Nishakt jan kalyan sewa samiti was established in 07/08/1998 with the sole vision of providing free and quality education to disabled children of the rural areas of Chhattisgarh. Our NGO is affiliated by the department of Social Welfare Chhattisgarh government. With this vision our NGO has established ‘Special school for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb residential school for children’, working since 1998. We provide free of cost education, residence, food, clothing with special emphasis on their health and recreational activities including music, dance, sports etc. The disabled students from the socially backward class are highly benefitted as we tend to provide them special high-quality education within their reach, as our institute is situated in the rural area, Gram-panchayat Pamgarh. The students are trained by specially trained teachers in brail and sign languages. Students are also trained in music and sports and different skill development programmes. The school also takes part in different competitions and festivals in which the students have also won several prices. Including 1st price in archery in National Abilympics 2007 held in Mumbai. Special emphasis is given on the health of students by organizing regular health check-up camps by Government Doctors, and providing free medicines to the children. We provide special instruments for the students such as hearing aid for the deaf and dumb students, walking stick for blind students, special brail books and copies for the blind students etc. Students are taught drawing, painting, music regularly. Students are also trained under skill development programmes, in order to make them self-dependant.
Our organization strives to obtain opportunities offered by the State and Central Governments for children with special needs who are often deprived of such opportunities. We make use of various schemes and seek support from like-minded individuals and funding bodies to provide free education, shelter, food, and clothing, and give special emphasis on their health as well as recreational, sports and cultural activities. We work towards building the capacities of differently-abled individuals to enable them to become self-reliant.
Janjgir-Champa is a district located in the central region of Chhattisgarh, which is mostly covered by tropical forests. The district receives medium rainfall, with an average of 1147.4 mm. During the summer season, the temperature rises, sometimes up to 49°C, while it drops down to 8°C during the winter season. The soil type is mostly yellow, and agricultural production is significant here, with paddy being the main crop. The district has substantial mineral deposits of Limestone, Dolomite, etc. A considerable part of the population of the district is daily wage earners in the fields of agriculture and industries. However, many people depend on animal husbandry and allied trades. During the off-season, the poor landless and marginal cultivators migrate to other areas in search of jobs. The profile of community health is very poor, with the nutrition level of the children being miserable. Women and children are the worst sufferers. The overall literacy rate of the district is 78.13%, and the local language spoken here is Chhattisgarhi. Most of the population of the area are Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, who are underprivileged and trapped by the vicious circle of poverty in generations.
The target group of NJKSS are ‘children with special needs’ who belong to poorer and vulnerable segments of society living below the poverty line. Our program caters primarily to the physically challenged children of scheduled caste (SC), scheduled tribes (ST) and other backward classes (OBC) communities, with special focus on blind and deaf and dumb children from various parts of Chhattisgarh.
Every year our school organizes special function on the occasion of World Disability Day 3rd December. The day is celebrated among the students as well as disabled persons coming from whole Chhattisgarh. Various cultural programs and seminars are conducted on the day in the presence of chief guests and the parents and rural public. Special awareness programs are also held to aware the general public about the disability and rehabilitation. Along with students many teams also participate in the cultural ceremony for showcasing their talent. Various other events had been organized in the past by our school in the presence of esteemed guests, such as Honourable Shri Gautam Chordia (district magistrate Janjgir-champa and retired justice High Court Bilaspur) and Shri Abdul Jahid Qureshi (CGM janjgir-champa) on the occasion of world disability day 2009, Honourable Shri Pankaj Sinha (judicial magistrate Pamgarh) on the occasion of world disability day 2010, Honourable Shri Arun Dev Gautam (IG Bilaspur) and Shri Anand Chhabra (SP Janjjgir-champa) on the occasion of world disability day 2011, Honourable Shri R.P.S. Tyagi (IAS collector Janjgir-champa) on the occasion of world disability day 2012, Honourable Shri Anbalagan P. (IAS Collector Janjgir-champa) on the occasion of world disability day 2013, Shrimati Phoolbasan Yadav (Padmashri awardee) on the occasion of world disability day 2014, Shri O.P. Choudhary (IAS collector Janjgir-champa) on the occasion of world disability day 2015, Shri Ajit Basant (IAS CEO Janjgir-champa) on the occasion of world disability day 2016, Dr. S Bharathidasan (IAS Collector Janjgir-champa) and Shri Ajay Yadav (IPS SP Janjgir-champa) on the occasion of Christmas day 2016. Every year our institute organizes special functions icluding braille writing and music competitions on the occasion of World Braille Day, 4th January and different sports and drawing painting competitions are organized for deaf and dumb students on the occasion of International week of the Deaf, September. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, cultural fest and seminar is organized. The main aim of the function is to spread awareness about the disability and women empowerment. The rural public is taught how disabled persons are also an inseparable part of our society. Many esteemed guests have blessed our institute with their presence on this occasion, such as Honourable Shrimati Phoolbasan Yadav (Padmashri) and Shrimati Madhulika Ramteke (Secretary- Maa Bamleshwari Federation, Rajnandgaon). Every year our institute organizes special camp on ‘Vidhik Saksharta’ in which the disabled children are made aware about their legal rights. Honourable Shri Deepak Gupta (Secretary- District Legal Service Authority Janjgir-champa) and Shrimati. Sarita Das (1st class Judicial Magistrate, Pamgarh) have spread knowledge about the legal rights to the disabled students. Special training sessions are organised for physically disabled rural persons for tricycle repairing. Wheelchair Cricket Championship training is organized by our school within the campus. Nishakt jan kalyan sewa samiti with collaboration of Mobility India (Kolkata) has organized Artificial Limb Distribution Camp in which, we provided free artificial limbs, callipers, walkers and wheelchairs to more than 105 physically challenged persons from the district Janjgir-Champa. Along with the collaboration of Mobility India we established Jyoti Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation centre within school premises.
Director of Nishakt Jaan Kaalyan Sewa Samiti Shri Dujeram Jyoti has been awarded by various awards and accolades such as ‘Mother Teresa Award’ in 2013 New Delhi by the then Central Cabinet minister of India Honourable Shri Harish Rawat. Our institute has received State level award (Rajyapuraskar) as ‘Drishti Baadhit Sarvottam Swakchik Sanstha for the year 2020 and also for the year 2024 (state level Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities best voluntary organization for visually impaired)’ by the Department of Social Welfare Chhattisgarh Government. Our institute was awarded with ‘Gyan Jyoti Award’ in 2012 in the field of special education by Sant Shiromani Guru Ghasidas College Pamgarh. Our institute was awarded ‘Gaurav Alankaran Samman’ in the year 2014 in the field of disability welfare by Sant Guru Ghasidas Arts and Science College, Pachpedi, Chhattisgarh.
The primary and sole vision of our NGO is to provide special education to disabled children from the rural backward areas of Chhattisgarh, who are mostly unaware about the special educational criteria of the disabled. Because, most of the children studying in our institute belong from socially backward rural class, (mainly Schedule Cast and Schedule tribe) who mostly relies on agricultural and farming practices to run families. Such families are unable to afford education in cities and urban areas, and hence remain uneducated. So, our main goal is to provide free special education to the children from rural areas within their reach. Our institute is situated in Gram Panchayat, Pamgarh, which is a rural area in Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh comprising families of mostly Schedule Cast, Schedule tribe and Other Backward Classes. So, the disabled students of the area and nearby areas are highly benefitted under our educational program. Our institute is the first and only platform working in the field of special education and rehabilitation of disabled children. The students are taught by specially trained teachers in braille and sign language and are provided special equipment and instruments for the study purpose. Other than that, we also train our students in music, sports, skill-development and other co-curricular activities and hence overall personality development of the student is emphasized. Our Institute was established in 1998, and for consecutive 5 years the school served without Government grants-in-aid and ran only with self-contribution and donations. Since the establishment of our institute, total of 401 disabled students have been benefitted for which the students were provided free education, accommodation, food, clothing and medicine etc. more than 50% of the students are now pursuing higher education, 45 of the pass-out students are working in Government sectors and about 65 students had become self-dependant from their private businesses and other works. The major outcome of our work is to empower the disabled persons of our rural area in order to make them self-dependant and we have been accomplishing it successfully. We look forward to serve more disabled people by Education and Awareness.
Nishakt Jan Kalyan Seva Samiti Pamgarh is a non-governmental organization (NGO) working in Chhattisgarh, India.
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