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ABLE CHARITIES HEPLING THE HELPLESS

ANNUAL REPORT Year 2010-11

A helping hand to the underprivileged

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MissionABLE's mission is to improve the quality of life for people living in

villages in general, especially orphans, widows and their children, by

offering medical services, education, and vocational activities in an

environment that is affordable, congenial and rural based.

VisionABLE's vision is to be a leading transparent and professionally

managed non-profit organization addressing healthcare, education,

and employment in rural India. It is the vision of ABLE to make an

honest endeavor to ensure provision of healthcare and education to

that segment of rural poor (orphans and children of widows) which is

deprived of these basic facilities due to acute poverty and ignorance.

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The story of ABLE Charities is a saga of service, honesty, compassion and love for

the downtrodden including orphans, poor widows and their children, and slum

children. Set up in 1993 in a single 150 sq. ft. room, in a remote village about

75kms from Delhi (on way to Agra), ABLE Charitable Hospital has grown to being a

50000 sq. ft. 100 bed hospital.

ABLE today provides free education and healthcare to 75 orphans in 7 different

villages of Palwal district. Besides, 1000 children of poor rural widows in 25 villages

are being supported by ABLE in education, medical and psychosocial services since

January 2010. Further, ABLE has been supporting the education of 600 children in

different slums of Faridabad through six non-formal education centers.

Introduction

Nearly 1700 children are presently in ABLE’S education program.Free distribution of clothes to poor in villages

Meeting and interacting with widows in a village

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Dear Friends, It is with sense of joy and pride; we bring out the annual review for the period of 2010 - 2011. Our joy comes

from the fact that we have by God's grace been able to work with families and communities to ensure well

being of their children.

ABLE has initiated many programs this year -

"If children do not go to School, then School should go to the children" is the motto. ABLE - the largest

operational NGO in District Palwal exists for. Over the past 18 years, ABLE has facilitated and witnessed the

journey of many to look beyond the slums to a life of self reliance. This year many children have gone back to

School, with clean uniforms and books.

ABLE launched a Mobile Hospital. It is a unique modified ambulance that includes a modern laboratory system

and other medical facilities. Through this we are providing on the spot medical services in the slums of

Faridabad and a few villages of Palwal district.

ABLE positively discriminates towards the girl child who helps build her self confidence; she can thus not only

face the world, but challenge it too. The impact of education also encompasses her family, her friends and her

community. ABLE has initiated two major programs exclusively for girl that - 'Scholarship program for rural

bright girls' and annually 'Mini Marathon' on 'save the girl child'.

We want to thank all our donors and sponsors whose trust in us has been a great blessing. We acknowledge

the unstinting support that various government officials at various levels have provided.

With Regards,

Prem Kumar Khullar

Squadron Leader (Retd.)

President

ABLE Charities

From the President Prem Kumar Khullar


In Jan. 2010, ABLE India took an initiative to start six non formal education centers in different slums of

Faridabad with the objective 'IF CHILDREN CANNOT GO TO THE SCHOOL, THEN SCHOOL SHOULD

GO TO THE CHILDREN'. At present, ABLE is educating 600 slum dwelling children in Faridabad. These

centers provide need based educational services to the marginalized children in the following ways:

• Non formal educational services for the young adults of any age to reduce the rate of drop outs from

mainstream schools.

• Admission of non school goers to the Govt. schools.

• Try to improve the reading, writing and arithmetic levels of the children.

Locations of our Non formal Education Centers are as follows:

1. Sihi Village Slum, Faridabad

2. Ram Nagar, Faridabad

3. Jalghar, Sec-4, Faridabad

4. Ram Temple, near Ganda Nala, Ballabgarh Dividing Road Faridabad

5. Ram Temple, 36 gaze slum, Near Sec-3, Faridabad

6. Tirkha Colony, Faridabad

ABLE India – Welfare programs (2010-2011)Educational Activities (Non formal Education Centers)

Progress in 2010-11: Highlights of key Programs


In 2011, 72 orphans and 1000 children of widows were supported through this

program, in which ABLE Charities provided school fees, books and school

uniforms according to the needs of each child. Under this program, we regularly

monitor the attendance of children in schools and motivate the (widowed)

mothers and/or guardians to attend parent- teacher meetings regularly. This is

an ongoing program of ABLE Charities and we intend supporting 1500 children

of widows and 120 orphans in 2012.

Orphans and Widows' Children's Education Program, Palwal

The International Women's Day, celebrated on 8th

March is a universal day for all women around the

world. It endows them with a sense of honor, dignity

and self respect for being the person that they are.

This day marks a celebration of the economic, social,

cultural and political achievements made by women

over the years.

A special event was organized by the ABLE charities

in honor of all women associated with the

organization. The event started with special

presentations by the girl child depicting “The gender

discrimination in Haryana and importance of education for girl child”. The students put up many cultural shows

through skits, dances, songs & specially organized games programs for the widows. The celebrations were

concluded with a community lunch. Mr. T.K Sharma, IAS, commissioner, Gurgaon was the chief guest.

International Women's Day, 2011

Holi celebrations

On 17th March 2011, ABLE members celebrated Holi with children

of different slums of Faridabad. Holi celebration programs were

arranged with the support of teachers from ABLE's non formal

education centers. The children played Holi until every inch of their

bodies were covered in colors and all that remained were smiling

teeth and happy gazes. Mr. Bir Singh Kali Raman, IAS, Joint Commissioner MCF was the

chief guest. The celebrations were concluded with distribution of

community boxes to all the 100 children who were present for the

celebrations. It was a great feeling for everyone to see the children laughing and enjoying themselves at the Holi celebrations.


On 25th May 2011, our president got the opportunity to

have a dinner cum addressing the students at one of the

biggest college at Kent, Chatham, England.

Where he addressed and had a dinner of 500 students.

Dinner with British Students at Kent, Chatham, United Kingdom

In June 2011 a meeting of widows was organized with the purpose

of creating awareness in them with respect to parenting skills,

community, health diseases and property rights of widows. . A total

of 120 widows participated and the program was very well

received.

In July 2011, another meeting of widows was organized with the

co-ordination of Lions Club, Palwal to distribute 10 kg Atta

among the most vulnerable / needy widows.

Resource Persons – Dr Amod Kant from St.Stephen

Hospital, New Delhi Ajay Pratap Singh Senior

Journalist, Palwal, Mr P. K. Khullar, President ABLE

Regular Social Awareness Programs

On 16th April, 2011, ABLE Charities took part in the Baisakhi Mela

at the Community Center, Sector -15, and Faridabad. There was lot

of enthusiasm amongst the young volunteers from various schools,

and they managed a big stall of goodies and also provided some

entertainment to the visitors at this annual spring festival. The profits

were donated to ABLE for the education of slum children in

Faridabad. These volunteers also urged the people of this posh

sector to support various activities of ABLE in aid of the very poor.

Baisakhi Mela


ABLE India celebrated its 19th Annual Day on 18th September

2011; Mr Kulbeer Singh, M.D of Gartar Concept Clothing Ltd was

the Chief Guest. A foundation stone for a “HOME FOR 100

GIRLS WITHOUT HOME” was laid. A colorful cultural program

presented by the children of ABLE School and trainees of the

Vocational Training Centre made the Annual Day an enjoyable

event. Working in the rural areas for now well over 18years we keep

on getting offers from very poor widows to take away their

daughters, since they cannot feed or look after them. Invariably, if

we do not accede to their requests, then dispose off their daughters

by marrying them off at very early ages (as young as 13 or 14

years). It is to avoid this situation that we, at ABLE, plan educate a

few hundred homeless or orphaned girls.

The 2 hour function was followed by community lunch.

19th Foundation Day of ABLE Charities

Teacher's Day

On 5th Sep, 2011, a teacher's day meeting with ABLE President was

organized at School No – 5 in Tirkha Colony, Faridabad. 13 teachers

participated in the meeting. A lecture by Mr. P.K. Khullar was delivered

on how to become a good teacher using minimum resources. It was

also impressed that since the children with us belong to the poorest

sections and cannot afford anything, the teachers must try to accord

the maximum attention to them and never ill-treat them at any cost.

A Legal Awareness Program was conducted to enable women and girls to know their legal rights and to

understand the procedures and methods of access to the legal systems.

Some important issues taken up by us included:-

• Gender and Law Enforcement

• Impact of Displacement of Women

• Sexual Harassment at Workplace

• Women in Detention

• Political Empowerment of Women

Chief Guest: Mr Sanjeev Mangla, Advocate from District Court, Palwal

Legal Awareness Program


From 20th Oct. to 4th Nov. 2011, Mr. Paul Horseman from Abbey

Court School Kent, England, visited ABLE India and stayed with us at

our ABLE guest house in Palwal for a fortnight. He played with the

orphans, visited the rural schools as well as the biggest and richest

schools at Faridabad. His aim was to see for himself the work being

done by ABLE FOR THE POOR CHILDREN and the quantum and

quality of help required to improve the education to the very poor.

A 'INTERNATIONAL GUEST' Visit

On 22th & 23rd of Oct., 2011, Diwali Mela was organized by ABLE Youth at

Gymkhana Club, Sec – 15, Faridabad. Seven stalls were managed by nearly

50 students of ABLE's Youth who were drawn from Delhi Public School,

APEEJAY School and Manav Rachna School in Faridabad. The children

were so enthusiastic about the work that for months they made things at their

homes which they then displayed and sold with so much gusto that the

visitors to the show bought their wares, thus generating a profit which what

then donated to ABLE for the education of children living in slums.

Diwali Mela

“Mini Marathon” –“SAVE THE GIRL CHILD”

On 2nd Dec, 2011, ABLE Charities organized a Mini

Marathon in association with Women Entrepreneurs

Club (W.E.C.) Faridabad, and 6000 children from

different schools of Faridabad and around 500 other

individuals participated in the event. The slogan for this

Mini-Marathon was “SAVE THE GIRL CHILD” and the

event was a great success for ABLE Charities and W.E.C.

because it raised awareness among the local people

about the issue of female foeticide in the state of

Haryana, where the sex ratio is 845 girls for every

1000 boys, as against the national average of

917 girls for every 1000 boys.


On 17th Dec, 2011, ABLE India organized a Winter

Carnival at Gymkhana Club, Sec- 15, and Faridabad.

Members of ABLE'S YOUTH worked hard to get the

handicraft items made and sold to raise funds for ABLE

programs.

Winter Carnival, 2011

On 18th Dec, 2010, ABLE India was organized a

winter carnival with ABLE Youth's members at

Gymkhana Club, Sector -15, and Faridabad.

The dedicated children from the best schools of

Faridabad gave considerable time and effort to sell

various items of handicraft and other things donated by

well meaning people to garner profits which will be

used for the schools in the slums.

Winter Carnival, 2010

On 27th Dec, ABLE was organized a one day career

counseling program with 250 students from different

schools in the district of Palwal. The purpose of this

program is to guide the students and make them

aware about different scopes of education like short

term courses, different types of diploma and degree

courses, technical and vocational courses etc for their

better future.

One day program of career counseling in Dist. Palwal, Haryana

On 29th Oct, a community lunch with orphans and

their guardians was organized. The idea behind this

annual lunch is that since the poor orphans do not

partake any good wholesome meals for most of the

year, hence we should try to satisfy their stomachs and

palates and make them happy at least on this day of

national festivities.

Community Lunch with Orphans and their Guardians on the occasion of Diwali

Sponsoring Heart Surgeries for the Destitute

Very poor children or orphans covered by ABLE are even operated for heart surgery at no cost to them. During the

past three years, ten children have been operated upon for heart disorders. On 15th of September 2011, a child

named Deepak, son of a laborer, underwent surgery for implanting a heart pacemaker at MEDACITY Hospital in

Gurgaon.

ABLE a learning place for the students in area of social sector

Students from different colleges associate with ABLE for their internship every year.

In 2011, the following students interned with us:

Rural Internship Program

1. Geke Soulier, Vismarkt yb, 3511KR Utrecht, Holland.

2. Annelien de Kat, Van der Mondestraat 702, 3515 BA Utrecht, Holland.

3. Achal Seksaria

4. Yash Kumbhani

5. Nalin Patidar

6. Sushant

(Interns 4 through 6 above are all students of Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and

Communication Technology, Near Indroda Circle, Gandhinagar - 382007 Gujarat, India.)

Milestones of ABLE Charities In 2011


ABLE's motto is…

“IF CHILDREN CANNOT GO TO SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL SHOULD GO TO THE CHILDREN”

Kindly join our Birthday Club & donate 1 Rupee a day,

minimum Rs.365/- on your birthday.

“Let your birthday become the reason to

send a child to school.”

You can also donate old furniture, old clothes,

old shoes, surplus medicine and stationery at

home & office and collect the same from

friends and relatives.

ABLE'S BIRTHDAY CLUB


ABLE India – Medical Programs (2010-2011)

ABLE India has a modern and fully facilitated 100 bed Charitable Hospital.

Highlights

1 The focus during the year has been on

Reproductive Child Health, introducing family

planning, increasing the number of institutional

deliveries and immunization of newborns. There

has been a remarkable improvement in all the

above areas.

2. The average number of patients attending the

clinic per day has increased from 35 in 2009-

2010 to 50 in 2010-2011.

3. A constant schedule of awareness programs has

had a significant impact.

4.Our Medical Camp enables us to provide support and assistance for health related problems. We conduct

these camps to enlighten people about the benefits of remaining healthy and fit. Besides, we conduct

training programs that educate people about hygiene. This helps in increasing life expectancy.

5. Awareness programs on issues of Immunization, Breast Feeding, Antenatal Care and Postnatal Care,

Anaemia, Tuberculosis, Water-Borne Diseases, malnutrition, Pneumonia, HIV/AIDS, Old-Age related

problems and others were held throughout the year.

Community Health Program in various villages of Palwal, Haryana

With linkages with various hospitals and medical centers, ABLE Charities endeavors to put quality healthcare

within reach of various poor communities in Faridabad and the Palwal districts of Haryana. The ABLE Hospital

team visits communities in various villages of Palwal on a weekly basis and provides them basic medical needs

on-site. Surgical cases are referred to the Hospital.

Highlights

1. Over 330 patients attended Awareness Camps on Family Planning and 6500 availed of the various services

provided.

2. Weekly Immunization camps were conducted in various locations of Palwal and over 5000 widows and

children benefited.

3. Awareness Camps on Tuberculosis, HIV, Anemia deficiency and Prevention of other communicable diseases

were held throughout the year at various locations in Palwal.


On 11.11.2011, ABLE Charities launched a Mobile Hospital;

it is a modified ambulance that includes a modern laboratory

system and many other medical facilities. We are providing on

the spot medical services in the slums of Faridabad and a few

villages of Palwal district. A recent launching of the mobile

hospital in the slums of Faridabad is the latest work of ABLE--a

nearly self contained mobile hospital known as “HOSPITAL

ON WHEELS“costing about Rs.18 lakhs. It is meant to serve

the women of the slums/villages who are unable to go to the

lady doctors for one or the other reason. They are open to

unnecessary diseases just because they do not have any

facilities for hygienic living whatsoever. These unfortunate

women have a life of utter physical suffering and they keep on

with this life as the medical facilities are far away and they

cannot go unescorted as most of the time husbands or

some male members are not available and hence we

have launched this project to EDUCATE these

helpless women how to have preventive action

and if they still suffer then they should have

affordable medical cover from us.

Launching of 'Mobile Hospital' (Hospital on wheels)

Driving special medical services to the slums and villages of Faridabad and Palwal

On 30th Dec, ABLE launched Rohan Malhotra 'Poor Girls Scholarship Scheme' with 250 mothers of the children for

100 poor girls in the district of Palwal. After the program, ABLE organized a community lunch with the mothers of the

children.

Launching 'Rohan Malhotra' Poor Girls Scholarship Scheme'


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One Big Ward

One Big Room in the Hospital

Heart Hospital

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One Major Operation

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One year Medical Insurance of a Widow or Child

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