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NASEOH, INDIA

NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITES FOR THE HANDICAPPED, INDIA

ANNUAL REPORT

2015-16

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GOVERNING COUNCIL

President Mrs. Hansa B. Mehta

Vice Presidents Mrs. Mohini Mathur Mr. B.D.Bhagchandani

Hon. Secretaries Mr. Vinaya Mehrotra Mr. Jayesh Marfatia

Hon. Treasurers

Mr. Rajesh Shah Mr. Gaurav G. Kapadia

Members Dr. (Ms.) Yashu Mehta Mrs. Kalpana Joshi

Mrs. Shyamashree Bhonsle Mr. Rahul Nerlekar

Mr. Suresh Goklaney Mr. Harshal Shah

Chief Mentor Mr. Nitin Khanapurkar

Executive Secretary & Director General

Mr. Yogendra Shetty

NASEOH (India) registered under : Bombay Public Trusts Act. 1950 – Cert. F-1743-G B B S D,

Societies Registration Act. 1860 – Cert. No. Bom.7 – 1969.

Foreign Contributions Regulation Act. – Regn. No. 083780155

Donations to NASEOH are exempt under 80 G of Income Tax Act.

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Dear friends,

We have completed one more year of our journey together for a better and equal life to the

differently abled. It is a pleasure again to present before you the gist of our initiatives,

programs and projects for the year ended on 31st March 2016 along with audited financials.

It is heartening to note that attitudes and approaches towards the people with disabilities are

changing, slowly but definitely. All the stakeholders including the State and Judiciary are

waking up to the challenges and have shown a purpose in meeting these challenges.

At NASEOH we have realized that there is a urgent need to build the capacities of the

differently abled aspiring to be employed on equal terms to match the recruiting standards of

willing employers in the private sector. We have started networking and partnering with

professional training outfits to address these challenges.

Leveraging on the success we have experienced in the area of community based rehabilitation

efforts in rural Maharashtra, we intend to enhance this program module to another Tehsil –

Pathardi in Ahmadnagar district in the coming year.

On a sad note, death snatched away our Vice-President Mrs. Keti Mehta and we will miss her

constant counsel of highest order in our governance; pray for the eternal peace of the departed

soul.

This journey has always been possible with unstinted support I have received from my entire

team of Office Bearers, Members of the Governing Council, Volunteers, well-wishers and the

staff. We remain grateful to each and everyone who have walked with us in this journey,

encouraging and supporting us all through and I expect similar participation in our march

forward.

Thank you.

Hansa B. Mehta President NASEOH,India Mumbai Dated :

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OUR MISSION

“To create comprehensive rehabilitation opportunities for the differently-abled persons so as to

facilitate integration into the mainstream of the society, and to enrich the life of differently-abled

persons as well as the interfacing individuals and community.”

Visitors’ Impression

Thank you for having us to be a part of your lives on this day to create an impact, share

in your joy, triumph in the success of your efforts and dwell in the love all around. What

you do over here is incredible. I wish you nothing but the absolute best. – Rajesh

Shetty , Franklin Patrao - Deloitte Consulting, Mumbai

Thank you for letting our employees contribute a little to support the great work done

here. For them it brings sensitization to disability and I am sure their experience will

stay for life. – JC Letellier – L’oreal, Mumbai .

Thank you for hosting Bank of America, you all are doing such a wonderful job for the

most marginalized part of society. – Rita Nag Chaudhari – Bank of America.

It is rare to see a specialized organization for the benefit of the differently abled run

with such compassion and efficiency. Continue to work in light. – Rachael Blair –

Presdient, Kindness in Action, USA.

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Wonderful to be back again and see that the GIGER Machines are being used in full

force. We are still trying to see if we can arrange the much awaited “third” GIGER

machine !! – Ajay Bhatnagar, Past Rotary District Governor,1980.

It was a pleasure to be part of this function. I will extend lifelong support for the

goodness and well-being of NASEOH and all who are connected with it. – Kunickaa

Sadanand – Film actress.

It was a pleasure to be a part of this team. This was my first visit. I was impressed with

the teams. Hope to have more interactions. Thank you. – Lavina R. D’souza, Bank of

America. Health and Prevention The focus on this core activity continued and objectives set forth remained in place and intact

so that community around us derive the benefits through out. The activity continued to focus

on the following objectives :

a) prevent onset of diseases amongst healthy people.

b) arrest and correct disabilities consequent to diseases through medical intervention or

corrective surgery.

c) empower disabled, attending NASEOH, their family members and community residing

in and around NASEOH on health through health education.

The activities to realize these objectives included the following :

a) Screening of beneficiaries for identification of preventable disabilities b) Immunization and vaccination c) Dispensing of basic medicines d) Providing of nutritional supplement e) Counseling, guidance and referrals d) Health awareness and education

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The total beneficiaries of this intervention from the communities around us who would

otherwise remained beyond the reach of this support numbered 1010 during the year as

detailed below :

Child Orthopaedic General Skin

Registrations 39 549 82 340

Medical Interventions 26 150 79 273 Vitamin A supplement 05 20 - 23 Scabies 01 - - 35 Rickets 0-4 79 - - Recommended for Mobility Appliances - 101 - - Referral to O.T & P.T - 35 - - Referral for Early Intervention Program - 07 - - Corrective Surgeries - 20 - - Nutrition Supplement 15 - - -

Vaccination

T.T. 137

Corrective Surgeries People identified for corrective surgeries to rectify the deformities were supported as under: 1) T.A. Lengthening : 6 2) CTEV : 4 3) SCO Feumer : 3 4) Others : 7 ----- 20 ----- Case Study: Raj Dongre

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Before Surgery After Surgery

A 13 year old Raj attended one of the weekly OPD session at NASEOH and diagnosed for

T.A. lengthening of the left lower limb by the Honorary Orthopedic Surgeon. Raj comes from

a very poor family and lives at Panvel Taluka of Raigad district and suffers from (L) Infantile

Spastic Hemispheres. His father is a lowly paid worker in a private setup and mother is a

housewife. The family could ill afford the cost of surgery. NASEOH felt it appropriate to support

the boy and the family and arranged for required corrective surgery.

The timely intervention through the surgery has helped Raj to walk to his school with full of

hope and renewed enthusiasm of a better future.

Therapy Support The appropriate physio therapy support is an integral part of medical rehabilitation process for

many identified persons with disabilities and NASEOH focused on this core support at the

physio therapy center both for the beneficiaries attending our vocational training and early

intervention program at NASEOH but also for the persons diagnosed at our orthopaedic

outpatient department. The specialized therapy support through the exclusive GIGER

machines and equipments added to the quality and impact of this intervention.

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NASEH is grateful to the support received from D Y Patil college of physiotherapy in this vital

area of intervention, through placement of their students of physio therapy as interns through

the year.

The Physio Therapist Speaks : Dr. Ashwini Bajantri ( B PTh (MUHS), NDS Certified Australia)

It is a matter of immense pride and pleasure and I am very much grateful that I am a part of

this very big institution named NASEOH. NASEOH provides health activities and care to

maintain health and hygiene. This is the only institute wherein I have seen so many training

facilities provided for the disabled, poor and needy.

Being a physiotherapist and part of NASEOH, it’s a teamwork for the betterment of the

beneficiaries. We provide quality services with most modern and advanced equipments.

Individual treatment and exercise sessions are carried out for both in patient and OPD basis.

During this course of one year of my experience at NASEOH, I came across various

disabilities such as Cerebral palsy, Autism, Hemiplegia, Hypotonic, Muscular Dystrophy,

stroke, GBS ( Guillian Barre’n Syndrome) Down’s Syndrome, Mental retardation, Epilepsy etc.

With all this severity we train them to achieve their milestones.

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NASEOH has its own Physiotherapy set up. It has a huge setup with various equipments and

modalities such as Giger, SWD ( short wave diathermy) , ultrasound, TENS, IFT etc. are the

electric modalities. It provides balance training with the Foam, Kriesel, Wedge and Wobble

board. Physioball exercises are given for core and trunk muscles strengthening, stretching,

ambulatory activities, sensory integration etc. are the part of Physiotherapy treatment provided

to the beneficiaries.

I am indeed glad to be a participant more than the staff to work and provide necessary and

needful treatment to the beneficiaries.

Parekh Fitness Centre The physical fitness of the persons with disabilities from our beneficiary group of various

services at the center added to their overall improvement in the given area of intervention.

Physical Restorative Services

Required support in terms of improvement in mobility at the appropriate time becomes the core

need of any locomotor disabled and NASEOH continued to extend this support through its

restorative services which help to improve the quality of life of many identified persons with

disabilities. The summerised details are as follow:

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Source of Financial Assistance Tricycle Wheelchair Calipers Prosthesis Total

Give India

50 3 - 53

Rotary Club of Bombay Midtown (Somani Trust ) 03 02 16 06 27

S.H.Kelkar & Co Ltd. (Keva) 15 - - - 15

Rotary Club of Bombay Mid Town (Fuch’s

Lubricants Pvt. Ltd.) 19 02 61 35 117

Inner Wheel Club of Bombay Airport - 04 18 04 26

Inner Wheel Club of Bombay Mid-Town - 08 25 05 38

Consul General of Madgascar, Mumbai - 6 11

05 22

Individual Donors 05 02 31 - 38

Total

92 27 165 55 336

NASEOH remains grateful to the various donors who helped us to meet one of the core needs

through this basic intervention.

Urban Community outreach: NASEOH continued to extend and provide the basic health support to the most marginalized

communities living in slum pockets of Chembur, Govandi, Mankhurd and Kurla through

appropriate health awareness campaigns, capacity building exercises aiming at building

healthy and capable community. Major events of the year are listed below:

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Date Program / Activity

Resource Person/ Institute

Community Description

8.8.2015

Prevention of water

born diseases

Mrs. Anjali Parande C.D.O. (MCGM)

Rafiq Nagar,

Govandi

A group of 50 participants were educated on the causes, prevention and management of water born diseases.

12.10.2015 Eye Care Dr. Sumit Jadhav

(K.B. Haji Bachooali Hospital)

Indira Nagar,

Mankhurd

On the occasion of World Sight Day ,NASEOH organized a awareness talk on care of eyes , prevention measures and treatment options for a group of 50 participants from this community.

1.12.2015 HIV/ AIDS awareness

Students from Nirmala Niketan College of

Social Work

Indira Nagar,

Mankhurd

A program to provide basic awareness on HIV/ AIDs was conducted on World Aids day for a group of 40 women in the community.

04.02.2016

Health at Pregnancy

Mrs. Anjali Parande, (MCGM)

Rafiq Nagar,

Govandi

The group of 12 pregnant women from the community were explained on the basic care and precautions to be taken during pregnancy .

20.02.2016 Leprosy Lokseva Sangam, Mumbai

Ekta Nagar, Govandi

The participants were explained about the myths and misconceptions surrounding leprosy.

08.03.2016 Rights of the Women

Adv. Karuna ( Stree Mukti Sanghatana)

Siddharth Colony,

Chembur

On the occasion of World women’s day NASEOH organized a talk on rights of the women and how and where to use these rights for a group of 55 participants.

NASEOH is indebted to the various medical professionals, para professionals and resource

persons for their whole hearted voluntary support in creating the right impact amongst the

communities and other target groups.

FALGUNI LEARNING CENTRE / MUSKAN BALMANDIR

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The innate desire to provide appropriate services for children – having special abilities

diagnosed at the earliest, Falguni Learning Centre was started with the financial aid from

Falguni Trust, Ahmadabad.

Muskan Balmandir was set up with the financial aid from Sar-la Foundation Trust to provide an

environment for successful integration.

The Objectives

Child will :

Increase the physical, mental, emotional and social growth

Develop the cognitive, motor, perceptual, sensory and arts skills

Develop to be independent as far as possible

Educate and be ready to attend mainstream or special school to the extent possible.

The Activities

Functional academics for functional group – language, arithmetic, money, environment and

life skills.

Creative – drawing, art, craft, music, clay, planting

Physio ,Occupational and Speech therapy, Self-help

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Audio–visual learning by doing, modeling, experimenting, interaction and communication.

Teachers Enhancement :

The teachers attended and participated in various workshops and seminars which helped them

to enhance their perspective in the following areas.

Use of Audio Visual Technology

Personality development

Team Building for principals and senior staff

Autism

Drawing

Yoga

Achievement :

All the children enrolled in Falguni Learning Centre and Muskan Balmandir have progressed in

all the areas of learning.

To be successful, the team work and cooperation of all those involved in helping and

promoting the children’s learning is a must. All the children enrolled in Falguni Learning Centre

and Muskan Balmandir have improved because of the partnership of teachers, parents,

experts from medical – paramedical fields, occupation, physical and speech therapists.

The regular children and special need children are intertwined together and the result is very

encouraging.

There are 22 children, having different special needs – cerebral palsy, mentally challenged,

down syndrome, autistic, physically disabled, behavior problems and multi- disabled.

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Learning of Sahil

Sahil , a seven years old mentally challenged boy was enrolled in Falguni Learning Centre on

25/11/2015, started attending Centre with his Grandfather and had following issues.

Kept on crying

Did not sit at one place

Kept Jumping and running

Did not eat the food properly

Had no eye contact

Was drooling

Had lack of concentration

Had no speech

Within short period of seven months

He….

Has started eating on his own all regular food

Gives attention to what he is doing

His drooling has reduced to a very great extent

Has started speaking, conversing

Is participating in all the activities.

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Is not crying

Has tremendous improved behavior

Has improved progress all round

EDUCATION:

1) Integrated Education of Speech & Hearing:

In collaboration with The Central Society for the Education of the Deaf, Mumbai our efforts to

integrate the speech and hearing impaired students into mainstream education continued this

year too.

5 students from Std.I and II were provided the support of a resource teacher. All the 5

students of Std.I & II cleared their exams with good marks. These children were integrated

into the regular schools .

NASEOH acknowledges with gratitude for the support received from The Central Society for

the Education of the Deaf and the resource teacher, Ms. Shahida Mogar in these efforts.

2) Financial Support :

As a first time initiative NASEOH supported following three orthopedically disabled candidates

for a specialised training as Dialysis Technician in collaboration with Lifesupporters Institute of

Health Sciences

1. Mr. Nilesh Gohil

2. Mr. Bibishan Musale

3. Mr. Shyam Dhakarge

This effort was initiated and funded by Mr. Nitin Khanapurkar and NASEOH is grateful for his

committed involvement

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VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND REHABILITATION:

Vocational skill training leading to the job preparedness of the disabled youth is the most

important component of the process of economic rehabilitation. This activity has remained the

core focus at NASEOH for almost four decades. The emphasis continued with renewed

approaches to address the changing trends and needs of the employment possibilities.

NASEOH intensified the partnership with the professional training resources to meet the needs

of the prospective employers looking to hire the persons with disabilities.

Simultaneously, the conventional training areas continued so as to include all the disabled

seeking the admission to the Vocational Training Centre.

The details of various vocational skill development areas during the year are as follows:

Unit O.H. H.I. V.I. M.R. Total Training

completed during the year 2015-16

Bakery & Confectionary 02 - - 13 15 02

Assembly (Paper Craft) 04 - - 17 21 03 Tailoring and Embroidery 02 - - 11 13 03

Electronic Assembly 12 05 - 01 18 18

Nursery and Gardening 01 01 - 14 16 02

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Welding & Fabrication 02 - 01 05 08 01 Orthotic & Prosthetic

Assembly - - - 03 03 -

Pottery and Ceramic 03 - - 09 12 -

Computer training 15 2 1 16 34 17

Data Entry 03 - - 05 08 -

Maintenance & Service Unit 01 01 - - 02 -

Retail Management 08 07 01 07 23 23

Total 53 16 03 101 173 69

NASEOH continued to receive the Voluntary support from many committed volunteers sharing their

experience and expertise in providing the required inputs for the all round development of trainees at

the Vocational Training Centre.

A long time well-wisher and supporter of NASEOH, Mrs. Sneh Prasar continued to provide her

expertise of highest level in orienting and training many mentally challenged in Nursery,

Gardening and Horticultural skills. NASEOH appreciates her contribution and remain grateful

to Mrs. Prasar for her unstinted support.

There have been several other volunteers who have supported us in adding value to the

training inputs in several areas like computer training and language skill development program,

grooming, personality development, basic economies, telephone etiquettes etc. and we remain

grateful to all the volunteers for this support.

A Volunteer Speaks :

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“ With the grace of the Lord and the blessings of my own Gurus I have been associated with

Naseoh after I quit my job as a software consultant with a middle sized company.

At Naseoh I found the right environment to express my teaching skills. I have thoroughly

enjoyed teaching the students whenever possible. I must confess due to certain domestic

situations I have not been very committed recently...

I do not know whether the organization has benefited from my services but I have grown as an

individual learning so many things from the students. The part I enjoyed was I realised that

language is not of great significance when you have the will to communicate. The first batch

that I took had almost 6 to 8 hearing impaired students. They were just too intelligent and

taught me the sign language. It was a great learning process for me. I also improved my

marathi speaking abilities and learnt to explain technical terms in Marathi.

Last but not the least when I associate myself with these students the feeling which remains

with me is how much I have to thank God for all abilities He has bestowed me with and not to

complain for anything .

The last batch however I found that there were students with learning disabilities due to which I

felt the course did not give the desired result to many of the students.

I would request the panel to keep this in mind and choose those candidates with physical

disabilities for the computer department as it requires a certain amount of logical thinking.

As an organization NASEOH has been open to all our suggestions and always made us feel

welcome…

Thank you for the opportunity provided by you . – Brindha Karthik “

The following representative case studies reflect the real impact of this core intervention in

giving direction and meaning to differently abled youth to move ahead in their lives.

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Mr. Javwad Ahmad Khan

“This is the story of Mr. Javwad Ahmad Khan. He successfully completed MS Office Computer

Course at NASEOH with a first class.

Javwad hails from the small town of Maurawan, Unnao Dt., Uttar Pradesh in North India. Born

on 10.10.1988, as the sixth child of a poor farmer, Javwad has an elder brother, who is also a

farmer; four elder sisters, who are all married and settled; and four younger siblings – a brother

and three sisters, all students. Despite the poor background, his parents have ensured that all

the children are well educated.

Javwad suffered a polio attack when he was barely one year old. Till the age of twelve, he

could neither stand nor walk. The parents brought him to Mumbai to undergo surgery at this

point. After a prolonged treatment, Javwad began to walk – despite a limp – to the joy of his

whole family.

He finished schooling from Maulana Hasrat Mohani School and Junior College from KNPN

Inter College in Maurawan. Later, he did his B.A. Political Science from Kanpur University. All

his education was in Hindi medium. It was while looking for a job in Mumbai, did Javwad

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realise the need for computer education. No one was ready to give him work despite his being

a graduate, unless he knew how to operate a computer.

That’s how he got to study MS Office at NASEOH. While here, he had applied to NASEOH to

be provided free lunch as he couldn’t afford to pay for his own. He also completed the course

successfully in the first attempt itself. With the help of some of the employees of NASEOH,

Javwad found a job at a restaurant in Govandi, doing the billing. He worked there for one and a

half years for a salary of Rs. 5000. The hardworking Javwad didn’t mind the long hours and

seven-day job. But what irked was that he couldn’t get leave even during festivals. He had to

slog all 365 days in a year. Even taking one day’s leave cost him a salary cut. Then there was

the issue of returning home late at night. Hooligans used to get into the train compartment for

the disabled and create trouble. Javwad was in fear every evening till he reached home.

Luckily for him, Javwad managed to get a job at a transport company at Masjid Bunder,

because of his computer skills. He prefers the timings here while he gets Sundays off. The

company also provides him with a railway pass from Wadala to Masjid Bunder and back.

Javwad lives in Antop Hill, Wadala, along with four other friends. Together, they pay a rent of

Rs. 4000. Electricity bill, water bill, provisions and other personal expenses come to Rs. 4500

for Javwad. He is still able to send some money back home on a monthly basis.

Even while Javwad’s disability is only physical, many times, employers tend to treat such

people with disrespect, putting pressure on them. He faced many such issues during his job at

the restaurant.

Javwad is happy that he is treated with respect by his present transport company employers

and hopes to do very well here.

Javwad is truly grateful to NASEOH, not just for giving him computer knowledge, but also the

mental support he needed to land a job. Even today, NASEOH and it’s employees are a part of

his support system.”

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Kalpesh Krishnaji Bangar

“Kalpesh was born on August 14, 1993 and he suffers from 100% hearing loss and also has

trouble speaking. Despite his disability, Kalpesh managed to complete studies till Std. IX. After

that, he decided to get vocational training at the Tailoring Unit in NASEOH. This is where he

learned cutting and stitching of shirts as well as making jute purses, bags and belts.

After successfully completing this six-month certified course, Kalpesh managed to secure a job

at an industrial unit in Andheri where he does what he’s good at – cutting and stitching jute

bags. Kalpesh is happy to earn a salary of Rs. 8,000 per month.He lives along with his

policeman father, housewife mother and two brothers in Ghatkopar.

Kalpesh is happy with his job and feels grateful to NASEOH for training him for it and helping

him get the job via their placement cell. “

We acknowledge the substantial financial support received from Bank of America and

S.H.Kelkar & Co. Ltd. (KEVA) with deep gratitude, which helped us to strengthen and improve

the quality of intervention of Vocational Capacity Building of disabled youth.

EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME GENERATION SUPPORT

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a) Open Employment: The efforts to scale up the open employment in the private sector continued with sustained

focus through the year. The creation of interactive platforms and opportunities to bring the job

aspirants and prospective employers was intensified. A large scale job fair was organized in

December 2015 where around 800 job aspirants across disabilities and 35 employers came

face to face which resulted in actual employment to more than 152 persons.

The details of open placement during the year are as follows:

Company Name Profile Disability Total Numbers

Euroable, TCS, Rich Feel, Infoline Pvt Ltd, Airtel Pace Celluars, Syntel, Aegis, Child Vision Foundation, HGS

BPO – Customer Service Representative, Customer Service Executive

OH, LV 166

Youth4jobs Foundation Centre Incharge, Multiple Sclerosis

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Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd - (Max Retail Division)

Sales Associate MR, OH 11

The Baker’s Dozen Wadala Office boy, helper, cleaner

MR, SL, OH 5

SCORP Enterprise Outsourcing Pvt. Ltd

Paginator HI, OH, Mental Illness

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ISS Facility Services, Equator Property Management Services, PC & M Services

Housekeeper MR 20

Aromatan Cosmetics pvt ltd Peckers MR 1 Magic Bus Foundation Trainer Low Vision 1

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Intridea Typist, Data Entry Operator

OH 2

L & T Infotech MIS Coordinator Burn 1 Chai Pe Charcha Delivery Executive HI 2 Green Peace Fund Raiser OH 1 Miti Pvt Ltd, Kalpataru, RBL Bank Office Administrator OH 12 Mirchi and Mime Guest Service

Associate HI 4

Verbal Surgical Pvt ltd Mechanic OH 3 Tata AIG Life Financial Advisor OH 28 Securens, Finance, IT OH 2 Sight Savers International Tele Callers VI 7 Shalibhadra Creations Pvt. Ltd. Sewing Machine

Operator OH 3

Total 283

Perhaps the following stories explain this effort more clearly:

Nazim Abdul Majid Dhenkar

“My name is Nazim Abdul Majid Dhenkar. I belong to Khed in Ratnagiri district. I have been

physically disabled (Cerebral Palsy - 60%) since birth; I was unable to get polio doses when I

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was young. Currently my age is 25 yrs and I am under medications. Two years ago I stopped

taking medicine prescribed by doctor due to which problem aggravated and my body started

shivering all the time. After taking medicines again the problem has reduced to a certain

extent. I am a graduate in B.A and also have done my post graduation. I was successfully able

to complete my education last year with full support from my family.

I have 3 siblings – 2 brothers and 1 sister. My sister is also physically disabled as she has

difficulties in movement. Out of my brothers one of them has physical disability as well. My

younger brother is a civil engineer in a company. My family has been extremely supportive

through all the difficulties which I have faced in life.

I got an opportunity to appear for an interview during Job Fair, 2015 organized by NASEOH.

Unfortunately I didn’t got shortlisted. After the Job Fair I have been in touch with Mr.

Mahammadhusen, Placement Officer for further job openings. He guided me all the times and

then I had appeared for the Customer Service Representative post at Euroable, Chembur and

got selected. Now I have completed 2 months training and attending inbound calls. I have

enrolled for a typing course and whenever I faced any difficulty my team leader is there to

support and help me out. I managed to stay at Community dormitory at Sandhurst Road in

Mumbai. I am deeply grateful for the support provided by NASEOH. “

Archana Gaikwad

“Born on March 17, 1979, Archana Gaikwad hails from a poor family of seven members

including herself. Her father had lost his job around twenty-five years back and never went to

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work after that. Her mother works as a maid in a few houses and has single-handedly provided

for Archana and her three siblings. Her elder brother has completed his graduation and is in

service while her younger brother has given his Std. XII exams and is awaiting results. A

younger sister has completed Std. X and is at home nowadays. The seven of them live in

Siddharth Colony, Chembur.

Archana is a victim of polio and her mother discovered this only when she began to walk.

Though Archana cannot recall the exact experience, it was her mother who gave her the

requisite treatment to help her improve her walk.

Archana came to train at NASEOH for MS Office, BPO Training and Typing I 2005-06. She

succeeded in all the above courses and got a job with Reliance Customer Care BPO through

NASEOH’s placement cell. She worked at Airoli from 7 am to 5.30 pm for a monthly salary of

Rs. 7,000. She also managed to make some extra cash doing overtime.

Archana quit her job after a year and a half and went back to do a Para Professional course

from St. Pius College in Goregaon. Her classes were from 3-6 pm on Saturdays and 8 am-6

pm on Sundays. After a six-month certification course, Archana was selected to work with the

BMC, for social work in Chembur, doing counseling.

Monday, Tuesday & Thursday: She works form the Chembur M(W) ward of BMC

Wednesday & Friday: She meets the poor people in the different areas of Chembur and

keeps them informed about all the facilities BMC offers to them, free of cost. She also helps

bring this information to the handicapped. After finding out their needs, she helps them co-

ordinate with the right departments and ensures that the facilities actually reach the public.

Saturday: This day is set aside for paperwork and filing.

Earning a salary of Rs. 14,000 per month, Archana is very happy that she’s able to help all

those she is able to, while leading a respectable life, despite her disability.

She’s also extremely grateful to the staff at NASEOH for all their help and support. “

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NASEOH is grateful to the corporates and institutions for partnering with us and helping us to

enhance the impact of this much needed intervention of providing gainful employment to the

people with disabilities.

b) Self Employment:

The monitoring, regulating and mentoring of the public call offices operating throughout

Mumbai continued. The vulnerable operators were supported to strengthen their income

generation capabilities through provision for replacement of their dilapidated structures and the

seed money to enhance their product range.

Through the year 16 needy operators were supported by new booths and 21 persons were

provided with seed money.

Ward wise details:

Area Provision of New booths

Seed Capital Total

N ward 4 4 8 S ward 3 3 6 M/W ward - 4 4 T ward 2 2 4 M/E ward 3 4 7 H/E ward 1 1 2 L ward 1 1 2 P/S ward 1 1 2 P/N ward 1 1 2 Total 16 21 37 c)Supported employment : A collaborative effort which was initiated in 2011 in partnership with Eureka Forbes Ltd. with

the creation of EURABLE, a domestic call center exclusively employing persons with

disabilities has successfully completed 5 years of its operation. The facility which was started

with 35 employees has now employing more than 100 person with disabilities.

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NASEOH acknowledges and appreciates the vision, involvement and execution of this path

breaking initiative by Eureka Forbes.

COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION OF THE RURAL DISABLED

Karjat Tehsil, Ahmednagar District.

NASEOH has successfully completed the desired interventions through the community based

project in Karjat Tehsil of Ahmednagar district and all the following objectives of the project

have been met.

Objectives

To ascertain the prevalence of disability in the project area.

To broadly enquire into the socio-economic status of the disabled.

To provide mobility aids to the disabled.

To provide vocational training opportunities to selected disabled in the age group of 18-

35 years.

To bring awareness and attitudinal changes in the family members towards disability

and disabled persons.

To create a cadre of multipurpose CBR workers with basic skills of disability

management.

To work as referral agency.

To assist the disabled in setting up their self-employment program.

To follow up.

Impact

The project has successfully impacted the disabled population in the Tehsil. The biggest social

impact has been the improved self-esteem of the beneficiaries through the income generation

options provided to the majority of the identified disabled in the age group of 16 to 40 years.

The improved income generation capacity of the target group has resulted in changed positive

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attitude of the families leading to the changed perception of the communities and the society.

The biggest gain of the project has been the improved organizational capacity of the

beneficiaries through the formation of 36 self-help group in Tehsil and creation of a federation

of disabled at the Tehsil level to sustain and carry forward the program.

NASEOH has decided to conclude this project and initiate a similar program in another tehsil –

Pathardi of Ahmednagar district in the coming year.

SOCIAL, CULTURAL, SPORTS AND RECREATION EVENTS Student trainees at the Vocational Training Centre were encouraged and facilitated to

participate in various socio-cultural and sports activities, few of them are listed below:

Visit to Vidyavihar Traffic Park to equip the trainees with the basic traffic rules.

Jugglery show for our trainees & staff .

Trainees participated in a group dance competition organized by Lions Club of North

Bombay and won the first prize.

Celebrated Dasara, Raksha bandhan, Diwali and Christmas for students , trainees & staff.

Open Houses NASEOH organized various talks for creating awareness among trainees and parents

covering the following areas :

1) Personal Hygiene

2) HIV / Aids awareness

3) Disability Rights

4) Importance of Independence day

5) Ill-effect of tobacco chewing

6) Sex Education

International Day of Yoga

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United Nations has recognized and declared 21st June as international Yoga Day. NASEOH

conducted a yoga session including all the students, trainees and staff on the occasion. Mrs.

Sonia Bellani a yoga expert conducted the session. Apart from this, the trainees were asked to

write a short essay on the importance of yoga for healthy living; yoga continues to be taught to

the group of trainees every week.

Social Justice day

On 26th June as part of Social Justice Day. We conducted the session for trainees , on the

importance of social justice and their rights and how to access these rights

Navy Day

32 trainees and 6 staff visited INS Shikra on the occasion of Navy day celebration, on the

invitation of Indian Navy.

International Day for the Persons with Disabilities : On 3rd December, on the occasion of International day for person with disabilities our

trainees and staff of Vocational Training Centre participated in various sports events

conducted by District Social Welfare Office, Mumbai Suburban District at Goregaon Sports

Club.

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NASEOH trainees won the following medals at the meet:

1. Vishal Kasekar - Shot put 1st

2. Rohit Dharne - Shot put 2nd

3. Namdeo Gawalwad - 200 mtr running 3rd

4. Harendra Gaur - 400 mtr running 3rd

5. Furqan Qureshi - 100 mtr running 3rd

6. Kavita mane 200 mtr running 1st

7 Fiona Vakil - 100 mtr running 2nd

NASEOH also received March Past Trophy for special efforts.

Awareness :

NASEOH in co-ordination with Pratham organised awareness talk about the activities

of NASEOH and different schemes and concession of Government for persons with

disabilities, in Shivaji Nagar, Govandi.

Picnic

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NASEOH organized a picnic to Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Panvel on 05.02.2016 for all

trainees, students and staff. This was an occasion for everyone to unwind themself in

the lap of nature.

Sensitization Programme To create awareness and sensitize the school children to the issue of disability, a outreach

campaign was taken up in following schools.

1) B. D. Shukla High School, Chembur

2) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar High School, Chembur

3) Saraswati Vidyalaya

4) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jr. College.

Motivation and Inspiration was provided to the students with screening of films like

PRERNA and YELLOW.

Field Placement of Students

Students from Colleges and Institutions of social work studies were placed with us for their

field training through the year as detailed below :

Name of the Institute Department Number of students

Tata Institute of Social Sciences Social Work 5

Tata Institute of Social Sciences Health Administration 2

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Tata Institute of Social Sciences Center for lifelong learning

1

SNDT University Social Work 2

Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth Social Work 4

Swami Vivekanand College, Chembur N.S.S 55

ST. Xaviers’ College , Mumbai Social Involvement Program

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Appreciation And Awards

NASEOH, during Diwali celebration recognizes Best Child and Best Trainee from each unit

whose over all progress has been outstanding. This year the following students received the

Best Student appreciations of the year.

1. Mst. Shahid R. Khan - Falguni Learning Centre (Integrated)

2. Ms. Sakshi S. Yelve - Falguni Learning Centre

3. Mr. Mannuel S. Marian - Tailoring

4. Ms. Manisha H. Agavane - Computer

5 Ms. Chhaya J. Kale - Bakery & Confectionery

6. Ms. Reena K. Sonawane - Assembly

7. Mr. Kedar L. Chavan - Ceramic

8. Mr. Ajay V. Kamble - Welding & Fabrication

9. Mr. Sameer Khan - Garden

Corporate Employee Engagement Programs.

Continuing with our efforts to sensitize corporate employees, by engaging them hands-on in

our various capacity building processes at NASEOH, we had following Corporates visiting us

for orientation and volunteering engagements during the year.

1. Bank of America

2. L’Oreal India Pvt. Ltd.

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3. Delloitte USA

4. Godrej Boyce Mfg. co. Ltd.

These were the occasions where employees at various levels had an opportunity to look

closely at the other face of life and empathise with NASEOH students and trainees. We thank

these corporates for these initiatives which helped their employees to change their

perspectives on disability.

Net Working

NASEOH networked extensively with several professional facilitating groups and forums like

Credibility Alliance, Give India, United Way of Mumbai and Many others which added value to

our efforts, initiatives and fund mobilisation in a big way. We remain grateful to these agencies

for their support, guidance and co-ordination.

FOUNDATION DAY & ANNUAL AWARDS OF NASEOH

“FOUNDATION DAY” was observed on 9th December. On this befitting occasion, annual

awards, recognizing the contributions of eminent individuals and institutions across India in the

field of disability were presented at the hands of , Dr. Ramnik Parekh, eminent practitioner of

family and occupational health and Dr. Jyoti Parekh .

(a) Professional Services : Dr. Vivek Vasudev Pai ,director of Bombay Leprosy Project ,

Mumbai received Late Shri N.D. Diwan Memorial Award for his dedicated services to the field

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of Rehabilitation of persons with disabilities and his outstanding achievements as a

professional of highest order.

(b) Voluntary Services : Dr. Ghanshyam Das Singhal, Honorary Secretary of M.P.Welfare

Association for the Blind, Indore was awarded Shri.B.J. Modi Foundation Award for his

outstanding achievements and magnificent contribution to the cause of disabled as a social

worker.

(c) Outstanding Services of an Institution: Shri B.D.Tatti (A) Memorial Charitable Trust,

Gadag, Karnataka was awarded Sulakshana Ram Janam Pandey Award.

(d) Recognition of Male and Female Disabled Achievers

(i)Late Shri Kailashpat Singhania Award (Male) was awarded to Dr. Sudhir Rajaram Deore, a

Polio affected Orthopedically disabled from Nasik, Maharashtra for his achievement in spite

of severe disabilities.

(ii) Late Smt.Sunitidevi Kailashpat Singhania Award (Female) was awarded to Mrs. Chanda

Kale, a person affected with polio paralysis of both lower extremities from Nagpur,

Maharashtra for her inspirational achievements overcoming her physical disabilities and acute

poeverty with sheer will power .

(e) Recognition of Special Educator: Late Smt.Nandini P. Divatia Award was conferred on

Mr. Santosh Khandke a Special Educator with Santacruz East Municipal Special School for

Mentally Retarded.

(f) Recognition of Outstanding Employees : Shri. Lalji Mehrotra Foundation Award for

Excellence were presented to

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(i) Mr. Bihari Naik, a visual impaired working as an Administrator with Orissa Association for

the Blind , Bhubaneswar .

(ii) Ms. Shubhalaxmi Hariharan Iyer, a Speech and Hearing Impaired working as Process

Associate at Aegis Ltd., Mumbai.

(iii) Ms. Padma Bhalagamiya , a Orthopedically Disabled working as a Computer Instructor at

Shree K.L.Institue for the Deaf, Bhavnagar

(g) Recognition of Mentally Challenged Employees : Kum Vasanti B. Modi Memorial Award

was presented to Mr. T. Vivek Vaidya a Mentally Challenged employed with Ganesh Food

Products, Bangalore.

(h) Outstanding Employer Award : Pravara Medical Trust, Loni , Ahmednagar received Late

Shri Vijay Merchant Memorial Award for employing large number of disabled of various

categories.

HONORING THE COMITTED CONTRIBUTION

Dr.(Ms.) Yashuben Mehta who has been the pillar of strength at NASEOH with her committed

concrete contribution in initiating, planning and executing the early intervention program for the

children with special needs for over 25 years was felicitated on the occasion of foundation day

with rich tributes.

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FUND RAISING :

I) School Collection Drive :

NASEOH has been launching awareness and fund raising campaigns in the schools Collection

Emperor / Empress, King / Queen and Prince / Princess. This campaign not only generates

funds for NASEOH but also spreads awareness about NASEOH’s activities amongst these

children who collect funds and as well as donors who contribute to the organization.

This year 19 schools participated in this competition. Crowning ceremony of children and

presentation of shields to schools were held at the hands of Ms. Kunickaa Sadanand, the well-

known actress. NASEOH appreciates deeply the involvement of schools, principals, teachers

and students and their support to the activities of NASEOH.

Following are the details of Collection:

Sr. No. Name of the School Amount

1 Swami Vivekanand High School, Chembur 208,399

2 J.H. Ambani School, Lodhivali 134,569

3 St. Mary's Eng. School, Dombivali 122,420

4 S. V. D. D. Eng. Med. High School, Ghatkopar 120,535

5 B.E.S Eng. High School, Bhandup 70,446

6 P.G.Garodia High School ICSE , Ghatkopar 68,143

7 Manjunath Vidyalaya Eng. Med., Dombivali 64,491

8 Smt. M.D.Bhatia Eng. Medium School, Ghatkopar 61,169

9 Shardashram Vidyamandir English High School, Dadar 56,746

10 V.E.S. College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Chembur 37,475

11 Lilavati Lalji Dayal High School, Khetwadi, Mumbai 32,916

12 Oberoi International School, Goregaon 31,000

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13 Sardar Vallabbhai Patel School, Dahisar 23,995

14 Manjunath Vidyalaya Kanada Medium Dombivali 21,450

15 Nalanda Academy, Borivali 15,995

16 Vidya Mandir, Dahisar 10,550

17 Mahatma Education Society's Marathi High School Chembur 5,364

18 Mahatma Education Society's English High School Chembur 5,000

19 Doris Saldanah (donation) 10,000

20 Jai Bhagwan College of Education & Research, Vithawa 2,184

Total 1,102,847

Children crowned under various competitions were as under:

Collection Emperor:

Mst. Sidhaant Aneel Murarka of Oberoi International School, Goregaon, was crowned as

Collection Emperor.

Collection Prince:

Mast. Krish Jain of Swami Vivekanand High School, Chembur and Mast. Ronak Laddha of St.

Mary’s English School, Dombivali were crowned as Collection Prince.

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Collection Princess:

Ms. Arna Patil of Swami Vivekanand High School, Chembur was crowned as Collection

Princess.

ii) Mumbai Marathon:

Team NASEOH participated at the Mumbai Marathon on 17th January 2016 with the usual

vigor and enthusiasm; It was an occasion for joy with purpose for all participants. Many

employees from our corporate partner S. H. Kelkar & Co. Ltd. (KEVA) joined TEAM NASEOH

in expression of their support and solidarity. The participation comprised of the following

categories.

Half Marathon : 6

Dream Run : 39

Champion with disabilities: 10

The participation of team NASEOH was supported by many corporates, institutions and

individuals like Keva, Eureka Forbes, Rotary Club of Bombay Mid-Town, Mrs. Hansa B.

Mehta, Mr. Abbas H. Merchant and many well- wishers. S. H. Kelkar & Co. Ltd. (KEVA)

spearheaded the support by fielding a team of their employees in corporate challenge segment

of the event.

NASEOH could generate a total collection of Rs. 9,20,000/- which helped us to sustain our

Vocational Training Activities partially . NASEOH is grateful to each and everyone for this

support.

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III) Food Fund:

NASEOH continued providing breakfast and milk under food fund scheme to all its

beneficiaries in the premises.

Volunteers’ Support:

We are grateful to the support received from innumerable volunteers in various units

throughout the year. We are particularly grateful for the continued and sustained voluntary

services of Dr. Hemant Patankar, Dr. Vikas Halwai, Dr. Vijaya Lakshmi. Dr. Sapna Ganguly ,

Drs. S. Sahni, Mrs. Nilima A. Abhyankar, Mrs. Shubhda Kulkarni, Mr. Sriram Venkatesh, Mrs.

Brindha Karthikh, Mrs. Visalakshmi Iyer, Mrs. Bhargavi Menon ,Mrs. Sundari Venkatraman,

Mr. Nandakumar Pramod, Ms. Sonia Bellani, Mrs. Vijaya Nadkarni, Mrs. Sangita Mehta, Social

Cell - Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and many others.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Our heartfelt thanks to Government of Maharashtra (Department of Social Welfare),

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Various Partnering Corporates, Funding Organisations,

Philanthropic Organisations, NGOs, Rotary Clubs, Inner Wheel Clubs, Lions Clubs,

Institutional and Individual Donors, Schools & Colleges, Volunteers, Parents and Numerous

well- wishers.