URIDA undertakes special programmes for vulnerable children like physically challenged, children of sex workers, slum dwellers, street and working children. The programmes include :

• Awareness generation on prevention of child labour through a special team team of volunteers
• Free education for vulnerable children (school drop-out/school going) through URIDA’s Non-Formal Education Centre for women and children, and Learning Centre exclusively for children.
• Awareness generation on various financial assistance schemes for educational support and for physically challenged.
• Free medical checkup, treatment and supply of medicines at their door-steps through Health camps.
• Free distribution of food, sweets or clothes to the neediest children on special occasions.

How do We treat Drug addicts ??

URIDA’s SAHAJ SAMBHAV provides a drug free environment which helps to Develop a sense of discipline, commitment, responsibility and self confidence, Improve relationship with family members and others, and Provide vocational guidance. Healthy food habits, yoga, meditation etc are also being practiced under strict supervision of experts/doctors.

Withdrawal symptoms are handled.

Drug free state is achieved minor medical problems attended to improve his physical condition   under the supervision of doctor and medical staff. It was as from the condition of patient.     11 to 20 daysPreparation of the patient’s  autobiography

The inmate is directed to write about himself and his experiences from his childhood till present.    21 to 25 daysSharing his autobiography with his counselor. He is directed to work on it with suggestion of the counselor. 26 to 50 daysSelf confession :

“We admit that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.”

Sharing in the group to find his powerlessness and unmanageability.     51 to 70 daysMaking him optimistic towards the treatment : 2nd step.

“We come to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us, to sanity.”

Sharing with his counselor. Take help from where he is ready to get assistance.     71 to 80 daysExpressing his will to change : Writing and sharing 3rd step.

“We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him”. With the counselor when he start surrendering his will to God.

81 to 90 daysTo work on relapse prevention plan. Making commitment with family members of centre to prevent relapse. 91to 100 daysIntroduction to N.A. or A.A. meeting. To have a sponsor for further progress.

Family communication.

Discharge.

AMBEDKAR HASTSHILP VIKAS YOJANA

AHVY is a unique programme initiated by the Min. of Textiles (GOI) ,for identification of potential artisans ,special focus on their skills and mainstream them to the world of exposures and gainful self employment. The programme takes account of formation of Self-Help Groups, trainings/workshops in various crafts, exhibitions and/or sale of artifacts in major craft bazaars.

The major clusters for interventions are Tikri Khurd (Narela) , Hastsal , Kakrola and Madhuvihar with artisans on different crafts like Art Jewellery, Embroidery,Painting, Soft Toys etc.

In the year 2009-10, URIDA has conducted various programmes for the empowerment of artisans including six Skill Upgradation Trainings (in Embroidery, Soft Toys and Painting) and four Design & Technical Development Workshops (in Art Jewellery, Soft Toys and Embroidery) with Consulting empanelled Resource Persons (designers) from NIIT.

As a part of the whole programme, 792 artisans have received their Artisans ID cards which allow the artisans to exhibit and/or sell their artifacts in Melas or Exhibitions all over India, supported by the Ministry of textiles without any fees. Also, under Rajiv Gandhi Swasthya Bima Yojana, till date, 508 Medical Insurance Cards have been issued and 194 artisans have received benefits.

21 Self Help Groups are presently functioning under URIDA.

WISE FEDERATION

For empowerment of all the SHGs, URIDA’s group of artisans jointly formed a federation – WISE ( Women Integrated Society of Entrepreneurs) with 15 leading artisans as its founder members.The federation has been registered under societiesregistration act. 1860 as on 7^th dec 2009

• Making documentary films on calamities to educate and train the general population.

• Disaster awareness generation campaign, training and all the essential helps.
•  Awareness generation-cum- training programs in close cooperation with the Deptt. Of Civil Defense, Delhi.

• Extending Help, by sending Disaster Managers along with Disaster Volunteer Force, in disaster affected areas.

GUJRAT EARTHQUAKE:

The calamity struck Gujrat and the destruction was so vast and sudden that thousand of people were buried alive and thousands were seriously injured. URIDA dispatched a team of doctors, social workers, Disaster relief managers, video grapher etc. This team covered about 38 villages adjoining Surendra Nagar, Bhuj, Anjar, Bhachau and along with medical equipment, medicines, tents, blankets and other essential commodities. The team established medical camps and operation theaters conducted minor operations, distributed medicines, blankets, tents, gas lanterns in the covered villages.

•  GENDER RESOURCE CENTRE/SAMAJIK SUVIDHA KENDRA

 URIDA’s  Gender  Resource  Centre  Has  been  functioning  from  the  year  2006  at Kakrola, with the support of Dept. of Women and Child Development-GOI, where vocational training in four courses is being provided to the women beneficiaries of economically poor and backward classes free of cost. Each batch of six months trains approx. 200 women beneficiaries.

GRC also acts as an information/ facilitation Centre for the information seekers as well as needy women beneficiaries. Other important aspects are, free health checkups/free provisioning of medicines; legal counseling, health/ food & nutrition camps and formation of Self Help Group for the economic development of the beneficiaries. Till date more than 1000 families have been covered under this program and approx 80% women are self employed or placed in commercial house nearly.

In addition to the Gender Specific Intervention through GRCS, the Government of NCT of Delhi has added a new programme (Samajik Suvidha Kendra) under its mission of services to the most vulnerable sections of the society at a single window ie “MISSION CONVERGENCE” , with the GRCs. The mission aims at better reach of benefits of various schemes meant for the development of slum and rural poor through the GRCs. Financial Assistance Schemes like Widow/ Old age/ Disabled Pension, Ladli and Construction workers welfare are being covered for the benefit of 20,000 households in the catchment areas of each GRC.

• URIDA GIRLS HOSTEL

URIDA has recently started a girls hostel to provide safe, comfortable -homely stay for students/working women at cheaper cost. We offer well equipped rooms with air condition, food and recreational facilities. URIDA only charges a nominal amount from the occupants, against maintenance of the hostel. Presently the hostel is 12 bedded and in due course of action, with the support of our entrusted donors, we expect to serve more than 50 girls at a time.

Previous programmes

KISHORI SHAKTI YOJNA

URIDA – KISHORI SHAKTI YOJANA was launched on 12th January, 2009 with the objective of improving the nutritional, health and development status of adolescent girls, promote awareness of health, hygiene, nutrition and family care, link them to opportunities for learning life skills, going back to school, help them gain a better understanding of their social environment and take initiatives to become productive members of the society. The programme through its interventions aims at bringing about a difference in the lives of the adolescent girls.

STREE SHAKTI CAMPS

The Street Shakti Camps were organized mainly to provide health services to the beneficiaries sponsored by the Department of Social Welfare, DELHI . Seven Doctors of various disciplines with medical equipments, free provisioning o medicines, lab testing (Sugar, HB, Pregnancy and urine test) were the highlights of the programme.

Objective : Minimize the traffic hazards / accidents ensuring better traffic flow and responsible/ cooperative citizens through :

• Community mobilization, motivation and Participation.
• BCC & IEC Strategy for message dissemination.
• Use of folk media for better and effective communication.
• Convenient and Acceptable mode of message dissemination.
• Training and support programs for everyone (drivers, commuters and general road users).

URIDA had undertaken programmes for Road Safety awareness , sponsored by Ministry of Highways and road transport (Seminar /training workshops, street plays (Nukkad Natak) , Community Meetings etc.). We have also conducted Traffic Training programmes for children in the schools of Delhi and Haryana.

Through Road safety programmes we have covered approximately one lakh people of different community in target areas (Haryana and Delhi ). Approx. five to six thousand school children have attended the training programs (schools of Haryana & Delhi).
Road sense has improved the status of congested locations like Grain Market, crossings and Highway Junctions in sub Div. Gannaur, Haryana. School children in Gannaur have become definitely more aware due to frequent entertaining /educative road safety programmes.

Hence efforts are made to implement sustainable educational programmes in the fields mentioned below and we have been quite successful in achieving our objective of sustainability.

•  Non formal education
• Free Computer Education
• Identifying, enrolling, educating and mainstreaming children at risk; out of school and dropouts in the age group of 6-14
• Running remedial education centers for the mainstreamed children.
• Educating illiterate women of urban slums & rural areas and helping them to earn their livelihood.

Previous Activities

1.  UEE Mission (Universal Elementary Education Mission)/and REACH INDIA (USAID) Programme for out of school children were implemented in close cooperation with Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Deepalaya (NGO) a nodal capacity building agency.
   
   The programmes are being sustained after completion of the funding by donor agencies, partly by URIDA’s funding and partly by active financial and social community participation