SWABHIMAAN
… AN INITIATIVE BY
Blind People’s Association
What is Swabhimaan?
Swabhimaan started 18 years ago, under the umbrella of BPA.
100 % of the donations made are utilized for the specific cause of the beneficiaries
There are no admin or any other organizational deductions in the donations
What the donor donates is what the beneficiary gets… In kind and not in the form of cash.
Swabhimaan means Self respect.
Specially-abled people especially living in villages and rural areas have extremely limited resources to earn a living and live with dignity.
Swabhimaan seeks to support and make them capable of living with dignity
To achieve the same, we support Self Employment, Life Assistive devices, Medicinal Support & Educational Scholarship, all of these only for the specially abled people.
Why Swabhimaan?
Transparent
Thorough screening
before and after
giving aid
Connect with
beneficiary
The
Helping
Hands
Self Employment Aid
Weighing scales, beauty parlour kits, physiotherapy kits, sewing machines and more to help them become self reliant
Life Assistive Devices
Hearing aids, callipers, CP Chairs, artificial limbs, crutches…To improve quality of life
Medicinal Support
Educational Scholarships
Self employment
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Educational scholarships
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Medicinal support
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Life assistive devices
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Distribution Event
Life Changing Experiences
Nidhi | Age : 14 Years
Nidhi’s life started with a terrible accident. When she was delivered, the doctor dropped her from the operation table on the floor where she hit her head badly causing irreversible damage. In spite of intensive medication and therapy, there wasn't much recovery in Nidhi’s health. For many years she wasn't even able to stand on her own. Her mother came to know about BPA and Swabhimaan from her neighbours and she approached for help. Nidhi was given leg calipers and after many physio sessions and efforts, she can walk by herself
Arav | Age : 10 Years
Born as twins, Arav had a reverse flow of the amniotic fluids due to which he had hypoglycaemia which resulted in his brain damage. Initially, his parents got to know that his left portion of the brain was damaged which affected his right parts of the body. They met many doctors to find a way in which they could bring Arav's life back to normal but his condition worsened by each day. Later even his right portion of the brain got affected and was paralysed. The parents now knew that whatever they do, his condition could not be changed. They focused their efforts to provide some lind of normalcy in his life by trying to make him sit erect and keep his head up to see the world around. This was done by the CP chair given to him from Blind People's Association and Swabhimaan. Now not only does he sits straight and manages to bring his head up, but he is also curious and tries to explore the world around him.
Komal | Age : 12 Years
When Komal was 6 months old, she got a high fever and got fits after which she was admitted to hospital for nearly a month. When she was close to 2 years, her parents realised that she had lost her hearing due to medical treatment. Till the age of 10, she never was able to utter a single word nor was able to understand. Her dad then got to know about Blind Peoples Association and Swabhimaan and applied for her Hearing aids. Now it's more than a year, with the help of the hearing aid and speech therapy, she has now started to call out to people, recognise sounds and respond to her friends and family.
Devyani | Age : 20 Years
Devyani was 100% deaf and mute by birth. She was the eldest daughter in her family and her parents always worried about her future. She was a bright girl, but due to financial conditions, she could only study till 8th grade. Devyani was always passionate about learning new things and wanted to do something for herself and help her family too. She then took training for becoming a beautician from Blind People's Association after which she wished to start her own beauty parlour business. She approached Swabhimaan and applied for a beauty parlour kit that would have all the essentials of starting her new venture. Her application was approved after which there was no looking back...
Beneficiaries for 2021-22
Self employment
Rs 42,85,000
Medicinal support
Rs 9,80,000
Educational scholarship
Rs 4,35,000
Life assistive devices
Rs 31,20,000
" I can’t change the direction of the wind,
but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. "
Connect with Swabhimaan…
www.myswabhimaan.org
Call us / WhatsApp us to +91 9824032164.
Email : info@myswabhimaan.org
www.myswabhimaan.org
Call us / WhatsApp us to +91 9824032164.
Email : info@myswabhimaan.org