KAS Foundation , a non profitable organisation established in September 2003 in Puri, has so far provided micro finance assistance of Rs.201 crores to 3,88,550 members of 12310 Self Help Groups and 35504 Joint Liability Groups in all the 30 Districts of Orissa.
KAS Foundation is involving itself in various community development activities including cleaning the entire Ananda Bazaar of the Jagannatha Temple, Puri, donating the first Computer Braille Printing Machine to the Orissa Association for the Blind, maintaining a Creche for 25 Tribal children in Seva Samiti of Ms. Ramba Devi at Haridasspur, Cuttack and rehabilitating the ganja addicts at Bhubaneswar.
KAS Foundation now dedicates Two Ambulance vehicles (Bolero) – One at Jeypore, Koraput District and another at Baripada, Mayurbhanj District. These Ambulances will be at the service of the people at the bottom of the pyramid.
Sri Pyarimohan Mohapatra, Hon’ble MP, has dedicated both the ambulances on the Republic day ie., January 26, 2009.
As suggested by Sri Pyarimohan Mohapatra it has been decided that the tribals with BPL Card will be provided with the Ambulance services at 50% less than the Government stipulated rate, for the tribals without BPL card it will be available at 20% less rate and for all the other users at 10% less rate. |