From the Founder’s Desk

On 8th March, Aarohan cele-brated International Women’s day in Malviya Nagar B- block park..350 participants took part in the celebration which in-cludes 250 community mem-bers and 100 invitees from renowned field. The objective behind celebrating women’s day has been to hail women and their critical role in family and society at large- showcasing potentials and talents of the underprivileged women from the area where Aarohan is working towards their uplift The program started with wel-coming guests- community women; representative from UWD, Saket City Hospital, MMTC School, the Hyatt team and Aarohan’s Board Members; followed by an introductory brief around Aarohan , its work, and values. A poem “Aurat ka samman karo” written by Ms. Anjana Tata (Secretary, Aa-rohan) was thereafter recited. Beneficiaries under Aarohan’s Umang project impressed audi-ences as well guest by their

fashion parade and dance. Dresses made by them mesmer-ized audiences. Aarohan took opportunity to honor sensible mother of their children.Noorjahan,won the excellent Mother award be-cause of her children punctual-ity and regularity towards edu-cation .She herself made sure that her children attend the classes regularly .She never failed to attend any parents teacher meet organized in Aa-rohan.Rakhi won the

Ms .women of the day award . Aarohan recognized the achievement of Smart-E Pilot .Ms.,Rekha. After hon-oring all, the community women along with invitees played musical chair. At the end Mrs. Rani Patel President) of Aarohan con-veyed her thanks to all the community women, Guests, Aarohan team and everyone else who helped in making this day a success.

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se te es. Just fa ilitai g tea hi g is ot e ough. Basi e essiies like food a d lothi g are e essar for de el-op e t of the hild. We ha e started

a utriio progra a d also de el-oped a lothes a k o these li es. O the other ha d, stude ts goi g to Go er e t s hools are ot oi at-ed e ough to go to s hool. Through

our Do ate a Note ook a paig e ha e ade pare ts thi k there are

people ho are a out their hildre a d that all is ot lost. We are glad to ha e er good ooperaio fro MCD for our a paig a d e are tr i g to e pa d it to a larger s ale.

I the lo g ru , e, at Aaroha , ish to de elop a sustai a le ar hite ture of support through a result-orie ted edu aio odel a d for that, gar er-i g support of all stakeholders is a

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Mrs. Ra i Patel Preside t, Aaroha NGO

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International women's day

Model of microwave made by Danish, student of 9th class amazed visitors as well as judge. He got the first prize. The judge of the exhibition was Mr. Manish, an engineer by Profession.

Aarohan organized science exhibition on27th february2016 on the occasion of National science Day (falls on 28th Feb) with a motto to provide practical learning of science to children. Chil-dren participated in the exhibition with full enthusiasm .Under the guidance of their teacher Ms.kusum, they made model of water cycle, water conserva-tion, solar system, model of heart etc.

As part of comprehensive education for holistic development of children and women, Aarohan organizes Health Awareness Camp from time to time. One such Camp was organized on 15 Feb 2016 in association with Saket city Hospital. Routine check-up of 163 participants which include Aasha chil-dren (Aasha project catering to drop-out children or never- been- to- school), 6- 8 class students and benefi-ciaries under Umang was done. Free medicine was provided to them.

Health Check-Up Camp

Say no to Drug

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Science Exhibition

Marathon

Aarohan chilldren participated in mara-thon organized by IIFT On 10th January alongwith their teacher Mr.Arjun.

32 volunteers from IIFT joined Aarohan

32volunteers from IIFT joined Aarohan for their 4 weeks Ngo internship .In dura-tion of their internship they got oppor-tunity to attend sessions of different de-velopment personnel like Ms.Rani Pa-tel ,Ms.Geetha Balasubramaniam ,Mr. .Kedar Gousain etc. They got opportunity to visit and work in slums namely Jag-damba Camp, valmiki camp, Indra camp,

Begumpur. Aarohan organized sensitization program For IIFTian with a motto to make them understand issues faced by Transgender in society in its Mangolpuri Unit. In their internship journey interns worked in team for different projects like MMTC model of education, pedagogy mod-el of education, Formation of SHG etc.

Aarohan Children performed street play name “Drugs choro” for the em-ployees of continental tech in Sonipat on 12th February 2016. The group of 18 children with a hope that this small initiative will help the audience took a small step to sensitize the people about bad effects of drugs.

Cycle For parity

On 5th march 2016, 100 participants which in-clude men as well as women cycled together for gender parity from Malviya Nagar Police station to Qutub Minar.The vision of this theme was to create an environment where women can contrib-ute to social, economic, cultural and political achievement .

In the capitalist world today, some, among the most endowed, dutifully give back to society what they have. Aarohan is extremely proud to announce its association with top corporates ad thank them for their efforts.

GODREJ

In order to protect children against the cold win-ters and spread the message of ‘Warm Hugs’, Godrej Ezee embarked on ‘Rahaat - Ek Ab-hiyaan' through a woolen wear collection drive in Delhi. With Aarohan, as their sole partner, they began distributing 70000 woolen clothes to un-derprivileged children in various parts of North India.

DELOITTE

Deloitte has continued to show its constant support with volunteers by taking workshops on innovative way to learn mathematics and Eng-lish speaking every second Saturday of the month. With a personalized approach, the chil-dren are gaining a lot of confidence and are feeling a spark of empowerment. our skill devel-opment initiatives.

KELLOGG’S

As Bruce Barton rightly said, “When you have something for breakfast, you're not going to be starving by lunch.” Kellogg’s has started an initiative partnering with Aarohan to provide healthy breakfast to children in the Aarohan family. In association of 4 month, Children became more active and energetic in classes. We noticed remarkable increase in their learning power .

holi of vrindavan.This is our initiative to provide a platform to children to dance, sing, and enjoy. We also tred to make the children understand Indian culture by sharing the story behind celebration of holy. Aarohan president Mrs.Rani Patel started the celebration by putting tika of gulal on children head .

New Year 2016

Contributing consistently in educating underprivileged children and empower-ing women since 2004, Aarohan hearti-ly celebrated the arrival of the new year by ensuring big, bright smiles on many little faces and passionately engaging, as it always had, in its constant explora-tion of newer and more innovative

methods of learning that would en-sure the holistic development of all the lives into which it attempts to bring light and happiness. The very first day of January was spent in the New Year celebrations with the kids at Mahila Park, Malviya Nagar. Enjoyment and happiness reached the zenith with music, games and dance. In the photo, the Kids jovially shout out “HAPPY NEW YEAR!!”.

Holi Aarohan celebrated Holi festi-val with children on 23rdmarch 2016. Children in group performed on the songs of Holi. Anjali and sonal duet dance made audiences remember the

Top Corporates lend a helping hand

Celebrations @ Aarohan

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G.E. With a goal, to make a meaningful difference in the lives of marginalized and disadvantaged adolescent girls residing in urban slums through economic, social and educational transformation initiatives so that they can live their life with dignity & respect and be equal citizens of the country. Aarohan in association with G.E stared a project called Umang.In 6month of this associ-ation remarkable change is noticed in beneficiar-ies. Students are turning with greater confidence, attitudinal change in parents towards their girl child education. Women above 30 yrs are being

Heritage walk for children

Aarohan in association with Deloitte organized Heritage walk on 13th February 2016 with motto to make student learn history by visiting his-torical places in Delhi. Team visited Old fort, Humayun tomb, Safdar-jung tomb. There were 140 partici-pants including students (60 boys and 50 girls), teacher, coordinator, and Deloitte volunteers.

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Ho egro produ ts @ Aaroha

Parents of students in the Baripada unit of Aarohan have been showcasing their immaculate handicraft skills throughout Aarohan’s journey. These products, made without the use of any modern machinery, in small huts in minimal lighting have caught the eye and heart of many. Handicrafts made from jute and earth, and intricate paintings as displayed in the picture below are up for sale on the Aarohan website.

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