Hunger and malnutrition have become a reality for thousands of elderly parents abandoned by their own children, in villages and slums across India. Seeing the rampant distress among the elderly, a team of selfless heroes from our NGO partner Mitti Cafe, though disabled themselves, have taken up the responsibility of providing cooked meals and dry rations to over 5,000 elderly in urgent need of support. Setting aside their own struggles, Mitti Cafe’s team, led by Ayesha Alam has been relentlessly fighting to free elderly from hunger and malnutrition through its Karuna Meals initiative. The need for nutrition support is growing with each passing day and Mitti Cafe is struggling to fulfill this enormous need. With your support, the NGO and its team of persons with disability can put food on the plates of hundreds of more elderly parents. Donate generously.Donate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. Charitable donations to this fundraising campaign are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India), &amp; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (USA). Elderly deserve love, not neglect and hunger“There have been countless senior citizens, in extremely backward villages of the Sundarbans in West Bengal, who had not had a proper meal in days when we found them. We have seen people picking food from the garbage out of extreme hunger.”, recalls Ayesha of Mitti Cafe, while talking about the extent of hunger faced by senior citizens. According to Ayesha, there are thousands of elderly who have been either chucked out of their homes or have been left behind in villages by their children. “Our elderly don't deserve this life and it is our responsibility to come to their aid. If we come together we can ease the suffering of hundreds of people battling hunger and starvation. Donate now Our heroes’ war against hungerPersons with disability who were once discriminated against by society are today at the forefront of the fight to save abandoned elderly and children from hunger. The Karuna Meals team, comprising only of persons with disability has been able to cook and serve over 10 lakh meals. They have also distributed over 1 lakh packets of dry rations. ”They overlook their own struggles and suffering just to reach the elderly and provide them with the food they need,” says Ayesh. But their job is not yet done. “There are still many villages which have many malnourished and hungry seniors and we have not been able to reach them. But with your support, we can collectively end starvation,” she says. Donate now. Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help the elderly fight hunger and malnutrition.

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“A blind child is seen as a curse or as a burden to the family. These children are left on the street. I have picked up children from roadsides myself. I also lost my eyesight as a child but today I am a senior officer in a public sector company. What would I have done, had I not been taken care of?” asks Veena Mehta Verma who was once a beneficiary of National Association for the Blind, Delhi (NAB) and now works with the NGO to protect and care for blind children like herself.Today, hundreds of blind children supported by NAB, Delhi have found something that they never had before–hope for a better tomorrow. Without Veena and NAB, many of these children would be at the risk of going back to the streets or spend a life of neglect and even abuse. Your support to the NGO is crucial. This Christmas, you can help her children get warm clothes and other essentials. Donate generouslyDonate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. Charitable donations to this fundraising campaign are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India).A life of uncertainty &amp; sufferingEven if a blind child is not abandoned they are often trapped in their homes deprived of education or any way of making a living. According to the nonprofit leader, “For a blind kid, employment is impossible without education. The (blind) kids need to learn Braille or they need ‘talking computer’ aids. Many of these kids are deprived of such facilities”.  Illuminating young lives ﻿“At NAB Delhi there are around 200-250 blind kids. There are around 180 kids in the hostel of NAB. We teach Braille, we teach arithmetic Taylor frames. To work towards a brighter future for the blind, we need your support. Please come forward and donate towards our mission”, says Veena. Students for whom NAB Delhi has cared for are today placed in some of the most prestigious organisations across the world. While some have gone on to make a name for themselves in the corporate world, others have taken up art and music as a profession too. Many blind children are bright, academically gifted, and waiting to shine, all they need is an opportunity. And your donation can give them just that.Donate to this fundraiser on Give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help the blind children get shelter, education, care and a shot at a future full of opportunities.

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“A blind child is often seen as a curse or a burden to the family, leading to abandonment. I’ve picked up children from roadsides myself. I too lost my sight as a child, but today I’m a senior officer thanks to the National Association for the Blind, Delhi (NAB). What would I have done without their help?” asks Veena Mehta Verma, a beneficiary turned advocate for NAB and its mission to protect and care for blind children like herself.The state of young blind girls abandoned by their families and without education is even worse. “Blind girls have no future without education. Education is crucial to their future. Without it, they face neglect and limited opportunities, ignored not just by their families, but by society at large. What I am today is only because of the education I received. But sadly, every blind girl is not as fortunate. Most visually impaired girls are deprived of any care and even something as basic as education, leading to a difficult life,” says Asha Bhola, President, Blind Welfare Society (BWS).Both NAB and BWS work for the welfare of blind children and young girls by providing them with shelter, education, and care. This Diwali, they need your support to help many more youngsters in need.Donate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. Charitable donations to this fundraising campaign are tax-exempt under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India).A life of uncertainty &amp; sufferingEven if a blind child or young girl is not abandoned, they are often trapped in their homes deprived of education or any way of making a living. “For a blind kid, employment is impossible without education. They need to learn Braille or use ‘talking computer’ aids. Many of these children are deprived of such facilities,” says Veena.Young kids and girls for whom NAB and BWS have cared for are today placed in some of the most prestigious organisations across the world. While some have gone on to make a name for themselves in the corporate world, others have taken up art and music as a profession too.But many blind children who are bright, academically gifted, and waiting to shine, are often neglected or abandoned by their own families. And with your donation, NAB and BWS can give them the future they deserve.As we celebrate the festival of lights, donate to this fundraiser on Give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help blind children and young girls get shelter, education and care and a shot at a bright future.

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APD, India, is an NGO that’s transforming the lives of underprivileged people with disability since 1959. Based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, we run extensive programs in rural and urban Karnataka to enable, equip, and empower children and adults with a range of disabilities including locomotive difficulty, spinal cord injury, speech and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, and to some extent, mental issues. Till date, we have impacted 500,000+ lives of people with disability.

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The Right to Education (RTE) Act mandates 25% reservation in private institutions for children from marginalised communities, including children with disability. While the laws reinforces APD’s approach to promoting inclusive education for socio-economically challenged children with disability (CWD), the reality on the ground presents a grim picture. Despite the Right to Education, many children with special needs are unable to receive an education because of financial hardships, inaccessibility to mainstream schools and lack of sensitisation to their needs. In this inclusive education program, differently abled children enrol into regular schools while receive the specialised attention and care (therapy, corrective surgeries and medical intervention) they need to progress. APD works with the schools to develop supportive infrastructure, trained teachers, customized curriculum and study materials. We have got over 46,600 specially-abled children to school since 1972. Shradhanjali Integrated School (SIS) is a recognised primary school up to Class VII under the SSLC Board, Karnataka, with a capacity to educate 200 children. The school maintains an 80:20 ratio of Children with Disability (CWDs) and non-disabled children to promote inclusion. SIS focuses on activity-oriented learning, promoting sports, arts and crafts to ensure all-round development SIS also provides books, uniforms, healthcare, rehabilitation, and adapted learning techniques.SIS promotes inclusive education and this model is much needed to sensitise the mainstream schools to accept the inclusive education system convincingly. This model has ensured 90% mainstreaming with most children moving on to regular or special schools of assistive technology and using individualized education plan helps in giving the required focus and attention to each child, basis their comprehension levels and other limiting factors caused due to disability. There are significant other needs of CwDs which needs to be catered to in order to make them productive assets for India. One of the first needs is to ensure that the progression of the disability is controlled by providing the requisite therapy, medical advice, aids and appliances. APD ensures this by providing these on a regular basis. Parents of the students are not in a position to afford significant transportation needs for coming to school. SIS provides safe, secure and friendly transportation facility from the doorstep of these CwDs using three buses. SIS also runs a kitchen which provides nutritious mid-day meal to these students on a daily basis. Our beneficiary families are very poor and our aim is to always ensure that there is no dropout due to financial reasons. 
 The Association of People with Disability (APD) is a non-governmental organization working in the field of disability for the past fifty-nine years. APD aims to empower persons with disability to become active, contributing members of the society. At any given time through it's wide-ranging institutional and district development programmes, APD directly touches the lives of approximately 30,000 Persons with Disability (PWDs) and builds the capacity of partners, government officials and caregivers. The community-based programs include therapeutic services, mobility aids, integrated education, advocacy, horticulture, mental health, and livelihood. Operational areas:•	Education•	Livelihood•	Early intervention, spinal cord injury and community mental health•	Strategy, advocacy and resource support to organisations. (RSO)Our “District Disability and Development Programme” is operating in 13 districts of Belagavi and Kalburgi regions of Karnataka and Bengaluru. Here we work with government agencies, self-help groups and other stakeholders on identification, assessment, referral, capacity building, lobbying and implementation of disability rights, to encourage the system to make much-needed provisions for people with disability. Currently, APD is working with over 30,000 PWDs in these three districts. 
 The impact on learning is being assessed through various indicators, rubrics and tools. The assessment of the children with CP and learning disability is being done with the help of the worksheets, games and the activity sheets uploaded in the digital board. Even the hearing impaired children are being assessed with the help of the videos and the sheets uploaded. The assessment of each child is being recorded in the individual register of the teachers. The use of the interactive board is not only focused on to the scoring of marks in the exam, but also to update the students with the events of the world. It has been our experience that when an appropriate media (e.g. audio-visuals) is integrated into the curriculum to complement the traditional method, higher learning outcomes in terms of achievement scores result. The students being taught with the audio-visual aided instructions achieved better than students who were taught with traditional methods

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India’s Lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19 virus and measures taken to manage the pandemic, had devastating effect on businesses and communities. The crisis continues post lockdown also. But the severity of impact of COVID-19 has been most intense among the people who are most marginalised and vulnerable. Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) are among the hardest hit. Most often they and their families get left out from the mass welfare measures of government agencies or during distribution of life saving provisions done from a central point in their locality. They are also the worst impacted due to the loss of livelihood and are also most likely to fall into further poverty and ill health if they are not able to access the immediate relief for survival and sustainable livelihood.  
 Project Goals and Activities: ·        To support 60 poor and marginalized young people and their families combat the impact of Covid ·        To support them access livelihood opportunities in the domains of Fitter and Electrical and Electronics Mechanics. Among these 80% will be Youth with Disability and 20% without disability. Project Activities: The Foundation/Life Skill Training:  During mobilizing the young people for skill trainings, some YwDs identified require some basic life skill training before being able to decide about taking up a vocation. About 40-50% of the prospective trainees undergo about 20-25 days Foundation course to prepare them on hygiene and soft skills. They are provided with rehabilitation and aids and appliances to make them functionally independent and job ready. Their assessment is done to establish alignment between their physical disabilities, aspirations and demands of the job. The Skill (Domain) Training: Fitter: A six-month integrated course that prepares trainees to work as factory technicians -operate conventional machines, use hand tools and measuring tools and perform machine assembly. Students can also opt for advanced training in Auto CAD and CNC machines after the course for senior positions. Electronics Mechanic: A six-month integrated course in basic Electronic Engineering – circuit design, electronic components, tools and equipment’s, soldering and de-soldering skills, repair and maintenance of consumer and industrial appliances. Modalities of the courses: Duration: 6 months/8 hour classes – 4 hours of theory and 4 hours of practical classes. Courses are run in two batches for each course, i.e., four batches are run simultaneously. 20 students are taken in each batch, out of which 15 students complete the course after accounting in dropouts, resulting in 15*4=60 students completing the course. Placement and post placement support after completion of Skills Training-The youth are placed in industries with a minimum wage of Rs.8,000/- to Rs.10,000 per month. APD ensures &gt;80% placement of the trained candidates and a post placement follow-up support of up-to 3 months to ensure retention. The past trend shows about 70% trainees are retained in their jobs. Subjects taught: Electronics Mechanic :·        Safety of personal working and the equipment·        Familiarization of basic electricity·        Identification of various active &amp; passive components and their applications. ·        Identification and applications of different Hand tools ·        Identification, uses of Measuring Instruments &amp; Electronic equipment ·        Uses of electronic components in different circuits ·        As part of the course they are provided with on the job training (OJT).  Fitter :·        Safety of personal working and the machineries ·        Familiarization of basic fittings and filings ·        Identification and applications of different Hand tools ·        Identification of metals and their applications·        Identification, uses of Measuring Instruments  ·        Internal &amp; External thread cuttings using Tap and die Sets ·        Operations of various machines such as Lathe, Drilling, Grinding ·        Usages of gauges - feeler, screw, pitch, radius, wire gauge  APD’s ELT training programs are co-created with experienced employers and aligned broadly with NCVT &amp; MES (modular employable skill for short term course).This collaboration with industry ensures that our graduates are familiar with current industrial needs &amp; best practices and have the relevant job skills that employers are looking for in entry level graduates. . APD has fixed about 4% i.e., Rs. 2000- as part contribution fees for 6 months residential training. However, the trend so far of trainees paying has been not encouraging as our recruits are from the most indigent and poorest sections of society. APD as a policy does not reject any applications if the trainees fail to pay their contribution, which is more likely in the current Covid-19 situation. 
 Young men and women will get an opportunity to have alternative livelihood post Covid-19 Employers are seeking and promoting placement of technical candidates.Families of youth with disability are sensitized to disability issues, entitlements, economic and social independence 90% of enrolled YWDs state they have gained technical skills Technical Trained youth are competent for employmentEnhanced Functional independence of the candidatesPlacement for 80-90% of the trained candidates Employers are seeking and promoting placement of candidates.PWDs are employed with prerequisite skills.

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Naveen, a determined athlete who hails from Andhra Pradesh, was left paralysed after a construction accident. Despite being told that he would spend his life in a wheelchair, he refused to accept this reality and began to pursue alternative forms of treatment. Through the Association of People with Disability, he discovered a passion for sports, particularly archery, which has given him a renewed sense of purpose and belonging. However, to make it to the national stage, he needs to purchase a professional compound bow kit which is prohibitively expensive for him. Your contribution can help Naveen achieve his dreams and inspire others like him to pursue their goals. We are raising funds to help Naveen procure a professional compound bow kit, enrol in the necessary training courses, and participate in various regional and national archery platforms. These funds, supported by your contribution, will not only help Naveen achieve his dream of representing India on a global stage but also inspire countless other para-athletes like him to strive for greater heights. Naveen already has the natural talent and determination to achieve success. With your support, he will have access to the equipment, training and opportunities to harness his full potential and represent India at a national level. By breaking down the financial barriers that stand in the way of Naveen's success, we can demonstrate our commitment to creating a more inclusive and equitable society, where everyone has the opportunity to pursue their dreams and thrive.

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