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Roof for the Little Angels: Antyodoy Anath Ashram

Antyodoy Anath Ashram, was built with the efforts of a single individual from the remote locales of Paushi, in Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. It was founded by Balaram Karan, with a single destitute child whom he found at the roadside. With time the number of children grew and he was forced to sell off his property and his belongings to meet the operational costs of running the orphanage. But he was determined to fulfil his vision – to improve the lives of the abandoned children from the most impoverished conditions, in and around Medinipur.

Balaram had taken a leap of faith in starting Antyodoy with his small personal savings and a big dream. Despite limited resources, he continued to take one child after another under his fold and today Antyodoy houses over 100 children.

Antyodoy’s mission is to provide a strong foundation and change the lives of the abandoned children by providing a stable and safe home that nurtures their emotional, physical, and mental well-being. Their goal is to grow the minds and intellect of the young children so they have a bright future and can contribute to their communities. They also fund education for all the children.

The orphanage has helped to improve the lives of all the villagers and many other village children by establishing a school, improving the infrastructure of the village and arranging for regular medical check-up facilities, amongst others. The orphans attend regular school and some of them have also completed higher education. They are also given training for fine arts, yoga, and computers so that they can be vocationally independent later in their lives.

Health in Your Hands - Empowering the Self

With more than 100 million people in India likely to develop diabetes by 2030, this silent killer of a disease has become an epidemic. Doctors are now urging people to make healthy choices so that they can avoid this silent killer. They are encouraging all to eat healthy, be physically active, and avoid excessive weight gain. No other disease or condition places as much responsibility on the patient for daily management and control of a serious illness as diabetes. Even children and adolescents must make multiple daily adjustments to the treatment regimen based on such changing variables as food intake, physical activity and hormone levels.

In order to promote preventive health care with special emphasis on diabetes, we have been setting up regular medical camps at Delhi. These camps offer treatment and equip patients with sufficient and relevant information for them to make proper health decisions, the focus being on empowerment and experiential diabetes education. These free medical camps have been highly beneficial to thousands of patients who have low access to medical treatment.

A Life of Dignity

India is said to have one of the youngest population across the globe. However, the flip side is that the elderly will constitute 20 per cent of the total population in the country by 2050, as per the State of Elderly in India Report 2014.

The underprivileged senior citizens are one of the most vulnerable segments of the community. Gaining access to healthy and affordable food, one of the basic necessity for sustenance, often becomes a challenge for the poor elderly. They lack the financial means and are often neglected by their own family. We, at Gainwell, are trying to provide sustenance and a life of dignity to several elders, through our association with Dignity Foundation by providing basic dry provisions every month to the very poor senior citizens who cannot fend for themselves. The objective is to enable them to lead an active, dignified and healthy life. The elders also get an opportunity to interact with others of their own age group and socio-economic background. The Kolkata-based project not only helps in the sustenance of the elders but also make them self-reliant as they engage in several vocational activities.

Creating a Brighter Future Through Self-Empowerment

A sustainable world can only be achieved with the economic independence of every individual. While population grows, employment opportunities remain limited and of poor quality for young people in rural and semi-urban areas. The underprivileged, rural and semi-urban youth face a whole set of different challenges when seeking employment. They often earn low wages and face unsafe, exploitative working conditions, which force them to migrate to urban areas to look for better opportunities. For rural youth, the creation of decent employment is much more than just a job. It is a life-changing opportunity to build a brighter future through self-empowerment.

We run an Operator Training Institute at our northern integrated facility at Unnati, Greater Noida. The state-of-the-art Training Centre at Unnati houses classrooms, training workshop, training aids of global standard and a demo ground. The objective of this project is to provide requisite skill in operating earthmoving equipment to the underprivileged youth of the society, thereby increasing their employability in the market.

The youth falling under the bracket of workers / Operators are often a victim of exploitation in the form of underpay by their recruiters as they do not have any official recognition of their capability. On successful completion of the program at our training institute, the operators are awarded with a certificate. This acts as an endorsement of their newly acquired skill and in turn enables them to demand the right pay for the right job.