K.P. Yohannan Led Believers Church Organizes Free Medical Camps

- Camp Organized to raise awareness about dengue and Chikungunya

- Camp aims to reach over 2,00,000 people amongst economically weaker sections of India

As Dengue and Chikungunya continue to affect people across northern India, Believers Church has started a campaign to educate economically weaker sections of the society about the disease and ways to prevent it. The drive was kicked off with a free Medical camp for the local community at Bharat Vihar, Gurugram.

Believers Church Medical Camp for Dengue and Chikungunya awareness Gurugram

The camp aims to reach over 2,00,000 people across India. In its first phase the camp reached out to 500 people with a large number being comprised of women and children below 15 years of age.  The camp is aimed at generating awareness amongst women and children below 15 years of age. The medical camp was led by Dr. Puja Mathur who elaborated on the ways to prevent falling prey to these diseases.

Believers Church Medical Camp for Dengue and Chikungunya awareness Gurugram

BJP councilor Ms. Sashi Tomar who presided over the event said, “We greatly appreciate the work being done by Believers Church under the leadership of Metropolitan Dr. K.P Yohannan. While the corporations are doing their best to tackle the menace of these diseases, such participation from the civil society and non-governmental bodies adds great momentum to our efforts of countering these diseases.”

While addressing the gathering, Bishop Dr. Simon John of Believers Church said, “While there is still awareness amongst the privileged classes, it is the underprivileged who need awareness as well as medical attention during times of an outbreak. We will replicate these camps across northern India and reach out to the grass-root level people to prevent further outbreak.”

Fr. Jagan Mohan Rao, Dn. Simiyon Nayak, Dn. Dhiraj Naik, Dn. Meshak Philip and Br. Josaf Daniel were also present at the camp.

Metropolitan of Believers Church Dr. K.P. Yohannan while speaking about the initiative called it an “essential and pragmatic solution to the problem.”

“Every year we distribute mosquito nets and conduct such camps during the mosquito breeding season. This is the least we can do to assist government and prevent this outbreak from becoming an epidemic”, he added.

Believers Church executes various initiatives across India in the field of Health and Hygiene. The Church also has two hospitals and one medical college which caters to over 1000 patients every day. The church also organizes medical camps throughout the nation to provide medical care to over 100000 people every year.

About Believers Church

Believers Church is a Christian denomination with congregations and parishes worldwide and over 2.6 million followers in 10 countries. The Church at present has eleven Bishops who give spiritual and administrative leadership to the various activities of the Church. The current head of the Believers Church is Metropolitan Bishop, Dr K. P. Yohannan. 

The church also undertakes various charitable programs including women empowerment, educational projects, community development programs, rehabilitation projects and relief works.

Underlined below are some of initiatives undertaken by the Believers Church

• Believers Church has helped over 80,000 children by providing quality education and timely medical checkups under its Bridge for Hope Program.

• Believers Church has set up more than 28,000 toilets and has committed its resources to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help educate people on sanitation under the Swatch Bharat Program.

• Vocational Training and Health awareness programs have been organised for underprivileged communities.

• The church has conducted eight-month long free literacy programs, to teach the marginalised sections of society how to write and read.

• The church has provided water to communities where drinking water is scarce by constructing bore wells and community water tanks.

• The church has given sewing machines, livestock, carpentry tools, rickshaws and agricultural equipments to families to generate regular income.

• Through the Humanitarian Assistance project the Church has assisted in Nepal earthquake and Odisha Cyclone disaster relief operations through reconstruction of houses, providing food supplies, medicines, water, clothes, mosquito nets, plastic sheets for making tents, hygiene supplies and solar lights.

For more information kindly visit the links below

http://www.believerschurch.com/2016/03/diocese-delhi-supplies-15000-litres-water-world-water-day/

http://www.believerschurch.com/2016/03/diocese-gujarat-feeds-1000-hungry-people-international-womens-day/

http://www.believerschurch.com/2016/03/diocese-kathmandu-feeds-hungry-founders-day/