BPA started as a recreational club for visually impaired people but now serves people with all kinds of disabilities, including visual impairment, hearing impairment, mental retardation, orthopedic impairment, mental illness, multiple disabilities etc.

BPA - ONE WINDOW SERVICE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, is a professional organization that strives to provide education, employment opportunities, equal rights and a good quality of life to differently-abled people. The Employment and Placement services is a step towards providing employment as well as self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities so that they can be made financially independent and self-sufficient. They also work towards production and free distribution of assistive devices like crutches, calipers, wheelchairs, mobility devices etc.

During the last five years, BPA has been successful in providing employment to as many as 1500 people, who are presently employed in public as well as private sectors, and are capable of handling important assignments in banks, railways, hospitals, restaurants, etc. The organization works relentlessly to provide these people with regular jobs so that they can be accepted in mainstream society without any discrimination. Having received the National Award and FICCI Award, BPA is recognized as a nodal agency.

Three persons with visual impairment decided to work for the education, rehabilitation and all round welfare of all categories of differently abled. They brought together four more people and started a Trust named Blind Welfare Council. They decided to help the differently abled at every stage of life so that they do not face the hardships that they faced for themselves.

They wanted to ensure that the all differently abled people of Dahod and Panchmahals districts have access to equal opportunities. They wanted to provide these people a good quality of life and participation in the society that respects their rights and dignity.

The founder Yusufi Kapadia says, "I have suffered a lot during my studies and for getting a job, being visually challenged. It is my aim that each and every child or person with disability should get equal opportunity in all fields of life and all his rights be fulfilled. He should live a life at par with any other citizen of the country. Leadership by a person with visual impairment has made a great change in the working of the staff members."

About 150 students with intellectual disabilities, and about 30 students with hearing impairment are being trained for activities of daily living and primary academics since 2002. 1000 children with intellectual disabilities, hearing impairment, visual impairment are trained and educated by the special teachers.

Aids & appliances distributed as per the need like tricycle, wheel chair, crutches, white cane, hearing aids etc - 500

Sudents with intellectual disability, blindness or with locomotor disability are being trained in operating computers - 20

In 2017, Blind welfare council Dahod was awarded the International Excellence award by the Association of Rehab Professional and Allied Services & Para Sports Association Excellent Service to the differently abled.

Charutar Arogya Mandal targets to provide comprehensive and personalized health care with commitment at an affordable cost to patient's satisfaction.

They seek to provide the best medical care to the rural community and facilities for medical education to the people of Anand and Kheda districts with a minimal amount. Several measures have been taken to make health-care affordable for the poor such as free consultation fee for outdoor consultations, free treatment to women and children belonging to BPL family etc. All these measures benefit over 40% of the patients admitted to the hospital and many outdoor patients.

What started with a general hospital with 136 beds is now an institution that includes a Medical Council of India recognized as a medical college, a 720-bed hospital, an institute of post-graduate studies, a school of nursing, a college of physiotherapy, an institute of medical technology, a cardiac center and a cancer center.

Charutar Arogya Mandal has been conferred with many awards, one of them being the Guidestar India by the Guidestar India Gold Award in 2016. Despite the challenges faced in sustaining the institution, CAM constantly endeavors to innovate and deliver better healthcare to all.

Hailing from a rural background, the founder of Gram Vikas Trust (GVT) was no stranger to hardships. Ramesh Kasondra, himself, has undergone several economic and social challenges.

In order to convert his experience and exposure to support and uplift his society, he established Gram Vikas Trust. GVT now operates in more than 100 villages of Bharuch district with the key areas being child rights, education, health and hygiene, sustainable livelihood, and women empowerment. GVT's belief that knowledge is the path to self-development has re-enrolled thousands of school drop-outs back to school. To promote an equitable living environment, GVT gives vocational training to hundreds of students each year along with awareness on health and hygiene.

The organization was actively involved in constructing and renovating the sanitation facilities of the Government Schools in and around their district. GVT is committed to creating a strong and independent society without inequality. It aims for a society free of discrimination and where everybody enjoys equal opportunities.

Saath (which in Hindi/Gujarati means 'together, co-operation, a collective or support'), is an NGO in India registered as a Public Charitable Trust and is based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. They closely work with the vulnerable communities and empowers the socially marginalized by providing them livelihood linkages, imparting skills leading to employment, health and education facilities. The focus areas of Saath are livelihoods, skill development, health and education, rights, urban governance, financial inclusion, rehabilitation and resettlement and other community development initiatives.

Saath envisions inclusive and empowered communities and individuals.They aspire to make human settlements equitable living environments where all residents and vulnerable people have access to health, education, essential infrastructure services and livelihood options, irrespective of their economic and social status.They have received several accolades for its programs, internal systems, organizational ethics, best practices in resource mobilization and sustainability models, the latest one of them being the - India NGO Award 2014-15 in the Medium category.

In the last 27 years, they have rendered their services to several slum residents, migrants, minorities, children, women, youth and vulnerable people in Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra (Mumbai) and have touched the lives of more than 5,00,000 individuals.

The vision of the organisation is to build a world on the pillars of equal opportunities, access to resources, gender equality, democratic governance, participatory learning and respect of diverse cultures.

With a presence in both rural as well as urban areas, Samerth primarily works with women and children. Apart from catering to the educational needs of children between the ages of 3 and 6, they also run centres that double up both as counseling centres for women suffering from domestic violence as well as informational hubs where men and women can access information regarding various government schemes. They also work on providing water security and irrigation in the arid region of Kutch and on capacity building of underprivileged women in the rural areas they operate in.

SAMERTH was started to create a humane, sustainable and equitable society through strengthening peoples' capacities and equipping community institutions so that they are informed and are able to access their rights to have a human existence. The programme is developed as per the requirement of the community. In Kutch, they focus on water availability and leveraging resources around it. In the city of Ahmedabad, the organisation has working with urban poor and giving them access to education and developing leadership amongst women and adolescent girls and boys. In Chattisgarh, the focus is to work with tribal communities and create and facilitate the process of accessing entitlements and education.

Stats for 16-17

No. of children impacted - 55

No. of people impacted - 236

No. of children receiving nutrition - 704

No. of families impacted - 30

No. of children availing the facility - 22

Gazala Paul has a Masters in Social Work (MSW) from Indore School of Social Work, (Devi Ahilya University), Indore, India in 1987 and a Masters in "Coexistence and Conflict Management" from Brandeis University,Massachusetts, USA in February 2006. Since May 1999, she has been the CEO of Samerth. Since April 2006 she has been a consultant to Paul Hamlyn Foundation, UK as Advisor for developing programme on accessing quality education for the tribals and urban poor, disability rights, forest rights, enabling women's role in local governance and addressing issue of violence against women for the west India programme. She has also worked with with Oxfam-Great Britain as Project Officer from 1992 to 1999 for the Gujarat and Rajasthan States of India developing programme on rights based issues for the vulnerable communities and mitigation strategy for disaster management.

Sense International (India)'s vision is of a world in which all deafblind children and adults can be full and active members of society.

In 1997, when Sense International India first started its work, there was only one deaf-blind service in the country reaching out to just 23 children. But in the last two decades we have succeeded in reaching out to more than 77, 500 deafblind people and their families through a network of 59 partners across 22 states.

Akhil S. Paul is the Director and Founder member of Sense International India. He is the Former Vice President of Deafblind International (DBI), a world association promoting services for deafblind people. He is also the Founder Member of the Board of the National Trust for Welfare of People with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple disabilities. He is also the recipient of HSBC- Indo British Award - 2003 for outstanding services to deafblind people in India. He has also received the Young Leader Award in the Community Service and Social Upliftment category at the prestigious Lakshmipat Singhania - IIM Lucknow National Leadership Awards.

Full time staff - 0

Part time staff - 0

Consultants - 2

Contract staff - 45

Volunteers - 2

Total Receipts for 2016-2017 - INR 76424415

Total Payments for 2016-2017 - INR 73272282

No. of deafblind people provided with need based educational and rehabilitation services, with an increased awareness about deaf-blind - 157

No. of deafblind people impacted - 2100

No. of deafblind people being provided with need-based early intervention; hospital based neonatal hearing screening of babies - 37

No. of deafblind people impacted - 317

No. of deafblind people impacted by strengthening of Regional Learning Centre (RLC) & Early Intervention centres - 2180

No. of children impacted - 12

No. of deafblind people impacted - 62

No. of deafblind people impacted - 40

No. of deafblind children impacted - 66

Rewards & Recognition

In 2017, Sense International India was awarded the Gujarat NGO Leadership Awards by the World CSR Day & World Sustainability Forum Development of Individuals with deafblindness

In 2017, Sense International India was awarded the Great Non- profits Top- Rated Awards by the Great Non- profits Top- Rated Development of Individuals with deafblindness

In 2016, Sense International India was awarded the Accredited by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) Development of Individuals with deafblindness

In 2016, Sense International India was awarded the Gold Certification by the GuideStar India Development of Individuals with deafblindness

Shri LaljibhaiMepabhai Prajapati lost his eyesight in 1969 due to a problem in the optic nerve. At that time he was 15 years old and in the final year of secondary school. It took him three years to come to terms with his blindness and gain control of himself.

He was determined to win over his blindness and lead life like a normal person. He passed S.S.C exam as external student, did B.A. in Hindi and passed Sangeet Visarad. He took industrial training at Blind Mens Association in Ahmedabad. He was a brilliant student and active in extracurricular activities during his sighted days. He continued this trend even after turned blindness.

Being blind himself, he realized the difficulties faced by the blind in Kutch. He decided to establish Shree Navchetan Andhjan Mandal, in 1976 at Bhachau to alleviate difficulties faced by them. He is the guiding force behind its welfare activities.

The organisation aims to provide each and every differently abled education, health & medical care, vocational training for rehabilitation, so that they become productive members of the society, earn their livelihood and build their self-confidence. The organisation has expanded over the years to provide an array of services to differently abled people from poor families.

Stats for 16-17

No. of differently abled as well as non-differently abled children receiving Primary education - 146

No. of differently abled and non-differently abled children receiving education - 148

No. of elders residing in our old age home - 102

No. of differently abled children receiving industrial training - 17

No. of differently abled girls staying in our hostel and receiving education -105

No. of differently abled children from ten talukas of Kachchh district receiving secondary education in Government schools by our Special educators - 361

No. of differently abled boys staying in our hostel and receiving education -144

No. of patients receiving benefits from our low cost physiotherapy centres per day - 50

No. of differently abled as well as non-differently abled boys receiving Primary education - 204

No. of differently abled children receiving training and financial support - 7

Visamo Kids Foundation (VKF), an Ahmedabad based NGO, works towards providing free education to poor children coming from underprivileged (under poverty line) families from all over Gujarat.

Visamo, a truly sustainable, fresh, vital and dynamic initiative. They started off with 18 underprivileged children from the poorest of the poor families from earthquake affected regions of Gujarat. Since its initiation in 2002, soon after the massive earthquake that shook the whole of Gujarat, VKF has focused on working towards empowering lives by facilitating access to quality education and secured environment to the underprivileged children of Gujarat.

Their educational programme provides boarding, lodging, medical support, psychological counselling and help to young residents who stay with VKF till they complete their 12th grade.