“PAHAL”

Annual Report

2015-16

Introduction:-

Youth is not a period of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks and supple

knees; it is a matter of the will, the quality of the imagination, the vigor of the emotions; it is

the freshness of the deep springs of life. They don’t declare war; they fight and challenge for

the social change.

Naya Sawera is a youth run organization started in 2009 at Jaipur to help slum residents to

come out of the vicious circle of poverty and help HIV positive children and women to live

their life happily with pride. It believes in the motto of “Nobody can do everything, but

everyone can do something”.

Vision:-

Supporting to Home for kids with special needs in association with PWNR

Opportunities for higher education and a respect worthy life

Assurance of basic livelihood for poor people

Awareness about the environment

Women Empowerment

Aim:-

Our aim is covered under three projects:

Snehachal – Love, Care & Celebration

Happiness is perhaps one of the most basic necessities of life, it is a right that every human being has and that is what we aim to give to children through this project. This project aims to help under-privileged children and HIV infected orphans through our motive of love, care and celebration. We aim to polish these young little gems with the hope of turning them into decent citizens of tomorrow and good human beings.

Under this we are supporting a care home for children with special needs in association with Positive Women Network of Rajasthan. We are also supporting HIV infected & affected ladies by making them self-dependent and also by providing them grocery and educational support for their children.

Saksham –The Overall Community Development Programme

Saksham focuses on the overall development of families, mainly in slum areas. We constantly

work to help the poor and the destitute in becoming self-sufficient by developing human

resources like training, education, jobs, and livelihoods. We also provide direct financial

support to them. Currently we are working for the Kunda Basti Slum near Malviya Nagar

Industrial Area, Jaipur.

We aim to not only provide theoretical knowledge but also lay special emphasis over the

practical approach. There are special weekend classes where students are taught life skills,

personality development and communication skills.

Apart from this, Saksham also focuses on WOMEN EMPOWERMENT by helping the slum ladies

provide a living to themselves and their families by being trained in various aspects that would

help them make money. They are provided with stitching, beautician and art & craft courses.

Further we have established a computer lab and provide free computer education to the

people of the slum through our volunteers.

Srishti – Green Conscious

This project focuses on the environmental issues; its goal is to ensure the ability of the earth

to nurture life in all its diversity. We focus on issues like Global warming, deforestation,

wastage of energy, improper disposal of waste and etc.

We strive to inspire action, using awareness, communication, training and advocacy as

primary tools. We have weekly and monthly events and programs through which we generate

awareness among these slum areas and surroundings.

We want to aware every Indian about value of the beautiful green earth, recycling, reuse,

reduce and its advantages so that they can adopt same in their daily lifestyle and participate

for the betterment of our green present and future.

From the Founder’s Desk

We started this NGO with a basic motive of creating a change in

the society. Significant work is being done for people living with

HIV Aids infected and effected Ladies and Children’s and Youth.

The idea is to create difference in the society with the help of

youth. Our board members and volunteers either study or work

in different companies and are trying to add their contribution

in the society. We believe in the power of youth.

I would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere

gratitude towards our corporate partners, donors, staff and

volunteers for believing in us, sharing our vision and enabling us

to help underprivileged people. There are families who are financially supporting care home

kids as their own kids. Our team is hard working and determined towards its aim.

The year 2015-16 witnessed NAYA SAWERA touching new horizons. We learnt a lot from our

activities and have been constantly improving in reach and experience. We were able to affect

the lives of many slum residents, underprivileged kids, and poor pregnant ladies and helped 92

babies to get delivered in total 167(75 in year 2014-15 and 92 in year 2015-16). We also

conducted various Blood Donation Camps, Santushti Campaigns, and supported 18 Kids at

Care Home run by PWNR.

Naya Sawera is a family which is spreading its arms further.

Ms. Minaxi Aggarwal

Founder& Secretary

Naya Sawera

Naya Sawera: An Overview

Care Home

Started supporting in 2013 under Snehachal to PWNR with the belief that warmth of

family is the birth right of every child

Houses children with special needs who were abandoned by their families because of

being differently born.

Ensures social justice, equality and protection of human rights

Provides relief and rehabilitation to children and protection to women

Children belong to various cities of state.

Provides motherly care, peaceful environment and nutritional food

Home located in a serene, middle class neighborhood to reintegrate them in the

society

Celebrated various festival like Friendship Day, Independence Day, Mother’s Day and

Diwali

It is a preferred home by the Government of Rajasthan for orphans with special needs.

Educational tours to restaurants, hotels and Science and Traffic Park

Saksham Centre

Established in Kunda Basti Slum in Malviya Nagar

Provides vocational training to slum residents

Helps poor people to earn basic livelihood and become independent

Development of basic infrastructure such as water tanks, electricity, etc.

Courses like stitching and beauty culture and bridge the gap of digital divide

Able to help 2 slums to get out of the vicious cycle of poverty

Kokh

Campaign for pregnant ladies ,started in 2014 on Women’s day

Provides medical and nutritional support to pregnant ladies in slums

Providing healthy conditions, blood and proper attention

Helps with medication and promote mental health being

Delivered 92 babies for year 2015-16

Ullaas – Celebrating the Joy of Giving

Annual event of Naya Sawera

A get together for children, volunteers, donors and corporate partners

Various activities to increase the involvement of donors and strengthen the bond

Painting competitions, dance events, games , exhibition of paintings made my children,

gifts distribution, certificates and many more

Started with the idea of increasing affection and sweeten the relationship among our

stakeholders

One of the remarkable event of Naya Sawera

Hundreds of volunteers and all the donors participate with great enthusiasm

Santushti

Lets the children enjoy “the taste of life”

Aims to provide tasty delicacies to underprivileged slum children

‘Roti’ being one of the three basic necessities of life

Slum children are provided with nutritious food on weekly basis

Reached 6000 students in various government schools and slums around Jaipur

Kunda Basti slum, Bairwa Basti slum, Nirman Nagar slum areas

Comprehensive nutrition in an innovative manner

Treating with pizzas, sandwiches, burgers, chowmein which are beyond their reach

To fulfill the dream of eating in costly restaurants, rich fruits and delicious preparation.

Each One Educate One

Ensuring education rights to under privileged children

Motivating people to support at least 1 child in need

Collecting funds for children's education

Support children financially so that they can become independent and self-reliant

Inspiring society to share their resources with these buds so that they can also blossom

into beautiful and fragrant flowers

Scholarship specially for girls from marginalized community

Free Dental Check-up Camps

Started in March 2015

Supervised by a renowned dentist of Jaipur under Naya Sawera

To develop healthy habits among slum children

Successful 4 camps for year 2015-16 different slums of Jaipur

Not only check-up but further treatment free of cost, free medicines and operations

Tracks record of progress of treatment

Awards & Appreciations

30TH july- award by MUN 2016

Internships and Volunteers

Gathering and motivating youth towards active citizenship

Providing national and international students firsthand experience of non-government

activities for better society

Exposure to NGO’s working style through Internship programs

A give and take relationship and gain on the job opportunity

A strong base of international interns, mainly from France

Volunteer programs to share their experience, skills and knowledge with our various

programmes

Both national and international volunteers to support and organize our activities and

transform it into great success

Friendly atmosphere for better working and satisfying outcome

Advocacy & Awareness Programs

Ensuring the attention of civil society towards slums and HIV patients

Research on care and protection of HIV positive children in institutional changes

Participating in seminars, NGO meetings, government conferences advocating changes

YEAR 2015-16

The year was full of many events. There were various activities that took place in this

year.

April 2015:- We have started the year 2015-16 with taking the most important issue of

Environment on priority along with Women Empowerment and planned to do various

activities for Earth Day. We did week long various activities like Tree Plantation, Clean

City Campaign, and Drawing Competition.

We also organized the 1st Blood Donation Camp of the year on 9th April and in total blood

donation camp number 9.

May 2015:- In the month of May we had lot of activities. It was full of various work

started from 1st Activity of Fruit Mania at Jhalana Kunda Basti Slum where we served

various fruits to kids. On 8th May we celebrated Mother’s Day.

We also participated in World No Tabaco with message on the harm of Tabaco on 31 st

May at statue circle.

June 2015:- Month June is always started with the enthusiasm of doing our efforts for

environment as 5th June “World Environment Day” where we did various activities like

Drawing Competition at Pink Square Mall and Tree Plantation and Clean City Campaign.

We did “Beat The Heat” activity for the kids of Saksham Centre, Kunda Basti. We also

distributed various Stationary items to the kids of Govt School, Bairwa Basti Slum. We

conducted the first Medical Checkup Camp of the year for the kids of Saksham Centre,

Kunda basti slum.

July 2015:- We conducted awareness talk on sanitation and hygiene among growing girls and distributed packet of Sanitary Pads. In July we participated in various exhibitions to boost the campaign Women Empowerment and got very good response. We also conducted tree plantation in government.

August 2015:- In the month of Independence we started the work with Tree Plantation. We always believe to increase the talent in kids and for that we always take our kids for such platform. Independence Day and Rakhi Celebration held in this month.

September 2015:- Month of Sept is always special for Naya Sawera Ngo as we have started supporting the Care Home in association with PWNR. So we have celebrated 2nd Anniversary of association on 11th Sept.

October 2015:- Oct is month of celebrating Joy of Giving and one of big month for Naya Sawera Ngo as we celebrate our annual event “Ullaas – Celebrating The Joy of Giving” on any Sunday between 2nd Oct to 8th Oct. This year Ullaas was set on 2nd Oct where we did our first activity “Kick for Cause”. Around 18 team participated in one day football tournament and shown the spirit of team bonding. In our second activity We fulfill the wishes of kids from JK Loan hospital under “Wish Tree”. On 4 th Oct we had our annual day Ullaas.

November 2015:- Children’s day (also known as Bal Divas) in India is celebrated every year on

14th of November to increase the awareness of people towards the rights, care and education

of children. This day was celebrated with our care home kids in a majestic way. Gifts were

given and the NGO tried to reach to the children from most backward communities of

Rajasthan and gifted them clothes and chocolates.

December 2015:- 1st Day of month celebrated as World Aids Day. We have conducted seminar

on rights of HIV Infected widow ladies and we also started new campaign to support these

ladies on monthly basis and helped few ladies to start them their own work.

On 25TH we have celebrated Christmas at Care Home and Kunda Basti. The spirit of Christmas

is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the

soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than

in things. The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

Naya Sawera celebrated Christmas in most joyous way distributing goodies, crunchy cookies,

yummy plum cakes and attractive gifts to the orphans across Jaipur.500 children in different

orphanages were given monkey caps and toys by our Santa.

January 2016:- Jan is always a very Proud month for Naya Sawera Ngo we celebrate our Foundation Day and we can in existence on 21st Jan 2009. We celebrated our 7th Foundation Day on 21st Jan at all our centers with the zeal of making a better tomorrow. In Jan we did our campaign War against Cold as Jaipur city is surrounded by deserts which get cold as fast as it heats up. The temperature drop is very high and thus the vulnerability. Naya Sawera distributed woolen clothes and Blankets to fight this fierce cold winters. We also celebrated one of our biggest National festivals Republic Day on 26th Jan.

February 2016:- On the 14th Feb we all volunteers, supporters and well-wishers participated in

Jaipur Marathon on the theme “Run For Charity. Funds collected from this marathon were

used in building of toilets in government schools spreading awareness about proper

sanitation. Proper sanitation avoids infection and many diseases.

We also celebrated volunteer weekend on 10th & 11th where our volunteers participated in

various activities for them which include selling Bhelpuri and Handmade Chocolates. This was

a fund raising event. Volunteers roamed in colonies and parks and tried to sell the snacks for

the NGO. They were very supportive and took part very enthusiastically.

March 2016:- In the last month of year 2016-17 we had first activity as a Mother’s Day on 8th

March where we invited all our volunteers and their mothers to make them feel special.

ANNUAL EVENT- ULLAS 2015

Ullaas means “Exuberance”. This exuberance is generated by spending some quality time with

the poor children. Giving them good food, playing exciting games, gifting goodies and making

them feel a part of the society.

Ullaas 2015 was celebrated with the spirit of this togetherness. Hundreds of slum children were gathered in a beautifully decorated area. Activities such as Magic Show, dance performances, singing competitions, GK quiz and sports activities were organized which was a full filled package specially designed for them. Mouth-watering lunch was given to these children along with ice-creams and juices. Donors got to meet the child whom they were rearing under “Each One Educate One”. They danced, singed and played together. It was a one on one interaction. An emotional connect could be seen in this event. The children gathered in the event belong to lowest section of society, some are even considered untouchable. These children, who barely manage to survive till youth, feed on one time meal, covered with discarded clothes of high society and find happiness in every little thing. Some of them has suffered mental trauma due to parents divorce, harsh beatings and discrimination at every step.Few of them work at some dhabas or stalls and handling the life’s pressure at this tender age.While everyone else enjoy chocolates,ice-creams and stupid demands of toys at this age; these children are forced to work for their survival. They can only dream of such life .Giving a

day’s happiness cannot compensate but can surely give them a break from backbreaking work and a hope for better future.

This event belongs to our stakeholders and so our volunteers and interns. A time to share their

experiences and joys while serving the community. This is the youth of Rajasthan coming

forward for a noble cause. They are well aware of their responsibility and believe in giving

back to the society. It was a day engraved in our minds. A day full of laughter, hopes, smiles

and recovery.

Media Coverage-Jaipur