Developing Indigenous Resources - DIR - USA

12/02/2024

Project Alambana aims to uplift the children of ragpickers, with a special focus on empowering girls. Every day, we welcome them to the DIR center, where their day begins with a warm bath followed by a nutritious, protein-rich breakfast. This routine cares for their immediate physical needs and prepares them for a day of learning at our School With A Difference, where dedicated teachers start from the basics building up each child’s academic abilities and confidence. Our ultimate goal is to integrate these bright young minds into mainstream schools and get them their basic rights of nutrition and education.

We are proud to report that nine of our determined students have recently gained admission to local schools - a testament to their hard work and the effectiveness of Project Alambana.

However, to continue making this significant impact, we need your support! It costs only $16 per month to provide one child with education, nutritious meals, clothing, and shoes. This modest investment can dramatically change the trajectory of their lives by ensuring they continue to receive these essential services through local Health Promoters.

Together, we can help these children escape the cycle of poverty and exploitation. Please visit our donation page to start your monthly donation or learn more about how you can help.

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12/02/2024

12/02/2024

US Board Member Gupta visited DIR in June '24 with her son and met with the Health Promoters (HPs), saw under-nourished children being fed nutritious meals, heard children reciting poems in English, sewing vocational training in action, and went with the HPs on their round in the slum where infants were weighed and health coaching was given to parents; in short, witnessed the life-changing work that DIR does!

12/12/2022

12/12/2022

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11/22/2019

Independence Day celebration
The children enthusiastically prepared for the event, which was held at Nyangoan Hall. Mr. Arjun Kamboj, Director of Jan Shikshan Sansthan attended the celebration as the chief guest Children and health promoters actively took part in the celebrations and presented various poetry and dance performances.

11/20/2019

From DIR CEO, Dr. Asha Katosh
This summer season in India has been rather peculiar, with heat and humidity at its extreme and a very late arrival of the monsoon, almost towards the end of September. Further, the month of September brought non-stop heavy downpour with sudden fluctuations in temperature, which made a lot of people, specifically children fall under the weather. There was a wave of viral fever and upper respiratory tract infections, which led to a visible drop in the SWAD school's attendance.

Last month the Prime Minister of India Narender Modi ji laid focus on population control, in his Independence Day speech, and urged the citizens to pay heed to the issue of rapidly growing population. Staying on par with his message, DIR-India team started working on the data collection and statistics of families with high number of children, especially after we received a few reports regarding the cases of multiple pregnancies. The Medical team along with the senior staff has already started the survey of Janta and Safeda Colony to collect the current data of families with three or more children. It was also observed that, after 13 years of sincere work on family planning by DIR-India, the current ratio of multiple pregnancies is much less as compared to 2006. But despite our awareness programs and efforts, there are still 2-3 families with more than 3 children in each Health Promoter’s assigned areas. It is encouraging to know that the younger generation is the most firm believer in 1-2 child policy. Our survey report has given us the graphic display of number of pregnancy and the number of children in each family, which will further help us in making our solutions more customized to their needs.