side-effects and treatments/prevention methods.

10,000 people die of cancer everyday,10,000 more are told everyday that they have it.

A person suffering from cancer dies everyday, little boy little. His family members
and those nearest to him are made aware every moment of the impending death and
its inevitability. Their lives stop around the moment when they are first told they have
it. When the truth is that a little bit of awareness can not only prevent this condition,
but also totally cure it; as cancer is a disease born out of our own wrong habits and
incorrect lifestyles.

Do your bit with us and become an instrument of happiness for someone who is either
suffering, or who could develop this deadly disease lates on. With your help and
support we can cure the sufferings of many.

Our Objectives

1. To help create awareness about breast, uterus, mouth and throat cancer in the
urban poor
2. To create awareness amongst the youth in schools, colleges and offices, etc,
about different aspects of the disease
3. To hold medical and cancer detection camps in underprivileged areas to
diagnose and treat cancer patients

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4. To hold seminars and road show in the slums to teach self-detection method
and spread awareness.
5. To make educational and medical aid available to the families of poor
6. To provide free of cost ambulance service to save casualty if any provide
medical help at nominal cost

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 Methodology

1. We create awareness amongst the masses by holding appropriate events,

camps, seminars, conferences & road shows
2. We involve in our endeavors not only the common people but also medical
and entertainment professionals to bring strength to our message
3. We maintain up-to-date database of all resources such as those of specialized
hospitals, specialist doctors complete with their contact details and their
timing
4. We provide free of cost ambulance facilities for emergency cases so that helps
is available immediately
5. We provide financial assistance to the needy and the poor who cannot afford to
get treated for this disease
6. We provide cost to cost medicine facility facility for the poor who cannot
afford to by medicine
7. We create a database of all the families of the poor and provide medical help at
nominal cost
8. We also set up adequate medical camps to treat the families free of cost or at
nominal costs within their localities.

Raising awareness of cancer survivorship

There are many ways to define cancer survivorship , but for the purpose of this report,
it is a distinct phase of the cancer trajectory which has been relatively neglected in
advocacy ,education ,clinical practice ,and reseal Quality cancer survivorship care
involves the provision of four essential Components of care within a delivery system
that facilities access to comprehensive and coordinated care (BOX ES-1). Raising
awareness of the medical and physiological needs that may follow cancer treatment
will help both Survivors and their health care provider to ensure that appropriate

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assessment are completed and available intervention employed . the constellation of
cancer’s long –term and late effects varies by cancer type ,treatments Modealiuty, and
individual characteristics ,but there are common patters of Symptoms and condition
that must be recognized so that health and wellbeing can be improved

Essential components of survivorship care

1. Prevention of recurrent and new cancer, and of other latev effects;

2. Surveillance for cancer spread , recurrence , or, second cancers ;
assessment of medical and psychosocial late effects ;
3. Intervention for consequences of cancer and its treatment , for
example ;

Medical problems such as lymphedema and sexual dysfunction ;

symptoms , including pain and fatigue ;psychological distress
experienced by cancer survivor and their caregivers ;and cocern
related to employment ,insurance ,disability ;and

4. coordination between specialists and providers to ensure that all of the

survivors,s health needs are met.

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 Achievement of Help Agra

Press Release :-
Print media :-

1- Help Agra has started 24 x 7 free of cost ambulance service. Any needy person
can dial 102 and ambulance without any charges will be provided to the needy.

Ambulance

Ambulance

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2- Creat awareness about cancer & how to prevent it are also the prime
objectives of Help Agra.

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3- Donating Radiotherapy machine to S.N. Medical College for treatment of
Cancer.

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4. Free jumbo pack to Dengue patients has also been distributed to some 7,000
Patients.

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5. Providing immediate aid (24 x 7) to road accidental patients has been a highly
acclaimed effort of Help Agra.

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6- Help Agra also provides absolutely free medicines to very poor patients & also
provides medicines at cost price to needy patients.

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7- Help Agra also transports poor people living on road sides, bus stands
& railway stations to Mother Teresa home on its own expenses.

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7- Help Agra also provides air conditioned vehicles at nominal charges to the
needy and poor to carry dead bodies of their kin to rural & backward areas.

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9- Help Agra provides transport facility at reasonable charges to needy pregnant
ladies to carry them to hospitals.

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10- Help Agra also provides free facilities of doctors, X-ray, lab testing & other
required medical facilities to poor and needy.

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11- Help Agra also provides free food packets to poor & needy people.

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12- Help Agra also educates and encourages people to donate dead bodies of their
kin to medical colleges for academics and research purposes.

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13- Educating & motivating people for eye donation is also one of the successful
efforts of Help Agra.

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14- Help Agra also provides water coolers at the hospitals for the use and benefit
of people at large.

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15- Apart from helping human beings, Help Agra has also done remarkable work
in providing medical aid to animals.

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 Events

1- Help Agra has started its 24 x 7 Ambulance service on where one can dial 102
as help line no to avail this service free of cost.

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2- OPD service which was non functional at lady Fatima Hospital was resumed
by Help Agra on ………..

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3- Help Agra has started free of cost surgery to poor & needy people from 23
March, 2009.

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4- On 29 May, 2009 Help Agra has supported & shifted 2 year old girl to Mother
Teresa home as the parents of the girl had left her alone in the hospital.

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5- With the motive to help animals, Help Agra team has donated coolers to the
Bear rescue facility to protect the animals from hot summers.

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6- On 12 March, 2010 Help Agra has added one more ambulance to its fleet.

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7- Help Agra completed its 500 days of service on 14 March, 2010.

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8- Help Agra provided employment to prisoners lodged in the jail by assigning to
them the task of making 158 benches.

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9- Free medical check-up camp was organized by Help Agra from 21th to 25th,
May, 2010.

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10- Appreciating the efforts of Help Agra, Lions club Agra has donated one Auto
wheeler for the use of pregnant women on 26th August, 2010.

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11- 160 benches were donated by Help Agra to facilitate the patients’ well wishers
visiting hospitals.

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12- Help Agra also provides CRITICAL AMBULANCE to the needy patients.

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13- On 21st July, 2011 Help Agra started ambulance service for road accident
cases.

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14- On 22nd Feb, 2011 with a vision to provide medicines at no profit for poor &
needy people, Help Agra moved its step forward by purchasing land near S.N.
Medical college.

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15- Free of cost medical facility for mentally retarded people was introduced by
Help Agra on 12th Jan, 2012.

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 Swot Analysis of Help Agra

Strength :-

1. They have plenty of time & strong support team to carry out their work on
their different programmes.
2. The organization has strong reputation within the community.
3. There are many big business houses who are working along with help Agra.
4. Many doctors have also supported the mission to Help Agra.

Weakness :-

1. It is a new organization and it is less known among NGOs.

2. They have small funds with shallow skill base peoples in many areas.
3. They are vulnerable to high attrition of employees because they are less
motivated to work.

Opportunities :-

1. They are working on many sensitive issues like cancer, ambulance facility and
free of cost medicine stores.
2. Government and other corporate companies are supporting it in all the
programs.
3. Other NGOs from other places are also extending their helping hands.

Threat :-

1. There is no perceptible threat.

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 Recommendations

Various steps which Help Agra should follow to carry on their task more
smoothly are as follows :-

1. It should strengthen its ability to inform the public about their latest efforts to
the society. It requires educating the public by mobilizing the media.
2. It should form linkage and partnership with universities and academic
institutions in order to constructing a new fund route that can sustain their
activities.
3. Recognize the need for facilitator in their structure.
4. Undertaking inclusive approach, recognizing the wide range of NGOs and
civil society organizations.

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 Learning

Being Associated with the Help Agra was a great experience. It was a great
opportunity to learn the various facets and aspects of NGO functioning which can be
summarized as follows:-

1. Learnt a lot about NGOs functioning, their vision, objectives and the problems
it faces in the various departments like finance, marketing and others.
2. Also understood the initiative taken by private institutions as a part of
corporate governance social responsibility and its impact on the society.
3. Studied about how to help the society and what Help Agra is doing in this
field.
4. It broadened my horizon of thinking about life and spurred me to think about
helping the poor and needy in our society.

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 References

1. www.helpagra.com
2. www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
3. www.cdc.gov
4. www.cancerquest.com
5. www.livehindustan.com
6. www.jagran.com
7. www.theseaexpress.com

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