Nada India Foundation News update

Nada India  program on non- communicable diseases and alcohol control has been featured in Niramaya NCD Newsletter    Volume 2,June 2014   This E-Newsletter is an initiative of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare  Government of India , World Health Organisation Country office for India , and is produced by Public Health Foundation of India .            Some excerpts are as follows Nada India works towards providing barrier-free alcohol treatment services across communities. Today, that vision is aligned with drug demand reduction strategy of the Government of India . Nada India has been reaching out to young people through a series of artistic events like painting competition and street theater, Pehchaan Radio Clubs and life skill training workshops. The biggest challenge identified is to protect young people exposed to alcohol consumption at homes by their parents,  portrayal of ...

The number of old people in India has increased manifold. In the 1950’s, the number of people above 60 was a mere 5.6 percent of the total population, and it is going to be around 14.4 in 2025. Recently, a Pehchaan One month computer training program was organized by Nada India Foundation from 28th Jan- 05th March 2010 in collaboration with National Institute of Social Defence for people above sixty of Lado Sarai village (South Delhi). This was the fifth attempt after organizing successful training programmes in Ramprestha Dist.Ghaziabad Gurgaon (Haryana), Chhattarpur village and Mandwali village East Delhi.. The certificate distribution ceremony, was held on 03rd April 2010 at Shive Mandir Lado Sari, Sh.Yogender Singh Sejwal , Councilor (MCD) was the Chief Guest. He emphasized the need for more such community efforts on the part of civil society & local government. Mr.Suneel Vatsyayan, Chairperson of Nada India said that Pehchaan (Identity), a program of Nada India is an effor...

Your dynamic and energetic programme managed by Nada India Foundation is not only appreciated but also useful for senior citizens as community leaders and hope the same will be continue in future. Thanking you Avtar singh sejwal Lado Sarai New Delhi

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MCD Recreation center for senior citizens has been locked for almost six years, the day it was constructed in Mendawali village, east Delhi; it was discovered by trainees of Pehachaan computer community training program organized by Nada India Foundation in collaboration with National Institute of Social Defence Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment The location of this center was found on internet while surfing on Google search engine by trainees of computer course. Mr.Phool Singh 64, rededicate himself to revive the recreation center for senior citizen, he says computer community education program helped him to build his lost identity as local leader. Once, he was focal point of local politics but left everything gradually and put on the margin of the changed village. During the initial discussions and survey, senior citizens denied the need of such training at this age and laughed away the proposal of joining the course. They talked about what the people would think specially...

...........Last year, a Chattarpur-based NGO, Nada India Foundation, visited the locality to impart computer training to senior citizens. “I enlisted for the classes, where people exhorted me to form a society,” says Singh. Luckily, for Singh, the Mandawali community centre set up by the MCD in 2000 was lying vacant—as per Government regulations, any registered charitable society could apply for it. “Nobody ever paid any attention to it. It served as a meeting joint for gamblers,” says Singh. Along with a few others, Singh promptly formed and registered the Senior Citizens Association, of which he is the president. They began with 18 members. In February this year, the 200-sq-ft centre, located in the middle of the Mandawali Subzi Mandi, was opened. Singh, who went from door to door after his daily morning walk to enlist people, is now proud of the 114-member association. For the past six months, opening the doors of the centre at 9 a.m. and closing them at 5.30 p.m. has been a daily r...