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Society for Health,

Innovation, Education,

and Liaisons Development

ANNUAL

REPORT

2014 - 2015

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CONTENTS

About SHIELD Foundation ……………………………………………...… 01

From Founder’s Desk …………………………………………………...….. 02

SHIELD’S Organogram ……….………………………………….………... 04

Our Supporters ………………………………………………….…………... 05

Our Trustees …………………..………….……………………..……….….. 06

Activities, Implementation and Achievements

Our Services at a glance ……………………………..…………...….. 08

Regular Activities and Events ………………………..…………….. 09

Highlights of Activities and Events ……………………………..…. 12

Skill development Courses ……………………………………….…. 20

Our Impact …………………………………………………………….. 21

Join us ………………………………………..…………...……….………….. 23

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ABOUT SHIELD FOUNDATION

MISSION AND VISION

Shield Foundation represents "Society for Health, Innovation,

Education, and Liaisons Development." Centered in Dharavi (Asia's

largest slum) in Mumbai, India, the Shield Foundation is focused on

developing and delivering educational, medical, recreational, vocational

and nutritional services to disadvantaged populations. Key programs

include SHIELD's vocational training program for unemployed women

to learn respite care giving for home-bound senior citizens who

otherwise do not have access to adequate homecare; skills training for

tailoring and beautician work for young women in the community; case

work for academic, vocational, pre-marital and domestic violence cases;

English-speaking and computer courses; and health check-up events.

Shield Foundation was created in 2009 by Swati Ingole. During her

10 years of experience as a qualified social worker (MSW), she

encountered high rates of neglected and abused elderly living without

moral or financial support, and decided to create the Foundation to help

these and other underserved individuals. Since its origin, Shield has

now grown to include a small but powerful team of five full time staff

members (three paraprofessional and one office assistant in addition to

the founder), with additional support from 25 nursing student

volunteers and social work students from various local universities. In

2011, Shield Foundation was honored to become an investee of UnLtd

India, a social enterprise incubator.

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MISSION ‘To facilitate good mental and physical

health and to foster equal growth

opportunities for everyone in the

society’

‘To make the senior citizens of Mumbai

and Nagpur self-sufficient and

sensitize society as a whole on issues

faced by them’

VISION

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FROM FOUNDER’S DESK

Dear Friends,

Since 2009, we have initiated working on the issues of older and elderly

and providing skill development courses for underprivileged people. Like

every year, our efforts were to provide more meaningful and qualitative

services for the senior citizens of Dharavi. Since our inception, all our

services are free for senior citizens and we do not take any membership

fees from any of our stakeholders.

With our team’s hard work we were able to reach out to more number of

elderly. We have dealt with 39 counselling cases of elderly this year. While

solving the legal cases, majority cases were about single elderly abuse

whether male or female. They are easy targets and they do not disclose

their sufferings given by their own children, easily to anyone. Even if we

stood beside them, they were scared that their sufferings might multiply.

So we tried our new soft approach and solved cases within the families.

Along with District Sub Urban Legal Aid Cell, the lawyer-volunteers

provided support to us for this service.

Like every year, various events and activities were planned for the

recreation of elders, care givers and other beneficiaries. The senior citizens

ID card and Pan Card service, is also offered through our centre with the

support of FESCOM (Federation for Senior Citizens of Maharashtra).

Our ‘Eye Care’ Services for senior citizens are running smoothly and has

benefitted 533 patients this year. Our morning yoga and exercise service

is functional in collaboration with Occupational therapy department. Due

to this ongoing service, community women have understood the

importance of yoga and exercise to deal with their problems related to

bones, muscles and pains. This year it has benefitted 122 elderly people.

Supportive therapies are also useful for chronic health problems like

arthritis, paralysis, knee problems, diabetes, hypertension, asthma etc. So

organized orientation workshops on Acupressure.

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For recreation and awareness various cultural and informative

programmes were organized throughout the year with an objective to

bring positive change in lives of senior citizens. Intergeneration

sensitization was done through the get-together programmes.

In the skill development project for ladies we have provided training for

enhancing certain skills. The major focus was on ‘Respite Care Givers

Training programme’. The trainer team including Dr. Daksha Pandit, Dr.

Nilesh Shah, and Dr. Shailaja Jaiwant and I have taken special efforts to

design the training module for this skill development programme. This

training program is designed for 3 months. After theory classes, the

trainees were placed in the local hospitals for practical learning. We have

successfully trained 40 women under this training program.

Such courses help the needy to find jobs as per their requirement. 5

trainees were absorbed by the renowned organization SNEHA for their

health project on Malnutrition. All the employed trainees are earning

salary in the range of ₹ 8000- ₹ 13000. Our organization has helped them

in getting the ‘police Verification Certificate’ too. We are happy that in this

journey we are obtaining support from our old supporters along with our

new supporters and almost 50 volunteers including the student volunteers

from LTMG Nursing School.

We have also dealt some cases of women who were almost hopeless about

their lives when they first approached our organization for skill

development courses. They have now completely transformed into new

personalities; confident, self-sufficient, and full of hope and enthusiasm.

They are working and are self-sufficient. We have provided skill

development training for 220 women. The local kids insisted our

organization for organizing a skill training program for them too. So, we

arranged a computer education course for them and 5 Computers were

mobilized at our centre.

Finally, I would like to personally thank every member and volunteer of

SHIELD who have worked selflessly and tirelessly to positively impact so

many lives. I would also like to thank our Trustees, Supporters and Partners

for their continuing guidance and encouragement.

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Mrs. Swati Ingole

Founder Trustee & Managing Secretary

SHIELD Foundation

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SHIELD’S ORGANOGRAM

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OUR SUPPORTERS

SHIELD Foundation has been fortunate to have been associated with

a committed group of supporters, who have always offered their

expertise and help for our cause. Be they our partner networks, donors,

other NGOs or volunteers, we are thankful to them for their

wholehearted involvement and for being with us throughout our

journey!

Our partners and supporters include:

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Sai Group of

Hospitals

K.B.H.B. Charitable

Hospital

Federation of Senior

Citizens'

Organizations of

Maharashtra

iVolunteer

UnLtd India

All India Senior

Citizens

Confederation

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OUR TRUSTEES

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Suman Morey

President

Dr. Daksha Pandit

Hon. Project Director

Swati Ingole

Founder Trustee &

Managing Secretary

Naju Padsha

Vice-President

She has passed B.A. and is a homemaker. She is

known for her strength and independence as an

individual. She provided motivation to the

founder for serving society, and has always stood

behind the team through any crisis situation. She has served several needy people on a

personal basis, including individuals in need for

cataract surgery. She is also helping the team in

building the organization’s base at Nagpur.

She has passed B.A. and has done a Diploma in

Economics. She retired as Branch Manager in

Central Bank of India. She was President of the

Lioness Club of Bandra (Red Rose) for 3 tenures

over the last 20 years. She has also served as

Secretary for Five Garden’s Senior Citizens

Association for the last 10 years. She was a

President of the F North Ward Senior Citizens

Association, an initiative of the Family Welfare

Organisation.

She currently serves as Professor & Head of

Department of PSM (Community Medicine) at

Terna Medical College & Terna Hospital. Dr

Pandit’s academic credentials include MBBS

from Nagpur University, DPH and MD (PSM)

from Bombay University, ranking first among

all students, and work experience includes over

30 years of teaching experience. Dr. Pandit’s

current responsibilities include offering

comprehensive health services like promotive,

preventive, curative at Dharavi Urban Health

Center, Vashind, a Primary Health Center in

rural areas as well as slums in Chembur area in

Mumbai.

Swati Ingole, MSW (Master of Social Work), has

been providing social work services to

underprivileged populations in Mumbai for over

12 years. She served as Coordinator for FOGSI’s

Kishori (Adolescent Empowerment) Project, an

initiative run in conjunction with LTMG

Hospital and SNEHA. She also worked as

Secretary for F North Ward Senior Citizens

Association, an initiative of Family Welfare

Organisation for four years, tackling various

problems senior citizens faced and organizing

community events. With this same passion to

serve poor and needy, Shield Foundation was

founded by her in 2009- 2010. She has had the

privilege of working on research-based projects

funded by UNICEF, FOGSI, and others,

providing invaluable experience for her current

role.

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Rashmi Joshi

Member

Rosita Mascarenhas

Member

Aditi Deshmukh

Treasurer

Smruti Patil

Joint Secretary

Dr. Nilesh Shah

Chief Adviser

& Member

He currently serves as Professor and Head of

Department for the Psychiatry Department of

Sion Hospital. Dr. Shah’s academic credentials

include an MBBS, DPS, MD (Psychiatry) from

University of Mumbai, and DNB (Psychiatry)

from the Delhi Board, and work experience

includes over a decade as Professor and Head of

Psychiatry at L.T.M.M.C-L.T.M.G.H, over 20

years of teaching experience for medical

students, postgraduates, social work students

and nursing students. Dr Shah has 90

publications in various national and

international journals / books, and has received

a number of awards for Best Paper from Bombay

Psychiatry Society, Indian Psychiatric Society

(Western zonal branch), as well as the Spirit of

Mumbai Award of Sri Shanmukhananda Fine

Arts & Sangeetha Sabha.

She has done a B.A. and B.Sc. in Microbiology

and appeared for M.A. in English Literature.

She is a teacher at Bhide School, Nagpur, and

very motivated for social causes. She has always

been keen to work hard for the betterment of

students, and has received appreciation letters

for hard work an excellent result. Along with

career goals, she always has maintained a sense

of responsibility towards society, the

marginalized and needy, and currently serves as

treasurer for Shield Foundation.

She is an educationist presently working as a

lecturer in Shri Datta Meghe Polytechnic,

Nagpur. She is a science graduate, but later on

switched over to literature so as to continue

education after marriage in a conservative

family. She holds a post graduate degree in

literature along with her Bachelor’s degree in

education and M Phil is in the pipeline. Along

with career goals, she always has maintained a

sense of responsibility towards society, the

marginalized and needy, and currently serves as

treasurer for Shield Foundation.

She holds an M.A. in Philosophy, and has taught

in Ruparel Junior College, Khalsa Degree

College, Government Law College and in

Mumbai University as a visiting lecturer. As a

volunteer of an NGO- Stree Mukti Sanghatana-

she has spread awareness about waste

management, and organized e-waste collection

campaign in B.A.R.C. Colony wherein 525kg of

e-waste was collected and sent for recycling. Her qualifications include a BA in sociology from

TTC and a Diploma in special education. She is

a special educator, working with mentally

challenged children and children with academic

and learning disabilities, and also is a social

worker in the field of education. In the past, she

has worked in women empowerment and

counselling programmes.

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OUR SERVICES AT A GLANCE

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Free Medical Services

Recreational activities

Awareness and

Educational Services

Counselling Services

Health check ups

Free cataract OPD &

Surgery

Yoga & Exercise

Memory Clinics

Treatment camps

Individual & Family

Legal aid

Pan & ID card services

Follow-up home visits

Picnic

Indoor/outdoor games

Socio-cultural celebrations

Educational workshops

Information sessions

Daily newspaper sessions

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REGULAR ACTIVITIES AND

EVENTS

Weekly meetings:

Weekly or as per the requests of

senior citizens’ in Dharavi,

meetings are arranged between

the senior citizens and the staff

members, usually to discuss and

decide the activities or

programmes to be held next.

There are 12-18 participants on an

average at these meets. Also, in

these meetings, many social,

political, recreational and

educational issues are discussed

amongst the elderly. Support

group meetings are also arranged

for patients with diabetes, heart

diseases or other such health

problems so that they can

mutually discuss their problems

and suggest ways to improve their

health.

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Community Outreach:

In collaboration with L.T.M.G.

Nursing School, we regularly

conduct house to house surveys to

identify patients with any medical

or social problem(s).

We have developed pockets of

elderly in 4 areas of Dharavi,

where we carry out these surveys.

20 students along with three

paraprofessionals are able to

reach out to almost 50 houses

every day.

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Ophthalmic OPD:

Ophthalmic OPD for screening

cataract and to identify refractive

error is arranged once a week.

More than 533 patients have been

provided with eye care and

treatment services.

Yoga and Physiotherapy:

We have initiated Yoga and

Exercise unit at our center in

collaboration with LTMG

Hospital. A group of ladies with

physical problems like Arthritis,

Knee problem, Shoulder pain,

Obesity etc. avail these facilities

every day in the morning. Two to

three occupational therapists

guide and supervise during the

exercise. Average attendance in

these sessions is 10- 12

participants.

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Memory Clinic:

‘Memory Check Ups’ are arranged

twice in a month initially for few

months and then later on we have

arranged these check-ups as per

the need of the community. There

are around 100 beneficiaries of

this service this year.

Legal Counselling:

Legal counselling is arranged as

per the need of cases either at

center or at the place of legal

advisors. Around 40 cases were

solved this year.

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Educational and Recreation:

Regular newspapers and

magazines and a T.V. set are

provided for the senior citizens at

our centre. For recreational

purposes, we have arranged

games like cards, carom, chess,

and memory games.

Often outdoor games are

organized. Average attendance at

any time is 12-15 senior citizens.

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Counselling Services:

Every day, we organize

counselling for cases of elders’

abuse, for any grievances of the

elderly or for their financial

assistance. As and when required,

we do home visits for family

counselling for cases of elders’

abuse.

We establish proper rapport with

the police and Govt. legal aid cell

authorities. As and when

required, such cases are also

referred to psychiatrists or legal

counsellors. The ‘Joint Action

Committee’ comprising of local

respectable senior citizens is

formed to deal with the issues of

elder abuse. Around 100 people

got benefit from our counselling

services.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES AND

EVENTS ‘International Women’s Day’

was celebrated on 7th March

2014 by organizing a ‘Rangoli’

contest.

We often organize various fun

activities and events for

recreational purposes. One of

them is ‘Musical chair’ contest.

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This contest was organized on

7th March 2014 for elders, on

27th September 2014 for women

and on 1st October 2014 for

men. Usually there are 20-25

participants for such events.

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‘Basket-ball’ competition was

organized on 30th September

2014 for male elders. 12 elders

participated in this event.

A ‘Recipe’ competition was

arranged on 8th March 2014

(with 17 participants) and 29th

September (with 10

participants).

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On 13th March 2014, ‘Margo’

soap was distributed to 18 girls,

each receiving 3 pieces of soap

as a part of donation campaign.

On 15th September 2014,

‘Beauty kit’ was distributed to

the trainees of ‘Beauty Course’.

An Eye Camp in collaboration

with K.B.Haji Bacchu Ali Eye

Hospital was arranged on 11th

March 2014 with 32

beneficiaries out of which 9

patients received cataract

treatment and 6 received

spectacles.

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A General Health Check-up

camp was organized on 11th

May 2014 (with 70

beneficiaries). Since health is

one of the main concerns for

senior citizens, our

organization is making an

effort to provide the health

services, nearby their houses.

The consultation was being

offered on BP, Sugar, Exercise,

and other multiple ailments.

Dr. Sachin Jain and rest of his

team of doctors was from Sai

group of hospitals, Dharavi.

An all over health check-up

camp was again organized on

14th September 2014 (with 97

beneficiaries). Free medicines

were also distributed.

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Many elderly seeking medical

help were taken to Sion

Hospital for treatment of their

problems. The senior citizens

who are reluctant to go to Sion

Hospital and had better

financial support were referred

to local private hospital, where

our NGO has made efforts to

get services for senior citizens

at concessional rates.

A Blood group Check-up camp

was organized on 10th

September 2014 since there

were many elderly with

incomplete ID cards as they

were unaware about their blood

groups. 65 elderly took

advantage of this free camp.

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An Acupressure camp was

organized on 10th October 2014

(with 56 beneficiaries) and 10th

April 2015 (with 70

beneficiaries).

Hearing loss is a major concern

for elders. Thus an Ear Check-

up camp was organized on 23rd

May 2014 at Dharavi

Khambdevi in collaboration

with Ali Ya Var Jung Hosoital.

There were 28 beneficiaries of

the camp, out of which 15 got

free hearing aid.

Ear Check-up camp was again

organized on 27th November

2014 at Gausia Masjid. Out of

62 patients, 16 got free hearing

aid and 2 received machines for

both the ears.

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An awareness programme on

‘Child Labour’ was arranged on

21st June 2014. Adv. Bhange

was the resource person.

Around 50 people attended the

programme.

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A concluding programme was

arranged on the occasion of

‘World Elders’ Day’ on 2nd

October 2014. Total no of

senior citizens who attended

the programme were 50. The

programme include a prize

distribution ceremony for all

the competitions held

previously in the year.

On 19th October 2014 a meeting

with senior citizens was

conducted for understanding.

Day by day the greying

population is increasing and

with increasing longevity,

sometimes elderly become

bedridden.

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Middle class and rich class

senior citizens can afford the

cost of caregiver and hire

someone properly trained.

After understanding this need,

we convinced the needy ladies

to join the ‘caregiver training’

course. A ‘Nursing Care

Assistant’s course orientation

was given to 25 women on 9th

December 2014.

Ladies in need of money were

identified. They were screened

for trainings after checking

their willingness for care givers

job. 20 girls were identified for

training. On 14th January 2015,

Inauguration of Nursing

Course was done.

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This course was initiated with

the support of Corporate. The

course objective is to empower

girls with skills to take care of

the senior citizens/patients.

The training module was

developed by the team of

doctors, sisters, psychiatrist,

and Social Worker occupational

therapy experts.

This was a double impact

project. After training they get

the job with decent salary. With

which they can sustain their

family and serve as good

caregivers.

Recreation is required for every

individual. Elderly have plenty

of time but nobody is there to

take them for outings. So every

year we take them for outings;

once or twice as per the

available resources.

On 12th February 2015, a

pilgrimage to Mahad, Pali,

Khopoli was organized. These

places are famous for

Ashtavinayak temples and

natural beauty.

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The senior citizens who are

dependent had come with their

care givers. 70 senior citizens

along with 15 caregivers came

for this outing.

All senior citizens from diverse

religion groups, be it Hindu,

Muslim, or Christian, enjoyed

the picnic. The trip’s travelling,

food, and sight-seeing costs

were supported by Reliance

Capital.

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A picnic at Keshav Srishti Park

& Pagoda was arranged on 6th

march 2015.

52 seniors and 20 care givers

came to picnic.

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On the occasion of

‘International Women’s Day’,

7th March 2015, various

programmes and activities

were organized for women. As

per ladies’ suggestions,

programmes were planned. The

main objective of this event was

to appreciate all the ladies for

their contribution in making

their home. Even the cases

with disputes between Mother

& Son, Mother & Daughter-in-

law, Mother & Daughter were

invited. Such programmes

proved to be a benefit to resolve

conflicts between the young

and old generation.

On 11th march 2015, a

programme on legal aid was

arranged. It was attended by 83

elderly.

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Statistics of beneficiaries of various services offered by us in 2014-

2015.

In this year, we have been able to positively impact the lives of 832

older and elderly by providing them our free services.

Months

Mar

May

Jun

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Total

Recreational

activities

123 43 15 181

Awareness and

educational

services

83 50 50 25 208

Distributions 18 15 33

Medical services 32 98 162 56 62 410

Statistics of ‘eye-care’ services offered by us in 2014-2015.

We have successfully helped 533 eye patients.

Eye Check-

up Date

Total no. of

beneficiaries

Cataract

cases

Spectacles Referrals

08/04/2014 34 8 3 1

13/05/2014 40 6 2

10/06/2014 37 5

14/07/2014 47 9 17

12/08/2014 62 11 25 2

16/09/2014 80 10 34 2

14/10/2014 47 5 22

11/11/2014 43 17 17

09/12/2014 48 14 20 2

13/01/2015 45 7 19 1

10/02/2015 26 4 19

Total 533 100 203 8

19

Services

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SKILL DEVELOPMENT COURSES

All the following courses were

made available at no cost for poor

and needy, and at concessional

rate for others.

Fabric painting:

Duration of this course was 3

months; 20 ladies attended this

course.

Beauty Course:

Two batches of beauty course,

each of duration 5 months was

completed. 40 ladies were

trained.

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Tailoring:

3 batches of Tailoring course,

each of duration 3 months was

completed. There were 20

students in each batch.

Embroidery:

Duration of Embroidery course

was 2 months. There were 20

students in the batch.

Mehendi:

Duration of this course was 1

month. There were 20 students

in the batch.

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OUR IMPACT

This set of case studies showcases how our team tackled and solved the

problems faced by the members of our society who came to us asking for

help.

Sheela Nikalje, a single widow elderly was staying with her son and his

family in the house bought by her. She bought it from her daily wages

savings. There were constant disputes in the family. One day they after

big quarrel in the family, her son died on spot due to massive heart

attack. After this incidence his wife has got all his money from the office.

The daughter-in-law and her children started torturing Sheela to vacate

the house. Police also ignored their issues. The daughter in law involved

few people BMC office and hid Sheela’s house document file in which she

applied for her nomination. The old lady went to renowned NGOs, but

her sufferings continued. She came to us with almost no hopes and was

in great distress. We invited her daughter-in-law and discussed her

problem. We have done legal counselling for her. We have visited the

concerned offices, police station and sensitized every one, who could play

vital part in the process. A legal notice has been sent to BMC office for

the inquiry of her papers. We made the daughter-in-law to understand

the consequences. Thus we have rehabilitated the lady in her house.

The further course of action is going on.

Indubai Khare’s daughter-in-law was fighting with Indubai’s son and

with her every day. Indubai was a nurse and her son was unemployed.

She registered the complaint in police station against them. Indubai and

her grandchildren were scared and came to organization. We invited

them for counselling. We understood the issues of her daughter-in-law

and suggested her son to look for a job and take responsibilities.

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We have also done counselling for the entire family and discussed how

the problems can be resolved by giving some space to each other. They

all agreed for that. Her son has now started doing a job and takes care

of his parents and children.

Tanu was extremely under pressure and was scared of her husband. So

she secretly approached us and was constantly requesting us to find a

job for her. We made her comfortable so she could share her problem.

She told us that she has 4 children and her husband remarried. He gave

her Rs.150 daily for her families’ expenditure, which was obviously quite

insufficient for them. Her husband also didn’t allowing her to do any job.

We invited her husband for counselling. We discussed with him all her

concerns. We made him understand that he should not ignore his wife

and is responsible for his family’s requirements. We suggested him that

he should give her an assurance. She should get property in her name.

The counselling was effective and he agreed to give her Rs 500/- for few

days as his business is not doing well. He agreed to transfer their hut in

her and their childrens’ name. He accepted his responsibility for their

children’s education and marriage. Now Tanu is staying with her

children in her own hut which is transferred in her name by her

husband. Her husband is taking care of their childrens’ education.

Trushna was in distress as her husband was ignorant about her. She

has no children in their 7 years of married life. He was constantly

scolding her for all his problems. She spent 7 years saying no single

word. She approached us for legal support. She was not willing to go

back. She said in 7 years married life, her husband has given her

constant hate and ignorance. She had no motive to go back, but her

husband’s family was pressurizing her to give signature on divorce

papers. We invited her husband for legal counselling. He revealed that

he was not willing to give her divorce. He also added that he is a driver

with no specific income. Trushna was not ready to go back. We advised

them for divorce with mutual consent. He finally agreed to give her one

lump sum amount. Trushna later on enrolled for ‘Respite Care Givers

Course’ offered by us. We have not taken any fees from her. During the

course we employed her as a teacher for tailoring course. After

completion of the course, she is happily earning Rs. 8000/- salary.

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JOIN US

We welcome students and professionals as volunteers. We have

dedicated resources to help guide you in designing a project in areas

such as communications, research, public health, financial strategy and

other topics to match your skills.

We invite you to contribute to these suggested activities targeting low

income elderly citizens in Dharavi.

Provide three legal counselling sessions to an elderly person facing

a legal challenge (property ownership, will declaration, etc)

Rupees

Run a weekly memory and mental wellbeing clinic for one month Rs. 2000

Sponsor daily yoga sessions for one month Rs. 2000

Fund a cataract surgery Rs. 6000

Sponsor one month’s supply of groceries and medical care Rs. 2000

Purchase aid/equipment

Walker Rs. 2500

Eyeglasses Rs. 100

Hearing aid Rs. 750

Crutches Rs. 1100

To make a donation, please contact us to send a check payable to “Shield

Foundation”.

Shield Foundation partners with corporations on CSR initiatives

including strategic philanthropy, event sponsorship, employee volunteer

opportunities and in-kind support. Please contact us for more

information.

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Fund a cause

Partner with us

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SHIELD Foundation,

C/O Tarun Bauddha Krida Mandal,

Ambedkar Rd, Matunga Labour Camp,

Dharavi, Mumbai – 400019.

Tel: 022- 24092308

Mobile: 9833406288

Email: [email protected]

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