Reji Thomas
Reji Thomas is a Christian Pastor and a Social Worker since 2001. He is the Founder of Bless Foundation and has adopted 28 HIV-positive children and gave them a new life. Fondly known as Papa Rejis, he is a man who against the social stigma of the nation, proved that abandoned children with AIDS can survive and have the equal right to live.
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Other Winners
Mumtaz Chand Patel – A Mother knows no religion
Bhargsetu Sharma – A Braveheart and animal rescuer
Seema Waghmode – A mother to sex workers and their children
Reshma Pathan – India’s First Stunt Woman
Pushpa Preeya – A Penman for the specially abled
Gulafsha Ansari – Bend it like Gulafsha!
Sufiya Shaikh – You don’t need to give birth to be a mother!
Ketan Chodvadiya – Surat Hero who saved several from a burning building