About Us

On wheel service; we provide free eye screening to naka workers on nakas in Navi Mumbai. Our medical van visits to Naka on rotational basis and conduct eye screening of the Naka labours. Further referral to required services in the Navi Mumbai area.

We celebrate the birthdays of Prabhat’s well-wishers, supporter and donors along with the Naka labours to spread the happiness and health together with Naka labours with the eye screening we give them free spectacles to Naka labours.

We offer free cataract surgery to naka labours above 40 years of Age with an eye defect. We provide free cataract surgery to the naka workers who can not afford hospital charges in a city like Navi Mumbai instead of that they keep it untreated. Every year around _____ cataract surgery we conduct at Prabhat Trust on to Naka Workers and other down trodden sections of society.

We provide free food grain to naka worker in need who does not have work for at least for the last one week. We give packaged food grain to Naka labourers who do have work from the last one week.

We offer full body check up to naka workers from Naka labours. As we have observed that less than 2% of naka workers do their full-body check on their own; unless they fall sick or succumb to any illness.

Recent studies have shown that naka labours are often neglected for health services. Data published by AILS (Ambedkar Institute for Labour Studie) 2013. The construction industry is the single largest employer of migrants labours in the urban India with estimated 40 million building and other construction workers.

It was seen that the respondents were drawn from 15 states of the country, of which the notable states of origin were-Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The proportion of women workers were very low, the explanation given being that with technological upgradation in the industry, women were gradually moved into the lowest unskilled jobs and were on the way of being edged out totally.

Most respondents were either illiterate or had only primary level education, while about one-third had studied up to SSC and a few, beyond high school. The findings indicate that most occupations were semi-skilled or skilled work in nature. The average wage for half the sample ranged from Rs.5000 per month, while half of them earned below Rs.5000.Only about 16% had BPL cards that indicated their low income status, and the others were above the official poverty line in terms of wages. There are no education facilities on sites either and access to schooling is a problem. Even if a child is admitted to a government school, retention in school is a problem if the parents are migrant workers. Those workers who have settled in a bustee or jhuggi area in a city and commute to work daily are more likely to have school-going children. However, settlement does not guarantee an education, as the parents low wages and irregular employment frequently makes schooling unaffordable.

Children: It has been observed that 2/3 rd of respondents said their children fell ill once or twice in a month. It was shocking to see that polio shots were not given to one-thirds of the respondents children, and more than one-third of them did not receive BCG, MMR, or measles vaccines. Only marginal percentage of respondents had been provided crèche or rest room facilities for the children on site, and with the low presence of women workers, the facility was obviously not seen as mandatory. The AILS study, as well as several other studies conducted earlier also show that the children living on construction sites often suffer from malnutrition, under nourishment, accidents, and innumerable health problems. Adults: A wide range of health problems were reported by the respondents, of which body pain, stomach disorders and skin diseases were reported more frequently. The average number of health problems in the workers was 1.41. Regular consumers of tobacco and alcohol were 50.48 and 14.65%, respectively. Nearly one-fifth of the workers had febrile illness, of which 20.71% had suspected malaria; 12.6% had respiratory infections, while 3.4% were found to have hypertension. Skin problems such as fungal infection, contact dermatitis, and eczematous rash were found in 4.71% of the workers. Contact with cement and lime may lead to irritant dermatitis. The presence of chromate and cobalt in cement is known to cause allergic contact dermatitis. Some workers (4.41%) in this study had gastrointestinal problems such as loose motions, abdominal pain, constipation, and loss of appetite, as workers are exposed to chemical agents, parasitic agents, or infective agents at the work and residential place.

It was found that 43.6% smoke, 44.8% had drinking habits, 46% chewed tobacco, 21.2% chewed pan, and 5.2% chewed Gutkha. Nearly 80 percent of the respondents reported addictive habits either of alcohol, smoking and tobacco.

35.6% had no ration cards at all 43.2% had orange ration cards which indicated that a majority of the workers were above BPL levels, yet earned below Rs.one lakh annually., 16.4.% had yellow cards, indicating their BPL status.2.4% had white cards, i.e they earned above one lakh of rupees annually. 17.2% saved in banks. Bhishi is a popular means of savings for the respondents and Other means of savings are- saving at home, post office and through SHGs.

Naka Profile
In Nerul the workers are mostly from Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana More than 50% of the migrants are from Maharashtra and Karnataka while the rest belong to Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Nerul naka workers reside in nearby slums and chawls like Shirvane, Shivaji Nagar, Sarsole, Gaon devi and Sector 20 of Nerul. The Naka workers have a hectic schedule that starts at 8 AM all the Naka workers assemble at the Nerul Naka and from 8-10:30 the contractors can hire them on the basis of the skills depending upon the requirements of the work or in some cases even on personal contacts. If they get hired by the contractor they proceed to the concerned site and are paid on daily basis. At times the travel allowances are reimbursed by the contractor. The Naka workers are provided with a haazari diary which keeps a daily record of the work duly recorded by the contractor under the presence of the worker, however there is no written contract between the contractor and the Naka worker concerning the employment. Most of the Naka workers have bank accounts and at the times when Naka workers have to send money back in their home towns they either use the option of money transfer or through somebody who has a bank account back in their hometown (in case their own family members don’t have one) or they send the money through someone who is going back to their hometown.
Most of them migrate alone leaving their families behind with the primary reason being to look for employment which pays them more wages than what is paid back in their hometown. Sometimes even after being hired by a contractor the Naka workers report to Naka site before proceeding to their actual work site because it enables them to establish good contacts and increases the chances of fetching work. Most of the workers get employment around 20 days a month for which they are paid on average 1000-1200 in the capacity of a meson (mistri) and Rs.600-700 in the capacity of a helper (Bigari).. Women helpers get around 600 per day. The Naka workers mostly come to Mumbai in the peak of season like post Diwali, and later post Holi festival. In the In the same season there are chances of good pay and getting payments hiked.
The Naka workers reside in nearby slums, chawl on rented rooms and stay stay with their families, single male migrants reside in groups in the nearby chawl and slums. The rented rooms rated from 5000 to 6000 for a month; deposit around 10,000 to 15,000 as a security amount for the room. The Naka workers carry food which they make on their own and have and use the public washrooms. At times of workplace injuries, there are very less instances when the contractors own the responsibilities and even if they do then at the most they escort them to the hospital. As shared by Pradeep Rarhod (a Social Worker) narrated by one of the workers from Maharashtra. The Naka workers rarely get a chance to go back to the hometown, the ones from Maharashtra get a chance to retreat back to their hometown once a month while ones from Uttar Pradesh/South Indian only go back once in a year. Despite, the presence of labour courts the Naka workers are being deprived of their basic rights, the accessibility of labour courts are limited and most of the naca workers are unaware about the nitty-gritties of it.

Data published by Ambekar Institute for Labour Studies. 2013.
Naka workers are migrants from one state to another.
Lower education
Limited skills set
Addiction.
No income security
Limited awareness and access to Govt. schemes.

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food grain support

35.6% had no ration cards at all 43.2% had orange ration cards which indicated that a majority of the workers were above BPL levels, yet earned below Rs.one lakh annually., 16.4.% had yellow cards, indicating their BPL status.2.4% had white cards, i.e they earned above one lakh of rupees annually. 17.2% saved in banks. Bhishi is a popular means of savings for the respondents and Other means of savings are- saving at home, post office and through SHGs.

प्रभात ट्रस्ट ही सेवाभावी संस्था मुंबई सार्वजनिक विश्वस्त संस्था अधिनियम 1950 अंतर्गत नोंदणीकृत नवी मुंबई मधील सामाजिक संस्था आहे. 2011 पासुन या संस्थेच्या माध्यमातून समाजातील उपेक्षित वंचित घटकांसाठी अभिनव प्रयोग राबविले जातात.

नेत्र सुरक्षा अभियान

याचाच एक भाग म्हणून संस्थेच्या माध्यमातून कामगारांसाठी नेत्र सुरक्षा अभियानाचे आयोजन करण्यात येते यामध्ये डोळ्यांना आघात होऊ नये म्हणून घ्यावयाची दक्षता त्याचबरोबर आघातानंतर करावयाचे प्रथमोपचार याची माहिती कामगारांना दिली जाते त्याचबरोबर नेत्र तपासणी करून योग्य चष्म्याचा नंबर देणे तसेच आवश्यक असल्यास औषध उपचार उपलब्ध करून देणे व शस्त्रक्रिया ची गरज असल्यास शस्त्रक्रिया करणे अशाप्रकारे मोलमजुरी करणाऱ्या कामगारांना मदतीचा हात देण्याचा प्रयत्न प्रभात चॅरिटेबल ट्रस्टच्या माध्यमातून सातत्याने सुरू आहे.

कामगारांसाठी यशस्वी ठरलेले नेत्र सुरक्षा अभियान पुढे समाजातील विविध घटकांसाठी राबविण्यात आले यामध्ये सलून चा व्यवसाय करणारे,गॅरेजमध्ये कार्यरत असणारे,वेल्डिंग व्यवसाय करणारे इतकेच नव्हे तर अगदी हाउसिंग सोसायटी तसेच पत्रकार बंधूंसाठी या उपक्रमाचे आयोजन करण्यात आले यामध्ये मोबाईल कॉम्पुटर वापरताना डोळ्यांची घ्यावयाची काळजी तसेच डोळ्यांच्या निगडित असणाऱ्या प्रश्नांचे समाधान करण्याचा प्रयत्न करण्यात आला.

अवयवदान अभियान

प्रभात चॅरिटेबल ट्रस्ट माध्यमातून अवयवदान चळवळीसाठी ZTCC, मुंबई च्या संयुक्त विद्यमाने विविध उपक्रम राबविले जातात. यामध्ये जनजागृती करण्यासाठी शाळा महाविद्यालय,ज्येष्ठ नागरिक, संघ गृहनिर्माण संस्था इत्यादी ठिकाणी अवयवदान जनजागृती व्याख्यानांचे आयोजन करण्यात तसेच अवयव दानाचे संकल्पपत्र नोंदणी करून घेतले जातात. अवयवदान चळवळीमध्ये कार्यरत असताना मुंबई ते गोवा पदयात्रेमध्ये सहभागी होऊन आपला खारीचा वाटा उचललेला आहे.

समाजामध्ये अवयवदानाबाबत असणाऱ्या अंधश्रद्धा दूर करण्याचा प्रयत्न केला जातो सर्वसामान्यतः अवयवदान चळवळीमध्ये दुर्लक्षित असणाऱ्या अवयवदात्यांना सन्मानित करण्याचा अनोखा उपक्रम ही अवयवदाता सन्मान च्या माध्यमातून संस्थेकडून यशस्वीरीत्या करण्यात येत आहे.

यामध्ये मृत्यू पश्चात अवयवदानाचा संकल्प पूर्ण करणाऱ्या त्यांच्या आप्तेष्टांना अवयवदाता सन्मान देऊन ट्रस्टच्या माध्यमातून सन्मानित करण्यात येते.

अवयवदानाचा संदेश देण्यासाठी अवयवदाता दूत अर्थात आर्गन डोनर मेसेंजर या संकल्पनेद्वारे अवयवदान चळवळीमध्ये जोडल्या जाणाऱ्या स्वयंसेवकांना योग्य प्रशिक्षण देऊन यांच्याकडून समाजामध्ये अवयव दान जनजागृती करण्यात येते.

व्याख्यानमाला

प्रा. भास्करराव थोरात यांच्या संकल्पनेतील आदर्श तरुण घडविण्यासाठी युवा शक्तीचा वापर हा समाज प्रबोधनासाठी व्हावा या उदात्त हेतूने नवी मुंबईमध्ये व्याख्यानमालेची सुरवात सन 2013 सालापासून करण्यात आली.
आयुष्याचं गुरुकुल या शृंखलेत आत्तापर्यंत सहा पुष्प यशस्वीरित्या गुंफण्यात आली आहेत. यासाठी अनुक्रमे प्रा. प्रवीण दवणे,पद्मश्री डॉ. तात्याराव लहाने, मा. रामदास फुटाणे, मा. अविनाश धर्माधिकारी, प्रा. नामदेवराव जाधव यांनी आपले विचार प्रकट केले आहेत.

त्याचबरोबर समाजामध्ये जनजागृती घडावी यासाठी समाज माध्यमांचा वापर करणे हि काळाची गरज आहे हे जाणून नवनवीन टेक्नॉलॉजीचा वापर करून प्रभात ट्रस्ट या यूट्यूब चॅनल च्या माध्यमातून माध्यमातून प्रेरणा देणारे विविध व्हिडिओज प्रसारित केले आहेत. त्यापासून लाखो तरुणांनी प्रेरणा घेतल्याचे पाहावयास मिळते.

आदर्श ग्रंथपाल पुरस्कार

ग्रंथपाल असणाऱ्या थोरात सरांच्या स्मृती जतन करण्यासाठी प्रा. बी. आर. थोरात राज्यस्तरीय आदर्श ग्रंथपाल पुरस्कार सन्मानपत्र, स्मृतिचिन्ह व पाच हजार रुपये रोख स्वरूपात ग्रंथालय चळवळीत बहुमूल्य योगदान देणाऱ्या ग्रंथपालांना मान्यवरांच्या शुभहस्ते प्रदान करण्यात येतो. यामुळे निश्चितच ग्रंथालय चळवळीस बळ मिळेल अशी अपेक्षा आहे.

अटल कट्टा

कविमनाचे माजी पंतप्रधान मा.अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी यांच्या निधनानंतर त्यांच्या स्मृतींना उजाळा देण्यासाठी अटल कट्टा नावाचे कवितेचे व्यासपीठ निर्माण करून तमाम नवी मुंबईतील साहित्यप्रेमींच्या वतीने त्यांना आगळी-वेगळी भावपूर्ण श्रद्धांजली अर्पण करण्यात आली.

आश्रमशाळांमध्ये मदतीचा हात

मोखाडा येथील अतिदुर्गम भागातील आश्रमशाळांमध्ये आवश्यक साधन सामग्री, शैक्षणिक साहित्य, स्पीकर सिस्टम, दैनंदिन वापरातील प्रथम उपचारासाठी आवश्यक औषंधाचें तेथील शिक्षकांना योग्य प्रशिक्षण देऊन वैद्यकीय मदत पोहोचवण्याचा प्रयत्न केला.

वैद्यकीय शिबिरांच्या

वैद्यकीय शिबिरांच्या आयोजनाबरोबरच शाळा तसेच महाविद्यालय यामध्ये आरोग्य विषयक जनजागृतीसाठी विविध नाविन्यपूर्ण उपक्रम उपक्रम संस्थेच्या वतीने राबविले जातात.

प्रकाश रथ

समाजातील उपेक्षित वंचितांना नेत्र सेवा घडावी या उदात्त हेतूने प्रभात चॅरिटेबल ट्रस्ट नेहमीच कार्यतत्पर असते. परंतु ज्या ठिकाणी आपण नेत्रसेवा देतो अशा ठिकाणी नेत्र तपासणीस आवश्यक उपकरणे त्यास आवश्यक विद्युत पुरवठा उपलब्ध होत नसल्याने अनेक अडचणींना सामोरे जावे लागत होते. या अडचणीवर मात करण्यासाठी डॉ. प्रशांत थोरात यांच्या संकल्पनेतून डोळ्यांच्या फिरत्या दवाखान्याची संकल्पना साकार करण्यात आलेली आहे.

या डोळ्यांच्या फिरत्या दवाखान्यांमध्ये सौरऊर्जेचा वापर सर्वप्रथम करण्यात आलेला आहे त्याचबरोबर आधुनिक तंत्रज्ञानाचा वापर समाजातील तळागाळातील लोकांना व्हावा या उद्देशाने या दवाखान्यांमध्ये टेलिमेडिसीन चाही अंतर्भाव करण्यात आलेला आहे. अशाप्रकारे अत्याधुनिक यंत्रसामग्रीसह कोणत्याही नाक्यावर, वाड्या-वस्त्यांवर, आदिवासी पाड्यांवर, शेतात काम करणाऱ्याना याचा लाभ व्हावा तसेच नेत्र सुरक्षा अभियान हे लोकांच्या दारापर्यंत घेऊन जाण्याचं लक्ष्य प्रभात चॅरिटेबल ट्रस्टच्या माध्यमातून ठेवण्यात आलेले आहे. हा उपक्रम उभ्या महाराष्ट्राने समाजसेवेची ज्याच्याकडून प्रेरणा घेतली अशा आदरणीय डॉ. प्रकाश आमटे सर यांना समर्पित करण्यात आला असून या संकल्पनेला प्रकाश रथ असे नाव देण्यात आले आहे.