Padala Charitable Trust (PCT)
Educational Scholarships for Poor & Community  Development

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AFHD (Association For Human Development  www.afhd.org)

Our Philosophy - "Service to humanity is the highest form of worship"

PCT Scholarship Distribution Event - July 2008

PCT Scholarship Distribution Event - July 2007

Padala Charitable Trust (PCT) is a non-profit, non-government organization founded and registered in 2002. The primary goal of PCT is to provide financial help to the economically disabled students who excel in academics and have a strong desire in pursuing higher education, with no bar on their caste, religion or gender. To date, the Trust has awarded 284 scholarships worth Rs. 9,39,926/- for students under the Educational Scholarship Prog/.ram.

Scholarship Program Activity Summary as of July 2008

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Community Development Program
We are also believers of the fact that, the prosperity of India lies in the well being of our 700,000+ villages. As you know, we have so many things that we can do for the poor in our villages. Hence, PCT started a Community Development Program in 2003.

We are now in the process of working with other NGOs who have already been doing great work for our villages. The fortunate thing is we do not have to reinvent the wheel all over again. Just learn some proven ideas and concepts from the successfully implemented projects and try to apply them to the villages that are near to us.

Various Projects till date:

Jawahar Talent Test, Yeleswaram Village, E.G.Dist. AP (Nov 2007)
PCT sponsored this event on Children's day (14th Nov 2007) for encouraging the primary school children (3rd std to 5th std). Read the Detailed Report

Safe Drinking Water Project, GOLLAPROLU Village, E.G.Dist. AP (Jun 2007)
We also had an opportunity to participate in the Safe Drinking Water Project initiated and accomplished by Gavarasana Foundation in Gollaprolu Village, E.G. District of Andhra Pradesh.          Read the Detailed Report

Free Eye Care Camp, Yeleswaram Village, E.G.Dist. AP (Jun 2007)
With the help of Sri Kiran Institute of Ophthalmology, Kakinada, PCT coordinated the Eye Camp for the poor villagers in and around Yeleswaram village. There were 130+ people screened for possible eye diseases out of which 25 poor people were operated for Cataract surgery. PCT made sure all 25 people were going to the follow up exams to the hospital after the surgery. Sri Kiran hospital was kind enough to provide the required transportation. Pictures from the Eye Care Camp
 

Help for a Poor Family in Kurnool, AP (Jul 2006)
On July 31st 2006, we found a sad news on Eenadu Internet Edition about a poor family (Pullaiah, Jyothi & their only child) in Kurnool district. Mr. Pullaiah is a blind man and his wife Jyothi is a daily labour. They do not have a place to stay. For last couple of years, they've been living in a local farmer's toilet. They do not have any financial means to send their child to Govt. school. We are fortunate to help this family. [Read Complete Details....]

Free Diabetic Camp, Yeleswaram Village, E.G.Dist. AP (Dec 2003)
As our first effort towards this process, we were successful in conducting a free medical (diabetic) camp in Yeleswaram village and treated 120 diabetic patients. Each one of the patents was issued a report of his/her current diabetic score, medicines for immediate control of the disease and the directions for follow up exams as necessary. Pictures from the Medical Camp
 

There are many NGOs already working towards the rural transformation. PCT is trying to tie up with some of them to inherit the proven ideas and concepts and apply them to the villages that we will be concentrating on.

Please visit our FAQ section to learn more about PCT.

Due to the funding constraints, currently we operate at the district level (East Godavari Dt. in Andhra Pradesh, INDIA), which means we accept applications from the students of this district and sponsor the selected ones. However, there have been instances when we did sponsor students from other regions as well in exceptional cases since we believe that the candidate's eligibility (poorest of the poor with academic excellence) overrides the region he/she belongs to.