New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare said to Sunday he will celebrated his 75th birthday with underprovided children at a rehabilitation centre in Ahmednagar, around 40 km from his hometown Ralegan Siddhi. Anna spent time with children of Snehalaya, an NGO that runs a rehabilitation centre for HIV-positive patients, his close aide Suresh Pathare said to a Reporter.
Anna has been celebrating his birthday for last five years with inmates of Ahmednagar-based NGO Snehalaya, which runs a rehabilitation centre for HIV positive patients. It also runs rehabilitation projects for prostitutes and their children, orphans and other underprivileged children.
On the occasion, Anna will also hand over keys of houses to ten women, who have left flesh trade and want to start life afresh. The NGO aims to provide houses to 100 rehabilitated women in the next two years, hazare said.
Mr Hazare’s associates said he preferred not to have elaborate celebrations for his birthday as Maharashtra is currently reeling under drought. and he also laid the foundation stone of an English-medium school in Ahmednagar. Anna hazare said to reporter that he wanted to celebrate his 75th birthday without any fanfare.
The NGO runs rehabilitation projects for prostitutes and their children, orphans and other underprivileged children. School will provide free education to underprivileged and differently-abled children. NGO also organised an ‘Amrut Mahotsav’ ceremony in honour of Hazare and Other NGOs from the Ahmednagar district also jointly distributed one lakh books about Hazare’s life and his message to the youth on this on the occasion
Bureau Report
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