Aster Prime Hospital felicitates 3 Unsung Heroes from Hyderabad

Felicitation done as part of Aster@30 initiative.

 Hyderabad based Aster Prime Hospital felicitated 3 unsung heroes from Hyderabad today for their relentless social work in different fields. This felicitation was done as part of Aster@30 initiative by Aster Prime Hospital.  People felicitated today are Mr. Goutham Kumar, Founder - Serve Needy Social Service Organization, Ms. Manjula Pallipoyena, Director – Volunteering and projects at TEN – Betzedek and Mr. Venkat Naik, Founder of Public Health Society and Waste Warrior. 

Mr. Goutham Kumar and his Serve Needy Organization is committed to the society by making a sustainable difference in life of the underprivileged. Their aim is to make India a Hunger Free and Orphan- less Country. Serve Needy has been executing 14 impactful social service initiatives (ORPHANAGE HOME, SAVE A LIFE, DAILY ANNA DAATHA,MEDICAL MOBILE SERVICE / LAST RITES,TRANSFORMATIONS,FIGHT AGAINST CANCER,HELPING GOVT SCHOOLS,FREE MEDICAL HELP TO POOR,PETS RESCUE AND REHABILITATION,SPREADING SMILES,LOVE & WARMTH, BAL SIKSHA, SWACHH BHARATH, FIXING POTHOLES)for poor and needy in Hyderabad city for the past 3 years. They have been serving various destitute homes in Hyderabad and surrounding areas like feeding food under Annadaatha project, performing last rites to Orphans. This year Serve Needy has been feeding around 1000 hungry people every day under Annadaatha project. Mr. Goutham Kumar with his NGO extended services to many poor and needy by providing them permanent shelter, providing food, medical support as well as providing them employment by giving them raw material to do homemade house hold items, clothes stitching, handicrafts…etc.

Ms. Manjula Pallipoyena is a social development professional, active in this field for the last 17 years. , she is working as Director – Volunteering and projects at TEN – Betzedek an International NGO. Her work involves organizing learning opportunities for young volunteers through local government and city based NGOs for initiatives in the sectors of education, health and livelihoods. Manjula initiated Goodwill Store in Hyderabad where poor, poorest and low income groups shop with dignity to address the right to basic needs of poor. This initiative has been appreciated nationwide.

Mr. Venkat Naik, is an Eco Warrior, working as a Health & Sanitation- coordinator, Secunderabad- GHMC. He is the founder of of Public Health Society and Waste Warrior. He has planted 10,000 trees and has conducted several awareness programmes on environmental protection and waste management in 100 schools & colleges and formed nearly 50 SELF HELP GROUPS. He is working towards Clean and Green India- Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.