Civil Society InitiativesAcknowledging the essential work of grassroots organisations and their role in the health status of communities, the Foundation supports many different civil society initiatives.
Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust
Mahila Sarvangeen Utkarsh Mandal (MASUM)
Ummeed
Bal Asha Trust
Bhaktivedanta Hospital
Tathapi
Arpan
St. Jude India Child Care Centres
Niramaya Health Foundation
Khoj, Melghat
Tobacco Free India Grants and Awards
The Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI)
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Society(PDMDS)
Vacha Charitable Trust
Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation joins the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
SAMA – Resource Group for Women and Health
Public Health Resource Network (PHRN)
SNEHA – Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action
SACH, Rajasthan
Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust
With a special focus on health, education and vocational skills development, the Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust has been working towards relief and rehabilitation of children with disability since it was registered under the Charitable Trusts Act in 1981.
The Amar Jyoti School is best known for its inclusive education program. Of the 450 students attending the school, 50% have a disability. Strikingly, the school is completely barrier free. Children with orthopaedic, mental, visual and hearing disabilities can access all corners of the specially structured, 4 storied building.
The school is a true example of inclusive education - able-bodied and disabled children play and learn alongside one another, using the same facilities. This design has been shown to work on many levels. Able-bodied children are sensitised to the needs of others, while their disabled peers develop confidence.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supported an Inter Country Meeting on "Promotion of Inclusivity in Education, Employment, Health & Well Being of Persons with Disability in the South-East Asia Region", organized by Amar Jyoti in Delhi.
The Foundation supports Amar jyoti charitable trust to facilitate a comprehensive rehabilitation process for persons with disability and demonstrate a model for community based rehabilitation. The program is being implemented in 22 slum pockets in Delhi.
Contact : Dr. Uma Tuli
Address : Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust
Chair RI Education Commission
Founder and Managing Secretary,
Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust,
Vikas Marg, Karkardooma
Delhi - 110092
www.amarjyotirehab.org
Mahila Sarvangeen Utkarsh Mandal (MASUM)
MASUM was formed in 1987 by women of Purandar Taluka in the Pune district. The women, largely from oppressed castes and minority religions, were organized to address the issues affecting their lives. Many worked as daily wage labourers on the fields of rich farmers where they often faced economic exploitation and sexual abuse. They came together to support each other and collectively fight for their rights. MASUM gradually evolved as a development group with a feminist perspective and a democratic approach. MASUM aims to improve the health of women and adolescents in Purandar Taluka.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported a program which develops integral areas of women's health, such as early detection and treatment of RTIs and cervical cancer, detection and management of uterine prolapse and intervention to reduce anaemia. The program also works to develop key life skills among adolescents, such as reproductive health rights.
Contact : Dr. Ramesh Awasthi/
Dr. Ankita Srivastav
Address : MASUM
B-1, Flat No. 41-44
Kubera Vihar, Gadital
Hadapsar
Pune - 411 028
Maharashtra
Phone Number (s) : 91 020 26995 625 /33
www.masum-india.org
Ummeed Child Development Centre
Ummeed is a non-profit organization formed with the specific objective of providing inter-disciplinary care to children with developmental disabilities. The centre helps children with a wide range of disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, Learning Disability, Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Behavioral Disorder among others.
The key areas of Ummeed's Activities are-
Diagnostic and therapeutic services; Capacity Building and mentoring NGOs working with children with disabilities; Advocacy on policy issues concerning people with disability; Training of health professionals, teachers, therapists and research on emerging issues.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported Ummeed in developing and launching the Mental Health Intervention Aides Training Program. This program will enable mental health workers to advance their skills and aptitude to address mental health issues amongst children.
Contact : Dr. Vibha Krishnamurthy
Address : Ummeed Center,
Ground Floor Mantri Pride,
Subhash Nagar
N.M. Joshi Marg
Lower Parel
Mumbai
www.ummeed.org
Bal Asha Trust
The Bal Asha Trust has worked to rehabilitate deprived women and children since 1985. The Trust plays a pivotal role in the areas of foster care and adoption, and runs an institutional program providing medical, nutritional, educational and recreational support for abandoned children.
Many of the children cared for by the Bal Asha Trust have special needs, such as cerebral palsy and orthopaedic disabilities.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported health-care and nutrition programmes, two key areas of the Trust's important work.
Contact : Mr. Sunil Arora
Address : The Bal Asha Trust
Bal Asha Dham
Anant Niketan KGVM,
Dr. E. Mosses Road,
Mahalaxmi
Mumbai - 400 011
Phone Number (s) : 91 22 24926526
Bhaktivedanta Hospital
The Bhaktivedanta Hospital was founded in 1998 to serve humanity through holistic health care for all.
The only referral hospital beyond Borivali, Bhaktivedanta offers all branches of medicine except invasive cardiac procedures and surgeries.
With a strong emphasis on raising health awareness and knowledge, a community program provides free medical services to thousands who would have no other access to eye care, kidney care, rehabilitation services and palliative support. The hospital's pro-active approach to health extends to outreach camps conducted in rural areas.
The Bhaktivedanta Hospital's Share Your Care, Community Outreach Program provides comprehensive eye care to children. The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation is involved in this initiative through the support of a school screening and treatment program.
Contact : Mr. K. Venkatramanan
Director - Projects & Program, Share Your Care
Address : Bhaktivedanta Hospital
Bhaktivedanta Swami Marg
Srushti Complex Mira Road (E),
Dist: Thane - 401 107
Phone Number (s) : 91 22 2945 2500 / 2501
www.bhaktivedantahospital.com
Tathapi
Since its creation in 2000, Pune-based Tathapi has worked in the area of Women and Health Resource Development. Offering health information, training and advocacy for women, Tathapi strives to make resources accessible to all local groups.
Tathapi has innovated and developed a 'Body Literacy' concept, designed to offer an educational approach to body, gender and sexuality. Recognising the role of gender equality in the bigger picture of India's economic and social equity, Tathapi defends the rights of local communities to conserve and develop their health and healing resources. In recent years the organization has also extended to work with children.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports Tathapi's 'Body Literacy' initiative in Maharashtra's schools. Developing workbooks in three regional languages and creating a core group of trainers, the Foundation has been involved in incorporating the Body Literacy message into the wider school curriculum.
Contact : Ms. Audrey Fernandes and Medha Kale
Founder
Address : Tathapi Trust ,
Renuprakash-A/ 3rd Floor, 817,
Sadashiv Peth, Near Nagnath Par,
Pune - 411 030
Phone Number (s) : 020-24431106 / 020-24430057
www.tathapi.org
Arpan
Arpan is an organization dedicated to the prevention of Child Sexual Abuse, and the healing of those affected.
The organization has become a platform for volunteers hoping to make a difference in the underprivileged community. Driven by a passionate team of clinical and counselling psychologists, Arpan has been working on the issue of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) since 2006.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports Arpan for psychologist-led workshops for survivors of abuse to research on sex offenders and website and communication development.
Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation further extends its support by enabling Arpan to develop Teacher training kits and Material Development for their programme on 'Personal Safety Education' and to conduct Capacity building and Training Workshops for external practitioners.
Contact : Pooja Taparia
Founder, CEO
Address : ARPAN
Unit no. 24, 2nd Floor, 105 Apollo Street Bldg
Mumbai Samchar Marg, opp. Bharat House
Mumbai - 400 023
Phone Number (s) : 91 98190 51444
www.arpan.org.in
St. Jude India Child Care Centres
A not-for-profit organization based in Mumbai, St. Jude India Childcare Services was established to support the holistic welfare of underprivileged children visiting Mumbai for the treatment of serious diseases.
Hospitals may be able to provide medical care for needy young patients, but the children and their accompanying parents often have no place to stay. Recognising that the recuperation environment plays a vital role in every patient's recovery, St. Jude offers Childcare centres where families can care for, and educate their children. These centres also offer counselling - a much needed service during what is often a traumatic time.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has been involved in three key initiatives:
Educational Activities - The St. Jude educational programme offers interactive activities designed to develop the children's knowledge while building a bond between staff and families.
Counselling and Training Programs - All core staff members are supported by regular training regarding bereavement and death related counselling.
Art Based Therapy - Every year, two staff members are selected to participate in training conducted by the World Centre for Creative Learning Foundation. Teaching the value of Art Based Therapy, the nine month program involves an intensive 15-day study and a research project.
Contact : Bhavisha Sanadhya
Manager
Address : St. Jude India Childcare Services
R Jhunjhunwala Foundation Centre
Indian Cancer Society
74, Jerbai Wadia Road
2nd Floor Bhoiwada, Parel
Mumbai - 400012
Phone Number (s) : 91 98190 51444
www.stjudechild.org
Niramaya Health Foundation
The Niramaya Health Foundation is committed to improving the health of communities. The non-profit, non-government health services organization believes that children learn better when they are healthy. Beginning with basic care for Balwadi children in 1999, before extending to an integrated health programme, the Niramaya Health Foundation was formally established in 2001.
Niramaya provides care to youth, women and the underprivileged. Each year, the Foundation cares for around 8 lakh individuals from the slums of Mumbai, offering programs and services, while raising essential awareness and knowledge.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported the development of communication material regarding a Sexual and Reproductive Health Program for adolescent and school going children. The interactive, participatory program addresses children from both Municipal and Private schools.
Contact : Dr. Janaki Desai
Address : Niramaya Health Foundation
16-B Flat No. 3, Krishna Niwas,
Naigaon, Dadar, Mumbai - 400014
Phone Number (s) : 022 2416 1110 / 022 2416 8746
www.niramaya.org
Khoj, Melghat
KHOJ, an organisation committed to ensuring the rights of the people in Melghat, since 1996, has been attempting to build the capacities of the local people to access the developmental plans and services. It also ensures that the government systems were functioning and providing services adequately. Through Community Based Monitoring Interventions, KHOJ is able to work towards developing the capacities of people to understand their entitlements and avail of those services.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported KHOJ to set up a helpline service to connect the community with the nearest public/ private hospital and training of tribal girls in emergency care.
Contact : Purnima & Bandu Sane
Address : KHOJ,
Yaswant Bhavan,
At Po Gaurkheda Kumbhi,
Tal Achalpur,
Dist Amravati
Tobacco Free India Grants and Awards
Tobacco use is one of the major causes for cancer. Hence, the Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has decided to make Tobacco Control a priority area of support. As a step towards that, the Foundation has instituted the Tobacco Free India Grants and Awards. NGOs and individuals involved in Tobacco Control, from the different parts of the country, are selected through a rigorous screening process by a group of panelists. Individuals are awarded a sum of Rs. 1 Lakh and NGO's are supported with a grant of Rs. 5 lakhs. Read more about the Tobacco Free India – Grants and Awards 2012.
Click here to download the form for an individual award.
Click here to download the form for an NGO grant..
Click here to view a short clip of the winners of 2010
The Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI)
The Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI) is a charitable non-profit voluntary organization founded in the year 1985 by Founders Mr. A.H. Tobaccowala and Mrs. Rehmut Fazalbhoy for the welfare and support of MS (Multiple Sclerosis) persons. MSSI is affiliated to the MS International Federation (MSIF).
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports MSSI for Training of Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapists for persons with Multiple Sclerosis. As a part of this initiative, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists are provided hands- on training and certification for attaining specialization in treating MS Patients.
Contact : Anita Vesuvala,
Hon. Secretary
Address : 259 Seeta Sadan, Flat No.2, Gr. Floor,
Opp. Gandhi Market, Sion Hospital,
Sion, (West),
Mumbai - 400 022
Phone Number (s) : +91-22-24037390 / +91-22-24037399
Email : mssimumbai@gmail.com
www.mssocietyindia.org
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Society (PDMDS)
PDMDS is a society founded in 2001 and is registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. The main objectives of the society are to improve the care and treatment of people living with Parkinson's and its Spectrum Disorders and to disseminate knowledge amongst the medical community, public, patients and caretakers, to act as a liaison between the various chapters and support groups in India and to encourage research in all aspects of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports the counseling and physiotherapist services for rehabilitation of people with Parkinson's disease. As a part of this initiative a pool of caregivers are trained and oriented towards treatment of Parkinson's patients.
Contact : Dr. Maria Barretto
Address : Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorder Society
6, Jasville, 1st Floor,
Opp. Liberty Cinema, Marine Lines,
Mumbai - 400020
Phone Number (s) : +91-22-24037390 / +91-22-24037399
Email : alfmaria88@gmail.com
www.mssocietyindia.org
Vacha Charitable Trust
Vacha is a women's group that was formed in 1987. It was first established as a women's library, together with a cultural centre that created and collected oral and visual resources.
Vacha organizes gender training for teachers and social activists, youth groups and others. The organization is based in Mumbai and its outreach programmes are mainly in Maharashtra and Gujarat. It is an active part of the network of autonomous women's groups in India.
From 1995 Vacha has focused mainly on issues of adolescent girls who live in bastis and attend municipal schools. Lives of girls here are affected by gender biases that are compounded by poverty, caste, ethnicity and also by linguistic or religious minority status. Vacha works with them on right to education and access to better opportunities through its development activities, research, documentation, networking, campaigns and advocacy through girls' centres and youth groups.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports Vacha for the initiative- Onset of Menarche: An action research project. This project aims to impart training in health, gender and reproductive health to adolescent girls, create resources for advocating for girls and girlhood issues in poverty affected families and visibalise issues of adolescent girls' health through their own perceptions and experiences.
Contact : Sonal Shukla
Address : Vacha Charitable Trust,
Municipal School Building,
Gr. Floor, Tank Lane,
Santacruz (west),
Mumbai- 400054
Phone Number (s) : 022-2605 5523
Email : vachamail@gmail.com
www.vacha.org.in
NSF joins the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has joined the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) as a member.
PMNCH joins the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Communities into an alliance of more than 350 members to ensure that all women, infants and children not only remain healthy, but thrive.
The Partnership is fast responding to the rapidly changing global health demands, mobilizing its base of members and partners to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. The Partnership's Three-year Strategy and Work plan for 2009-2011 outlined the following key objectives:
1. Raising the profile of maternal, newborn and child health issues at global and country levels and mobilizing needed resources
2. Harmonizing and scaling up coverage rates of effective essential interventions
3. Improving and enhancing leadership and governance in maternal, newborn and child health.
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health supported and facilitated the development of the "Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health" launched by the United Nations Secretary General on the 22nd of September 2010, in New York, during the High-Level UN MDGs Summit.
Leaders from government, international organizations, business, academia, philanthropy, health professional associations and civil society worked together to develop this strategy, recognizing that the health of women and children is key to progress on all development goals. To transform these commitments into action, on the 12-14 of November 2010, The Partnership convened in New Delhi, hosted by the Government of India, the second forum of Partners, entitled From Pledges to Actions.
PMNCH with its partners has worked out a new 2012-15 Strategy and Work plan which will provide the necessary direction to the work of The Partnership and its Partners, identify areas to focus efforts and resources, and guide interactions with other initiatives globally, regionally and nationally. A short summary of the framework is available on: Summary of the Draft 2012-15 Strategic Framework Outline.
Please visit the PMNCH for more details about the Partnership
www.pmnch.org
SAMA – Resource Group for Women and Health
Sama is a Delhi based resource group working on issues of women and health. Sama's interventions include developing methods, discourses and interactions to enable people to realize their health rights in a sustainable way. Sama has been actively working through its primary intervention strategies of Capacity Building and Leadership Development, Campaigns, Advocacy and Policy Monitoring, Action Research and Knowledge Creation and Dissemination on issues around public health, health sector reforms and gender, reproductive and sexual health and rights, reproductive and medical technologies, the politics and resurgence of population policies and violence and women's health for over a decade.
Sama is part of several national and international networks such as People's Union on Social and Economic Rights, International Federation on Health and Human Rights.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports SAMA's endeavour to build capacities of civil society organizations towards developing a comprehensive understanding on sex selection, in the context of newer technologies other social and economic issues related to dowry, property rights, etc. Towards this, SAMA will facilitate engagement with diverse stakeholders and wider mobilization to take stock and review the current scenario vis-à-vis PC&PNDT implementation, plan future strategies towards action to address this issue and enable creation of knowledge resources for wider dissemination.
Contact : Deepa
Address : B-45, Second Floor,
Shivalik Main Road, Malviya Nagar,
New Delhi 110017
Phone Number (s) : +91-11-65637632
Email : sama.womenshealth@gmail.com
www.samawomenshealth.org
Public Health Resource Network (PHRN)
PHRN is a voluntary network started by hundreds of Public Health Practitioners who are involved in creating capacities and engaging with the public health system. The organization was started in 2005 as a research and documentation unit for the State Health Resource Centre in order to document the learning's from NRHM. In 2007 this unit PHRN was registered as an independent institution with expanded work and scope. Now PHRN has offices in Bihar, Rajasthan, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, and Uttarakhand.
Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation partners with PHRN for the Community Health Fellowship Program in Rajasthan. The fellowship programme seeks to build a new cadre of public health professionals in the State and also simultaneously through the interventions of the fellows in field contribute to strengthening of the public health system in the context of the National Rural Health Mission.
Contact : Dinesh C. Bhatt
Address : National Office- 5 A,
Jungi House, Ground Floor,
Shahpur Jat,
New Delhi-49
Phone Number (s) : 011-26499564
Email : dinesh@phrnindia.org
www.phrnindia.org
SNEHA – Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action
SNEHA was founded by a group of doctors and social workers, led by neonatologist and former dean of Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital in 1994. Over the past 10 years, SNEHA with a team of pediatricians, counselors, managers and field staff has evolved as an organisation with a clear focus on community based interventions in maternal and neonatal care, child health and nutrition and sexual and reproductive health.
Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports SNEHA's efforts to integrate Maternal and Neonatal health agenda into the service mainframe of primary level health institutions. In this endeavour SNEHA will work towards enhancing uptake of antenatal services offered at health posts by strengthening the health posts, improving maternal heath outreach by CHVs and enable women in unreached slum pockets access services at the health posts through community engagement.
Contact : Sushma Shende
Address : SNEHA
310, 3rd Floor, Urban Health Center,
60 Feet Road, Dharavi,
Mumbai 400 017
Phone Number (s) : (+91 22) 2404 2627 / 2408 6011
Email : sushma@snehamumbai.org
www.snehamumbai.org
SACH, Rajasthan
After working for decades in community development, a team of practitioners formally started SACH in the year 2010. The Organisation works with deprived communities in rural areas of Barmer District in Rajasthan on issues related to education, health and livelihood.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports SACH's Programme for empowering women through comprehensive initiatives on Health, Education, Livelihood in Barmer, Rajasthan. SACH plans to conduct training and build capacities of Women Animators and of Learning Centre Teachers in select villages in Barmer District. Through this programme SACH will develop learning material and implement Community Health Interventions focusing on Immunisation, ANC and PNC care, Water and Sanitation, Prevention of Vector Borne Diseases and Income generation program for the community.
Contact : Shirin Contractor and Vibha Chauhan
Address : 27, Gurugovindbag Soc.,
Maninagar (E),
Ahmedabad – 380 008
Phone Number (s) : 89809 35884
Email : sachsanstha@gmail.com
Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust Mahila Sarvangeen Utkarsh Mandal (MASUM) Ummeed Bal Asha Trust Bhaktivedanta Hospital Tathapi Arpan St. Jude India Child Care Centres Niramaya Health Foundation Khoj, Melghat Tobacco Free India Grants and Awards The Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI) Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Society(PDMDS) Vacha Charitable Trust Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation joins the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health SAMA – Resource Group for Women and Health Public Health Resource Network (PHRN) SNEHA – Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action SACH, RajasthanAmar Jyoti Charitable Trust
With a special focus on health, education and vocational skills development, the Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust has been working towards relief and rehabilitation of children with disability since it was registered under the Charitable Trusts Act in 1981.
The Amar Jyoti School is best known for its inclusive education program. Of the 450 students attending the school, 50% have a disability. Strikingly, the school is completely barrier free. Children with orthopaedic, mental, visual and hearing disabilities can access all corners of the specially structured, 4 storied building.
The school is a true example of inclusive education - able-bodied and disabled children play and learn alongside one another, using the same facilities. This design has been shown to work on many levels. Able-bodied children are sensitised to the needs of others, while their disabled peers develop confidence.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supported an Inter Country Meeting on "Promotion of Inclusivity in Education, Employment, Health & Well Being of Persons with Disability in the South-East Asia Region", organized by Amar Jyoti in Delhi.
The Foundation supports Amar jyoti charitable trust to facilitate a comprehensive rehabilitation process for persons with disability and demonstrate a model for community based rehabilitation. The program is being implemented in 22 slum pockets in Delhi.
Contact : Dr. Uma Tuli
Address : Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust
Chair RI Education Commission
Founder and Managing Secretary,
Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust,
Vikas Marg, Karkardooma
Delhi - 110092
www.amarjyotirehab.org
Mahila Sarvangeen Utkarsh Mandal (MASUM)
MASUM was formed in 1987 by women of Purandar Taluka in the Pune district. The women, largely from oppressed castes and minority religions, were organized to address the issues affecting their lives. Many worked as daily wage labourers on the fields of rich farmers where they often faced economic exploitation and sexual abuse. They came together to support each other and collectively fight for their rights. MASUM gradually evolved as a development group with a feminist perspective and a democratic approach. MASUM aims to improve the health of women and adolescents in Purandar Taluka.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported a program which develops integral areas of women's health, such as early detection and treatment of RTIs and cervical cancer, detection and management of uterine prolapse and intervention to reduce anaemia. The program also works to develop key life skills among adolescents, such as reproductive health rights.
Contact : Dr. Ramesh Awasthi/
Dr. Ankita Srivastav
Address : MASUM
B-1, Flat No. 41-44
Kubera Vihar, Gadital
Hadapsar
Pune - 411 028
Maharashtra
Phone Number (s) : 91 020 26995 625 /33
www.masum-india.org
Ummeed Child Development Centre
Ummeed is a non-profit organization formed with the specific objective of providing inter-disciplinary care to children with developmental disabilities. The centre helps children with a wide range of disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, Learning Disability, Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Behavioral Disorder among others.
The key areas of Ummeed's Activities are-
Diagnostic and therapeutic services; Capacity Building and mentoring NGOs working with children with disabilities; Advocacy on policy issues concerning people with disability; Training of health professionals, teachers, therapists and research on emerging issues.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported Ummeed in developing and launching the Mental Health Intervention Aides Training Program. This program will enable mental health workers to advance their skills and aptitude to address mental health issues amongst children.
Contact : Dr. Vibha Krishnamurthy
Address : Ummeed Center,
Ground Floor Mantri Pride,
Subhash Nagar
N.M. Joshi Marg
Lower Parel
Mumbai
www.ummeed.org
Bal Asha Trust
The Bal Asha Trust has worked to rehabilitate deprived women and children since 1985. The Trust plays a pivotal role in the areas of foster care and adoption, and runs an institutional program providing medical, nutritional, educational and recreational support for abandoned children.
Many of the children cared for by the Bal Asha Trust have special needs, such as cerebral palsy and orthopaedic disabilities.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported health-care and nutrition programmes, two key areas of the Trust's important work.
Contact : Mr. Sunil Arora
Address : The Bal Asha Trust
Bal Asha Dham
Anant Niketan KGVM,
Dr. E. Mosses Road,
Mahalaxmi
Mumbai - 400 011
Phone Number (s) : 91 22 24926526
Bhaktivedanta Hospital
The Bhaktivedanta Hospital was founded in 1998 to serve humanity through holistic health care for all.
The only referral hospital beyond Borivali, Bhaktivedanta offers all branches of medicine except invasive cardiac procedures and surgeries.
With a strong emphasis on raising health awareness and knowledge, a community program provides free medical services to thousands who would have no other access to eye care, kidney care, rehabilitation services and palliative support. The hospital's pro-active approach to health extends to outreach camps conducted in rural areas.
The Bhaktivedanta Hospital's Share Your Care, Community Outreach Program provides comprehensive eye care to children. The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation is involved in this initiative through the support of a school screening and treatment program.
Contact : Mr. K. Venkatramanan
Director - Projects & Program, Share Your Care
Address : Bhaktivedanta Hospital
Bhaktivedanta Swami Marg
Srushti Complex Mira Road (E),
Dist: Thane - 401 107
Phone Number (s) : 91 22 2945 2500 / 2501
www.bhaktivedantahospital.com
Tathapi
Since its creation in 2000, Pune-based Tathapi has worked in the area of Women and Health Resource Development. Offering health information, training and advocacy for women, Tathapi strives to make resources accessible to all local groups.
Tathapi has innovated and developed a 'Body Literacy' concept, designed to offer an educational approach to body, gender and sexuality. Recognising the role of gender equality in the bigger picture of India's economic and social equity, Tathapi defends the rights of local communities to conserve and develop their health and healing resources. In recent years the organization has also extended to work with children.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports Tathapi's 'Body Literacy' initiative in Maharashtra's schools. Developing workbooks in three regional languages and creating a core group of trainers, the Foundation has been involved in incorporating the Body Literacy message into the wider school curriculum.
Contact : Ms. Audrey Fernandes and Medha Kale
Founder
Address : Tathapi Trust ,
Renuprakash-A/ 3rd Floor, 817,
Sadashiv Peth, Near Nagnath Par,
Pune - 411 030
Phone Number (s) : 020-24431106 / 020-24430057
www.tathapi.org
Arpan
Arpan is an organization dedicated to the prevention of Child Sexual Abuse, and the healing of those affected.
The organization has become a platform for volunteers hoping to make a difference in the underprivileged community. Driven by a passionate team of clinical and counselling psychologists, Arpan has been working on the issue of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) since 2006.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports Arpan for psychologist-led workshops for survivors of abuse to research on sex offenders and website and communication development.
Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation further extends its support by enabling Arpan to develop Teacher training kits and Material Development for their programme on 'Personal Safety Education' and to conduct Capacity building and Training Workshops for external practitioners.
Contact : Pooja Taparia
Founder, CEO
Address : ARPAN
Unit no. 24, 2nd Floor, 105 Apollo Street Bldg
Mumbai Samchar Marg, opp. Bharat House
Mumbai - 400 023
Phone Number (s) : 91 98190 51444
www.arpan.org.in
St. Jude India Child Care Centres
A not-for-profit organization based in Mumbai, St. Jude India Childcare Services was established to support the holistic welfare of underprivileged children visiting Mumbai for the treatment of serious diseases.
Hospitals may be able to provide medical care for needy young patients, but the children and their accompanying parents often have no place to stay. Recognising that the recuperation environment plays a vital role in every patient's recovery, St. Jude offers Childcare centres where families can care for, and educate their children. These centres also offer counselling - a much needed service during what is often a traumatic time.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has been involved in three key initiatives:
Educational Activities - The St. Jude educational programme offers interactive activities designed to develop the children's knowledge while building a bond between staff and families.
Counselling and Training Programs - All core staff members are supported by regular training regarding bereavement and death related counselling.
Art Based Therapy - Every year, two staff members are selected to participate in training conducted by the World Centre for Creative Learning Foundation. Teaching the value of Art Based Therapy, the nine month program involves an intensive 15-day study and a research project.
Contact : Bhavisha Sanadhya
Manager
Address : St. Jude India Childcare Services
R Jhunjhunwala Foundation Centre
Indian Cancer Society
74, Jerbai Wadia Road
2nd Floor Bhoiwada, Parel
Mumbai - 400012
Phone Number (s) : 91 98190 51444
www.stjudechild.org
Niramaya Health Foundation
The Niramaya Health Foundation is committed to improving the health of communities. The non-profit, non-government health services organization believes that children learn better when they are healthy. Beginning with basic care for Balwadi children in 1999, before extending to an integrated health programme, the Niramaya Health Foundation was formally established in 2001.
Niramaya provides care to youth, women and the underprivileged. Each year, the Foundation cares for around 8 lakh individuals from the slums of Mumbai, offering programs and services, while raising essential awareness and knowledge.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported the development of communication material regarding a Sexual and Reproductive Health Program for adolescent and school going children. The interactive, participatory program addresses children from both Municipal and Private schools.
Contact : Dr. Janaki Desai
Address : Niramaya Health Foundation
16-B Flat No. 3, Krishna Niwas,
Naigaon, Dadar, Mumbai - 400014
Phone Number (s) : 022 2416 1110 / 022 2416 8746
www.niramaya.org
Khoj, Melghat
KHOJ, an organisation committed to ensuring the rights of the people in Melghat, since 1996, has been attempting to build the capacities of the local people to access the developmental plans and services. It also ensures that the government systems were functioning and providing services adequately. Through Community Based Monitoring Interventions, KHOJ is able to work towards developing the capacities of people to understand their entitlements and avail of those services.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported KHOJ to set up a helpline service to connect the community with the nearest public/ private hospital and training of tribal girls in emergency care.
Contact : Purnima & Bandu Sane
Address : KHOJ,
Yaswant Bhavan,
At Po Gaurkheda Kumbhi,
Tal Achalpur,
Dist Amravati
Tobacco Free India Grants and Awards
Tobacco use is one of the major causes for cancer. Hence, the Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has decided to make Tobacco Control a priority area of support. As a step towards that, the Foundation has instituted the Tobacco Free India Grants and Awards. NGOs and individuals involved in Tobacco Control, from the different parts of the country, are selected through a rigorous screening process by a group of panelists. Individuals are awarded a sum of Rs. 1 Lakh and NGO's are supported with a grant of Rs. 5 lakhs. Read more about the Tobacco Free India – Grants and Awards 2012.
Click here to download the form for an individual award.
Click here to download the form for an NGO grant..
Click here to view a short clip of the winners of 2010
The Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI)
The Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI) is a charitable non-profit voluntary organization founded in the year 1985 by Founders Mr. A.H. Tobaccowala and Mrs. Rehmut Fazalbhoy for the welfare and support of MS (Multiple Sclerosis) persons. MSSI is affiliated to the MS International Federation (MSIF).
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports MSSI for Training of Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapists for persons with Multiple Sclerosis. As a part of this initiative, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists are provided hands- on training and certification for attaining specialization in treating MS Patients.
Contact : Anita Vesuvala,
Hon. Secretary
Address : 259 Seeta Sadan, Flat No.2, Gr. Floor,
Opp. Gandhi Market, Sion Hospital,
Sion, (West),
Mumbai - 400 022
Phone Number (s) : +91-22-24037390 / +91-22-24037399
Email : mssimumbai@gmail.com
www.mssocietyindia.org
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Society (PDMDS)
PDMDS is a society founded in 2001 and is registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. The main objectives of the society are to improve the care and treatment of people living with Parkinson's and its Spectrum Disorders and to disseminate knowledge amongst the medical community, public, patients and caretakers, to act as a liaison between the various chapters and support groups in India and to encourage research in all aspects of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports the counseling and physiotherapist services for rehabilitation of people with Parkinson's disease. As a part of this initiative a pool of caregivers are trained and oriented towards treatment of Parkinson's patients.
Contact : Dr. Maria Barretto
Address : Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorder Society
6, Jasville, 1st Floor,
Opp. Liberty Cinema, Marine Lines,
Mumbai - 400020
Phone Number (s) : +91-22-24037390 / +91-22-24037399
Email : alfmaria88@gmail.com
www.mssocietyindia.org
Vacha Charitable Trust
Vacha is a women's group that was formed in 1987. It was first established as a women's library, together with a cultural centre that created and collected oral and visual resources.
Vacha organizes gender training for teachers and social activists, youth groups and others. The organization is based in Mumbai and its outreach programmes are mainly in Maharashtra and Gujarat. It is an active part of the network of autonomous women's groups in India.
From 1995 Vacha has focused mainly on issues of adolescent girls who live in bastis and attend municipal schools. Lives of girls here are affected by gender biases that are compounded by poverty, caste, ethnicity and also by linguistic or religious minority status. Vacha works with them on right to education and access to better opportunities through its development activities, research, documentation, networking, campaigns and advocacy through girls' centres and youth groups.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports Vacha for the initiative- Onset of Menarche: An action research project. This project aims to impart training in health, gender and reproductive health to adolescent girls, create resources for advocating for girls and girlhood issues in poverty affected families and visibalise issues of adolescent girls' health through their own perceptions and experiences.
Contact : Sonal Shukla
Address : Vacha Charitable Trust,
Municipal School Building,
Gr. Floor, Tank Lane,
Santacruz (west),
Mumbai- 400054
Phone Number (s) : 022-2605 5523
Email : vachamail@gmail.com
www.vacha.org.in
NSF joins the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has joined the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) as a member.
PMNCH joins the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Communities into an alliance of more than 350 members to ensure that all women, infants and children not only remain healthy, but thrive.
The Partnership is fast responding to the rapidly changing global health demands, mobilizing its base of members and partners to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. The Partnership's Three-year Strategy and Work plan for 2009-2011 outlined the following key objectives:
2. Harmonizing and scaling up coverage rates of effective essential interventions
3. Improving and enhancing leadership and governance in maternal, newborn and child health.
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health supported and facilitated the development of the "Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health" launched by the United Nations Secretary General on the 22nd of September 2010, in New York, during the High-Level UN MDGs Summit.
Leaders from government, international organizations, business, academia, philanthropy, health professional associations and civil society worked together to develop this strategy, recognizing that the health of women and children is key to progress on all development goals. To transform these commitments into action, on the 12-14 of November 2010, The Partnership convened in New Delhi, hosted by the Government of India, the second forum of Partners, entitled From Pledges to Actions.
PMNCH with its partners has worked out a new 2012-15 Strategy and Work plan which will provide the necessary direction to the work of The Partnership and its Partners, identify areas to focus efforts and resources, and guide interactions with other initiatives globally, regionally and nationally. A short summary of the framework is available on: Summary of the Draft 2012-15 Strategic Framework Outline.
Please visit the PMNCH for more details about the Partnership
www.pmnch.org
SAMA – Resource Group for Women and Health
Sama is a Delhi based resource group working on issues of women and health. Sama's interventions include developing methods, discourses and interactions to enable people to realize their health rights in a sustainable way. Sama has been actively working through its primary intervention strategies of Capacity Building and Leadership Development, Campaigns, Advocacy and Policy Monitoring, Action Research and Knowledge Creation and Dissemination on issues around public health, health sector reforms and gender, reproductive and sexual health and rights, reproductive and medical technologies, the politics and resurgence of population policies and violence and women's health for over a decade.
Sama is part of several national and international networks such as People's Union on Social and Economic Rights, International Federation on Health and Human Rights.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports SAMA's endeavour to build capacities of civil society organizations towards developing a comprehensive understanding on sex selection, in the context of newer technologies other social and economic issues related to dowry, property rights, etc. Towards this, SAMA will facilitate engagement with diverse stakeholders and wider mobilization to take stock and review the current scenario vis-à-vis PC&PNDT implementation, plan future strategies towards action to address this issue and enable creation of knowledge resources for wider dissemination.
Contact : Deepa
Address : B-45, Second Floor,
Shivalik Main Road, Malviya Nagar,
New Delhi 110017
Phone Number (s) : +91-11-65637632
Email : sama.womenshealth@gmail.com
www.samawomenshealth.org
Public Health Resource Network (PHRN)
PHRN is a voluntary network started by hundreds of Public Health Practitioners who are involved in creating capacities and engaging with the public health system. The organization was started in 2005 as a research and documentation unit for the State Health Resource Centre in order to document the learning's from NRHM. In 2007 this unit PHRN was registered as an independent institution with expanded work and scope. Now PHRN has offices in Bihar, Rajasthan, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, and Uttarakhand.
Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation partners with PHRN for the Community Health Fellowship Program in Rajasthan. The fellowship programme seeks to build a new cadre of public health professionals in the State and also simultaneously through the interventions of the fellows in field contribute to strengthening of the public health system in the context of the National Rural Health Mission.
Contact : Dinesh C. Bhatt
Address : National Office- 5 A,
Jungi House, Ground Floor,
Shahpur Jat,
New Delhi-49
Phone Number (s) : 011-26499564
Email : dinesh@phrnindia.org
www.phrnindia.org
SNEHA – Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action
SNEHA was founded by a group of doctors and social workers, led by neonatologist and former dean of Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital in 1994. Over the past 10 years, SNEHA with a team of pediatricians, counselors, managers and field staff has evolved as an organisation with a clear focus on community based interventions in maternal and neonatal care, child health and nutrition and sexual and reproductive health.
Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports SNEHA's efforts to integrate Maternal and Neonatal health agenda into the service mainframe of primary level health institutions. In this endeavour SNEHA will work towards enhancing uptake of antenatal services offered at health posts by strengthening the health posts, improving maternal heath outreach by CHVs and enable women in unreached slum pockets access services at the health posts through community engagement.
Contact : Sushma Shende
Address : SNEHA
310, 3rd Floor, Urban Health Center,
60 Feet Road, Dharavi,
Mumbai 400 017
Phone Number (s) : (+91 22) 2404 2627 / 2408 6011
Email : sushma@snehamumbai.org
www.snehamumbai.org
SACH, Rajasthan
After working for decades in community development, a team of practitioners formally started SACH in the year 2010. The Organisation works with deprived communities in rural areas of Barmer District in Rajasthan on issues related to education, health and livelihood.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports SACH's Programme for empowering women through comprehensive initiatives on Health, Education, Livelihood in Barmer, Rajasthan. SACH plans to conduct training and build capacities of Women Animators and of Learning Centre Teachers in select villages in Barmer District. Through this programme SACH will develop learning material and implement Community Health Interventions focusing on Immunisation, ANC and PNC care, Water and Sanitation, Prevention of Vector Borne Diseases and Income generation program for the community.
Contact : Shirin Contractor and Vibha Chauhan
Address : 27, Gurugovindbag Soc.,
Maninagar (E),
Ahmedabad – 380 008
Phone Number (s) : 89809 35884
Email : sachsanstha@gmail.com
