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Deepalaya
Orignial content Interview with Mr. T K Mathew, CEO, Deepalaya
Legal Status  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

- 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.
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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.
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Deepalaya School - Gusbethi
Deepalaya School - Kalkaji
Ramditti J.R Narang Deepalaya School
Deepalaya School Sanjay Colony
Education on Wheels

Institutional Care

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 More

Transit Home (Gusbethi)

Vocational Training

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.

A.P.Dewan Memorial Clinic
Chameli Dewan Rural Health Clinic and Mobile Unit

Differently-Abled 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.
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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.
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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.
Annual Report 2006 - 2007
Address Deepalaya Corporate Office
Human Resource Centre (HRC)
46, Institutional Area,
D-Block, Janakpuri,
New Delhi - 110058.
Phone : +91-11-28520347, 28522263, 28525326
Fax : +91-11-28520546

HRD at Deepalaya- +91-11-28520347, 28524345
Email: hrd@deepalaya.org

Marketing Department- +91-11-28525908, 28522251
Email: support@deepalaya.org

Resource Mobilization- +91-11-28525788, 28520347
Email: resource@deepalaya.org

Programs- +91-11-28520779, 28525326
Email: support@deepalaya.org

To contact specific location, use the information below:

Deepalaya School, Kalkaji Extension
A14, Kalkaji Extension
Govindpuri,
New Delhi - 110019.
Phone : +91-11-40561452,40561453

Deepalaya School, Sanjay Colony
S-69A, Sanjay Colony,
Okhla Phase-II,
New Delhi - 110020.
Phone : +91-11-26384347, 26389141

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

Website
http://www.deepalaya.org