Good Samaritans India

Good Samaritans India

The Sunset years are the most trying years of life even for those endowed with wealth and fair health. However, it gets really bad for those who are old and frail and without a financial back up. In such situations if the elderly are forsaken by their children, their families, life takes a turn for a nightmare unimaginable. With failing health, no food, and no shelter, these elders sometimes land up on the roads, on pavements, eating morsels thrown at them, and surviving the vagaries of weather and traffic, ill and sometimes injured, and without hope or respite.

It is here that the Good Samaritans step in. They take these abandoned elderly to a home, provide them free medical assistance and take care of all their needs. Effectively it amounts to giving them a life of dignity in their sunset years.

The Good Samaritans are a very small group of three or four persons who are hands on in this activity. Medically trained, they also provide basic care, and run a small free pharmacy as well. They formed a formal trust in March 2011 so as to organize their effort and seek help for their activity. The Good Samaritans have rescued around 300+ inmates till date from the roads. Few have been rescued and have become better and left the home, while few have passed away. The good Samaritans is an absolutely profit free organisation that aims to rescue people and take care of them absolutely free of cost.

They have 2 destitute homes. One in Hyderabad and one in Warangal. Currently serving a number of 45 inmates. Apart from this the good Samaritans also engages in social awareness activities and are planning to expand their services to many parts of India. Good Samaritans India has a Facebook page through which they can be contacted and interested participants can volunteer in their activities. Below are the details.

Appeal
We need support. From all who care about this large neglected segment of our society. We need help to keep doing this good work. We are a small team of passionate people who are doing our bit for the abandoned elderly. And if we are to sustain this, we seek financial support.

Why are funds required? You might ask.

We need a vehicle – an ambulance- to be able to pick up elderly ailing persons from the roadside. Public transport is either not available when such situations arise, or are unwilling to ferry such victims of neglect.
• We run a free pharmacy which gives basic medicines to the needy
• We also provide basic treatment thru a free clinic
• Our resources are limited.
• The elderly have to be taken to big hospitals sometimes. Their bills are big. We donot have the resource to meet such expenses, and unfortunately some elderly people have died without medical attention because hospitals refused to treat them without fees.

Please find enclosed copies of our credentials, reports in newspapers and the like on our work.

We are trying our best! Please do your bit….help in any way you can!
If anyone is interested in contributing any amount to Good Samaritans India , our account number is:
Good Samaritan Trust
Account No. 019511100001440
Andhra Bank
IFSC Code : ANDB0000195
Branch ; Pet Bashirabad
Hyderabad.500055
Telangana, INDIA


Address-
Good Samaritans Shelter for Sick & Destitute Home House No. 1-6-46/182, R&B Defence Employees Colony, Kistama Enclave, Alwal West Venkatapuram, Near Water Tank Ground, Sec bad. 500055

Contact: LL 04065281281
George: +91 9502836586
Email: gsh.george@gmail.com