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September 2022

BCAS Foundation’s Tree Plantation and Eye Camp Drive- 2022

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BCAS Foundation is a registered Public Charitable Trust whose principal activities are to undertake various public charitable purposes such as relief of the poor, education and other objects of general public utility. Last month, the HRD Committee of BCAS, under the aegis of the BCAS Foundation, undertook Tree Plantations and Eye Donation Camps at Pindval and Vansda, respectively. It is heartening to note that such noble activities started in 2011 and have completed 11 years. BCAS Foundation has been instrumental in planting more than 1,00,000 trees in and around Dharampur and conducting more than 1,000 cataract operations for tribals in and around Vansda, Gujarat. Thanks to coordinators CA Meena Shah, CA Utsav Shah, CA Darshan Nathwani and the young brigade of Articled Students and CAs who participated over these years. This year, being India’s 76th Independence Day, the project visit was specifically planned for 13th and 14th August 2022 to commemorate and celebrate ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ with noble causes of contributing toward Greener India and giving a better vision to the underprivileged tribals of people in and around Vansda. We thank our esteemed BCAS Donors with whose support we could contribute a sum of Rs. 4,80,000 for these noble causes. A Group of 23 enthusiastic volunteers representing BCAS and donors planted trees and witnessed Cataract Eye Camp at the Sa