JOY OF GIVING

Your Dry Waste can go a long way in saving lives from getting wasted!

Joy of Giving Week is a festival of philanthropy celebrated between 2nd and 8th of October every year people through acts of giving. This is a week when community is sensitised about various social and developmental issues plaguing the Indian society.

THE INITIATIVE

This year Samarthanam's focus during Joy of Giving week is on collecting dry waste. The increased focus for us would be to ensure women with disabilities and from disadvantaged background have access to opportunities like any of their peers from advantageous backgrounds and without disabilities.

The campaign of collecting dry waste from interested corporate offices and organisations will begin from 2nd October 2013 and will not stop on 8th October but will continue till the end of the month. Through the campaign we will be collecting all kinds of dry waste possible including newspapers, old clothes, furniture, plastic, hardware, e-waste, old books, stationary items, old utensils, tetra pack or just about anything that you don't need and wish to give away. We at Samarthanam will segregate the waste and dispose them off hygienically and scientifically and generate revenue out of it which will contribute towards education and livelihood opportunities for persons with disabilities and from disadvantaged backgrounds. This campaign of waste collection is solely aimed at bringing those persons with potential to contribute to the country's economy, whose lives are getting wasted for lack of opportunities and lying at the fringe of societal strata into mainstream society with an opportunity to life of dignity and usefulness.

FUNDS UTILIZATION

Besides being a forum for creating awareness, the campaign will act as a fundraising platform for the education and livelihood programmes run by the organisation. The following are the number of persons with disabilities and those from under serviced communities that would benefit from our education and livelihood programmes

• 245 children with disabilities and their non disabled peers are being supported for primary and high school education through the residential school while 110 young adults with disabilities are provided with residential facility and other practical support to continue with higher education

• 450 persons with disabilities receive skill training resulting in employment opportunities.

All contribution towards the campaign should be drawn in favour of "Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled". We assure you of all appropriate benefits as mentioned above besides the good wishes of all the disabled residents of Samarthanam and all those who would benefit as a result of this awareness drive. All contributions will be acknowledged publicly on the last day of the campaign in a grand finale ceremony being planned at one of the prominent venues to be chosen soon.

WHAT YOU CAN DO