Dignity for the Disabled

Persons with disabilities are a vulnerable segment of society. They need attention and due care to live as normal a life as everyone around them. The Dalal Family Foundation has been supporting projects focused on disability prevention and empowerment of the disabled.

Imagine: A Center for Coping with Loss, USA

The Dalal Family Foundation is proud to support Imagine, a local grief support center for children, young adults and families dealing with the death of a parent, sibling or child. Financial support from the foundation helps Imagine provide free peer grief support year-round for as long as needed. Imagine currently serves more than 300 participants from 55 towns in its Mountainside, New Jersey center every two weeks. The foundation firmly believes in the importance of Imagine’s role in transforming grief and loss into resilience, empathy and compassion.

Pillar Care Continuum, New Jersey

Pillar Care Continuum is dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with disabilities and other special needs by supporting personal growth, independence and participation in the community.
The Dalal Family Foundation supports Pillar Preschool, Pillar Elementary School and Pillar High School with the purchase of medical equipment for the enhancement of their therapeutic programs.

Inclusive Creations, New Jersey

The Dalal Family Foundation is happy to support Inclusive Creations, a non-profit organization that provides an encouraging and fun environment for young adults with autism and other cognitive disabilities to learn vocational skills. Inclusive Creations provides opportunities for these young adults to be productive, confident and independent. Last year, the DFF sponsored an outing for kids and their parents to Top Golf. They also assist Inclusive Creations by ordering products the people with autism make to support their vocational training efforts.

SKN Scope Program, New Jersey

The Dalal Family Foundation is proud to support The SKN Foundation’s SCOPE program, which stands for “Special Needs Community Outreach Program for Empowerment.” SCOPE is an initiative aimed at supporting families navigating special needs by providing them with expert resources, community connections, and advocacy services to empower them through their journey with a special needs child. SCOPE’s mission is to support South Asian families of children with special needs through activities that educate, advocate, and empower.

AWMH, Mumbai, Maharashtra

The Dalal Family Foundation started its association with AWMH in 2017 for early Intervention Services for infants and toddlers who are at the risk of developmental delays. AWMH’s program is designed to identify and meet children’s needs in physical, cognitive, communication, social or emotional development as well as sensory and adaptive development.

The foundation is a Strategic Partner of AWMH supporting two centers, Ghatkopar and Khetwadi area as well as the sports training of children across all five centers in Mumbai.

 

The Dalal Family Foundation also sponsors the flagship event of the organization, the AWMH Maharashtra State Cricket Tournament for Special Schools. This tournament hosts 15 teams and consists of approximately 250 students with Intellectual Disability and their 51 coaches. They come from 55 special schools of 16 districts of Maharashtra. The teams compete for the Dalal Family Foundation trophy, Jyoti Dalal Trophy and Pravin Dalal Trophy under various categories.

Children’s Aid Society

MDS and the Dalal family’s association began in 1980, when Nayan Dalal’s father Pravin Dalal contributed some resources for the mentally deficient children of the Children’s Aid Society.

During his visit to MDC in 2018, Nayan was deeply touched by the work done at MDC and the challenges faced by the 350 abandoned mentally and physically challenged girls and boys. MDC being an old and meagerly compensated institution run by the government; the infrastructure was in shambles. Realizing the dire need of upliftment, The Dalal Family Foundation took on the  responsibility to remodel the entire facility, which included a dormitory for boys, dormitory for girls, shared area, communal bathrooms, an auditorium and most importantly, the kitchen. Much attention was given to provide a healthy and hygienic environment to the children residing at the MDC home.

Koshish School for Hearing and Speaking Disabilities, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Koshish School is a Mumbai-based institution engaged in the training, education and nurturing of children with hearing and speaking disabilities. The school works on areas of awareness, investigation and total rehabilitation of deaf children.

The Dalal Family Foundation helps to subsidize the cost of therapists to the institution to help them in their endeavor to provide effective treatment.

Sneha Jyoti Andhavidyalaya Blind School, Ratnagiri

Sneha Jyoti Nivasi Blind School, a boarding school for the blind, is in the Gharadi village of Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. The school was started by Ashatai Kamat in 2003 to bring joy and hope to the lives of visually impaired children by extending a hand of love and care.

The Dalal Family Foundation supports this project by funding the construction and expansion of the facility. The music hall construction was funded by The Dalal Family Foundation and inaugurated by legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar in March 2014.

Muskan Foundation, Mumbai

The Dalal Family Foundation supports The Muskan Foundation, Mumbai, which addresses the lack of services, awareness and support that hamper mainstream opportunities for children with multiple disabilities with visual impairment (MDVI).

Pravinchandra Dalal Disability Prevention Center, PNR Society, Bhavnagar

PNR Society, Bhavnagar is a unique group of institutions which is rendering outstanding services to more than 3,000 disabled beneficiaries every day. The Dalal Family Foundation is supporting Pravinchandra Dalal Disability Prevention Center with initiatives such as:
• The disabilities prevention program which includes prevention of rubella, deafness and blindness
• AT&T Technology Park computer training institute for the disabled

Heart and Hand for the Handicapped, New York

Heart and hand for the Handicapped, HHH, is a USA based not-for-profit organization that donates money to organizations in India and the US to empower children with physical and mental challenges. HHH is run by volunteers, who lend their expertise in different areas. The Dalal Family Foundation supports HHH’s Autism and Polio Project.