“To provide Wholistic education and support to children with disabilities and their families so that they can achieve their God-given potential and to create awareness in the community for constructive response andengagement.”
Funding
Ashish is currently supported by gifts both from within India and has some donors from abroad too. This includes individual donors, as well as members of the larger community. However, the goal of Ashish is to be increasingly self-supporting (with gifts and support from within India). Additional gifts from any source will make it possible for Ashish to provide better facilities and better care for the students and families we serve and will enable us to achieve more of our long-range objectives within a shorter period of time.
 
How you can help
  1. You can make contributions by cash/cheque. All monetary donations are exempt from income tax under Section 80G of the Income Tax.
  2. The cheques need to be written in favour of 'AFDA Charitable Trust'. A receipt will be given to you as soon as we receive the cheque.
  3. You can also sponsor a child. 40% of our children are from lower income backgrounds receiving 95-97% scholarship.
  4. You can provide material help to our scholarship students in the form of hearing aids, cerebral palsy chair etc.
  5. You can sponsor a teacher or a teacher assistant. Our ratio is 1:2 (1 adult for 2 children).
  6. Volunteer a few hours at the centre.
  7. Tell others about the centre.
 
HOW CAN YOU BE INVOLVED:-
 
A. INDIVIDUAL INVOLVEMENT:
a. Raise funds for the centre
b. Provide donations (all cash donations are tax-deductible under section 80G of the Income Tax Act) .
c. Volunteer or encourage young people to volunteer.
d. Build general awareness
e. Provide a break to parents who have children with disabilities
f. Raise a committed workforce of volunteers
g. Go through the wishlist and see if you can provide anything
 
B. CORPORATE INVOLVEMENT:
a) Sponsor for rent
b) Sponsor specific projects, or children.
c) Development disability sensitivity among the staff members (the Ashish Centre will conduct     disability sensitivity workshops for you)
d) Encourage staff to volunteer their time at least once in a month or so
e) Empower people with disabilities
f) To train local workers to work in the field of disability
g) To provide a place for meeting of parent support groups/workshops etc.
h) Go through the wishlist and see if you can provide for any specific thing.
 
WISHLIST
 
A. INFRASTRUCTURE:
i. CCTV
ii. Fax machine
iii. photocopier
iv. A-4 size paper
v. Color/black cartridges-#851 and 854
vi. laptop in working condition
B. ITEMS FOR THE CENTRE:-
i. Stand fans
ii. Music system
iii. Mike/sound system
iv. A-4 size paper
v. Plastic bowls, ice trays, crayons, markers, glitter pens
vi. Minibus or two vans, car
vii. Play equipments like trampoline, ball pool, basket ball, cycles, with two side supports etc
viii. Acrylic paints, poster colors, etc
ix. Chart paper, cartridge paper
x. Handmade paper
 
C. SCHOLARSHIP :-
1 Sponsor a child inclusive of special education, speech therapy, occupational therapy and vocational education

Rs 4500/- per month
2. Sponsor an outing Rs 7000/- to -10,000/-
 
D. VOLUNTEERs Needed:-
i. Teachers
ii. Assistants
iii. Helpers,
iv. Artists
v. Craft teachers
 
E. OTHERS:-
a) Export surplus clothing-from export houses
b) Childrens’ books
c) Toys
d) General items of the household which can be sold and are in good condition