Shah Satnam Ji Green-S Welfare Force
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Shah Satnam Ji Green-S Welfare Force is a welfare agency of Dera Sacha Sauda
Dera Sacha Sauda
Dera Sacha Sauda colloquially DSS) is a non-profit spiritual organization based in Sirsa, Haryana, India. The Dera Sacha Sauda was established by Shah Mastana Ji from Baluchistan in 1948, as a center for spiritual learning....

. With the aim of dedicated selfless service to humanity in distress, Guru Ji ( Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan ) founded this specialised disaster relief and welfare agency. Especially in the aftermath of the Orissa cyclone and Gujarat earthquake, the need for such an agency was acutely felt, so an organisation with suitably trained manpower to handle such exigencies was founded in 2001. This organisation of volunteers was mooted to help during disasters and large scale humanitarian projects.

Numbering more than 35,000, this agency involves experienced doctors, qualified engineers, trained rescuers, paramedics, electricians, masons, reconstruction workers, and people of various trades required in humanitarian aid missions.

This society also creates records in social welfare works. On 8 August 2010 the society members donated 43,732 blood units in a day and broke the previous Guinness record of donation 18,700 blood units in a day. On 15 August 2009 society volunteers took a step to prevent global warming by planting more than 67 million trees. In 2011 the society is aiding flood relief with a camp at Leh (Jammu & Kashmir). Since its inception, among major relief operations performed by Shah Satnam Ji Green-S Welfare Force, are to provide relief to flood ravaged Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

, sending a special goods train to Orrisa during a cyclone
Cyclone
In meteorology, a cyclone is an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth. This is usually characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth. Most large-scale...

. When an earthquake hit Gujrat
Gujrat
Gujrat is a city in Pakistan. It is the capital of Gujrat District and the Gujrat Tehsil subdivision in the Punjab Province. People living in Gujrat refer to themselves as Gujratis, which sometimes leads to confusion with people from the Indian state of Gujarat which adjoins Pakistan...

 in December 2000, a scientific survey and a systematic aid operation followed. In 42 villages, ration depots were setup; thousands of tents were erected, and over 100,000 blankets distributed.

Agency volunteers reconstructed the village of Pratapgarh, helped in drought affected Rajasthan, and helped during Tsunami
Tsunami
A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...

 waves in Tamilnadu and Andeman Nicobar Daweep Samooh

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