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Sângthankima
Born (1960-10-18) 18 October 1960 (age 63)
Tlangsam,
Mizo Award
(2014)

Sângthankima (born 18 October 1960) is a

alcoholics in Champhai town. With donation of a plot of land in Aizawl city, it expanded into an orphanage with formal school, health centre, and sanatorium.[2] He received the Padma Shri Award in 2024.[3]

Biography

Sângthankima was born in Tlangsam village, near Champhai, in eastern Mizoram. He is the third eldest of nine children, two sisters and seven brothers. His father Lalruma Sailo (1933-2012) was a Church Elder in Champhai.

born-again Christian in 1980, at age 20. He soon dedicated his evangelism for alcoholics. On 14 November 1988 he established a voluntary gospel organisation called Thutak Nunpuitu Team ("Practical Exemplar of Truth") at Champhai. The mission also took up social works such as caring for the disabled and orphans.[1] In 1991, K. Thangzuala, a philanthropist donated a large plot of land for his organisation at Zuangtui, adjacent to Aizawl, capital city of Mizoram.[6] He and his volunteers moved there and got formal registration as non-profit organisation under the Indian Firms and Societies Act.[2]

Thutak Nunpuitu Team

The organisation became synonymous with the institution, but which they officially called "Calvary Hospital".

secondary level, and consists of school building, a computer training centre, a tailoring training centre, a candle making industry, a school of music and fine arts, weightlifting academy, and games and sports training centre. Government of Mizoram has established a pre-school (anganwadi) centre and health clinic. There are also poultry yard, a dairy farm and piggery. According to record more than 260 mental patients, 850 drug abusers and 1500 alcoholics have recovered.[2] As of 2014, there are 424 orphans, 254 mentally challenged and 324 drug addicts and alcoholics, with 68 volunteers.[9].Sângthankima had no income when he started Thutak Nunpuitu Team or later Calvary Hospital. But he takes pride in that never had once been a skip of meal in his organisation. He receives support and aids from philanthropists and other organisations.[10]

The organisation still continues at Champhai with 63 boarders, and in addition, has established rehabilitation centres at Lunglei with 95 boarders, and at Kolasib with 40 boarders.[1]

Achievements and recognitions

  • Padma Shri for Social Work (2024).[11]
  • In 2008 he became the first honorary doctorate (
    Rangoon's Methodist Bible College.[12] He was awarded by Writers' Club, Lunglei (WCL) on 24 July 2014.[13]
  • He received the Mother Teresa Awards for Social Justice from the Harmony Foundation on 9 November 2014.[14]
  • On 29 November 2014, former Chief Minister of Mizoram Brig. T. Sailo presented him the Mizo Award, the most-prized award in Mizoram instituted by Vanglaini publication.[9][15][16]

Personal life

Sângthankima is married to Lalṭhakimi.[4][15] With their four children, they live at Zuangtui.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mizo Award 2014 Sangthankima hlan a ni" [Mizo Award 2014 conferred to Sangthankima]. Vanglaini (in Mizo). 1 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Details Of Thutak Nunpuitu Team - An NGO In Aizawl, Mizoram". India Mapped. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Parbati Baruah among six from NE to win Padma Shri". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Kan Pa Duhtak Upa Lalruma Sailo (1933-2012)" (PDF). Vanglaini. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  5. ^ "NORTH KHAWBUNG LAL THANGHLIANGA SAILO LUNGDAWH ART & CULTURE MINISTER HOVIN HMAN A NI". Directorate of Information & Public Relations, Mizoram. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Calvary Hospital: About us". Calvary Hospital, TNT. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Achievers Award 2013 For NGO". Eastern Panorama. 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  8. ISBN 978-81-88353-12-5
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  9. ^ a b Press Trust of India (29 November 2014). "Mizo social worker gets award from largest circulated daily". Business Standard. Business Standard Ltd. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Sangthankima'n award a dawn an lawm". Vanglaini (in Mizo). 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Mizoram's Sangthankima receives Padma Shri for transformative social work". indiatodayne.in. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  12. ^ "TNT founder earns doctorate degree". oneindia. Greynium Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 15 February 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  13. ^ "Mi hmingṭha chawimawi" [Great achievers honoured]. Vanglaini (in Mizo). 25 July 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  14. ^ "Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice held on Sunday". dna. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  15. ^ a b "Sangthankima'n Mizo Award dawng" [Sangthankima received the Mizo Award]. Zalen (in Mizo). 6 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  16. ^ "Mizo social worker gets award from largest circulated daily". The Shillong Times. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  17. ^ "HPC VICE-CHAIRMAN PU S.LALDINGLIANA'N MI HMINGTHATE CHAWIMAWINA INKHAWM A HMANPUI". Directorate of Information & Public Relations, Mizoram. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

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