Present Projects

Anekal Community Project
Assam Leprosy Project

Projects We Supported

WE CARE

St.Antony’s Friary ,#85 Hosur Rd,Bangalore ,
Phone: +91 9844030002,
Email: wecare@rediffmail.com
web: http://www.wecaretrust.org
We Care is a public charitable trust, registered in Bangalore, India, on 30th January 1999. We are a secular, non-governmental, non-political and non-religious trust. Our benefactors and beneficiaries include people without discrimination of religion, race, caste, language, gender or colour. We associate ourselves with individuals and associations of people of goodwill.
We Care was born of true love and concern of the poor during the 75th birthday of its founder Mrs Theresa D Souza in 1999. It was her way of showing gratitude for the innumerable blessings of God. Observing the woes of the vast multitude of poor, the impoverished and thousands of children living the life of deprivation, she established a charitable trust under the name. With the express intent of ensuring that every poor child would receive primary education and become literate, We Care provides financial assistance to children for all their schooling needs. In the logical step ahead, it also extends financial assistance to young boys and girls to pursue vocational education.
The project has started a nursery school to support the education of poor children and has also initiated a program of mid day meals for school children from poor families. Apart from its project head quarters in Bangalore, We care also has a program for providing meals to over thirty tribal school girls in a remote village in Bihar.

SUMANAHALLI

Vishwanadaadhan, Magadi Road, Bangalore
Phone: 08023485317
Email: director@sumanahalli.net
www.sumanahalli.net
Started at the request of the then Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri Devaraj Urs . A project of the Archdiocese of Bangalore since 1977, involving several religious congregations and laypersons, the sumanahalli is involved with all aspects of leprosy care like Survey, early detection through Survey, Health Education, Treatment, and Vocational training C.B.R for other disability and Reaching out to the whole of South India. The first batch of patients was received in March 1978 after a detailed Medico-social Evaluation Survey .Educational programme for children and the adults started in 1986.Training sections were opened to offer training to cured persons in 1985.Ave Maria Home for the residential programme was constructed in 1995.CBR Project for the other Disabilities in2003.Garment Unit started in 2005.New school building in 2006.
Main Activities: Identifying new cases of leprosy & People with disabilities through household, school and community surveys. Creating awareness about leprosy and disabilities and Disabled persons through educational programmes based in schools, community and institutions- Those affected by Leprosy and Disabilities without any distinction of age, sex, religion, caste or social status. Priority is given to those from the project area allotted to it. Their children and other family members can benefit at least from certain aspects of the project like education and job opportunities. Selected People were given vocational training and Job opportunities in the Center. Giving Health Education to the patients/family members/community through talks, discussions and audiovisuals. Conducting orientation program to the staff at PHC level .

St.Catald

Tiruvur, Assisi Seva Sadan, Krishna Dist, AndraPradesh
Phone:+91 8673252526,
Email: asmitvr@yahoo.com
The Project carries out operations for NLEP, CBR for a population of about 171000. Major activities are leprosy related case finding, treatment, disability limitation and rehabilitation ,collaboration with other N.G.Os &G.Os.2954 total cases of leprosy detected & treated so far by the project.Self esteem of the PWDs increased.246 disabled children are admitted to inclusive education and 89 to special education.37 PWD’s (polio and clubfoot cases) had surgical correction.85 PWD students are being supported financially for the studies.Three disabled youngsters completed the professional studies by the financial support of the center and two of them are doing their job and 98 PWDs are being supported financially for their studies

ORBIT

N.H.09,Humnabad, Bidar,
Karnataka.
Phone:   +91 8483271032,
Email: orbit93@rediffmail.com
Bidar, 5,000 disabled in the district, ORBIT is in touch with more than 22,000 disabled people.to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of the PWDs, with particular attention to the children, through the development of a CBR program. In specific to promote the social inclusion of PWDs in four Taluks of the District of Bidar The direct beneficiaries are the PWDs in the Bidar district, with particular attention to children with disability. Their families and the community are the indirect beneficiaries.Share this:

S.R.M.A.B.

Shree Ramana Mahanshl Academy of Blind.
3rd Cross ,3P, J.P.Nagar, Bangalore.
Phone: +91 9242446695,
Email: mail@srmab.org.in
www.srmab.org.in

A decade of partnership with AIFO, started with the visit of Dr. Daisy, Dr. Ekambaram, Dr. Sunil & Dr. Jose, Who witnessed the institution and rural based programs of Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind® (SRMAB) which aimed at providing education, vocational training and livelihood empowerment support to children and adults with disabilities (PWD’s) since 1969.

AIFO’s visionaries, during their various visits to the rural rehabilitation programs, identified that persons affected with leprosy and leprosy affected disabilities were not addressed. Thus, developed  a partnership with SRMAB, resulting in:

Malavalli Community Based Rehabilitation: since 1997

SRMAB in association with AIFO since 1997 extended the CBR programme in Mandya & Malavalli Taluk (sub division), of Halagur Hobli. The program started with 30 villages. Which was gradually extended over the next 5 years to the entire Malavalli Tq, to work with all the categories of persons with disabilities.Focusing on developing “a community participation and inclusion of persons with Leprosy and leprosy cured disabilities”.

4 more blocks (Ramanagar and Channapatna Tq’s of Ramanagara Dist, Maddur & K R Pet Tq’s of Mandya Dist) were included to address the 5 matrix of CBR (health, education, livelihood, social and empowerment) as defined in the CBR Matrix.Currently the project works in 1202 villages covering a disabled population of 11,248 (Disabilities due to leprosy, Visual Impairment, Convulsion, Learning disability, Speech and hearing, Multiple disability, Movement disability, Disabilities due to Mental Illness)

The project work towards empowering 5 DPO’s, 110 SHG’s, local government such as Grama Panchayath CBR and Sarva Shiska Abhiyana (education for all) programs of government, The 5 components of CBR – health, education, skill training, economic empowerment and right based social inclusion reflects in the daily lives of PWD’s & PAL’s associated with the project services.During 2004 -2005 a Mid-term evaluation of the CBR programs was under taken by ‘Independent Consultants. And based on their recommendation, a 5 year activity plan was designed ‘with the objective of ‘developing a aware participatory community of people with disabilities and their families’ who address their issues locally.

S-PARK/CBR research initiative on impact of CBR in a district in south of India:

Dr. Sunil Deepak, Head of Medical & Scientific department AIFO (ITALY) is the Global Coordinator assisted by Dr. Jayanth Kumar (National Coordinator) and their dedicated team, have embarked on a research initiative, which focuses on impact of 10 years of Malavalli CBR activities in district with 1.8 million population and 22,000 persons with disabilities benefiting from those activities. This research is part of joint work plan between Disability & Rehabilitation team of World Health Organisation (WHO/DAR) and AIFO/Italy.

The research has three components –

(1) a quantitative research:

(2) an emancipatory research

(3) Pilot integration of emancipatory research methodology in the CBR projects.

The third phase of S-PARK/CBR has started in May 2011. This phase of the research is focusing on “introduction of emancipatory research in routine CBR activities”. Dr. Maya Thomas is the scientific adviser for this phase and is supporting the research team as well as the staff of two CBR implementers (MOB and SRMAB).

NAYEE ASHA

Daurala, Meerut, U.P.,
Phone: +91 9760447778,
Email: info@nayeeasha.org
www.nayeeasha.org

Nayee Asha, which, translated in English, means “New Hope”, is located in Kheri village, a lonely outpost in the district of Daurala, Meerut, a satellite township of New Delhi, the Capital of India. Father KJ Anthony is the Director of the Nayee Asha School and Hostel. With the assistance of 13 semi-voluntary teachers, unsparing efforts are made to achieve the goals of the institution that were set out at the time of its inception.

In 1985 Nayee Asha was registered as a charitable society. It’s primary aim was to be part of the country-wide effort to eradicate leprosy from India and to rehabilitate the victims of the disease along with their children.

In 1986 Nayee Asha commenced a State-wide leprosy eradication program in Western Uttar Pradesh.

In 1987, funded by Kindermissionwerk Germany, the Nayee Asha Society put up a school and hostel for the children of leprosy patients who were being treated in the Nayee Asha Leprosy Hospital. The hostel started out life with about 50 children. In the course of the intervening years, more and more such children have found refuge within the portals of Nayee Asha.

In 2001 Government of India declared leprosy to be eradicated from India as per World Health Organisation guidelines.  Freshly discovered cases of leprosy were thereafter referred for treatment to the nearest government primary health centre.  The Nayee Asha leprosy hospital closed down, leaving the Society free to focus its full attention on the serious business of educating (with the goal of rehabilitating) the children of leprosy patients who were in its care.

Today there are approximately 300 children, with the numbers steadily increasing. Approximately ten children appear for the Class X Board Examinations each year out of which at least 70% achieve a successful result. A small number of them some go on for further studies.

Nayee Asha, which, translated in English, means “New Hope”, is located in Kheri village, a lonely outpost in the district of Daurala, Meerut, a satellite township of New Delhi, the Capital of India. Father KJ Anthony is the Director of the Nayee Asha School and Hostel. With the assistance of 13 semi-voluntary teachers, unsparing efforts are made to achieve the goals of the institution that were set out at the time of its inception.

In 1985 Nayee Asha was registered as a charitable society. It’s primary aim was to be part of the country-wide effort to eradicate leprosy from India and to rehabilitate the victims of the disease along with their children.

In 1986 Nayee Asha commenced a State-wide leprosy eradication program in Western Uttar Pradesh.

In 1987, funded by Kindermissionwerk Germany, the Nayee Asha Society put up a school and hostel for the children of leprosy patients who were being treated in the Nayee Asha Leprosy Hospital. The hostel started out life with about 50 children. In the course of the intervening years, more and more such children have found refuge within the portals of Nayee Asha.

In 2001 Government of India declared leprosy to be eradicated from India as per World Health Organisation guidelines.  Freshly discovered cases of leprosy were thereafter referred for treatment to the nearest government primary health centre.  The Nayee Asha leprosy hospital closed down, leaving the Society free to focus its full attention on the serious business of educating (with the goal of rehabilitating) the children of leprosy patients who were in its care.

Today there are approximately 300 children, with the numbers steadily increasing. Approximately ten children appear for the Class X Board Examinations each year out of which at least 70% achieve a successful result. A small number of them some go on for further studies.