Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur

Winter Internship Report

(2019-2020)
On
AHAN FOUNDATION

Submitted to: Submitted by:

Dr. Anurag Singh Piyush Thakar
PGSM 1935
 Acknowledgement
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mrs. Meeta Mathur, founder of Ahan
foundation for her guidance and also to share her experiences in the foundation of this NGO. Her
daily meetings with us and sharing the valuable feedback of what we have been doing on daily
basis has boost us.
I want to express my warm regards to Mr. Yashwardhan Singh Rathore, SRC Committee
Head who has introduced me to this wonderful place of Ahan Foundation.
I also want to express my gratitude to our teachers of Jaipuria.Institute of Management Dr.
Varun Chotia & Dr. Prerna Jain for introducing to this internship in NGO.
I want to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Anurag Singh, Dean Academics for adding this
course in the curriculum.
ABOUT THE NGO:
Ahan foundation is an inclusive resource center for the empowerment of persons with
disability.
Started in 2014/2015 as a self-help group of parents of persons with disability, Ahan has been
consistently working towards addressing the common issues faced by specially-abled people and
their families. Today, the team has grown huge and many people from all across the nation have
volunteered to join the cause.
Ahan foundation believes that every individual can be enabled to perform developmental
activities and become more independent and integrated into the mainstream society through
effective advocacy, training, education and societal support systems. It is therefore crucial that
community and society both work in coherence to provide a sustainable environment for the
quality of life the individuals deserve.
The programs designed are person-centric and accommodate PWDs to be engaged in an
inclusive setting. They are committed to gender equality, and as such the programs are designed
with a gender-inclusive approach, in accordance with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Act passed by the Government of India in 2016.
Our operations are adaptive of special education, vocational assessment and counselling, life
skills, capacity building, manufacturing and assembly line operations.
Services:
Education Programme:
Their approach is holistic, and they provide complete learning, one that aims at maximizing the
potential of an individual over a life span. All the Educational Programs offered at Ahan stem
from this broad definition of education. The focus of the teaching is multi-dimensional and
encompasses all important skill areas like communication, social understanding, play and leisure,
self-care routines amongst others. Students come with a range of developmental conditions
including autism, learning disability, intellectual impairment and so on as well as other
disabilities
Since all the activities are experiential, they motivate the child to participate in the learning
process. Free play, games and leisure primarily target the socio-communication skills. From the
early years, children learn to use the computer for educational, prevocational and recreational
purposes. Making choices, something that bolsters both self-esteem and independence, forms an
integral part of the daily routine. The teaching is done through structured educational aids, video
modelling, power point presentations, interactive CDs and apps etc. There is also an active focus
on the children participating regularly in competitive events at other schools, excursion trips,
picnics and camps.
Expectations in all activities, for each child, are individualized according to the child’s skills and
needs.

Vocational skill training programme:

Ahan Foundation seeks to build awareness and promote engagement of differently abled adults
in gainful economic activities. It aims specifically, through vocational training and skill
development programs, to give employment to such adults in an inclusive workspace.
Mainstreaming is a key focus area, and they seek to incorporate this through various initiatives at
Ahan Foundation including those of skill development, life skills, ancillary project development,
inclusive workshop, business development, project design modelling and market research.
They are providing training in the following trades.
1. Jewellery making and designing
2. Fabric painting and designing
3. Block printing
4. Organic rooftop gardening
5. Packaging and display
6. Baking and confectionary
7. Handicraft
8. Secretarial practice
9. Adult living skills
10. Charkha spinning (A khadi India initiative)
They are creating a work environment that builds on individual strengths and is specifically
structured to promote independence. Harnessing existing skill areas, building upon emerging
skills, developing appropriate work behavior, enhancing social and communication skills are
some of the key areas of focus at the Ahan, ultimately to allow for the provision of a regular
reasonable income to the adults working here.
The products made at the Ahan include hand painted fabric, dupatta, saree, handmade greeting
cards, key rings, purses, trendy bags, handmade jewelry, and seasonal items like rakhees, diyas.
These products are sold directly to consumers and some institutions, as well as at exhibitions and
fetes.
Achievements:
KHEL AHAN (Para sports)
A sports academy for especially abled persons. Their football team and other athletes have
represented on national and international level tournaments in field and track events.
Course of action:
SWAR AHAN (Music therapy and training)
Music therapy and music training is provided to the students of all groups. Music therapy is an
effective educational and therapeutic tool for both children and adults with all forms of
disabilities.
Persons struggling with speech have benefitted by regular music sessions. Sleep disorder, ADHD
and aggression have been cured or considerably reduced with regular music therapy and training.

RANG AHAN (Theatre dance and movement)

We make psychotherapeutic use of movement and dance to support intellectual, emotional, and
motor functions of the body. Theatre is the ultimate immersive art form, targeting every sense
simultaneously. We use four commonly identified learning styles: Visual (spatial): Aural
(auditory-musical): Verbal (linguistic): Physical (kinaesthetic).

HARIT AHAN (Horticulture training and therapy)

Harit Ahan, is providing training in organic rooftop gardening. This is the Horticultural Therapy
too. Our trainees are made familiar with the basics of science while simultaneously working
upon their health.

TEAM:
Mrs. Meeta Mathur
Position: Founder

She is the founder of the Ahan foundation and has been working for the past 30 years from now.
She worked in many organizations and led three organization for this cause. Her experience and
education helped her to find out the related issues regarding down syndrome, autism & physical
disability. Her objective is to inclusion of differently able persons & establish inclusive housing
for special need persons

Mr. Gaurang Mathur

Position: Co-founder

He is working in this foundation for the past 5 years in the area of special education.  He has
Cerebral Palsy and can relate the issues within the persons with disabilities community. Gaurang
is a vocal speaker for the issues of persons with disability and is working to raise awareness
about this issue. Previously he has worked with multinational organizations like Deutsche Bank.

Mrs. Arpita Yadav

Position: Co-founder
Other teams members are Mrs. Kalapna Negi ( Coordinator), Mrs. Madhu Trehun (Vocational
Trainer), Mrs. Rakhi Kukkar (Vocational trainer) , Mrs. Nirmala Kumawat ( Art teacher), Mr.
Rakim Khan ( Sport coach), Miss Vartika Mathur (Training), Mrs. Neelam Mathur( Khadi
Trainer), Mrs. Vibha Mathur (Special education), Shubham Choudhary( Music teacher) &
Tushar Badodia ( Multimedia teacher)

ABOUT INTERNSHIP & EXPERIENCE SHARING:

We have been assigned into groups from (10th Feb to 15th Feb.). In my group Akansha Joshi &
Yathanshu Kothari were there. We as group have been assigned a task which was basically
crowd funding by going to various places like hotels, colleges etc.
Date: 02/11/2020
Location: Big Bazaar

We went to Big Bazaar (City Square mall) and met Mr. Harpreet (Store Manager @Big
Bazaar). We told him about background of the Ahan Foundation and what does it work. Also, we
showed him some samples of the items like diaries, earrings, envelopes made by Ahan
foundation children so that he will get to know the talent and skills of these children.
We also asked and took permission to display these beautiful items near the premises of Big
bazaar so that we can raise the fund. He will definitely try to allow these kinds of social activities
by taking permission from CSR team and allow us to display these items on Saturday and
Sunday as these are the most crowded weekdays.
We sent him the wish list so that he can also help us out to donate on FOC.
Date: Feb. 12, 2020
Location: ICG college, 11 mg Café

We have decided to go to ICG college in mansarovar, where we have met with the Mrs. Sharad
Rathore who is NSS department head of ICG college and we have talked about the NGO
working so, she fully supported the NGO & kids and also proposed some ideas as how we can
raise awareness among people about our Ahan Foundation.
Next stop was, 11MG Cafe nearby ICG College only, we have proposed to install the the
creative items made by our kids for sale and he agrees to keep it in his cafe by not charging a
single penny as it shows, as now also people are also very keen to contribute in social work, and
in addition to it, he also said he will promote our NGO to his social groups.
Date: 02/13/2020
Location: First Cry store & a departmental store

We went to First Cry store at Durgapura and pitched the store manager, request him to display
our Ahan Foundation products. We told him to provide us one table and space so that we can
place our products to sell. We had taken some sample products to let them see. He had given us
his contact number and told us to call him on Saturday.
Another one is the small Departmental store near the above one. We asked the store manager to
give us the permission to let us display the products outside his store with Ahan Children only so
that the people can see that these all products are really made by those children but the only
concern manager has is that the road is a busy road and the foot fall in his store is quite less as
compared to the other stores.
Date: 02/14/2020
Location: Surya Mahal Tower & NIBS café

After Surya Mahal we have gone to this Café Popularly Known NIBS Café. Here we see this
person who is not the owner but look over the Café. We pitched him to display our products on
Valentine’s day because there must be a great footfall and ample amount of crowd in this café
but he told us that they had already linked up with some other organizations on this purpose of
Valentine’s day. He also told us that he will talk to the owner about this matter and surely, he
will give us permission to display the products on other the outlet of NIBS Café.
Learnings: We have learnt pitching skills, willingness to undertake routine jobs, taking
responsibility to work for social cause, got exposure meeting with various people by telling them
about our internship and working with an NGO.
NGO REMARKS:
This is to certify that Mr. Piyush Thakar, PGSM 1935 of Jaipuria Institute of Management,
Jaipur had participated in Winter Internship for Societal Happiness (WISH) program during 10th
February’20 to 15th February’20. He was associated with AHAN FOUNDATION during the
tenure of hours. His contribution as an Intern has been
This report is prepared and produced and is based on the on-field experiential learning, as an
intern of WISH program.

NAME:
Signature & Seal of Principal officer of NGO