VINOD PATIL IS A SOCIAL ACTIVIST AND A SOFTWARE ENGINEER FROM PUNE (MAHARASHTRA) INDIA
HE IS DOING SOCIAL WORK SINCE LAST 6 TO 7 YEARS. IN 2020, WORLD WAS HIGHLY IMPACTED BY COVID-19 A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. IN 2020, HE TOOK LEAD IN HIS CITY AND GATHERED TEAM WHO COULD HELP PEOPLE SUFFERING WITH COVID-19. HE FORMED TEAMS WHO COULD CONNECT WITH HOSPITAL EVERY MORNING AND GET THE STATUS OF VACANT BED. THEY KEPT PUBLISHING THAT ON SEVERAL WHATSAPP GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL NUMBERS.
HE ALSO STARTED WORKING AS A COVID COUNSELLOR, MANY PEOPLE WERE HAVING INCORRECT UNDERSTANDING OF COVID, FEAR OF COVID DUE TO WHICH THEY WERE LOSING THE HOPES. DAY AND NIGHT HE WAS GETTING CALLS ACROSS MAHARASHTRA AND SOLVING/MENTORING THEIR QUERIES LIKE COVID HOSPITAL, AVAILABILITY OF BEDS, TEST CENTRE ETC. HE HELPED MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE FROM JUNE 2021 TO AUGUST 2021.
FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO HUMANITY, HE WAS HONOURED AS CORONA WARRIOR AND CORONA DEVDUT AWARD.
IN 2021, DURING SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19, HE HIMSELF GOT SEVERELY INFECTED BY COVID-19. GOT CURED AND DECIDED TO UTILIZE REST OF HIS LIFE TO SERVE THE COUNTRY. STARTED WORKING WITH SEVERAL HOSPITALS TO SERVE THE NEEDY PEOPLE. IN SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19, DEATH RATE WAS TOO HIGH. IT WAS WHEN HE REALIZED THE STAFF FOR FUNERAL WAS VERY LESS AND OTHER PEOPLE HESITATED TO DO SO AND WAS WORRIED OF GETTING INFECTED. SO HE TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY AND STARTED HELPING PEOPLE IN FUNERAL. HE DID 64 FUNERALS IN 2.5 MONTHS. HE KEPT HELPING PEOPLE WITH HIS COUNSELLING AND SEVERAL PEOPLE FOR GETTING HOSPITAL AID, COVID CENTRE AND VACCINATION CENTRES. HE PREPARED LIST OF BLOOD BANKS WHICH HAS PLASMA AND TRIED TO HELP THE PATIENT WITH RIGHT BLOOD GROUP PLASMA.
FOR HELPING IN 64 FUNERALS (ONLY COVID-19 DEATHS), MEMBER OF LOK SABHA ASSEMBLY MR. SHRIRANG BARNE PERSONALLY APPRECIATED HIM ON HIS GAZETTE AND MLA SUNIL KAMBLE PUNE CANTONMENT CONSTITUENCY HAS AWARDED HIM AS CORONA WARRIOR.
IN JULY 2021, HE INITIATED EK MUTTHI ANAJ. DURING THE COVID-19, ORPHAN HOUSES AND OLD AGE HOMES WERE NOT GETTING SUFFICIENT FUNDS AS A RESULT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FEED NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO RESIDENT. HE INITIATED "EK MUTTHI ANAJ ABHIYAN" IN WHICH THE TEAM REQUEST PEOPLE TO DONATE ONE HANDFUL GRAINS ONCE IN A MONTH AND COLLECTED GRAINS WERE HANDED OVER TO NEEDY ORGANIZATIONS WHO TAKE CARE OF ORPHANS AND OLD AGE HOME. SOME OF THE FEATURES OF EK MUTTHI ANAJ INITIATIVE ARE AS BELOW –
1. IT IS INITIATED WITH 4 VOLUNTEERS AND NOW 450 VOLUNTEERS ARE WORKING ALONG WITH HIM EVERY MONTH.
2. THIS INITIATIVE WAS STARTED IN JULY 2021 AND IS RUNNING CONSISTENTLY.
3. TILL NOW THEY HAVE COLLECTED 68,000 KG GRAINS AND HANDED OVER TO 35 NEEDY ORGANIZATION.
4. HE STARTED IT FROM 2 SOCIETIES NOW EVERY MONTH 60 + SOCIETIES ARE PARTICIPATING.
5. ON AN AVERAGE 3,500 TO 4,000 KG GRAINS COLLECTED EVERY MONTH.
6. THIS INITIATIVE IS RUNNING EVERY MONTH IN 7 LOCALITIES (PIMPLE SAUDAGAR, RAHATANI, WAKAD, THERGAON, PIMPLE NILAKH, HINJEWAID AND VISHRANTWADI) OF PUNE
7. REACHING TO MORE THAN 22,000+ FAMILIES EVERY MONTH.
8. TILL NOW THEY SERVED AROUND 2,50,000 FOOD PLATES TO NEEDY PEOPLE.
EK MUTTHI ANAJ INITIATIVE IS NOW SOCIAL REVOLUTION, IN WHICH EVERYONE PARTICIPATING EVERY MONTH TO HELP NEEDY PEOPLE.
IN DEC 2022, HE STARTED TO VISIT ORPHAN HOUSES FOR IN "EK MUTTHI ANAJ" INITIATIVE THERE HE SAW GIRLS RESIDING WHO WERE IN BETWEEN 10 TO 15 YEARS. THIS IS THE AGE WHERE GIRLS ARE FACING HORMONAL CHANGES I.E., MENSTRUAL CYCLE. HE GATHERED MORE THAN 35 LADIES, PROVIDED THEM TRAINING FROM GYNAECOLOGIST, PSYCHOLOGIST AND PROVIDED KNOWLEDGE ON GOOD TOUCH BAD TOUCH. THESE TRAINED LADIES GROUP STARTED VISITING ORPHAN HOUSES TO EDUCATE GIRLS FOR MENSTRUAL CYCLE, HOW TO HANDLE THEMSELVES DURING THIS PERIOD AND TO IDENTIFY GOOD AND BAD TOUCH.
HIS AIM IS TO WORK FOR THE SOCIETY ALONG WITH THE SOCIETY. "ALONE WE CAN DO SO LITTLE; TOGETHER WE CAN DO SO MUCH". NOW IT IS PART OF HIS LIFE TO MOTIVATE OTHERS, BRING PEOPLE AND DO SOMETHING WHICH MAKES DIFFERENCE IN THE SOCIETY.
THUS, INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF RECORDS ACKNOWLEDGES HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTION IN THE SOCIETY AND PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE "INSPIRING HUMAN AWARD" ON 16TH MARCH 2023.
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