Asha Ka Jharna

IMPACT & ACHIEVEMENTS SO FAR • Regular ongoing special education, training and therapeutics services to around 200 special need children and their families every year since 1997. More than 5000 children with disabilities have been regularly served by the organisation. • Accessibility and Inclusion made possible to more than 1000 beneficiaries through disability certificates, assistive devices, aids & appliances, polio corrective surgeries. • Free distribution of high quality behind the ear hearing aids to 669 children across the surrounding region. • Community counselling services to more than 5000 persons. • Massive school/college awareness programmes on disability in the Shekhawati area. 50000 school students and teachers covered. • Formal Training courses in association with Indira Gandhi National Open University New Delhi delivered to 360 Govt teachers and 80 parents. • ‘District Games for Disabled’ Conducted at Sikar under the scheme of Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs (232 Special Needs Athletes participated) • ‘District Games for Disabled’ Conducted at Jhunjhunu under the scheme of Deptt. of Social Justice, Govt of Raj (400 Special Athletes participated) • ‘Regional Parents Meet’ by NIMH & PARIVAAR organized at Jhunjhunu. (112 Parents from Rajasthan and Gujarat participated) • ‘Regional Parents Meets’ Facilitated by it completely at Jaipur , Ajmer , Udaipur & Sawai Madhopur as well as National Parents Meet & Self Advocates National Convention at Udaipur (More than 1000 Parents & 300 Self Advocates Across the country benefitted) • Community sensitization events at different places (> 50000 targeted) • Special needs children taken to Special Olympics, Abylampics, excursions, adventure expeditions, fairs etc. to various places all over India. Around 1000 children have explored Darjeeling, Dalhousie, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Delhi, Jaipur and many towns across the country. • 334 Nos. of special needs children passed School Board levels A, B and C (equivalent to class 8th) from National Institute of Open Schooling so far. • More than one hundred young adults with hearing impairment have pursued higher education up to graduation studying in inclusive setup facilitated by AKJ. • More than one hundred youth with disabilities placed successfully in gainful employment through our handholding, mentoring and livelihood support. • Its children have participated and won laurels in Special Olympics National Level Athletics & Volleyball Events. They have also shown skills in Abylampics. CHILDLINE SIKAR ACHIEVEMENTS : From inception since July 2015 till August 2022, it has served 3260 children & their families in need of care and protection vide a whole range of intervention services: Child Labour Rescued 411 Medical Assistance Provided 216 Linked to Sponsorship/Palanhar Scheme 213 Protection from Physical / Sexual / Mental Abuse 528 Children Provided Shelter 109 Begging Street Children Rescued 448 Missing / Abandoned Children 233 Stopped Child Marriages 135 Emotional Support & Guidance 62 Linked to Govt Schemes & Counselling / Information 834 Non Classified Assistance Provided 72 During this period 11783 calls were received on its Helpline No 1098