As the name implies, Friends of JSS (FOJSSinUK) is a non-profit charitable organization based in the UK.
We seek to build a network of friends and supporters of JSS in UK. We hope you can learn more about FoJSSinUK, JSS itself as well as how you can help and get involved. The JSS (Jan Swasthya Sahyog or People's Health Support Group) is a public-health initiative established in 1996 by a handful of committed doctors all of whom trained at elite medical schools in India. While many of their peers secured high profile, high earning posts in premier hospitals in India, the US and the UK, the doctors at JSS have focussed their medical expertise on providing a service for poor and marginalised rural communities in Bilaspur district in the east Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Relying on grants and private donations, the doctors at JSS pay themselves only a token salary.
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Donations are welcome from friends of JSS in UK (FOJSS) to support various health and nutrition related programs. Your valued contributions will go a long way to finance the impoverished people of Chhattisgarh tribal belt in rural India, where FOJSS UK works in close association with JSS to support these programs. FOJSS in UK bank details: HSBC A/C no: 61792156 Sort Code: 402420 Many thanks for your help with this noble cause. Mr Sanjay Gupta Secretary, fojss in uk |
Jamnalal Bajaj Award 2017 Friends of JSS in UK is pleased to share the news of JSS being awarded 'Jamnalal Bajaj International award' for 'Application of Science and Technology for Rural development. The award was received by JSS secretary Dr Yogesh Jain at a recent ceremony in Mumbai..
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To address the malnutrition that is so widespread among the population they serve, the JSS offers training on new agricultural techniques. The JSS has a well established outreach program of village-clinics and employs over 100 village health workers serving 53 villages. The JSS also operates an ambulance service and assists with transport costs for a rural community who's access to essential services has been undermined by the Chhattisgarh government's decision to completely disinvest in public transport.
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Continually exposed to illnesses associated with malnutrition and poverty including Malaria, tuberculosis and rheumatic heart disease, the doctors at JSS are tireless advocates for universal healthcare and the need to introduce measures to reduce society's inequities and focus resources upon the three-quarters of India's population who live on less than mere subsistence a day.
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Thanks to Tom Pietrasik for photographs of JSS
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