Making an Impact ​Every Day !!!

Pragathi means 'progress'. We invite you to check out the presentations and support our non profit organizations in USA and India.

Global Pragathi (USA), (Tax ID: 37-1648736) is involved in the prevention of non-communicable diseases

such as diabetes, high BP, cardiac disease, kidney diseases etc.,associated with lifestyle risk factors,through:

• Annual Holi Colors 5 K walk/Run in Dayton
• Monthly Health Strides walk to promote physical exercise in Dayton
• VA walking programs
• STOP KIDNEY DISEASE initiatives 
• Volunteering in free clinics - Good Neighbor, Five Rivers, ROMC
• Created Kidney Disease Fund at Miami Valley Hospital Foundation 
• Financially supported Children’s Hospital Foundation to prevent childhood obesity program
• Supported Girls on the Run of Dayton program, Bicycles for All 
• Raising childhood obesity awareness
• Educating medical students, fellow physicians and patients daily in prevention of chronic illnesses
• Collaborating in wellness groups and symposiums in the local community
• Also support poverty alleviation work in different states of India

Pragathi Welfare Society (India),( 80 G/12 A, FCRA approved) is focussed on poverty alleviation work in marginalized sections of society through holistic development, mainly in a cluster of ten villages in the state of Telangana. Several of our programs have spread to neighboring villages. Our programs are in areas of education,women empowerment, youth employment,preventive medicine and community support. Few of the accomplishments are:

• Supporting13,000 kids in 100 schools, particularly girls, to improve enrollment, decrease absenteeism & drop out and improve education quality
• Impacting 7000 indigent villagers in three villages and seven tribal areas
• Sanitary Napkins Production Unit
• Two clean drinking water plants to serve 7000 indigent people
• Best school infrastructure in rural Telangana State for over 1000 kids who now have auditoria, classrooms, play-grounds, access to library books, science lab and computer lab. More than 165 bicycles distributed.
• About 250 sewing machines have been donated for employment of women
• More than 250 youth, mostly girls sent for skill training programs and about 150 youth employed
• Our comprehensive, unique preventive medicine program ' The SMILES program'
• 50 damaged houses have been rebuilt 
• Open defecation free villages with construction of more than 500 toilets
• Construction of several classrooms and buildings
• Celebrating personal milestones through our Gift of Giving program
• Constant motivation of villagers  through persistent efforts to increase their confidence 
• Indirectly impacting the lives of millions of indigent people through collaborations with other organizations

Alok and Sangeeta Agrawal

On behalf of ‘Team Pragathi’