INTRODUCTION
Abhiyan is a voluntary organisation working with physically disabled children and the families of person with multiple disabilities. It endeavors to improve of their quality of their lives by caring to their special needs thus helping in the process of their ultimate involvement and integration into the mainstream of society. Abhiyan was established in 1998 by a group of like minded physically challenged persons with an aim to provide personal development and rehabilitative services with a difference to person with multiple disabilities.
VISION : The ultimate goal is the physical and social well being of physically Disabled children and their self-reliance and to promote the human rights of disabled people through full participation, equalization of opportunity and development.
MISSION : “Empowering the Disabled children for a bright tomorrow by mainstreaming them into society, with Love, Equality and Justice.”
JUSTIFICATION: According to Government of India through its National Census Report 2001 it is estimated that India has a 21.9 million people with multiple disabilities. Apropos various survey reports, India has more than 6 percent population with multiple disabilities, which is more than the population of Canada, Australia or UK. According to the statistics of United Nations, there are 600 million physically challenged people worldwide out of them, 82 percent exist in developing countries. But Unlike other citizens, disabled people live in the most deplorable conditions, isolated and excluded from their communities by barriers of policy, environment and attitude. For this reason, we must struggle for their rights and the abolition of all forms of discriminations against physically handicapped people.
PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES:
1. Formal and Non formal Education:
Abhiyan is committed to provide quality holistic education to children with multiple disability from poor economical backgrounds. A lot of importance is be given to the child’s psychology at an early age so that they loose the psychological fears or complexes they may have towards learning. This encourages the children to think independently and become more self responsible.
2. Alternative Vocational Skill Enhancement:
The Objective of Vocational Training is to enable the Children with multiple disabilities economically independent through functional skills; social, emotional development and training in available option for open employment, self employment and ultimately move towards self-sufficiency.
3. Health Care Services:
Health Care activities are operated and supported by the Doctors , physiotherapist and paramedical in providing various kinds of services according to the need of physically challenged children.
4. Recreational Activities:
It is aimed in restoration and promotion of good mental health and to prepare and motivate the children to be dare, active, competitive, confident, developed mentally, physically, emotionally through recreational activities Recreational activities are provided to encourage and develop the talents and qualities hidden in disabled children, which can not come out due to lack of opportunities and confidence.
5. Advocacy and Awareness Programme :
Main objective of the advocacy and awareness programme is to facilitate the disabled children, their family, community regarding the problems of physically challenged children and the latest development regarding the laws and rights of disabled children and empower them in accessing existing facilities within the legal system. To focus on creating awareness about such children in the community and leading to empowerment.
Contact:
“Abhiyan programme for physically Challenged Children”
-72, Arya Samaj Road, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi-110059 (INDIA)
Email: Abhiyan_foundation@yahoo.com / helpline_abhiyan@ yahoo.co.in
Tel: 9899794400
To know more click: http://abhiyanindia.blogspot.com/2007/11/introduction-abhiyan-is-voluntary_20.html
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