Project muskan final report

A Joint Initiative Of:

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Smt Damyanti Goel, Mayor and Sh Sunil Sharma, MLA Ghaziabad lighting the symbolic lamp to inaugurate Project Muskan.

(Left to Right) Sh Arun Khanna, President, All India Manufacturers Association (AIMO) UP Chapter, Sh Sunil Kumar, President Help 4 Human, Smt Damyanti Goel, Mayor, Ghaziabad, Sh Sunil Sharma, MLA

Ghaziabad and Sh Anupam Agarwal, former chairman, Indian Industries Association.

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Title: Project Muskan (Supporting Documents - Annexure A)

Objective: MUSKAN means smile in Hindi. The prime objective of Project Muskan is to bring Smile & Happiness in the lives of poor & unfortunate children with physical & mental disabilities

Timeframe: This is a timeless & continuing activity.

Purpose: The purpose of Project Muskan is to raise awareness about the needs of disabled children often called children of a lesser God. While parents can help their child to grow as a normal human being, a trained special educator- specialized in taking care of the children with special needs like stammering, mental and physical disabilities can help the child to grow as a successful person.

The Need: The need for such a Project is that India has some 40-80 million people with disability, 30% of them are children below fourteen. Almost 90% per cent of these disabled children do not get any form of schooling. And on top of that a number of families have to make the difficult choice between bearing the burden of medical treatment or sending their child to school.

Operational Strategy:

Help 4 Human Research & Development has tied up with Prayas School for Disabled Children which has been running a school for the physically and mentally challenged children with diseases like spastics, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, slow learning, dyslexia, hyperactivity, visual and hearing impairments and autism. Prayas School for Disabled Children is like our technical consultants. They manage the day to day affairs of the school and advise us on disability issues.However despite best efforts Prayas has been facing difficulty in running the school and meeting the requirements of the school as well as paying for services of doctors, nurses, trained

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special educators and therapist required for the disabled children. This is where Help 4 Human Research & Development comes in.

Help 4 Human Research & Development has adopted the school and stands committed to:

Raise funds to manage the affairs of the school.

Provide scholarships and pay the monthly fee of children from poor families whose parents cannot afford to pay for their medical treatment and school fees at the same time

Provide free medicines and medical aid as and when required for the disabled children

Raise donations through various corporate and philanthropist individuals and organizations for augmenting the efforts to improve the school building, buy a school bus and provide vocational training to the disabled children.

Efforts So Far :

Project Muskan was formally launched by Smt Damyanti Goel, Mayor and Sh Sunil Sharma, MLA Ghaziabad on 2nd April. Mr Arun Khanna, President (AIMO) UP Chapter and Mr Anupam Agrawal, former Chairman of the Indian Industries Association among others were also present.

After lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the Mayor Smt Damyanti Goel presented a cheque of Rs 51,000 to Principal, Prayas School Dr Sangeeta Sharma on behalf of Help 4 Human.

Mr Sunil Kumar, President H4HRD also presented two cheques of Rs 1100/- each to the school as donation. This inspired Mr Anupam Agrawal, former Chairman of Indian Industries Association to pay Rs 11,000 to the school.

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Scanned copy of the cheque presented to Prayas School for Disabled Children.

Social Impact of theProject :

Project Muskan was widely appreciated by one and all including Smt Damyanti Goel, Mayor (letter enclosed annexure B), Sh Sunil Sharma, MLA Ghaziabad (letter enclosed annexure C) Sh Arun Khanna, President of All India Manufacturers Association (AIMO) UP Chapter and Mr Anupam Agrawal, former Chairman of Indian Industries Association and others present on the occasion.

Steps like this should go a long way in helping the School management to provide quality education to the physically and mentally disabled children from poor families.

The social impact can also be assessed from the fact that the event was positively appreciated in atleast 10-15 leading newspapers and publications from the Ghaziabad region (Newspaper clippings are enclosed annexure D).

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Annexure - A

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Annexure - A

Announces the Launch of

An initiative to bring Smile & Happiness in the lives of children with Physical & mental disabilities

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Annexure - A

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Annexure - A

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Annexure - BLetter of Appreciation from Smt Damyanti Goel, Mayor, Ghaziabad

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Annexure - CLetter of Appreciation from Sh Sunil Sharma, MLA, Ghaziabad

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Annexure - DProject Muskan : Event Photographs

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Mayor Damyanti Goel garlanding a statue of Goddess Saraswati at the start of the function

Mayor Damyanti Goel presenting a cheque of Rs 51,000 on behalf of Help 4 Human

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Disabled Students of Prayas School displaying their abilities in a dance performance

MLA Sunil Sharma distributing certificates of participation to Prayas School children on behalf of Help 4 Human Research & Development

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(Top & Bottom ) Media persons & other guests at the occasion

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Annexure - E

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