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Highlights of the MonthSarthak Jaipur Samagam- Together for an Inclusive and Equal World For

Persons with Disabilities

Sarthak Educational Trust and NationalAbilympics Association of India organizedSamagam in Jaipur with intent to provide aplatform to various stakeholders to discussand strategize required initiatives fordisability inclusive development. The event was followed by Pressconference attended by team Sarthak,prominent corporate partners and alumnae.

Session by Padma Bhushan Dr. M B Athreya at Sarthak Leap InclusionDigital Academy, Mumbai

A learning Curve is essential to  growth. Padma Bhushan Dr. MB Athreya, SarthakMentor & Guru taking capacity buildingsession at Capgemini supported SarthakLeap Inclusion Digital Academy, Mumbai. Session attended by alumnae, Beneficiariesand Sarthak team,

Disability sensitization workshop wasorganized at Reliance Corporate Office andMahindra Logistics, Mumbai with theobjective to alter mindsets, address fears,confusion, break stereotypes, and bustmyths about persons with disability. The aim of workshop was to createawareness and sensitized approach amongdifferent levels of workforce in anorganization to work towards creating aneco-sphere to have an inclusive workplace.

Stakeholder OutreachSarthak Disability Sensitization

workshop at Reliance Retail Corporate Office and Mahindra Logistics

Volunteering Activities at Sarthak Skill Building Centers with employees ofCredit Suisse Securities India Pvt Ltd and Pernod Ricard

Employees from Credit Suisse and PernodRicard visited Sarthak Centers in Mumbaiand New Delhi to volunteer their expertiseand to further guide students for enhancingtheir interview skills, PersonalityDevelopment, CV Preparation, FinancialLiteracy etc

Mr. Atul Bhatnagar, Former COO, NSDC andNational Advisory Board Member SarthakVisited Sarthak Leap Inclusion DigitalAcademy Hyderabad to interact and guidebeneficiaries, alumnae and center team towork together towards a common mission ofempowering Persons with Disabilities andbuilding an inclusive ecosystem.

Centers in ProgressVisit at Sarthak Leap Inclusion Digital Academy, Hyderabad

Alumnae Meet at Sarthak Skill Building Center, Kolkata

Every month, Sarthak conducts an alumnaemeet across centers to establish a mentor/mentee relationship, and provides studentswith a valuable source of guidance.

3 months vocational skill training at Sarthakproved to be a game changes in the life of N.Bhavani Priya. Training program not onlyequipped her with required skills but alsoenhanced her confidence level resulting in adecent job at a leading retail chain- RelianceRetail

Through their eyes-Sarthak Story

Narayan communicates though signlanguage but that doesn’t make him lessemployable. All it needs is a littleconsideration and thoughtfulness. Workingwith many others using the same language,Narayan works at  Vitthal's Kitchen  , one ofthe prominent hiring partners of Sarthak atJaipur.

Sarthak in Spotlight

5 Facts about DisabilitySource: World Heath Organisation

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Fact 1: Over a billion people live with some form of disabilityThis corresponds to about 15% of the world's population. Between 110-190million adults have very significant difficulties in functioning. Rates of disabilityare increasing, due to population ageing and the global increase in chronichealth conditions. Fact 2: Disability disproportionately affects vulnerable populations Lower-income countries have a higher prevalence of disability than higher-income countries. Disability is more common among women, older people andchildren and adults who are poor. Fact 3: People with disabilities often do not receive needed health careHalf of Persons with disabilities cannot afford health care, compared to a thirdof non-disabled people. People with disabilities are more than twice as likely tofind health-care providers' skills inadequate. Persons with Disabilities are fourtimes more likely to report being treated badly and nearly three times morelikely to be denied health care. Fact 4: Children with disabilities are less likely to attend school than non-disabled childrenEducation completion gaps are found across all age groups in all settings, withthe pattern more pronounced in poorer countries. For example, the differencebetween the percentage of Children with Disabilities and the percentage ofnon-disabled children attending primary school ranges from 10% in India to 60%in Indonesia. Fact 5: People with disabilities are more likely to be unemployed than non-disabled peopleGlobal data show that employment rates are lower for disabled men (53%) anddisabled women (20%) than for non-disabled men (65%) and non-disabledwomen (30%).In OECD countries, the employment rate of people withdisabilities (44%) was slightly over half that for people without disabilities (75%).