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Mission
ABLE's mission is to improve the quality of life for people living in
villages in general, especially orphans, widows and their children, by
offering medical services, education, and vocational activities in an
environment that is affordable, congenial and rural based.
Vision
ABLE's vision is to be a leading transparent and professionally
managed non-profit organization addressing healthcare, education,
and employment in rural India. It is the vision of ABLE to make an
honest endeavor to ensure provision of healthcare and education to
that segment of rural poor (orphans and children of widows) which is
deprived of these basic facilities due to acute poverty and ignorance.
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The story of ABLE Charities is a saga of service, honesty, compassion and love for
the downtrodden including orphans, poor widows and their children, and slum
children. Set up in 1993 in a single 150 sq. ft. room, in a remote village about
75kms from Delhi (on way to Agra), ABLE Charitable Hospital has grown to being a
50000 sq. ft. 100 bed hospital.
ABLE today provides free education and healthcare to 75 orphans in 7 different
villages of Palwal district. Besides, 1000 children of poor rural widows in 25 villages
are being supported by ABLE in education, medical and psychosocial services since
January 2010. Further, ABLE has been supporting the education of 600 children in
different slums of Faridabad through six non-formal education centers.
Introduction
Nearly 1700 children are presently in ABLE’S education program.
Free distribution of clothes to poor in villages
Meeting and interacting with widows in a village
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Dear Friends,
It is with sense of joy and pride; we bring out the annual review for the period of 2010 - 2011. Our joy comes
from the fact that we have by God's grace been able to work with families and communities to ensure well
being of their children.
ABLE has initiated many programs this year -
"If children do not go to School, then School should go to the children" is the motto. ABLE - the largest
operational NGO in District Palwal exists for. Over the past 18 years, ABLE has facilitated and witnessed the
journey of many to look beyond the slums to a life of self reliance. This year many children have gone back to
School, with clean uniforms and books.
ABLE launched a Mobile Hospital. It is a unique modified ambulance that includes a modern laboratory system
and other medical facilities. Through this we are providing on the spot medical services in the slums of
Faridabad and a few villages of Palwal district.
ABLE positively discriminates towards the girl child who helps build her self confidence; she can thus not only
face the world, but challenge it too. The impact of education also encompasses her family, her friends and her
community. ABLE has initiated two major programs exclusively for girl that - 'Scholarship program for rural
bright girls' and annually 'Mini Marathon' on 'save the girl child'.
We want to thank all our donors and sponsors whose trust in us has been a great blessing. We acknowledge
the unstinting support that various government officials at various levels have provided.
With Regards,
Prem Kumar Khullar
Squadron Leader (Retd.)
President
ABLE Charities
From the President Prem Kumar Khullar
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In Jan. 2010, ABLE India took an initiative to start six non formal education centers in different slums of
Faridabad with the objective 'IF CHILDREN CANNOT GO TO THE SCHOOL, THEN SCHOOL SHOULD
GO TO THE CHILDREN'. At present, ABLE is educating 600 slum dwelling children in Faridabad. These
centers provide need based educational services to the marginalized children in the following ways:
• Non formal educational services for the young adults of any age to reduce the rate of drop outs from
mainstream schools.
• Admission of non school goers to the Govt. schools.
• Try to improve the reading, writing and arithmetic levels of the children.
Locations of our Non formal Education Centers are as follows:
1. Sihi Village Slum, Faridabad
2. Ram Nagar, Faridabad
3. Jalghar, Sec-4, Faridabad
4. Ram Temple, near Ganda Nala, Ballabgarh Dividing Road Faridabad
5. Ram Temple, 36 gaze slum, Near Sec-3, Faridabad
6. Tirkha Colony, Faridabad
ABLE India – Welfare programs (2010-2011)
Educational Activities (Non formal Education Centers)
Progress in 2010-11: Highlights of key Programs
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In 2011, 72 orphans and 1000 children of widows were supported through this
program, in which ABLE Charities provided school fees, books and school
uniforms according to the needs of each child. Under this program, we regularly
monitor the attendance of children in schools and motivate the (widowed)
mothers and/or guardians to attend parent- teacher meetings regularly. This is
an ongoing program of ABLE Charities and we intend supporting 1500 children
of widows and 120 orphans in 2012.
Orphans and Widows' Children's Education Program, Palwal
The International Women's Day, celebrated on 8th
March is a universal day for all women around the
world. It endows them with a sense of honor, dignity
and self respect for being the person that they are.
This day marks a celebration of the economic, social,
cultural and political achievements made by women
over the years.
A special event was organized by the ABLE charities
in honor of all women associated with the
organization. The event started with special
presentations by the girl child depicting “The gender
discrimination in Haryana and importance of education for girl child”. The students put up many cultural shows
through skits, dances, songs & specially organized games programs for the widows. The celebrations were
concluded with a community lunch. Mr. T.K Sharma, IAS, commissioner, Gurgaon was the chief guest.
International Women's Day, 2011
Holi celebrations
On 17th March 2011, ABLE members celebrated Holi with children
of different slums of Faridabad. Holi celebration programs were
arranged with the support of teachers from ABLE's non formal
education centers. The children played Holi until every inch of their
bodies were covered in colors and all that remained were smiling
teeth and happy gazes.
Mr. Bir Singh Kali Raman, IAS, Joint Commissioner MCF was the
chief guest. The celebrations were concluded with distribution of
community boxes to all the 100 children who were present for the
celebrations.
It was a great feeling for everyone to see the children laughing and enjoying themselves at the Holi celebrations.
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On 25th May 2011, our president got the opportunity to
have a dinner cum addressing the students at one of the
biggest college at Kent, Chatham, England.
Where he addressed and had a dinner of 500 students.
Dinner with British Students at Kent,
Chatham, United Kingdom
In June 2011 a meeting of widows was organized with the purpose
of creating awareness in them with respect to parenting skills,
community, health diseases and property rights of widows. . A total
of 120 widows participated and the program was very well
received.
In July 2011, another meeting of widows was organized with the
co-ordination of Lions Club, Palwal to distribute 10 kg Atta
among the most vulnerable / needy widows.
Resource Persons – Dr Amod Kant from St.Stephen
Hospital, New Delhi Ajay Pratap Singh Senior
Journalist, Palwal, Mr P. K. Khullar, President ABLE
Regular Social Awareness Programs
On 16th April, 2011, ABLE Charities took part in the Baisakhi Mela
at the Community Center, Sector -15, and Faridabad. There was lot
of enthusiasm amongst the young volunteers from various schools,
and they managed a big stall of goodies and also provided some
entertainment to the visitors at this annual spring festival. The profits
were donated to ABLE for the education of slum children in
Faridabad. These volunteers also urged the people of this posh
sector to support various activities of ABLE in aid of the very poor.
Baisakhi Mela
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ABLE India celebrated its 19th Annual Day on 18th September
2011; Mr Kulbeer Singh, M.D of Gartar Concept Clothing Ltd was
the Chief Guest. A foundation stone for a “HOME FOR 100
GIRLS WITHOUT HOME” was laid. A colorful cultural program
presented by the children of ABLE School and trainees of the
Vocational Training Centre made the Annual Day an enjoyable
event. Working in the rural areas for now well over 18years we keep
on getting offers from very poor widows to take away their
daughters, since they cannot feed or look after them. Invariably, if
we do not accede to their requests, then dispose off their daughters
by marrying them off at very early ages (as young as 13 or 14
years). It is to avoid this situation that we, at ABLE, plan educate a
few hundred homeless or orphaned girls.
The 2 hour function was followed by community lunch.
19th Foundation Day of ABLE Charities
Teacher's Day
On 5th Sep, 2011, a teacher's day meeting with ABLE President was
organized at School No – 5 in Tirkha Colony, Faridabad. 13 teachers
participated in the meeting. A lecture by Mr. P.K. Khullar was delivered
on how to become a good teacher using minimum resources. It was
also impressed that since the children with us belong to the poorest
sections and cannot afford anything, the teachers must try to accord
the maximum attention to them and never ill-treat them at any cost.
A Legal Awareness Program was conducted to enable women and girls to know their legal rights and to
understand the procedures and methods of access to the legal systems.
Some important issues taken up by us included:-
• Gender and Law Enforcement
• Impact of Displacement of Women
• Sexual Harassment at Workplace
• Women in Detention
• Political Empowerment of Women
Chief Guest: Mr Sanjeev Mangla, Advocate from District Court, Palwal
Legal Awareness Program
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From 20th Oct. to 4th Nov. 2011, Mr. Paul Horseman from Abbey
Court School Kent, England, visited ABLE India and stayed with us at
our ABLE guest house in Palwal for a fortnight. He played with the
orphans, visited the rural schools as well as the biggest and richest
schools at Faridabad. His aim was to see for himself the work being
done by ABLE FOR THE POOR CHILDREN and the quantum and
quality of help required to improve the education to the very poor.
A 'INTERNATIONAL GUEST' Visit
On 22th & 23rd of Oct., 2011, Diwali Mela was organized by ABLE Youth at
Gymkhana Club, Sec – 15, Faridabad. Seven stalls were managed by nearly
50 students of ABLE's Youth who were drawn from Delhi Public School,
APEEJAY School and Manav Rachna School in Faridabad. The children
were so enthusiastic about the work that for months they made things at their
homes which they then displayed and sold with so much gusto that the
visitors to the show bought their wares, thus generating a profit which what
then donated to ABLE for the education of children living in slums.
Diwali Mela
“Mini Marathon” –“SAVE THE GIRL CHILD”
On 2nd Dec, 2011, ABLE Charities organized a Mini
Marathon in association with Women Entrepreneurs
Club (W.E.C.) Faridabad, and 6000 children from
different schools of Faridabad and around 500 other
individuals participated in the event. The slogan for this
Mini-Marathon was “SAVE THE GIRL CHILD” and the
event was a great success for ABLE Charities and W.E.C.
because it raised awareness among the local people
about the issue of female foeticide in the state of
Haryana, where the sex ratio is 845 girls for every
1000 boys, as against the national average of
917 girls for every 1000 boys.
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On 17th Dec, 2011, ABLE India organized a Winter
Carnival at Gymkhana Club, Sec- 15, and Faridabad.
Members of ABLE'S YOUTH worked hard to get the
handicraft items made and sold to raise funds for ABLE
programs.
Winter Carnival, 2011
On 18th Dec, 2010, ABLE India was organized a
winter carnival with ABLE Youth's members at
Gymkhana Club, Sector -15, and Faridabad.
The dedicated children from the best schools of
Faridabad gave considerable time and effort to sell
various items of handicraft and other things donated by
well meaning people to garner profits which will be
used for the schools in the slums.
Winter Carnival, 2010
On 27th Dec, ABLE was organized a one day career
counseling program with 250 students from different
schools in the district of Palwal. The purpose of this
program is to guide the students and make them
aware about different scopes of education like short
term courses, different types of diploma and degree
courses, technical and vocational courses etc for their
better future.
One day program of career
counseling in Dist. Palwal,
Haryana
On 29th Oct, a community lunch with orphans and
their guardians was organized. The idea behind this
annual lunch is that since the poor orphans do not
partake any good wholesome meals for most of the
year, hence we should try to satisfy their stomachs and
palates and make them happy at least on this day of
national festivities.
Community Lunch with Orphans
and their Guardians on the
occasion of Diwali
11. Sponsoring Heart Surgeries for the Destitute
Very poor children or orphans covered by ABLE are even operated for heart surgery at no cost to them. During the
past three years, ten children have been operated upon for heart disorders. On 15th of September 2011, a child
named Deepak, son of a laborer, underwent surgery for implanting a heart pacemaker at MEDACITY Hospital in
Gurgaon.
ABLE a learning place for the students in area of social sector
Students from different colleges associate with ABLE for their internship every year.
In 2011, the following students interned with us:
Rural Internship Program
1. Geke Soulier, Vismarkt yb, 3511KR Utrecht, Holland.
2. Annelien de Kat, Van der Mondestraat 702, 3515 BA Utrecht, Holland.
3. Achal Seksaria
4. Yash Kumbhani
5. Nalin Patidar
6. Sushant
(Interns 4 through 6 above are all students of Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and
Communication Technology, Near Indroda Circle, Gandhinagar - 382007 Gujarat, India.)
Milestones of ABLE Charities In 2011
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ABLE's motto is…
“IF CHILDREN CANNOT GO TO SCHOOL,
THE SCHOOL SHOULD GO TO THE CHILDREN”
Kindly join our Birthday Club & donate 1 Rupee a day,
minimum Rs.365/- on your birthday.
“Let your birthday become the reason to
send a child to school.”
You can also donate old furniture, old clothes,
old shoes, surplus medicine and stationery at
home & office and collect the same from
friends and relatives.
ABLE'S BIRTHDAY CLUB
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ABLE India – Medical Programs (2010-2011)
ABLE India has a modern and fully facilitated 100 bed Charitable Hospital.
Highlights
1 The focus during the year has been on
Reproductive Child Health, introducing family
planning, increasing the number of institutional
deliveries and immunization of newborns. There
has been a remarkable improvement in all the
above areas.
2. The average number of patients attending the
clinic per day has increased from 35 in 2009-
2010 to 50 in 2010-2011.
3. A constant schedule of awareness programs has
had a significant impact.
4.Our Medical Camp enables us to provide support and assistance for health related problems. We conduct
these camps to enlighten people about the benefits of remaining healthy and fit. Besides, we conduct
training programs that educate people about hygiene. This helps in increasing life expectancy.
5. Awareness programs on issues of Immunization, Breast Feeding, Antenatal Care and Postnatal Care,
Anaemia, Tuberculosis, Water-Borne Diseases, malnutrition, Pneumonia, HIV/AIDS, Old-Age related
problems and others were held throughout the year.
Community Health Program in various villages of Palwal, Haryana
With linkages with various hospitals and medical centers, ABLE Charities endeavors to put quality healthcare
within reach of various poor communities in Faridabad and the Palwal districts of Haryana. The ABLE Hospital
team visits communities in various villages of Palwal on a weekly basis and provides them basic medical needs
on-site. Surgical cases are referred to the Hospital.
Highlights
1. Over 330 patients attended Awareness Camps on Family Planning and 6500 availed of the various services
provided.
2. Weekly Immunization camps were conducted in various locations of Palwal and over 5000 widows and
children benefited.
3. Awareness Camps on Tuberculosis, HIV, Anemia deficiency and Prevention of other communicable diseases
were held throughout the year at various locations in Palwal.
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On 11.11.2011, ABLE Charities launched a Mobile Hospital;
it is a modified ambulance that includes a modern laboratory
system and many other medical facilities. We are providing on
the spot medical services in the slums of Faridabad and a few
villages of Palwal district. A recent launching of the mobile
hospital in the slums of Faridabad is the latest work of ABLE--a
nearly self contained mobile hospital known as “HOSPITAL
ON WHEELS“costing about Rs.18 lakhs. It is meant to serve
the women of the slums/villages who are unable to go to the
lady doctors for one or the other reason. They are open to
unnecessary diseases just because they do not have any
facilities for hygienic living whatsoever. These unfortunate
women have a life of utter physical suffering and they keep on
with this life as the medical facilities are far away and they
cannot go unescorted as most of the time husbands or
some male members are not available and hence we
have launched this project to EDUCATE these
helpless women how to have preventive action
and if they still suffer then they should have
affordable medical cover from us.
Launching of 'Mobile Hospital' (Hospital on wheels)
Driving special medical services to the slums and villages of Faridabad and Palwal
On 30th Dec, ABLE launched Rohan Malhotra 'Poor Girls Scholarship Scheme' with 250 mothers of the children for
100 poor girls in the district of Palwal. After the program, ABLE organized a community lunch with the mothers of the
children.
Launching 'Rohan Malhotra' Poor Girls Scholarship Scheme'
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Proposed Poor Children
The Existing Hospital - Expansion &
Improvement
One Big Ward
One Big Room in the Hospital
Heart Hospital
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One Major Operation
One Year Education of a Child of Widow /
Orphan
One year Medical Insurance of a Widow or
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ABLE USA Inc. Charity Number DLN17053260015033 as per IRS letter dated Jan 13, 2004.
ABLE Charitable Trust. UK Regd. Charity No 1067010.
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ABLE Charitable Hospital, Charity No. S/25077 of 1993 (Delhi)
15. She also dreams to be a
great woman one day
Encourage her to live to her dreams
16. For further details contact:
885, Sector – 15, Faridabad (India) – 121007
Ph. +91-1294166214, Mobile: +91-9811157104
ABLE CHARITABLE HOSPITAL at
Village: Behrola, Palwal, Faridabad (Haryana) India
E-mail: ableindia@yahoo.com
Website: www.ableindiacharities.com
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