Current Projects
Society for Education of Crippled
Society for the Education of the Crippled or SEC educates and rehabilitates children and adults with physical and multiple disabilities from low economic groups. The Society for the Education of the Crippled (Child and Adult) was founded by Fathema Ismail in 1958. Fathema’s concern for the physically handicapped came from her personal experience as the mother of a polio-affected child whom she wanted to rehabilitate medically and educationally. She was successful in her efforts as her daughter was able to lead a normal life. Fathema Ismail began with a personal contribution of Rs. 40,000 to start the school. The school and her work progressed thereafter with the donations received from well-wishers. A sense of proper school setting was experienced with the establishment of the Agripada unit of the school. There was a bell indicating periods for different classes, and proper desks and classrooms were set up. More teachers were employed for the thirty students. At that time, the Ex-students formed and ran the Association.
Fathema Ismail began with a personal contribution of Rs. 40,000 to start the school. The school and her work progressed thereafter with the donations received from well-wishers. A sense of proper school setting was experienced with the establishment of the Agripada unit of the school. There was a bell indicating periods for different classes, and proper desks and classrooms were set up. More teachers were employed for the thirty students. At that time, the Ex-students formed and ran the Association.
Snehibhavan
The mission of The Snehibhavan Children’s Hostel is to rehabilitate and empower poor, abused, and neglected girls from the tribal and Dalit communities of central Kerala . The hostel is located in rural Kottayam District, Kerala. Snehibhavan is Malayalam for House of Love.
Lok Shakti Manch
Lok Shakti Manch (Bhalaswa Resettlement Colony, Delhi): Lok Shakti Manch provides a platform to residents of Bhalaswa Resettement Colony to demand their basic living rights of clean water supply, education, sanitation and Public distribution system. House to 4000 families evicted from central regions of Delhi in 2000, this colony appears to be a dump-yard from outside. Residents still have contaminated drinking water supply due to a nearby landfill site. Find out more about Lok Shakti Manch
Housing rights in Mumbai, Maharashtra
Housing rights in Mumbai, Maharashtra: NGO India Institute for Critical Action Centre in Movement (CACIM) started this project in 2017. There is a need to actualize what is embedded in the UN Rapporteur’s recent report as well as the SC verdict in the form of a law to protect the poor people’s right to housing. India Institute for Critical Action Centre in Movement (CACIM) provides assistance to community groups and organizations in Mumbai slums in securing housing rights and tenures. NGO joined hands with others to build a Coalition of Housing Rights Groups (from nine states of India). The NGO works with some of the slums to help them provide access to slum policy, housing policy, schemes.
Kisan Mitra, Telangana
Kisan Mitra is one of the few projects in India that is attempting to understand and reduce agrarian distress. The project primarily does this by addressing the policy implementation gaps in rural India. Kisan Mitra is currently being funded by the district administration and this form of funding has three prominent limitations. Firstly, our staff’s salaries are often delayed. Secondly, the state does not fund activities that go against their political interest. Lastly, the risk of being defunded when a new district collector takes over is high. Thus we intend to raise funds to pay Kisan Mitra staff on time by creating a rotation fund and to expand the scope of Kisan Mitra by initiating farmer empowerment initiatives. The fund would also help us to continue working in districts even if a new collector decides to defund Kisan Mitra.
