Janhit 2013

SR No.: 521151
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Raj Saubhag Ashram
Publisher: Raj Saubhag Ashram
Publication Year: 2013
Total Pages: 34
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, India_Janhit, & India
File Size: 7 MB

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Ashirwad activities & case study
Ashirwad Children from Ashirwad Centre excel at sports At the Ashirwad Centre children are taught that they each have individual talents with which they can shine. Gaining self-confidence from their teachers' enthusiasm and training, many children with various physical and mental disabilities have become active in competitive sports. In December 2011, 26 children from Ashirwad Centre were selected to compete in the Gujarat State Sports Festival. Out of these 16 children competed at the State Level and 4 of these came home with medals in Running, Fast Walking and Ball Throwing. In January 2013, Ashirwad Centre hosted its second Cricket league match. The match was between the Surendranagar Sherdills and Ahmedabad Agressors. Vipul, a student of the Ashirward Centre, was one of the players. Each cricket team included a mix of abled and disabled students. These cricket matches are part a new kind of IPL - "Inclusive Premier League" - which is an awareness-raising campaign being led by the National
Vocational skills for earning income Training in crafts and vocations is provided to deaf, blind or otherwise disabled adults to empower them and aid economic self-sufficiency They are given workshops in trades such as tailoring, bead work, beauty care, henna art (mehndi), cooking, knitting, jute work, mobile phone repairing, repair of diesel engines and scooters. Traders are often donated market carts and craftsmen their sewing machines to help them get started in business.
Trust. It aims to support the cultural and social integration of people with disabilities
Children go on Jatra The children from Ashirwad Centre who had never travelled further than a few kilometres out of Sayla were given the opportunity to travel to Dwarka for 2 days. To travel in a luxury bus, visit magnificent temples, fun fairs and go to the sea side was beyond these children's wildest dreams.
A wonderful generously gift by Pankajbhai and Nipaben Shah.
CASE STUDY: Dharmesh
leader of his village and helps others with disability in getting entitlements from various government schemes. He brought some of his villagers to the Bareja Eye Hospital for free cataract and keratoplasty surgery under the Retina foundation.
The Community Leader
Dharmesh agreed to this. He was also helped to get a Disability Certificate. After being given a pair of crutches he was suddenly able to stand tall. He now wanted to earn a living and was enrolled into a mobile phone repairing class, which he completed and was given a mobile phone repairing kit. He was helped into employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA).
Twenty seven year old Dharmesh : Ravjibhai has impaired mobility due : to contracting polio at a young age. : Dharmesh lives in Barejadi Village. He
used to walk, mobilising with the aid of : a rough stick. He was very intelligent : but did not know how to use his skills,
so he used to hang about idle at pan shops for most of the day and was criticised by his family for not earning money.
Not only has Dharmesh become independent, taking care of his personal and family needs, but he is now also an advocate for others and a pillar of support in his community.
Dharmesh felt so empowered by the process and the NREGA scheme that he became an advocate and helped many others to benefit from employment. He also helped many people to get housing under Indira Awaz Yojana. His respect in society rose and he was recently elected to represent his village as a panchayat member. He is also the 'Person with Disability' (PWD)
When a field worker identified him Dharmesh felt he did not need any help. He was urged by the field worker to change his walking stick to prevent spinal deformity in the future
26 Janhit // 2013
Join hands with us: see pg 32