The livelihood opportunities for octogenarian Shantabai Balu Pawar got stalled due to COVID-19 led lockdown. A resident of Gosavi, Hadapsar in Pune, she restarted to perform on the streets during the lockdown and soon turned into an internet sensation.
The staff of the Foundation provided required information on scheme and sought her help to in the awareness promotion. The social media tagged her as “Warrior Aaji” as she twirled her sticks “lathi kathi” with unusual dexterity to create awareness on benefits of various government welfare schemes. like Pradhan Mantri Aarogya Bima Yojana and other schemes.
Two brothers’ journey from a child care institute to a foster family
India is home to 20 million orphans with only 611 orphanages to accommodate this ever-increasing number. Samaj Suraksha Sankul, a public-private partnership (PPP) between Deepak Foundation and Dept. of Social Justice and Empowerment, is home to more than 150 such children. Sankul facilitated Gujarat’s first ever foster care case, where a 14 years old orphan was taken into foster care by one of Deepak Foundation’s team member.
Foster care is a family based non-institutional child care program that provides substitute care for children who are abandoned….
Hailing from Anjar Bhuj, Gujarat, Naki Rabari completed her graduation from GMN Nursing College in Lakhond Bhuj in 2017.
11-year-old Sameer Rathodiya (name changed), native of Por village, Vadodara district has been addicted to tobacco chewing ever since he was 5-year-old.
Premilaben Damor from Panchmahudi, Bhiloda. In 2007 she joined as an ASHA worker.
She has faced many ups and downs as an ASHA worker in her village but still she did not lose hope and continued working as an ASHA worker. She has proved, that humanity and compassion still prevails, irrespective of the gender or any other social barriers.
Aniket Patni student of Sankul School and Resource Center won 1 st price in under 17 chess competition at Chennai Fide Rating National Level Chess Tournament for visually impaired . The tournament was organized by Tamilnadu Braille Chess Association from 27 th Dec to 31 st Dec2019. Aniket played total 9 rounds in which he won by 5.5 points with highest rating. Total 180 visually impaired from all over India participated in which 100 were rated player from India. Now after winning this tournament Aniket has open the doors for him to play international level tournaments.
Five-year-old Anita(name changed) was diagnosed with heart murmur during one of the health checkup camps conducted by Deepak foundation in Balwadi in Pune, Maharashtra. Deepak Foundation extended support and financial assistance to the parents. The doctor counselled her mother for referral visit to Budhrani Hospital. Post diagnosis tests, two holes in the heart was confirmed. Budhrani Hospital Trust waived off the costs Rs 4.5 lakh under various government schemes and private aids. When she was admitted to the hospital for surgery, the pre-operative angiography revealed the critical condition of the patient. As a result of post-surgery complications, Anushka developed kidney infection. With constant follow up and counselling from Foundation’s staff, Anita is recovering.
Rural women are key agents for achieving the transformational economic, environmental, and social changes required for sustainable development. In the remote locations of Chhota Udepur district, with the social, technological, and economical inclusion of rural, tribal women are carving a new identity by using purposeful design of activities and institutional support. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) has supported Deepak Foundation to undertake a project on building the capacity of tribal women farmers. This project is designed to include women in mainstream knowledge system, skills system, technological system, market sphere and thus contribute to a sustainable livelihood.
Fahima(name changed) former student of the Home Health Aide course hails from an economically weak section in Chintal, Hyderabad in Telangana. She had been subjected to domestic violence in her married life since her spouse was a compulsive alcoholic. She also survived a suicide attempt. She later joined the Home Health Aide course and got successfully placed at the Raghavendra Hospital with a promising package as paramedical staff.
The Foundation has progressed over the period into a leading non-profit civil society. With a Pan-India presence, it has branch offices in Pune, Roha, Palghar and Aurangabad in Maharashtra, Hyderabad in Telengana, Dumri, Arki, Kuchai and Madhuban in Jharkhand, and New Delhi.
According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis or TB remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers as each day, over 4,100 people lose their lives to it and close to 28,000 people fall ill with this preventable and curable disease. It is the 13th leading cause of death and the second leading infectious killer after Covid-19 (above HIV/AIDS) and is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that most often affect the lungs. About one-quarter of the world’s population has a TB infection, which means people have been infected by TB bacteria but are not (yet) ill with the disease and cannot transmit it.
Deepak Foundation is partnering with various governments and corporates to achieve the target of elimination of TB by the year 2025. The Foundation is working as a Patient Provider Support Agency (PPSA) partner to Government of Madhya Pradesh, providing its services in 21 districts of the three divisions of Gwalior, Sagar and Jabalpur. The Foundation is also operationalizing Designated Microscopy Centres in Jharkhand. The Foundation is working with various corporates in screening and case finding activities across various states.
