Help transform the lives of disabled people

Disabled people; especially women among them are the most marginalized in Indian society. They are deprived of political, social, economic, and health opportunities.

The problems of women with disabilities become very complex with other factors such as social stigma and poverty. They remain neglected even when it comes to rehabilitation programmes.

The prejudice surrounding their ability and value continues to perpetuate the view that educating and training them is futile. Opportunities for girls with disabilities to receive an education or to attend training courses are available to only a few.

FOD is more than 2 decades old. It has expertise in economic rehabilitation of people with disabilities.

We have already built the centre for multi-purpose rehabilitation of persons with disabilities in Najafgarh. It would impart training in vocational skills and create self/group employment for people with disabilities in an integrated setup.

After training people with disabilities; especially women in stitching and tailoring skills, FOD would give them interest-free loan to start their individual or group units to earn livelihood out of the skills learned. FOD would also help them with forward and backward linkages to market their produce.

Beneficiaries are economically independent and self-reliant with developed skills and earning capacity. They also have individual/group bank account with savings for seasonal fluctuations.

They have a sense of competence, dignity and standing. Buying capacity has also increased for day-to-day living. Beneficiaries have a better standard of living, the ability to afford white goods, better food, clothing and housing and better medical facilities.

Women amongst them would get due recognition in the families and they have equal say in decision making matters of their families.