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PROJECTS
India Covid-19 Outreach
In April 2021, as India desperately struggles to find solutions to face the second Covid-19 wave and cope with rapidly spreading variants, DSF is standing in solidarity and working each day to play our part in the emergency response. Similarly to many leading NGOSs we are prioritising the rapid supply of oxygen cylinders to rural India.
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UK Covid-19 Outreach
Across the UK, NHS staff have been pushing themselves daily, taking longer shifts and barely having time to get a meal during the pandemic. At peak times DSF has been supplying hot meals to various departments across several London hospitals. These have been greatly appreciated by the teams as they work tirelessly to help us all during the pandemic.
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Freedom for Girls
DSF launched the “Freedom for girls” project which works to raise awareness about the sanitary situations of girls and young women; to promote education, good health and hygiene, and proper disposal of used sanitary towels. It also strives to provide the young girls with knowledge and skills aimed at making them aware of the physical changes that occur during adolescence.
Education First
DSF has to date adopted five schools in the Anand district of Gujarat (West of India) collectively teaching one thousand children. DSF has committed to meeting all the basic requirements for the successful running of these institutions, such as provision of school uniforms, school bags, tables and benches, stationary, books, computers, school furniture and wheelchairs for children with disabilities (an overview of all the schools we support follows).
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Anand Dham Centre
Recognising the need to have regular activities and a base in the communities we serve, DSF built a community centre in Malataj, Gujarat called ‘Anand Dham’ (the home of bliss).
Medical services are offered to the local community at the Anand Dham centre.
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Vocational Training
DSF has partnered with other organisations to donate sowing machines so that women can learn the skill and then support themselves.
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Mother & Baby Survival Kit
More children under the age of five die in India than in any other country in the world, and largely from avoidable causes. To start addressing these challenges,
DSF has developed a ‘Mother & Baby Survival Kit’ in conjunction with local doctors and nutritionists..
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Dang
DSF’s flagship project for the past two years has been working in the Daang district of Gujarat with the Adivasi community where it has adopted five villages providing to date; education, medical supplies, clothing, murtis, baby kits and solar lights. Along with supporting samuh lagnas of Adivasi and handicapped couples in Valsad.