Why should you donate to Charity?

1. Charity donations are tax-deductible.

Sure, some portion of taxes go to helping those in need (welfare, disaster relief, etc.), but if we donate 1000rs, we get a large portion of that back if we list it as tax deductible. Suddenly your 1000rs donation is only 650rs. The point is to actually give the money away, remember?

2. Giving now is better than giving in the future.

It may seem like a small amount now, but a dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow. Don’t wait until you’re super rich to give to charity. Your 100 rs now may have a larger impact on you now, but it also have a larger impact on the charity than if you waited 5 years to give that 100 rs, when inflation knocks that value down to about 85rs.

4. You really CAN make a difference.

Abhiprerna foundation is going to promote your money and it won’t be wasted and they won’t be spending it all on beer instead it will go to someone who needs the help. Can you make any more of a difference than that?

5. You’re just going to blow it on something dumb anyway.

As pious as you are, there’s still extra money in your budget somewhere. Create a budget for charity donations, then some of your extra money (each month or each year) and donate it to charity. Use your spending money to make a difference instead of spending it on multiplexes (that costs 200 rs a ticket) or on restaurants that would just add to your calories. I am not saying don't spend something on yourself but think about it. Its doing the good deed that leaves you with satisfaction and not some dumb movie plot.

 And if you think you don’t have enough, take that extra 2% you’ll be earning next year and put that toward a charity fund.

6. You’ll help yourself at the same time.

Studies show that when individuals spend money on gifts for friends or charitable organizations, their happiness increases while those who spend on themselves get no such boost. Even Scrooge can agree that everyone wins.

7. If you don’t help now, you never will.

Don’t pretend that instead of giving money, you’re going to donate time. When was the last time you volunteered at the orphanage or at the disability clinic? Don’t let your mind fall for this trick. Send the money now or you’ll end up giving nothing.

8. Be a leader, not a follower.

Since other people don’t donate, you don’t want to either? If your friends know you’re giving to charity, they’ll be encouraged as well. And your friends are probably in credit card debt, too. Are you sure you want to follow their lead?

Readers, What do you think?  Should we be donating more or less this year?

DEEPAWALI EXHIBITION 2011

Glimpses of 65th Independence Day at Abhiprerna Foundation

ACTIVITIES

• Training in self-help skills, basic reading and writing skills, social skills
• Training in sports, cultural activities
• Yoga exercises, speech and physiotherapy
• Regular home visits by the teachers
• Regular parent-teacher meetings
• Parents’ counseling and guidance
• Awareness programmes / exhibitions
• Vocational training in making greeting cards, candles, garlands etc
• Embroidery work 
• Regular outings, picnics and annual outstation trips to holy places.

BADHTE KADAM

HOW YOU CAN HELP

• Sponsoring a child contributing `30,000/- per annum.
• Sponsoring a teacher by contributing `60,000 per annum.
• Sponsoring an excursion trip `25,000/- per annum. 
• Donate land, a building.

Cheques/D.D. should be made to “Abhiprerna Foundation” payable at Haridwar.

IDEA (THEME)

The belief it’s Abhiprerna Foundation holds that for Persons with Disabilities such as Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple disabilities, there is no medical cure–but many things are possible through training opportunities and community support.

AIMS

·        Identifying children at risk of developmental delays/learning disabilities/mental retardation.

·        Maintaining a child’s current skills and strengths.

·        Helping the child acquire new developmental skills.

·        Improving the child’s and family’s quality of life.

·        Arranging referral services for the children wherever required.

·        Motivating, awakening and mobilizing the caregivers.

  

MISSION

To facilitate enterprises that can offer products and services to cater to the domestic and overseas markets, while ensuring self sustenance and equality especially for people with development disabilities.

VISION

 

To empower and enable people with disabilities to become economically contributing and participating members of society, Empower people with disabilities by developing different strategies to improve their skills and eventually their earning capacity to make a decent living.

OBJECTIVES

The objective of Abhiprerna Rehabilitation Centre, is to provide the children suffering from mental and multiple disabilities a place and atmosphere where they could overcome their disabilities through love, care and proper guidance. Imaginative and creative activities such as dance, music, painting, story telling, etc. are used to strengthen their mental faculties.

• To diagnose their physical disabilities through different tests and to provide remedial measures through various therapies and medical treatments.
• To train the parents about the special needs and therapist of their children.
• To train these children through games and sports activities for special and mainstream school.
• To educated these children through ‘do and learn’ methods in the fields of language, mathematics and social behaviours.
• To enable these children not only to meet the needs of their everyday live, but also to understand and enjoy their surroundings.
• To give their all the facilities provided for than by the Government.
• To take then finally on the part of becoming an independent and able individual. 

  

REHABILITATION CENTRE .............Children with Special Needs!

Abhiprerna Rehabilitation Centre, run by Abhiprerna Foundation was set up on 3^rd December, 2009 on the World Disabled Days. It caters to the needs of the children in the age group of 4 to 14 years who suffer from mental and multi disabilities.

Mental Retardation

The cognitive area of the brain is affected, leading to slow learning and responses. The child will take a long time to understand and may need to be explained in simple terms, one thing at a time.

Autism

This affects the social and emotional areas of the brain leading to challenges in communication, social relationships and imagination.

Cerebral Palasy

Traditionally described as “an intelligent mind caught in a disobedient body”, it is typified by motor dysfunction. Gross motor (sitting, standing, walking) fine motor (writing, sewing, painting etc.) and speech is generally affected.

Multiple Disabilities

Persons with Disabilities like deaf blind, Cerebral Palasy with Mental Retardation, or Mental Retardation with Visual Impairment.

ORGANIZATION

Abhiprerna Foundation, established in 2007 by Dr. Deepesh Chandra Prasad, is a registered organization deducted to economic empowerment of women and uplift of the weaker sections of society.

We strive to make Uttarakhand, India, and the entire world a more inclusive place for all people regardless of ability, age, race, creed, or socio–economic background. Aware of the power of the individual, we believe that each one of us should have a voice in our community, access to what we need, and respect from those around us. Our projects throughout Haridwar work to make these goals possible by empowering people with disabilities through education, awareness campaigns, community training and play. As we work for the most vulnerable in our neighborhoods we know that we will make the world better for all of us.