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  ‘Help for the police community and their families is our motive’ said Brinda Das who is the daughter of Mohan Das, former Director General of Police and one of the founders of Bforce a non-profit organization that was started in the year 2007.
  
  In a chat with Brinda she explained ‘We four sisters grew up seeing our father so much as a passionate and service minded policeman. Since the time he passed away in the year 2000 we have been trying to reach out to some social cause in his memory. Our mother Shantha Mohan Das was also very socially conscious and involved in a lot of activities; she succumbed to cancer in the year 2001. We thought that we should form a Trust so that more people in Tamil Nadu are benefitted and decided to take it up systematically. My sisters Bina, Bindu, Biju and I started Bforce to help policemen and their families to treat victims of cancer but we also extend help to other spheres of life like education and employment’.
  
  Brinda went on to add that they first organized health camps in four districts of Tamil Nadu for policemen families. They had a panel of doctors who were specialists in different fields of medicine like cardiology, gynaecology, etc... Basic medication was provided in the camps itself and if there was a need, further tests were taken and treatment was provided. Several families of policemen received medical help through these camps.
  
  
  Bforce is now in the third year of their operations and for this year they are planning a job mela. Candidates would be sons and daughters of policemen and several MNCs would participate to recruit suitable candidates.
  
  I asked Brinda how she managed her work and the time to get involved with the activities of Bforce and she answered ‘My three sisters are professionals but somehow all of us find the time to work for Bforce because we are motivated by the cause. We are very well supported by our families. We have about 15 volunteers who work on our projects and we have several well wishers who donate funds for the various activities. We also conduct fund raising events periodically’.
  
  ‘B’ stands for the first letter of the names of the four sisters and they will aid the police force which provides security to the common man to face some of their personal challenges like medical attention, education and employment for family members. Mohan Das and Shantha Mohan Das have infused social awareness in their daughters and left in them a spirit of service that has taken birth as Bforce and resulted in a concrete form to help the society by reaching out to the police personnel and their families.
  
  Contact
  Telephone 98843 83181
  Email thebforce@gmail.com
  www.thebforce.org
  

  about 10 months ago