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a considerable speed. To date, the organisation
has donated over 500 braillers for educational
purposes in 14 states, either free of cost or at a
nominal rent. NAB is currently in touch with
several students who are in need of braillers
but are unable to afford the same. HDFC
partnered with NAB to sponsor new braillers for
50 visually challenged students.
Deepalaya
Conceived as a special project working on the
issues affecting poor urban children, Deepalaya
is today one of the largest NGOs in Delhi
striving to universalise their philosophy that
every child deserves a chance. For the past 28
years, Deepalaya has been active in the urban
slums of Delhi and has also made inroads into
rural development in the state of Haryana.
Deepalaya is currently benefiting over 35,000
children and their families by undertaking
integrated development projects. Deepalayas
focus and entry point is the child leading to
interventions at the level of the family and
thereafter the community as a whole.
Deepalaya runs over 30 projects in the areas of
education, differently-abled, health, gender-
equity and institutional care.
Taking into account the poor health and living
conditions and the inadequate health-care
facilities in slum pockets, Deepalaya plans to
run a community health care program in 6 slum
clusters in South Delhi, aiming to cover more
than 1500 children. HDFC has partnered with
Deepalaya in this initiative to render accessible
and affordable health care services including
information dissemination to the
children and their mothers.
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Tata Institute of Social Sciences
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
was established in 1936, as the first post-
graduate school of social work in India. The
Institute was set up by Sir Dorabjee Tata
Trust in response to Dr. Clifford Manshardtsvision of a school
of social work of national
stature and it has subsequently influenced
the direction of social work education and
social research in India. HDFC has been
associated with the field action projects of
TISS for several years. This year too HDFC
supported the Institute on three projects,
highlights of which are mentioned below:
Prayas is an independent field action project
undertaken by TISS in the field of criminal
justice. The project works with and towards
the rehabilitation of prisoners and women in
prostitution with an aim to successfully
integrate them back into the mainstream
society. From working with one prison in
1990, Prayas has impressively grown to
working with five prisons, eight police
stations, railway police stations, criminal
courts, three homes for rescued women and
girls and a special juvenile home. HDFC has
had a long-standing association with the
project supporting its administrative and
operational costs, and in the process, HDFChas contributed to
the growth of Prayas.
Nav Chetna is a TISS project focusingon
children and theirrights.The
main
objective
to
create
child-
frien
dly
suppo
rts y s t e m s ,supplement
the
efforts
the
government
to
provide
school
education
to
institutionalized
children and worktowards
the
realisation of adivasi (tribal) childrens right to
education. The project has been started in four
institutions in Thane district where Nav Chetna
holds workshops on mathematics, sciences
and languages, and also works towards the
improvisation of the existing school system by
coordinating between the school authorities
teachers and parents. HDFC has partnered
with TISS in running the program in all fou
institutions for a period of one year.
Koshish is a relatively new field action project
initiated by the TISS in 2006 to work with the
homeless people in Mumbai. This initiative
aims to address the issue of beggary
destitution and homelessness in a holisticmanner, combining
elements of basic services
such as food, health and legal assistance and
also efforts towards rehabilitation. The project
is working in partnership with various
government and non-government organisations
to develop a comprehensive policy framework
that would address destitut ion and
homelessness in urban India. The projec
currently runs out of a Home in suburban
Mumbai and HDFC is funding its operationa
costs for a period of two years.
Maher
Maher (meaning Mothers Home in Marathi
started in 1997 with a house near Pune
functioning as a refuge for women in distress
Today, Maher has grown into a woman and
child-centric NGO working with 85 rural
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