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School Kit Donation Drive is organized every year by a group called Seva Sahayog in Pune. The School Kit Drive aims to gift School Kits to school-children from economically weaker sections of the society. The kit contains 1 School bag, 10 notebooks, Pen, Pencil, and a Compass box. The kits are distributed to children from slums, schools, and education-support-centers run by NGOs in and around Pune. As a part of this, benevolent and generous activity ,BitWise Foundation responded enthusiastically by donating Rs 12,000 for this noble cause.

A World Health Organization study reveals that every year 1,32,082 women are diagnosed with Cervical Cancer and 74,118 die from the disease. The growing risk of cervical cancer in women in India (aged 0-64 years) is 2.4% compared to 1.3% for the world. It is shocking to know that around 10 women die of cervical cancer every hour in south-east Asia and eight of them are from India. Pap screenings which detect the cancer at a very early stage is one of the ways which can be used to reduce these deaths. On the occasion of Women’s Day, BitWise Foundation in association with Dr. Patankar Medical Foundation organized a ‘Woman Gynecological Wellness camp’ for the Teacher's at Doorstep School. Door Step school is a NGO, with whom BitWise Foundation has worked in the past on various initiatives. Door Step school aims to address literacy amongst the marginalized sections of society. The school provides education and support to the dwellers, slum dwellers, construction site families and many other underprivileged families. They need staff including teachers, supervisors and coordinators to work on these initiatives. This staff is typically from poor and traditional families. They mostly work for financial support for their family. The ‘Woman Gynecological Wellness camp’ was held for about 45 teachers of Door Step School on 20th March, 2010 between 2 PM to 4 PM at Dr. Patankar Nursing Home. Along with the Pap Tests the camp included routine tests like Weight check, B. P. Check, Blood Sugar Check , hemoglobin along with initial consultation.

“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the starving & tolerant of the weak & strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these. – George Washington.” The BitWise Foundation volunteers visited Centre for Special Education (CSE) on 21st December ’09. CSE is dedicated to understanding and promoting the knowledge needed to improve the ability of learners with disabilities. Children of single as well as multiple disabilities get proper care and nurture through well qualified faculty. The children required specially cooked food and the school had requested us to give them the necessary ingredients and the food was cooked by the in- house cook. While the lunch was getting cooked, we visited all the classes, the physiotherapy room, the music room etc. The visit to the physiotherapy room was certainly an eye opener. It revealed to us how difficult it was for most of the children to do simple things like walking, climbing and even sitting on their own. The most disturbing sight was to see some children tied to the chair with belt, as otherwise they will fall off. The physiotherapist and all the teachers were very patient with the kids. Some of the children were very excited to see us and greeted us with broad smiles, some were shy and few were uncomfortable with visitors. Few of them entertained us by singing songs and others performed various dances for us. It was an overwhelming experience. We were also surprised to see them performing so well. Other than the Music Teacher, sponsored by BitWise Foundation, the school also has arts, crafts and exercise sessions. On this occasion we also donated weight cuffs to the school, which will be used in physiotherapy sessions. “No matter what our age, background, gender or ability, we can be a valuable resource to demonstrate the universal language of love, compassion & make a difference to children’s lives.”