Registration
No : 11359 Registered
on : 3.12.1980
Registered as : Society under Societies Registration Act
XXI on .
Founder :
Present Leader : Mr.
T K Mathew, CEO
Tax Exemptions : Income
Tax Act 12A, Income Tax Act 35AC, Income Tax Act 80G
FCRA : 231650025
Vision
A
society based on legitimate rights, equity, justice, honesty,
social sensitivity and a culture of service in which all
are self-reliant.
Mission
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To identify with and work along the economically and socially
deprived, the physically and mentally challenged - starting
with children, so that they become educated, skilled and
aware.
- Enable
them to be self-reliant and enjoy a healthy, dignified
and sustainable quality of life
- And to that end, act as a resource to and collaborate
with other agencies - governmental or non-governmental,
as well as suitably intervene in policy formulation.
Board
Mr.
A J Philip - President
Mr. T M Abraham - Treasurer
Mr. Y Chakochan - Executive Member
Mr. K V Thomas - Executive Member
Mr. B P Thomas - Executive Member
Mrs. Elizabeth Issac - Executive Member
Dr. Ruby Kurien - Executive Member
Mr. J. K. Varghese - Member
Mr. P J Thomas - Member
Mrs. Grace Thomas - Member
Dr (Mrs) Thankam Mathew - Member
Mrs. Mariam Mathew - Member
Mr T K Mathew - Secretary, CEO
Focus
Issue
Children,
Education, Slums, Rural, Disability etc
Approach,
Methodology & Stragegy
Deepalaya’s
focus and entry point is the child. Unit of development
is the family. Organization of community is the approach,
through which empowerment, capacity building and social
transformation are attempted.
Hence
it is a long-term strategy for emancipating the whole community,
through interventions at three levels i.e., the child, the
family and & the community with extra emphasis on child
specially girl child, street child and disabled child.
Programmes
Education
Over
time, Deepalaya have established 337 educational centres
where 50,000 beneficiaries are educated through formal
and non-formal education. Four formal schools - three
of Deepalaya and the other in collaboration with the Narang’s
- were established. Moreover, two schools were founded
as Satellites. Deepalaya is accredited to the National
Open School for both academic and vocational streams. Read
More
In
Delhi, over a lakh of children are living on the streets,
in need of shelter, care and a dignified life. Under the
Institutional Care program, Deepalaya seeks to give some
of these children a chance at the hostel in Deepalaya
Gram, in village Gusbethi in the state of Haryana.
Deepalaya
Gram today is home to over 80 children (both boys and
girls) in difficult circumstances e.g. street and run-away
children, victims of child abuse, children of lifetime
convicts, HIV/ AIDS patients, sex workers, and other vulnerable
categories. Read
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Deepalaya
started the Vocational Training Centre at the Deepalaya
School in Kalkaji Extension, out of the realization, that
majority of the students of Deepalaya Schools cannot pursue
a long academic career for various reasons. There was,
therefore, a great need to equip several semi-educated
boys and girls in the slums and resettlement colonies
of Delhi, to earn their livelihood. The Vocational Training
Centre started with two trades in 2000– Computer
Basic and Beauty Culture – with Deepalaya’s
own fund. Because of a generous support from the Dewan
Foundation, new trades could be added. Currently, the
Chameli
Dewan Institute for Vocational Training is providing
training in Computer hardware/ Software, Air Conditioning
& Refrigeration, Beauty culture, Tailoring & Fashion
designing, Photography & Videography, Electricals
and Electronics. An additional class of 3 hours duration
on spoken English is also imparted every week. In the
entire streams, weekly test are taken up on every Monday.
Monthly test are additionally taken up on every last working
day of the month.
The courses are structured to compliment the needs of
an individual as well as the market demands. There are
15 instructors in various courses. Additionally a Coordinator,
a Placement Officer and an office assistant give support.
Health
Through
various health related interventions, Deepalaya have been
able to reach out to 64,436 beneficiaries in 76 locations
of Delhi’s slums.
To
further these objectives, Deepalaya has established vital
linkages with Government, semi-government and private
institutions such as the All India Institute of Medical
Sciences, Indian Cancer Society, Delhi T.B. Association
and the Delhi State AIDS Control Society.
Mentally
or physically challenged children often face social stigma
and ostracism. The problem gets compounded by poverty. Deepalaya
strives to change this. The program “Mainstreaming
the differently-able” is aimed at developing positive
attitudes among parents and communities. The agenda is to
help the parents see their children not as “disabled”
but more as “differently-able”. Children with
special needs are mainstreamed into the general education
and healthcare system. Deepalaya is also providing special
education and physiotherapy and vocational training to facilitate
this process. Read
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Gender
Equity & Women Empowerment
The
following methodologies and approaches will be used in order
to achieve the objectives of the Gender Equity sector:
- Continuation of the process to provide market oriented
skill training to women and adolescent girls.
- Commitment to help mothers of children, who are attending
educational classes, and involve them in saving, thrift
and credit, skill training and income generation activities.
- Integration of adult literacy with skill training and
income generation or making literacy a precondition for
skill training and income generation activities.
- Development of leadership within the communities and linking
them with government and non-government facilities.
Generation of awareness among common people through involving
women from project locations and using IEC materials. Read
More
Empowering
NGOs
During the recent years, Deepalaya have also acted as a
resource and training institute to other NGOs. Read
More DRIP
| DABFP
Award
Deepalaya
has been felicitated as ‘Regional Awardee’ of
the Year 2007 in Northern India at the India NGO Award ceremony
held at Sheraton Hotel, New Delhi. Read
more.
Deepalaya School Gole
Kuan
F-33, Gole Kuan, Tehkhand,
Okhla Phase – I
New Delhi – 110020
Tel: +91-11-26810295
Email: support@deepalaya.org
Ramditti J R Narang Deepalaya
School
B-65, Panchsheel Vihar,
Opposite Trivenicom Complex
Sheikh Sarai – I, New Delhi – 110017
Tel: +91-11-29541137
Deepalaya School Gusbethi
Village Gusbethi,
Sahsola Patti, Block Tavru, Gurgaon
Distt Gusbethi, Haryana
Tel: +91-1267-201491/ 92
Registered International
Offices:
United States of America
Mr. Joseph Mathew
Deepalaya Foundation
16031 Sweetwater Creek Drive
Houston, TX 77095 USA
Email: Deepalaya.usa@gmail.com
Germany
Mr. Alfons Ruetter
Foerderverein Deepalaya Niederrhein e.v.
C/o Mr. Alfons Ruetter
Rheinstrasse 248
474546 Kalkar, Germany
Email: Alfons.Ruetter@t-online.de
United Kingdom
Chris Tuppen
Friends of Deepalaya, UK
”Delvins” Gaston Street, East Bergholt
Colchester, Co7 6SD United Kingdom
Email: Chris.Tuppen@btinternet.com