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(i) Universal Elementary Education in affiliation with The Govt. of NCT of Delhi.
JUS started 33 learning centers throughout North Delhi for school dropouts and illiterate children, under this project. The aim of this project was to integrate these students into the mainstream formal education system. Through this endeavor, a total of approximately 1480 beneficiaries were integrated into the formal education system. Mrs. Rina Ray(IAS), Secretary (Education) at the time, identified JUS as one of the best organizations in Delhi, working under the said project.
We also held classes for remedial education to assist children, especially those who weren’t academically bright. The objective of the remedial education classes was to reduce the dropout rate of students in the formal education system. The educator provided remedial classes and ensured that children continue to stay in the formal education system and also assisted the students where they were facing problems. A total of approximately 387 children were enrolled in the remedial classes.
(ii) Bookfair in affiliation with National Book trust
JUS has always believed in working for the marginalized and therefore deemed it fit to organize a book fair for the people of Madhepura, a small village town in the interiors of Bihar. The book fair lasted 7 days throughout which programs to engage the public was organized. Right from Open mic Poetry recitation to career counseling for children empowering women to undertake entrepreneurship. To make books accessible to people who weren’t able to come to the venue, A ‘ Bookfair on wheels’ was inaugurate whereby a bus drove through the streets of the district. Books worth Rs. 5 Lakh were sold throughout the district during the extremely fruitful seven days
(iii) Literacy programs for adults under the National Literacy Mission
Under the Literacy Programs run for adults, we endeavored at providing functional literacy to women and girls above 14 years of age for their personal development and empowerment. The aim of this program apart from providing functional literacy was to get the women and girls certified by the National Institute of Open Schooling. Under this program, almost 1270 women received functional education and have been certified as functionally literate by the National Institute of Open Schooling.
(iv) Free Library cum Reading Room
We initiated this program with the vision to inculcate reading habits among the target population and
provide a common space for group discussions and brainstorming. Since 2006 our organization has had a library in place at Wazirpur and Madipur. We have organized various types of activities with the visitors of our library to encourage and inculcate reading habits as well as personal development. Group discussions, speeches, and literary competitions centered around the current socio-economic and cultural issues were a regular feature at the library
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(i) Gender Resource Center (GRC) in affiliation with the Govt. of NCT of Delhi
GRCs were envisaged as instruments for bringing about social, economic, and legal empowerment of women belonging to the underprivileged sections of society through interventions in the areas like legal rights, economic initiatives, skill-building, micro-enterprises, entrepreneurship development and health.
Our organization established and successfully run a GRC from 2008- 2014. Keeping in line with the vision the government had envisaged, JUS ran the following programs under the aegis of GRC:
This program focused on economically empowering the marginalized and the vulnerable, especially girls and women in order to render them financial independence which is essentially an effective tool of empowerment. Vocational training was imparted in various fields, in essence, Dress Making, Beauty Culture, Computer Education, to name a few. Through this initiative, a total of 1278 women received vocational training and were granted placement in their respective industries.
Self Help Groups (SHGs), also known as mutual help, mutual aid and support groups,
are groups of people who provide professional, moral, and sometimes emotional support to each other. In a self-help group, the members share a common problem, often a common disease or addiction, or sometimes share a common skill that eventually becomes a source of their livelihood. Their mutual goal is to help each other to deal with, if possible to heal or to recover from, this problem. The main objective of such groups is to help each other as well as promoting economic education and promotion saving of funds. We, at JUS, managed to form 43 GROUPS CONSISTING OF 698 WOMEN. Out of these 43 groups, 15 groups consisting of 209 women were employed at some shop or the other. We helped these groups opening a bank account and assisted them in earning 6-10 thousand per month.
Self-Employment Programme (SEP) under National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) focuses on financial assistance to individuals/groups of urban poor for setting up gainful self-employment ventures/ micro-enterprises, suited to their skills, training, aptitude, and local conditions. In addition to financial assistance, knowledge of technology-specific to their industries, marketing of their products, and infrastructure for setting up the venture is also provided.
A total of 438 women were assisted by JUS under this program. Three SHG’s received revolving credit from the bank
(ii) Menstrual Hygiene awareness camps
Taboos, myths, and shame surrounding menstruation often lead to exclusion from daily activities, teasing, and shaming which often leads to poor management of menstruation and can interrupt daily life. A lack of adequate facilities and materials, restrictions on girls’ movements during their period, and feeling ashamed or ‘unclean’ also contribute to girls skipping school or women skipping work. Menstrual hygiene is an important part of the overall hygiene and health of women. Women from the marginalized communities usually use cloth instead of sanitary pads which leads to poor hygiene.
Through this project, we focus on imparting awareness amongst young women about the importance of menstrual hygiene and the importance of using sanitary pads instead of cloth. A low-cost sanitary pad was made available by the Govt. of NCT, Delhi through Jan Utthan Sangh. 10,231 WOMEN WERE CONVERTED FROM NON USER TO USERS.
(i) Gender Resource Center (GRC) in affiliation with the Govt. of NCT of Delhi
GRCs were envisaged as instruments for bringing about social, economic, and legal empowerment of women belonging to the underprivileged sections of society through interventions in the areas like legal rights, economic initiatives, skill-building, micro-enterprises, entrepreneurship development, and health.
Our organization established and successfully run a GRC from 2008- 2014. Keeping in line with the vision the government had envisaged, JUS ran the following programs under the aegis of GRC:
This program focused on economically empowering the marginalized and the vulnerable, especially girls and women in order to render them financial independence which is essentially an effective tool of empowerment. Vocational training was imparted in various fields, in essence, Dress Making, Beauty Culture, Computer Education, to name a few. Through this initiative, a total of 1278 women received vocational training and were granted placement in their respective industries.
Self Help Groups (SHGs), also known as mutual help, mutual aid and support groups,
are groups of people who provide professional, moral, and sometimes emotional support to each other. In a self-help group, the members share a common problem, often a common disease or addiction, or sometimes share a common skill that eventually becomes a source of their livelihood. Their mutual goal is to help each other to deal with, if possible to heal or to recover from, this problem. The main objective of such groups is to help each other as well as promoting economic education and promotion saving of funds. We, at JUS, managed to form 43 GROUPS CONSISTING OF 698 WOMEN. Out of these 43 groups, 15 groups consisting of 209 women were employed at some shop or the other. We helped these groups opening a bank account and assisted them in earning 6-10 thousand per month.
Self-Employment Programme (SEP) under National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) focuses on financial assistance to individuals/groups of urban poor for setting up gainful self-employment ventures/ micro-enterprises, suited to their skills, training, aptitude, and local conditions. In addition to financial assistance, knowledge of technology-specific to their industries, marketing of their products, and infrastructure for setting up the venture is also provided.
A total of 438 women were assisted by JUS under this program. Three SHG’s received revolving credit from the bank
(ii) Menstrual Hygiene awareness camps
Taboos, myths, and shame surrounding menstruation often lead to exclusion from daily activities, teasing, and shaming which often leads to poor management of menstruation and can interrupt daily life. A lack of adequate facilities and materials, restrictions on girls’ movements during their period, and feeling ashamed or ‘unclean’ also contribute to girls skipping school or women skipping work. Menstrual hygiene is an important part of the overall hygiene and health of women. Women from the marginalized communities usually use cloth instead of sanitary pads which leads to poor hygiene.
Through this project, we focus on imparting awareness amongst young women about the importance of menstrual hygiene and the importance of using sanitary pads instead of cloth. Low-cost sanitary pads were made available by the Govt. of NCT, Delhi through Jan Utthan Sangh. 10,231 WOMEN WERE CONVERTED FROM NON USER TO USERS.
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This project was initiated with the aim of alleviating health-related problems amongst the vulnerable section of the population. We at JUS organized a Weekly OPD (4 clinics in a month) where health and medical professionals are invited to do Pro Bono work like,
providing medical treatment; awareness and education by a specialist for example a Gynecologist was invited to conduct an awareness drive regarding menstrual hygiene and sexually transmitted diseases and other relevant topics were also touched upon.
Free medicines provide during the clinic and a referral and follow up facility was also available since the Health Clinics were organized every week. A total of almost
132 CLINICS HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED AND 8541 PEOPLE BENEFITED.
Monthly health cum public convenience camps have been organized by our organization throughout different locations. This project primarily focuses on educating and imparting awareness related to health as well as welfare. Facilities provided in the camp ranged from medical facilities like checkup, diagnosis, and treatment by specialists like Gynecologist, Pediatrics, and General Physician to testing (all kinds of the blood test, HIV/AIDS, THYORIOD, ENT, CANCER, EYES, etc.) in addition to the distribution of free medicines, referral, etc. Camp premises also had a help desk setup for providing assistance in order to access govt. welfare, financial as well as other schemes. Affiliated Institutions to facilitate the camp are DSACS, Ganga Social Foundation, Urvi Vikram Charitable Trust, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, AIIMS, Dr. Shrof Charitable Trust, Indian Cancer Society, Delhi TB control Department, SSMI, Venue Eye Centre, Indian Dental Association(IDA), MAMC, GTB Hospital, Local Dispensary, MCD, Dengue/Malaria Department and other. 36 CAMPS HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED BY THE ORGANIZATION UP UNTIL NOW AND 26,694 PEOPLE (MALE, FEMALE, AND CHILDREN) HAVE BEEN BENEFITTED.
iii. Nutrition Camps
This project focuses on awareness, checkup, and demonstration on a nutritional diet and aims to reduce malnutrition and nutritional other related problems plaguing the vulnerable groups of the society, especially women, children, elderly, and adolescents. The vulnerable section of the population usually lacks knowledge about balanced and nutritional diets and we aim to educate as many people as we can, through this endeavor. Experts are invited to impart Information, education, and knowledge about the importance of a proper nutritional diet and demonstrate nutritional and easy to make recipes. A TOTAL OF 37 CAMPS HAVE BEEN ORGANISED THROUGH WHICH 2365 PEOPLE HAVE BENEFITTED.
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JUS organized various specially-abled assistance camps in Madhepura, Bihar over a period of three consecutive years from 2012-2014 through which free equipment was distributed to specially-abled people. Padmashree Dr. RN Singh presided over these camps and conducted thorough checkups to ensure that the recipients received the appropriate kind of equipment. The main focus of the program to provide tricycle, artificial limbs, hearing aids, calipers, and crutches to the people in need. More than 4000 people got the assistance of equipment through JUS.
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(i) Tsunami Disaster Relief
A tsunami struck the nation forcibly in 2004. We at JUS endeavored to contribute in whatever way we could and we chose the medium of art. The largest oil on canvas painting measuring
75 ft. in length and 25 ft in height was painted under our banner and the painting was sold. The proceeds from selling the painting were remitted to the Prime Minister Relief Fund. We received a letter of appreciation from the then Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh appreciating our efforts.
(ii) Disaster Management Workshop
We at JUS educated the community about the precautions to be taken in the midst of a disaster. We conducted earthquake drills which is a set of simulated emergency circumstances designed to test the ability of group members to make the most appropriate decisions to ensure their safety. We made the community understand the emergency response plan sufficiently in order to react appropriately during the drill and in the eventuality of an actual disaster.
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