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Education, Training and Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center for the Persons
with Disabilities
Background:
Andhjan Kalyan Trust is a non-profit and non-governmental organization working
for the all round development and welfare of the disabled to provide
rehabilitative services to the disabled to make them socially and financially
self-reliant. Andhjan Kalyan Trust was established on Dec 15, 1992. It was a
joint effort among visually challenged persons of Saurashtra region in Gujarat
State of India, it functions Nationally and Internationally when and where any
necessity arises for the cause of the disabled. Initially, Andhjan Kalyan Trust
was set up for the welfare of the blind, it felt a great need to undertake
educational and rehabilitation programmes for the welfare of other categories of
the disabled including Visually Impaired, Hearing Impaired, Mentally Retarded,
Orthopaedically Handicapped as well as Multi - Handicapped and Cerebral
Palsy-Stricken people.
Praful Vyas (Hon. Secretary & Managing Trustee of AKTRUST), himself being blind, is highly dedicated to the cause of assisting
the blind and disabled. Mr. Vyas has successfully implemented several projects
that help comprehensive rehabilitation of the blind and the disabled.
Vision:
The vision of Andhjan Kalyan Trust is that people with disabilities have equal
opportunities leading to improved quality of life and fully participate in a
society that respects their rights and dignity.
Mission:
To provide Education, Training, Rehabilitative services and make socially and
financially self-reliant to the persons with disabilities in the remotest area
of Saurashtra Region of Gujarat State of India.
Goals & Objectives Of The Trust:
 To look after
the welfare of persons with disabilities.
To promote
their equal participation socio-economic and general integration in the
society.
To enable and
empower such persons to live their life independently and stay within the
fold
of the family.
To help such
persons cope with their problems of daily living skills and relieve family
members of the burden of constantly looking after them.
To realize
socio-economic rehabilitation of the persons with disabilities.
To provide
services for their specific needs of such persons in all forms including
shelter, cloths, aids and appliances, medicines and other material.
To prepare the
community for the long-term acceptance of disabled persons and self-
propagation
of his mission/goal.
To protect the
rights of the disabled and help those to get benefit there by.
To establish a
relief and residential institution and provide need based services of
education,
activities of daily living skills, orientation and mobility, health care, home
economics, vocational training, rehabilitation etc.
Andhjan Kalyan Trust registered under :
Bombay Public
Trust Act – 1950 :: (No. E 2955 Dt.15/12/1992)
Persons with
Disabilities Act – 1995 :: (No. 22/99 Dt. 18/06/1999)
National Trust
Act – 1999 :: (No. 0613/CP-MR-MD/2001 Dt. 30/07/2001)
u/s 12 A of
the Income Tax Act – 1961 :: (No. 65-A-97/92-93 Dt. 15/01/1993
u/s 80 G of
Income Tax Act – 1961 :: (Valid till March 31, 2011)
Foreign
Contribution Act – 1976 :: (No. 042080037 Dt. 20/12/1995)
Member of
Credibility Alliance as a Good Governance of Voluntary Organization :: (No.
00018GJ05)
Name & Address of Auditors :
M/S. T.R. Doshi & CO.,
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS,
501/4 "EVEREST", 5TH FLOOR,
SHUBHASH ROAD, OPP. SHASTRI GROUND,
RAJKOT - 360001,
Gujarat, India.
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