OMASHRAM

Old Age Care

A home away from home for

the Elderly

Two separate premises of the old age home are located in the Vijaya Bank Colony,
behand IIM, on Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore in a quiet, peaceful and
serene surroundings.

Omashram Trust,
# 850, Vijaya Bank Colony,
11th Main, Belikahalli,
Bannerghatta Road,
Bangalore 560 076
Ph:26581682
 Omashram Old Age Home
needs your support

Omashram Trust, is a charitable Trust founded in the year 2001 with the
objective of providing care and succor to the old. The co-founders of the trust are
Mr. Mohan Pai and Mrs. Geeta Shankar. Omashram is registered as a trust with
the Sub Registrar’s office in Jayanagar, Bangalore under document no.
276/2001-02 dated 7.9.2001. The auditors are Badri, Madhusudan & Srinivasan
(2E Alsa Grenidge, Langford Road, Bangalore 560 025) and the accouts of the
trust are audited annually). All donations to Omashram Trust are exempt under
section 80G. Of the Income Tax Act.

The trust is now into the seventh year of its existence. The past six years have
been years of struggle and considerable odds to keep this fledgeling institution
afloat.

Omashram provides residential care and comfort to the elderly (above 60 years
of age) of all denonminations. It provides full boarding and lodging facility to
the elderly mostly from poor and middle class, abandoned by their families. Full
time nursing care is provided with trained nurses and there is a doctor-on-call.
There are two well-equipped kitchens with full-time cooks.

At present the facility is housed in two separate premises, both located nearby
in the Vijaya Bank Colony, Belikahalli on Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore. At
present there are 20 residents, 10 in each of the two premises. Unfortunately,
this is the maximum capacity of the facility, without cramming.

There is considerable demand for admission, especially from the poorer section,
but the trust is helpless because of the limited space and funds. Until recently,
the Ashram had about 25 residents who were admitted on a nominal monthly
fee or free depending on their economic background. However, as many
residents have not been able to afford any payment, the Old age Home has now
come under severe financial problem and had to discharge many of its
residents..

In the evening of their lives ...

discarded by their near and
dear ones.
Help us help them.
 The major problem being faced by the institution is about the premises, Both
the premises in which the old age home facility is housed are rented premises.
And the rented premises always have inherent problems and are not
permanent. During the last six years, the Old Age Home has been moved to
four different premises because the landlords wanted the premises to be
vacated for one reason or the other.

In the present situation of housing problem, the Trust is finding it extremely

difficult to find alternative accommodation in the same or nearby area. And the
rents are continually going up. If the institution has to survive, the only viable
alternative, in the long term, will be to acquire its own premises.

Omashram Trust has now formed its “Building Fund” and is in the process of
raising donations to acquire its own plot and construct a building.

This is an earnest appeal to you to come forward and help the institution in
this project. Please donate generously. All donations are exempt under section
80G of the Income Tax Act.

You may kindly send your cheque/draft favouring “Omashram Trust,

Bangalore”

Geeta Shankar
Trustee.

Bed-ridden resident
Kitchen of the Ashram

In the evening of their lives ...

discarded by their near
and dear ones.
Help us help them.
Activities of the Trust

! The trust has been conducting regular residential

training programmes for geriatric trainee
nurses/helpers in batches of five trainees for a 3 week
period.

! The trust has periodically has been organising Trainee Nurses

symposiums on “Old Age” in Bangalore. The first one-
day symposium was held in November 2001 at the
institute of World Culture with about 150 participants.
The second symposiumwas held in October 2002 at
RPA auditorium, Rajajinagar and was attended by
200 participants.

! The Trust has been frequently organising FREE

orthhopaedic check-up camps for the elderly at its
premises.

! Regular Bhajan programmes are being held every

Thursday evening for the residents.
Inauguration of Symposium
! The Trust has published a book titled “The Elderly”
which was distributed free to senior citizens.

! The Trust offers FREE first-aid and nursing aid to the

residents of the locality where it is located
(Bilekahalli and Arakere villages)

Yoga demonstration at Symposium

In the evening of their lives ...

discarded by their near
and dear ones.
Help us help them.
Some of the current residents of the Old Age Home