Sarthak NCD Panel 6 - Abilympics

Abilympics
Abilympics France 2023 - Championing for the Cause
Date: December 24, 2022 (Saturday)
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

International & National Abilympics Experts, Skill Experts Discussing–

• The importance of Abilympics, skill development, and entrepreneurship and how this can be upscaled.
• Need to create mechanisms and awareness so PwDs can also take their skills and abilities to the international level.

Sarthak Educational Trust is a Non Government Organization which is working towards the empowerment of people with disability. It was founded by Dr. Jitender Aggarwal who was a Dentist by profession but lost his central vision due to a genetic disorder called the macular degeneration. He could not practice dentistry and hence he himself got trained in medical transcription (a then known profession for people with visual impairment). After he completed his training, he realized that that the opportunities for job were very less. This combination of personal loss as well the empathy with other fellow people with disability encouraged him to start the organization which will dedicatedly work towards the employment of people with disability, and it is now known as SARTHAK.

Today Inclusion, Empowerment, and Mainstreaming of Persons with disability is the guiding principle of Sarthak Educational Trust. Through its dedicated efforts in the areas of Early Intervention, Inclusive Education, Skill Building, and Placement, Advocacy Generation, Abilympics and India Disability Empowerment Alliance. Sarthak is present in 23 locations namely Chandigarh, Ambala, Lucknow, Jaipur, New Delhi (3), Gurugram, Ghaziabad (2), Bhopal, Kolkata, Pune, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam, Thane, Chennai, Banaras, Virar, Thiruvantrapuram, Bhatinda, Ludhiana and Ahmedabad.

The great journey of Sarthak began with a batch of 8 blind students in Delhi and now through its 23 Skill Building Centers across India, Sarthak has trained and placed more than 34,300 and 23,450 PwDs. respectively In addition, 2670 and 500 children with disability have been also rehabilitated through its 'Early Intervention' and 'Inclusive Education' initiatives.
Sarthak is an ardent believer of inclusive set up of education to pave the path of inclusive society and have successfully rehabilitated school going children with disability in mainstream schools through sensitization of various stakeholders and remedial classes. NAAI ( National Abilympics Association of India), NGO Capacity Building Program, Accessible Event Management Support, Online Parents Interaction Forum, India Disability Empowerment Alliance are some of the other initiatives, where Sarthak is actively engaged and is making immense contribution to the cause of PwD’s.
S: Social Justice: We provide differently abled individuals equal access to resources.

A: Approachable: We will make ourselves approachable to all PwD through digital and physical means, as applicable

R: Respect: We respect individuals as they are

T: Trust: We believe in human values rooted in trust and affection

H: Honesty: We work with a sense of purpose and enthusiasm

A: Alumni: Our alumni is our family! We want to make it bigger everyday.

K: Kindness: Whatever we do, will be based on kindness towards the people we serve
In India, the population of persons with disability is around 26.8 million, constituting 2.21% of India’s total population (Census 2011). However, World Bank data proposes the number between 40 to 80 million. But despite the discrepancy between the numbers, it is very clear that PwDs constitute a significant part of Indian Population. The statistics states that approximately 7.82 million people between the age groups of 20 to 39 years have some or other forms of disability owing to complications at birth, environmental issues or medical conditions.

Further, according to a survey conducted by the National Centre for Promotion of Employment of Disabled People (NCPED), the percentage of people with disability in multinational companies is as less as 0.05% of the total work force.

Although, it is a mandate for the government organizations to have 3% of the total work force reserved for people with disability, the actual percentage that is occupied accounts to only 0.54%.

Therefore, in order to have persons with disabilities brought to a healthy and equal work environment; training becomes the most important aspect of the Skill Building Program. The candidates well trained in specific trades will be able to work and perform well, thus, adding to the overall productivity of the organization as well as towards the composite GDP of the nation.

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