The Mathru Educational Trust for the Blind provides free education, vocational training, skill development, placement, food and accommodation for the differently-abled. We operate two schools with comprehensive programs for students who are blind, hearing impaired or have multi-sensory disabilities. I helped the faculty in teaching English to my friends at Mathru Educational Trust for the Blind.
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I assisted Sweekaar Rehabilitation Institute For Handicapped for 2 years to raise the funds and helped in creating awareness of the need to help the people at the institute.
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In response to the national call by our former Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi to NGOs and public-spirited people to take up leprosy elimination work, Dr.A. R. K. Pillai, the Founder President, gathered a few Samaritans and founded Indian Leprosy Foundation. The Foundation was registered as a Charitable Trust under the Societies Registration Act of 1860 and Bombay Public Trusts Act of 1950. Indian Development Foundation (IDF) has taken its enlarged and new responsibilities spanning health, education and development areas. These are priority health areas of the Govt. and IDF is focusing its efforts in these areas.
The Field Staff and volunteers are giving health awareness talks on these diseases to students in Schools, Colleges and Institutions throughout India. Campaigns in Mass Media are taken up with all enthusiasm. Education to the handicapped, the poor and the marginalized children in rural areas, tribal villages and urban slums is a priority concern for IDF. Education gives empowerment in employment areas, commercial activities, health care and in fact Total Quality of Life. The foundation also focuses on Women Empowerment Programs providing adult education and vocational training to women folks under - Sarva Sakhi Swabhiman . I had taken up the duty of resource mobilization for humanitarian cause at the foundation. |
This was published in the Indian Newspaper 'The times of India'. The person circled in red is me.