Nada India Foundation News update

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

We, the volunteers and senior citizens support groups, Indian Temperance Youth Federation volunteers & members of Nada India Foundation network strongly support the petition filed with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for scrapping a state government-sponsored policy diverting huge amount of grain to factories owned by a clutch of senior politicians of various hues for alcohol production. We also found it strange that at a time when the entire country was reeling under the impact of back-breaking food prices, induced primarily by reduction in their production, the state would pursue such a policy. We also appeal the Prime Minister to review such state policies and curb such initiatives. We also request Government to view the alcohol problem as developmental issue rather just as a disease of those who are dependent on it. According to the report published in The Economic Times on 23 February, 2010, as many as 36 factories, they had been granted licenses by the state government to m...

Sanchita Sharma, Hindustan Times New Delhi, February 09,2010 India will support a global treaty to restrict alcohol use worldwide at the World Health Organisation’s annual World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 17-22 this year. “India and Sweden have decided to work together in the forthcoming World Health Assembly for eventually instituting a framework convention on alcohol control,” said Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. In 2008, India had requested the World Health Organisation to declare October 2 — Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday — as the World No Alcohol Day and introduce global restrictions on alcohol sale, advertising and consumption, similar to those against tobacco. As a result of the tobacco treaty, most countries have imposed bans on smoking in public and workplaces. According to the WHO, two billion people worldwide consume alcohol and 76.3 million have diagnosed alcohol-related disorders. It causes more than 60 types of disease and injury and 1.8 million deaths a year, which re...

Nada India Foundation joined hands with Delhi State AIDS Control Society & DLF laingorourke to promote the cause of HIV/AIDS on the occasion of World AIDS Day that is on the 1st of December 2009 by launching a campaign Pehchaan a series of awareness program in Indira Camp of Begumpur village near Malviya Nagar, Janta Jeewan Camp Tigri Delhi and DLF construction sites in Gurgoan . The audience was treated with a Nukar Natak teaching the people about preventive measures for AIDS and the various notions that are connected with the deadly disease. The theater group - Deep Group a network member of Nada India also performed some dance numbers to entertain the crowds. The people were also shown educational movies on HIV/AIDS and alcohol & drug abuse after the performances. There was also a personal counseling sessions taken by the Mr. Suneel Vatsyayan ,Dr.Ajay Vats & Ms.V.Pallavi during the camp. The main objective of the program was to establish a relationship with the peopl...

ETV (Urdu)featured NADA Ear acupuncture in their half an hour evening program "Sahet & Zindagi" on 14Th Oct.2009. NADA Detox & Wellness center operates from Rukmani Devi Poly Clinic 10/28, Yogmaya Temple (Inside) Near (SDM office) Mehrauli New Delhi. Dr.Ajay Vats NADA ADS & trainer explained how NADA ear acupuncture works in stress management,alcohol treatment and general well being. The three success stories were also shown as part of the program. Suneel Vatsyayan, Chairman of the Nada India Foundation explained how use of ear acupuncture is a health prevention approach and helps people specially to those who avoid treatment.

Nada India had set up a stall along with World Comics India in the NGO exhibit of the event. The NGO Exhibit was meant to showcase the NGO’s where the students of SIMC are interning in. The event was a success for Nada India Foundation in terms of media visibility and got the media coverage and recognition for its Pehchaan program and for the cause of substance and drug abuse among the youth. There were interactions between the Youth Coordinator of Nada – Deepak with the participants of the event. Nada India was also invited to set up their stall in college-level events in the city. The media trainees of SIMC, Pune organize an annual interactive media seminar across 24 cities in India and one in Dubai. The Delhi chapter took place on the 2nd of November at the Shri Satya Sai Auditorium, Lodhi Road. The focus of the event was on “Going Green”. Speakers like Mr. Sanjay Jain, technical director -EQMS, Mr. Sanjay Prakash, member Balaton Group (International environmental agency), Mr Vinay ...