Apaar

  • Regd No: H582288 | Registered National Trust : PAPA17519842415 | Registered with Rights of Person with Disability act 2016 | 80 (G) Under Income Tax Act

Mission

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Our Mission

We see that persons affected with intellectual disabilities are either home bound, being perceived as a burden to family, or in institutions that are ill equipped to help them realize their full potential. They live life without being able to exercise every human's universal right – the pursuit of happiness.

I would like you to imagine this for a moment:
You are in a gathering where you cannot talk. People talk above, through, around and even about you. You are ignored like a piece of furniture. Imagine now that you are trying to communicate and making some noises. People are frightened. Someone remarks ( and this happened to a client accompanying his mother for an eye check up visit ) : “ Is it not possible to leave him home with someone ? ”
Societal lack of awareness, apathy, stares --- families too hassled to take you out to eat or just out for a drive. And you love eating out, going out for drives, dancing at weddings.

We advocate for you, give you a safe, aesthetic environment to interact with your peers, go on monthly outings, train in activities of daily living , societal etiquette. You all work together, make products designed by a designer of national repute. You earn Rs 5000 each festive season, with the potential for more if APAAR had more resources to search for the right raw material. You get offered a job as an office boy in an industry. You will have a salary.

You enrich our lives here at APAAR. You bring energy and joy to our days.
We have had challenges and barriers - the chief one in the Punjab of today is quality human resources. Our work is unique , and finding someone who has managed a disability organization is crucial and not easy by any means. Punjab is lagging severely in this field. The motto needs to be DIGNITY NOT CHARITY. Parental fatigue and apathy prevents help seeking.

Other children take priority in these academic competition driven times . Without a dedicated social worker cum counsellor, we have been unable to adequately address this barrier. Philanthropy is not in the cultural mindset here. Families of our clients can make a voluntary contribution but are not charged – that would defeat our purpose.
We urgently urge more community support . Despite these hard challenges, we at APAAR move forward with confidence for we have made a historical start.

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