INDIA


Sri Narayani Hospital and Resource Centre
(SNHRC)



The Sri Narayani Hospital and Resource Center (SNHRC) is the only charitable acute care hospitable in the region offering state of the art medical care, including surgery, that is provided to anyone without regard to his or her religion or ability to pay. In addition, the hospital operates extensive non-profit community health and humanitarian programs in 58 rural villages in Southern India.

SNHRC is a 200 bed charitable acute care medical center which treats in-patients and outpatients. The clinics provide a complete series of immunizations to children since opening in June 2004.
 
The hospital has  physicians,  specialized in Cardiology, Ophthalmology, Surgery, Neurology, Diabetology, Orthopedic Surgery, Obstetrics, Gastroenterology and Nephrology. In January 2012 the hospital opened up a new dialysis center with 26 hemodialysis machines. Miraglo foundation has assisted purchasing these machines and other medical equipment.

There is also a 24 hour Pharmacy, a 24 hour Ambulance, CT Scanner and a Medical-Pathology Laboratory.
Geographically relevant research in communicable and non-communicable diseases is ongoing. 
 

Medical and Nursing Continuing Education at

SNHRC in Southern India


January 2012, a group of 6 doctors and 5 nurses traveled to India to provide service and continuing education to the Sri Narayani Hospital and Resource Centre and in the Sri Narayani College of Nursing, in Tamil Nadu. The doctors provided continuing education lectures for the SNHRC physicians and nurses. The nurses provided Healing Touch level 1 training to 50+ nursing students and their instructors. They implemented this service at the hospital under the supervision of Certified Healing Touch Practitioners and Instructors from California.


Southern India

 

We invite you to assist and help with these programs which are located in Southern India.  There will be various educational scholarships and grants awarded as we strive to assist children and young adults from preschool to college including vocational programs. If you have any question regarding our programs, please contact us.

 

Care is provided to over 58 villages with a population of 140,000. Public health clinics are also present in local village schools. Community members are trained to provide health and nutrition education to mothers and children.

Public health education and preventive medicine clinics address the most common medical challenges of the region including nutrition, diabetes, heart disease, water sanitation, personal hygiene, HIV-AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, malaria prevention and maternal-child health.


The SAMMM Project 

Miraglo Foundation is proud to support the SAMMM Project in helping women in Southern India to become the bread-winners in their families. The women hand-make organic puja (prayer) items such as incense and rose water, and they sew kurta tops (traditional Indian shirts) and tote bags made from end pieces donated by suppliers. As shown in the pictures below, each bag is sewn with attentive care by these inspiring and hard-working women.  

 

Green Shakti - Reforestation

 

Ecological imbalances are the current issue that are of great concern to humanity all over the world.  Sri Sakthi Amma has launched a reforestation program, under the guidance of the Indian Government’s Forest Department, to develop a green belt in and around Vellore valley.  The project also provides employment opportunities to the local villages in developing and protecting the forest cover, and in educating villagers in making a livelihood out of eco-friendly and recyclable natural resources without deforesting.

 

Over 600,000 trees have been planted in the region to increase vegetation and ameliorate the effects of deforestation.

 

Orphanage Support:

Six different government orphanages are provided with food, clothing, textbooks and housing.

 

Food Services:

A large food hall and kitchen provide meals to as many as 100,000 people per day.

 

New Lease on Life:

Women are provided with training in the use of a sewing machine. This skill enables them to have a means of gainful employment.

Shantipuri Friends Foundation

www.ShantipuriFriends.org

In addition, this year Miraglo Foundation was able to support the Shantipuri Friends Foundation, 501c3 non-profit public charity, located in Encinitas, California. Shantipuri Projects benefits underprivileged children in India by bringing them brighter future by providing education, school supplies, food, clothing, medical care, and a home for children who have been orphaned or have no other means of support. Some of these children are considered “untouchables” due to the fact that their parents have leprosy. Miraglo Foundation gift was targeted to “Save Children Project” that rescues young girls from the horrors of organized prostitution by providing them with shelter, rehabilitation, vocational skills, and education.