Corporate Social Responsibility

At

Support Foundation

Delhi Disha Centre

New Delhi

Live Project Report Submitted In

Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement Of

Post Graduate Diploma in Management

Submitted By:

Astha Laghate

Roll No.: 383

Section: Omega

New Delhi Institute of Management

Tughlakabad Institutional Area,

New Delhi

(2015-2017)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The presentation of this project has given me an opportunity to express my profound gratitude to

all concern in guiding me. Foremost, I would like to thank Mrs. Shanu Srivastava (Chairperson of Support Foundation) for giving me an opportunity to undertake this project work.

I would like to thank the SUPPORT FOUNDATION, staff for giving me support on time. I would also thank the principal of our college, New Delhi Institute of Management, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi, for providing an opportunity to undergo the project study program.

I would like to thank Prof. SARIKA TOMAR for assigning me the project.

Lastly, I want to pay my hearted thanks to my friends and other team members who gave their valuable suggestions and guidance in completing the project.

ASTHA LAGHATE

CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Support foundation is a registered non-profit charitable trust. It was created by professionals from diverse fields with a vision to work for the mental and physical wellbeing of people from different areas of society irrespective of age, sex, or religion.

In Indian society, mental and physical disability is associated with great stigma; therefore disabled people struggle to find work, and are generally shunned from their communities.

Support Foundation spreads awareness, and fights stigma and discrimination within society. It enables the people seeking aid to become self-sufficient and lead dignified lives

They have people with autism, cerebral palsy, ADHD, mental retardation, Down syndrome, dyslexia, other learning disabilities, hearing impairment, blindness, hydrocephalous, muscular dystrophy, rickets, etc.

PROFILE OF THE ORGANISATION

Support foundation is a registered non-profit charitable trust. It was created by professionals from diverse fields with a vision to work for the mental and physical wellbeing of people from different areas of society irrespective of age, sex, or religion. In Indian society, mental and physical disability is associated with great stigma; therefore disabled people struggle to find work, and are generally shunned from their communities. Support Foundation spreads awareness, and fights stigma and discrimination within society.

HOW IT STARTED

Support foundation was founded by Mrs. Shanu Srivastava. During her work as a psychiatric counselor, she realized that Indian society is unnecessarily rejecting of disabled and disadvantaged minority groups. Even parents will abandon disabled children. Such children (and adults) find themselves isolated, lonely, and more vulnerable than ever. All they need is a helping hand. At Support Foundation, we believe that no person should be treated as inferior just because they are differently able. With this in mind, Mrs. Srivastava decided to dedicate her work to improving the lives of vulnerable members of society. Other professionals with same values have joined her along the way. Today, Support Foundation has a team of dedicated individuals committed to helping out those in need.

WHO HELPED THEM

Support Foundation exists to support those who are from a very low socio-economic background (average monthly household income ` 5,000 / $100 USD), suffering from mental deployment and/or physical disability. Consequently, our centers are usually full with a broad mix of people. For example, we have people with autism, cerebral palsy, ADHD, mental retardation, Down’s syndrome, dyslexia, other learning disabilities, hearing impairment, blindness, hydrocephalous, muscular dystrophy, rickets, etc.). Mostly, those who we work with are children. However there are also a few adults who, due to mental deployment, have the mental age of elementary school aged children.

AIM

To support those who are from a very low socio economic background suffering from mental growth delay and or physical disability

VISION

The support foundation was started with a mission to provide a home a differently abled with any kind of disability

MISSION

To make people sensitive and sympathetic about the issue and eradicate the discrimination

STRENGTH OF HUMAN CAPITAL

1. Shanu Srivastava (Founder Trustee/Chairperson)2. Dr. Manish Gupta (Executive Trustee)3. Mrs. Anuradha Singh (Executive Trustee/HEAD- Disha Programme)4. Sunando Basu (Executive Trustee)5. Tushar Agarwal (Executive Trustee)6. Kapil Singh (Founder Trustee)

Advisory Board

7. Dr. Ashish Kumar8. Mr. Rajveer Ratan9. Dr. Saurabh Gupta

GROUP'S DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FALLING UNDER CSR DOMAIN

THE DIRECTION:

Vocational training. Psychological evaluation (IQ testing and diagnosis) Music and play therapy. Storytelling and recreational activities. Home outreach.

LET'S TALK:

As several topics are considered to be in Indian society Aao Bat Kare is a program which provides individual and group counseling sessions by experienced Psychiatric counselors.

HEALTH:

Free medical care is provided by following services. General Physicians Psychiatrists Gynecologists Orthopedics doctors Psychiatrics Physical medicines

CONTACT DETAILS

Director's Name: Mrs Shanu Srivastva. Contact details: 9811538409 Location: C-168 Ambedkar Nagar Sec-5 Dakshinpuri New Delhi. Coordinator: Ms Sandhya

Ms Deepika

TASK ASSIGNED TO US

Making students understand to differentiate between different colors. Helping them to do different physical exercises. Coordinating their work of actions by guiding them at every step. We taught them aware about good and bad habits. We taught them how to react in a different situation. For ex- How to treat in front

of guests. In academics we taught them counting, abc, etc. We made them aware of road safety rules

OUR LEARNINGS AND CONTRIBUTION

Learnings:

We learnt how to be patient in a scarce situation. We were inspired by the efforts of the students to transform their lives while having such

disabilities. We got to know our responsibility towards society. The biggest learning we got from there is we learnt to manage ourselves. We learned to move forward with hope and determination.

Contribution:

We contribute our skills by teaching them in an innovative way. We have done listening, speaking and reading sessions also. Apart from studies we entertain the children by music and dance sessions. Children are motivated by encouraging them to show their hidden talent. We taught them different exercises for their healthy life.

SHORT COMINGS AND SUGGESTIONS OF THE CSR ACTIVITIES

There is a lack of availability of resources for the severe patients. There should be a proper place for the outdoor activities of the children. A separate counseling room should be there and for recreational activities there should be

a separate hall. Severe mentally retarded children should allow to get mixed with everyone. There should be a counseling sessions for the parents also to make them aware about

their children. They should make aware about the fact that their children are special not ill. Proper medical facilities should be there including bed and first aid equipment’s. More staff must appointed for better supervision. Digitalized way of studying should be adopted.

HEAD OFFICES AND BRANCHES

DELHI DISHA CENTRE: C-168, Ambedkar Nagar Sec-5, Dakshinpuri, New Delhi

CORRESPONDANCE ADDRESS: E-31, Green Park Main New Delhi

REGISTERED OFFICE: 24 E, Samar Vihar, Alam Bagh, Lucknow (U.P.)

INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Ms. Elizabeth Brown,20 Solva Dr Ottawa, ON Canada.

WORK ALLOTED TO US

DAY-1 :

We were made comfortable by the coordinators of the foundation and was given a brief introduction about our work we need to get involved into and had a meeting with Mrs. Shanu Srivastava (Founder of Support) so that we can further know about the working and happenings of the foundation and also get their view point from they expect from us and what value additions can we as a student bring to their foundation.We interacted with the children by telling the stories from the pictorial books they had and by seeing their capability of resistance, for instance Thirsty Crow and Turtle Rabbit Race. Then we engage them with music and dance activities at the end of the day.

DAY-2:

We started our day with some basic physical exercises like jumping, arms movements, neck movements etc. and prayers. We are given files of all children which include their disabilities and suggests the way they should be treated as per their disabilities as each student present there need a different and special attention than that of others. In this way we used to divide the student in groups and each member was given 3 students to teach and care upon so that no chaos and equal attention is given to all students. So on this days students were divided among other mates and drawing, fruit telling, color recognizing were taught in group in effective and resisting way. And ending our day with having evening snacks with those students.

DAY-3:

When we reached the Centre in the morning the children were going under some therapy suggested by their doctors. So in order to know about this therapy we interacted with the doctor and observed and understand what exercises were given through for various different disabilities and the methods to overcome them. Though the students we involved we got engaged with the coordinators and one of the senior management person about the alternative things that can be done for the students of the other means and ways that can be given to them like taking them on trips or playground activities to make them realize that they are normal as others

DAY-4:

Starting with normal exercises and prayer further leading with drawing and coloring of the sceneries and mountains and rivers and making them explain the colors to be filled in the same. Post-lunch session we taught children about road safety measures by using charts and showing them how important is to be careful while being on road further leading to revision of the session we had.

DAY-5:

On this day rather than doing onto exercise we made the students do mediation by making them sit and closing their eyes. It was quite a tedious task as some of the students was having fun by opening their eyes again and again and was peeping and distracting others but it was quite fun.

Further we made students to recite a poem on their own on anything they know and talk about anything they need to tell others which motivated them to speak an express themselves in whatever they want to which made them happy and even they laughed on that day.

DAY-6:

They day started with normal exercise and further carried on by their therapy and those students who were done with their therapy, we were allotted to make them students continue with their exercises.After the lunch students were involved in drawing and poetry reciting activities till the end of the session.

Day-7:

The last day we collected our feedback from the coordinators and interacted with them and showed the students some posters of the cartoons and fruits and vegetables and made them learn at least 5 of them and the session was ended with having dance with students.

REVENUE MODEL

The revenue earned by sales of these products straight away goes in support of these children.

A. Shagun envelops.B. Wrapping paper with block printing.C. Handmade paper diary with block printing.

French embassy helps the foundation since 5 years by raising funds and allow them to sale the products in their territory.

They get the monetary benefits from the charity doers.

SUGGESTION FOR CSR MODEL IN COLLEGE WITHOUT

ACADEMIC LOSS

On alternate weekends students could volunteer to work on different NGO’S and provide

much needed help for a good cause

Students can volunteer to donate their blood in blood donation camps

Could help keeping college premises clean and tidy.

As a student of NDIM College I would love to help ‘differently able’ kids in order to

normalize their lives as far as possible

And be content with many gifts bestowed upon us by god which most of us often take for

granted.

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