Being able to move inspired Galamma to change her life.
Galamma worked in the coir industry. An unfortunate accident caused her to lose a leg and she could not work anymore.
Her life got even harder when her father died soon after. She was lost and in pain but refused to give up. She decided that she would do everything she could to help herself and her family.
She pushed herself to walk with the help of crutches. The government hospital that Galamma visited referred her to Uma Educational Trust and Society (UETS). The organization helped her by providing for her treatment. They also gave her an artificial leg.
Galamma began to feel more confident and decided to go back and finish her education. She not only finished her schooling but also graduated from college. She then enrolled for D.Ed in Special Education (Mental Retardation) at UETS.
Today, she is proud to be a Special Educator for intellectually challenged children. She is in awe of her own journey and believes that UETS and its donors made her dreams come true.
Women like Galamma have the courage and determination to win at life. You could help them by donating for mobility aids that keep them going. You can give with confidence because every program on our platform is GIVEASSURED.
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Program Description
Uma Educational and Technical Society (UETS) works towards the promotion of an inclusive, barrier-free and rights-based society for the differently-abled. The organization is based in Kakinada and impacts the lives of beneficiaries all over the East Godavari, West Godavari, Yanam, Vizianagaram, and Prakasam districts of Andhra Pradesh.
In order to help differently-abled people become more independent in terms of movement, hearing, vision and other functional abilities, the organization has run an exclusive workshop for the fabrication and fitting of aids and appliances at its center in Kakinada.
It has made and distributed suitable aids and appliances such as crutches, hearing aids, calipers, tricycles, artificial limbs & wheelchairs to the underprivileged, and has impacted the lives of more than 8000 people so far.
Uma Educational & Technical Society, Kakinada(UETS)
Program Updates
23 March, 2021
Providing an Artificial Limb / Calipers to needy Persons with Disabilities
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The Disabilities may occur at any age but become more common as people get older. Most of the people with disabilities have the inherent potential to lead their life independently, but they are living dependent on their families due to lack of functional Mobility, Functional Vision, Functional Hearing etc, which is required to execute the activities. The provision of suitable aids & appliances may helpful to restore people with disabling disorders to their optimum level of function and wellbeing and can improve the quality of life (which includes those things that make life worth living or which give fulfilment). The suitable aids & appliances can also help to improve functions — by allowing people to perform ‘basic’ activities, such as becoming mobile or self-caring or doing everyday tasks.
5 August, 2020
Provide hope to people with disabilities
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Provide hope to people with disabilities
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We organised the World Disabled Day on 3rd December 2019. We arranged for the "Louise Braille" Birthday Celebration on 4th of January 2020. We had a great celebration on the Republic Day on 26th January 2020. Amidst all our celebrations, we incorporated and conducted distribution of Aids and Appliances to needy PWDs. Apart from our regular distribution of mobility aids to people with disabilities, events such as these help us in increasing our reach to help and support more and distribute more. We have distributed Teaching and learning Materials to the needy Special Needs Children on several occasions. This has benefitted them extensively, We have also organized Special Events where we have provided appropriate Tricycles / Wheel Chairs to needy Poor Persons with Disabilities as a means to support their everyday life.
19 November, 2019
The happiness amidst hardships
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The happiness amidst hardships
30 October, 2018
Uma Educational & Technical Society, Kakinada(UETS)'s Update
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Program Update
We are conducted need based assessment camps at mandal head quarters. During this camps our Rehabilitation Professionals were identified and referred to us for Tricycle. We have provided a Tricycle on free of cost with donors contribution
Story from the field
Mr. Guthula Satya Narayana aged 58 years physically challenged had affected Right lower limb on accident . He belongs to Vakathippa village of Kapileswarapuram Mandal of East Godavari District. He could not able to do daily living activities as he has no mobility due to Post Traumatic Amputation. He depends on his family members are daily wage earners and fall under below poverty line. DDRC has conducted need based assessment camp at Kapileswarapuram Mandal. During this camp he has identified and referred to our organization for Tricycle. We have provided a Tricycle on free of cost with your contribution. He and his family members have expressed their sincere gratitude to the organization and Donor for supporting their mobility through Tricycle.
| Expected total number of beneficiaries in this program for FY18-19 | 150 |
| Number of beneficiaries/ benefits provided in this program this year | 22 |
