Golden Citizens Trust — Our Services
Golden Citizens Trust  ·  Our Services

This is what we do.
Every single day.

Three causes. One mission. Where belief becomes action.

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Senior Citizen Welfare

Caring for Those
Who Built Our World

Because growing old should never mean growing invisible.

This is where Golden Citizens Trust began. In 2018, we looked around Mumbai and saw thousands of senior citizens living in quiet, unspoken difficulty — isolated from their families, unsupported by systems, and largely invisible to a city moving too fast to notice them. We decided to notice.

Our senior citizen welfare programme connects elders across Mumbai with the emotional support, physical care, food, and community they need to live with dignity. Through a network of dedicated volunteers and a buddy system that personally links each senior with a doctor, we ensure that no elder in our care feels alone — not during a health crisis, not during a festival, and not on an ordinary Tuesday when the silence gets too loud.

During Covid, this work became even more critical. We reached out to seniors across the city, checking on their health, delivering rations and medicines, and making sure that the most vulnerable among us were not left behind in the chaos.

Senior citizens supported by Golden Citizens Trust
Emotional support and regular check-ins for isolated elders
Physical assistance, food, and ration delivery
Doctor buddy system for ongoing medical guidance
Community events and engagement programmes
Emergency support during crises
Mental Health Awareness
Mental Health Awareness
& Advocacy
Because mental health is not a privilege. It is a right.

Mental illness rarely announces itself. It quietly affects individuals, families, and communities who often lack both awareness and access to support.

For over six years, Golden Citizens Trust, under the leadership of Dr. Anjali Chhabria, has worked to change that. Through 50+ mental health awareness sessions conducted across India and internationally, GCT has reached over 2 lakh people, bringing conversations around mental health to villages, schools, police stations, railway communities, corporates, and other underserved groups.

During the Covid-19 crisis, GCT expanded its efforts by providing counselling and emotional support to patients, families, and frontline workers, while helping communities recognise and respond to signs of mental distress.

Extending this commitment beyond awareness, GCT donated an ambulance to Shraddha Rehabilitation Trust, led by Dr. Bharat Vatwani, to help rescue and rehabilitate mentally ill destitute individuals and reunite them with their families.

Mental health awareness programme by Golden Citizens Trust
Impact
50+ mental health awareness sessions conducted globally
2 lakh+ people reached
Programs delivered across villages, schools, police, railway staff & corporates
Ambulance donated to Shraddha Rehabilitation Trust
Active mental health counselling during the Covid-19 crisis
Animal Welfare
Rescue. Rehabilitate. Rehome.
Built for the animals our city leaves behind.
1,250+
Animals rescued since 2021
1,050+
Animals successfully rehomed
2,000+
Animals vaccinated
1,650+
Animals sterilised
100+
Complex surgeries performed
Mumbai's
First
No-profit, no-loss pet ambulance
Rescued animal by Pawdopt Animal welfare Pawdopt Rescued animal by Pawdopt

India is in the middle of a quiet crisis.

Thousands of companion animals, Golden Retrievers, Labradors, Huskies, French Bulldogs, and countless others are being abandoned every year by owners who bought them impulsively, could not afford their care, or simply moved on. Unlike street-adapted animals, these pets were never built to survive alone. Left on the road, they face starvation, disease, injury, and abuse.

Pawdopt was built to meet them where they are.

We also operate Mumbai's first no-profit, no-loss pet ambulance, donated by the Inner Wheel Club of Bombay Airport, making emergency veterinary transport accessible and affordable for every animal that needs it, regardless of whether they have an owner to pay for it.

What We Do
  • Free rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming — always
  • Emergency veterinary ambulance service
  • Full medical assessment, vaccinations & sterilisation
  • Behavioural assessment before every adoption
  • Rigorous adopter screening and post-adoption lifelong support
The Pawdopt Process
From Lost
to Loved

Every animal follows the same path — built on care, patience, and the belief that every life deserves a second chance.

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Rescue

Abandoned, surrendered, or emergency cases are picked up by our team and transported safely to our network of foster carers and veterinary partners. No animal is turned away.

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Treatment

Every rescued animal receives a full medical assessment, first aid, vaccinations, sterilisation, and tick prevention. Complex cases receive surgery and intensive care through our network of specialist veterinarians.

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Rehabilitation

Before any animal is considered for adoption, they undergo behavioural assessment, socialisation, and training. We prepare them not just to be adoptable — but to thrive in a family home.

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Responsible Adoption

Our adoption process is rigorous by design. Every potential adopter is screened, guided through the integration process, and supported with post-adoption follow-up and lifelong assistance. A home is forever — we make sure it stays that way.

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