Pingalwara
All India Pingalwara Charitable Society
Amritsar, Punjab, India
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Founded in 1947, Pingalwara is a charity based in Amritsar, India working on disability, health, community development +4 more.
Pingalwara is a charitable institution in Amritsar, Punjab, India, founded by Bhagat Puran Singh and registered as the All India Pingalwara Charitable Society in 1957. It provides free care to destitute, sick, disabled, elderly, orphaned and abandoned people, with a head office and branches in Chandigarh, Sangrur, Jalandhar, Goindwal, Manawala and Pandori Waraich. Its services include a home for inmates, hospital and medical facilities, prosthetic and assistive devices, physiotherapy, schools for special and general education, a dairy, natural farming and a printing press producing free literature. It relies on donations and volunteers.
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Natural Farming
Environment & Climate · India
Natural farms at Banganwali and Dhirekot and a nursery providing free saplings, demonstrating chemical-free farming.
Artificial Limb Center
Disability · India
Provides prosthetic and orthotic devices and repairs assistive devices free of cost.
Physiotherapy Center
Health · India
Physiotherapy services for inmates and patients.
Puran Printing Press
Awareness & education · India
Prints free literature on religious, social, health, environmental and heritage topics for the public.
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