UDAAN WELFARE FOUNDATION
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Mission Statement
Mission: To provide timely and meaningful support to needy children, women and senior citizens by effectively implementing projects in the area of Health, Education and Nutrition, which have a sustainable, cost-effective and positive impact on society and the environment. Vision: Giving wing to the hopes and aspirations of the underprivileged and empowering them to look forward to a better future.
About This Cause
The UDAAN Welfare Foundation (UDAAN) is an award-winning registered non-profit organization registered with the Charity commissioner of Mumbai, Maharashtra. Udaan addresses the challenges of vulnerable communities in and around Thane, Mumbai. UDAAN started small in 2007 and gradually gained recognition from and confidence of the beneficiary NGOs, organizations and the communities. Our team comprises educationists, eminent professionals including Doctors, Chartered Accountants, Engineers, Food Technologists, and entrepreneurs united by Udaan’s mission. We presently are 30+ members with a Board of Trustees comprising nine members. The Board meets regularly to discuss and review the progress of various projects and give directions for new projects and ideas. For the last 15 years, UDAAN has been devoted to the betterment of vulnerable groups such as children, women, and senior citizens, through its four main programs: Education, Health, Nutrition & Wellness, Welfare, and the Environment. One of their most successful initiatives, the Saksham Community Centre, has been active and functioning in Azadnagar, Thane since 2015 and covers a population of more than 2,50,000 in 7+ slums nearby. UDAAN has worked hard towards holistic community development, surpassing the initial goal of serving 10,000 individuals in 5 years in less than 4 years. The Saksham Community Centre offers a wide range of services, including medical facilities like dental clinic, specialist doctor consultations (Eye, Skin, Orthopedic , Medical, ENT), a fully equipped eye clinic, general practitioner, homeopathic consultations at highly subsidised rates), educational facilities (library, science lab, digital education, and soft skills development mostly free), as well as livelihoods for women (tailoring, paper bag making, and a beautician course at highly subsidised rates). Our Dental, skin and eye clinics draw a large number of patients. We have recently upgraded our facilities by procuring latest equipment to provide the best services to the poor. During the Covid-19 pandemic, UDAAN was actively involved in helping many institutions and individuals, and took additional efforts to regain continuity in education post Covid-19. Education Udaan is well-equipped with both desktop computers and digital tablets to provide online and offline classes. UDAAN educates - 50-70 children offline daily after school hours with basics of Science, Maths, English and other subjects, and also provides healthy nutritional snacks daily after classes. Computer classes are conducted daily during the week and we have a student strength ranging from 75 to 130 students per day. The students are taught MS Office (3 months course), Tally (4 months course), DTP (3 months course). We have trained hundreds of students during the last 8 years and are proud that one of our student is enrolled with us as a computer teacher. Online classes in science, math, and english for 110 students from 5th to 8th grade at the TMC School 55 through eVidyaloka (NGO) with the help of digital tablets for more than a year. Online & Offline English speaking classes to about 45 children through M/s Popcorn Phonics run by a group of women entrepreneurs for more than a year. Coding classes recently added for both college going and TMC school students Online classes for Commerce students on weekends by a young Chartered Accountant Science classes every Sunday, offline where students are taught science experiments practically Hybrid Chess classes once a week Apart from the above, we conduct soft skills training sessions, festival celebrations, drawing, painting and other extra curricular activities periodically.