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SOCIAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITH :

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:

MENTOR: PARUL SINGH (030)
PROF. SHUCHI DIXIT TANYA GUPTA (051)
TAROO (052)
VAISHNAVI SACHDEVA (112)

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Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................... 3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................. 4
INTRODUCTION: .......................................................................................................................... 5
THE TEAM: ................................................................................................................................. 6
MISSION: ..................................................................................................................................... 7
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: ................................................................................................... 7
THE CHALLENGES: ................................................................................................................. 7
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS ............................................................................................ 8
THE PROJECT TITLE: ................................................................................................................. 9
PROJECT OBJECTIVE: ............................................................................................................ 9
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: ......................................................................................... 9
ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: .................................................................................................. 10
DIPSTICK STUDY ........................................................................................................................ 11
POSTER ........................................................................................................................................... 13
EXPECTED PROJECT OUTCOMES .................................................................................... 14
LEARNINGS: ............................................................................................................................. 14
THE RECOMMENDATIONS: ................................................................................................ 15
ARTICLES: .................................................................................................................................... 16
DOWN SYNDROME................................................................................................................. 16
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN.............................................................. 17
CONCLUSION: ............................................................................................................................. 18
REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................. 18

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We were grateful that we have got an opportunity to express our gratitude and thanks to
our Mentor Prof. Shuchi Dikshit led, supervised and cooperated with us during the 10 days
of internship. We also express a deep sense of gratitude to Miss Pranavi Sethi and Mr.
Amit Kumar, of the Amrit Foundation in India, for their assistance and useful knowledge
that has been of use in the different phases of this internship. They guided us what to do,
what to pursue and how to do. Our mentors were always available and willing to answer all
queries, without their cooperation we would not have been able to successfully complete
our project.

TEAM MEMBERS:

Parul Singh
Tanya Gupta
Taroo
Vaishnavi Sachdeva

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Amrit Foundation of India was delegated to us for our social internship,

which operates to better society. They count as "Only by giving You're able to receive
more than you already have."
The global community is a much more open place for all, regardless of their religion, race,
caste, creed, or sex.
So here, we're going to focus on health workers who work for
children with cognitive disabilities. Initially, we have to call and mail them and provide
information about our NGO, like who we are and what we do. After that, we will concur
with their sensitive data and make phone pitches to the empaneled practitioners. Some of
the tasks were:
 Sending mails to answer the queries about our project.
 Conducting questionnaires.
 Receiving an online donation from NGO service providers services bank -Swechha.
It was insightful and, in terms of our experience, know-how to contribute to NGOs' work.
In addition to this, we have an insight into a broader context of Corporate culture.

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INTRODUCTION:
Amrit Foundation of India promotes the development and well-being of all Indians so that
they may individually and collectively reach their fullest potential. ‘Amrit’ is the divine
nectar which has healing powers and releases one from mortal limitations.

Our current focus is on children with intellectual and developmental challenges through our
flagship programme, The Little Peepul Tree. In Indian folklore, the ‘peepul’ tree is the tree
of wisdom and understanding. Gautam attained Buddhahood while meditating under the
peepul or bodhi tree. The name is also a play on the word peepul – meaning both the peepul
tree as well as little people.

Our team works hard to find ways to create a level playing field for children with intellectual
and developmental challenges, so that they too, can play a meaningful role in building
tomorrow’s India. Since we were set up in 2012, we have made big strides. We have…

 Created a large database of service providers working with children with challenges,
making it easier for caregivers to find the help their children need
 Carried out research to create new evidence about what the experience of caring for
a child with intellectual challenges in India
 Hosted events for children with challenges, allowing them to participate in
mainstream activities such as Raahgiri.
 Sensitised hundreds of young people across Delhi to the experiences of persons with
challenges

These are just some of our successes – read our Annual Reports for more details and visit
‘What we Do’ to find out what we are currently up to.

Amrit Foundation of India is registered under the Societies Act, 1860.

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THE TEAM:
 Pranavi Sethi, Executive Director

(BSc Management Sciences, IILM, Delhi)

 Dr Neeradha Chandramohan

(M.A., M.M.S.P (Clinical Psychology) Ph.D, Dip T&D)

 Priyanka Singh, Program Lead

(PGDRD, Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi)

 Shivanshi Kapoor, Knowledge Officer

(MA (Economics), Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune)

 Amit Kumar, Information Officer

(B.Tech(IT) & 3 Year Diploma(Computer Science Engineering), IETE New Delhi)

 Nivedita Parashar, Advocacy Officer

(MA (Sociology), Delhi School of Economics, Delhi)

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MISSION:
Development and well-being of all Indians, irrespective of their religion, race, caste, creed
or sex, so that they may individually and collectively reach their full potential.

THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
 2016 Acharya Hasti Karuna Institution Award
 E-NGO Challenge Award 2016 (Digital Empowerment and Tools)

THE CHALLENGES:

 Employment
 The Little Peepul Tree:
The Little Peepul Tree aims to create a level playing field for children with intellectual and
development challenges, giving everyone a chance to succeed. We do this by creating new
knowledge, sharing critical resources and building networks of support for people with
challenges and their caregivers.

We specifically focus on four intellectual and developmental challenges: Autism, Cerebral

Palsy, Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disability. We use the term ‘challenges’ to reflect
our belief that no-one should be defined by their disability and, with the right support, these
challenges can be conquered!

Our work has three strands:

i) Services Bank: We are building an online platform with key information on

intellectual challenges and an extensive directory of service providers.
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ii) Knowledge Creation: We create and disseminate knowledge on intellectual and

developmental challenges.
iii) Inclusion Advocacy: We seek to change the public and policy discourse around
children with challenges.
 Problem of Covering Wide Area

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS

C&C Constructions Ltd

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THE PROJECT TITLE:

Bring value to the organisation

PROJECT OBJECTIVE:
 To overcome the problem of lack of information to the families of children with
intellectual challenges.
 By seek to change the public and policy discourse around children with challenges.
 By building an online platform with key information on intellectual challenges and
an extensive directory of service providers.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

From first day of induction of the SIP project of AMRIT Foundation of INDIA, we were
being told to exhibit our marketing skills and work to the best of our capabilities to deliver
the expected outcome. The Roles and Responsibilities assigned are as follows:

1. Making a phone pitch to the relevant service providers to get them empaneled.

2. Mailing them in order to resolve the queries.

3. Coordinating with other team members for the progress of the work.

4. Searching for other caretakers to make them connected with needy children.

Above were our main responsibilities during our internship. Other responsibility was to
report to our mentor Pranavi ma’am. Complete our task on time as given to us.

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ACTIVITIES PERFORMED:

We performed following activities: -

1. Making phone pitch to those dealing with children with disabilities and intellectual
challenges.
2. Sending mails to resolve the queries regarding the objective of the project.
3. Filling up the questionnaires.
4. Getting the service providers empaneled on the NGO’s online services bank -
Swechha.
5. Survey of existing members of Swechha by Google Form.
6. 10 Calls to the Doctors, Therapist, Schools and service providers.
7. 3 Advertisement through website of NGO

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DIPSTICK STUDY

Q. 1 What difficulties do you face in your treatment of persons with intellectual

and developmental disabilities? Can you specify any 3? 12 responses
 Controlling, making them understand, Monitoring on their diet
 Can not provide .
 challenges are facing in day-to-day life b) family acceptance issue c) lack of
resources that would help them to do better
 The most difficult part is to make them understand that the work is for their
betterment and whatever is done with with them will help them in future
 online mode is a problem b. not getting the real side of the persons in online mode
c. lot more time to focusing on students
 Reaching to them b. condition/Working environment related to diseases parental
support
 Lack of health education, they are frightened at times.
 communication problem b. disabilities remember c. distance
 can not disclose
 family support
 In having to control the patients
 Parental support

Q.2 Besides your core specialization, on which topics about intellectual and
developmental disability would you like to know more to do your work better?
Kindly provide 3 topics.12 responses
 Action, Understanding, acceptance
 •The behaviour pattern of children • How to deal with challenges • Knowing about
Family support
 learning disabilities b) hearing impairment c) , motor difficulties
 short temper, emotional, memory loss
 function deficit of cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome b. core deficit of autism c.
learning difficulties like diseases
 knowledge of technology integration b.Mobile application
c. special workshops
 Explore mindset b. psychological language c. social language
 Online specialization
 Autism specialization
 Down syndrome,mental retardation specialization
 Mobile application technology

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POSTER

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EXPECTED PROJECT OUTCOMES

We have got the chance to feel empathized for the people who have cerebral disabilities.

 Interactive Skills - Dealing with everyone with humbleness and not losing our
temper is a quality which can only be learned by spending time with people who
are working together. This develops great interactive skills which could be fruitful
in all walks of life.
 Working With An Unselfish Attitude - NGOs are basically non-profit organizations
whose main focus is providing service to the society instead of making money.
Once this quality is developed, I won't always work for profit but for a purpose
which is beneficial for others.
 Makes You More Responsible - Having workload and doing it, even after knowing
you won't get too much in return, develops a sense of responsibility. While going
through this, you keep acquiring the quality of completing tasks without looking for
profit in everything.
 Broadens Your Thinking - Working in an NGO forces me to think for people. This
widens our thinking spectrum so that in future when we work.
 Cultural Awareness - Having great cultural knowledge and adaptable skills makes
us versatile for the future; thereafter, wherever or whoever we work with, we know
how to deal with different situations.

LEARNINGS:
 Experiential learning.
 Make connections between themselves, their community experiences and the larger
world, fostering a sense of care and citizenship.
 Critical thinking and demonstrate professional attitudes and personal reflection
while encouraging a heightened sense of community, civic engagement, and
personal responsibility. Developing a sense of making a contribution beyond one’s
self interest through engaging in a real-world task at a Amrit Foundation of India

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 Developing an understanding of the scope of the challenging professional

environment by applying key domain-specific theories, frameworks and tools to
diagnose pain points in a real organization setting.
 To evaluate the level of professional growth and preparation of one's own, focusing
on areas of strength and development and the need to improve the knowledge,
experience, skills and attitudes required to ensure professional success.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS:
If all the people are active in this regard and give importance to the issue pertaining then the
number of people empowered by such activities will increase and the awareness for this issue
will increase as well. It is the need of the hour for the people to step up for causes like these
along with various NGOs and government bodies to create a society that is evenly and well
balanced and gives equal opportunities to all the people irrespective of their caste creed
gender and physical or mental abilities.

At Amrit foundation of India it was great exposure for us. Social work education comprises
of a theoretical element taught in the class and field- based education involving combination
of the academic and practical. For this Amrit is right place for internship. But because of
present scenario, we conducted this SIP in an online mode which proved to be a
disadvantage, since we were unable to interact with NGO member, Children with cerebral
disabilities, and their stakeholders. So, we didn’t get chance to interact with children and
develop understanding with challenges of children.

The NGO should work more on its social media presence. The Social media is a trend in
today’s scenario. Irrespective of the age, caste, income level mostly people are having smart
mobiles and using at least one or two social media applications. It is a good way to increase
the number of people who view things. Visual representations and data attract a greater
number of people to view certain things rather than simple numbers or articles. Thus, videos
should be made and photos should be taken on regular intervals. These should be posted on
Social Media handles on regular intervals to keep the social media page interactive and
trending. More emphasis should be done on the development of skill set of the enrolled
students and their employability options. The skills should be on the basis of an individual’s

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abilities and the work they can perform. The greater number of people who get employment
through these programs and efforts of the NGOs will increase the number of people who get
registered with these organizations.

ARTICLES:
DOWN SYNDROME
This term comes from the Dr Langdon Down, 1866, this doctor describes the collection of
physical symptoms. In 1959, the main cause of this disease was identified. The cause was a
genetic disorder which is caused by the copy of third part of chromosome 21 or if 21st
chromosome cannot separate from the egg or sperm during development and consequence,
an egg is produced with the extra copy of the chromosome 21 as well as the total
chromosome become 47 instead of 46. It associated with the delay in physical growth, facial
feature, as well as the mental ability of this person, is matched with the 8 to a 9-year child.
The Average IQ of this person is about 50. They also have the pure immune system that why
they surrounded by the several health issues including thyroid, mental disorders, epilepsy,
leukaemia and a contingent heart defect. Physically characteristic of the down syndrome
may have -a small chin, slanted eyes, small mouth with protruding tongue, extra space
between big toe, abnormal patterns on fingertips, obstructive sleep apnea. Hip dislocation
may occur without trauma. All of this may occur in people with down syndrome.

vision disorders occur are strabismus in which the movement of the two eyes is not together,
cataracts in this vision become blurry, keratoconus in this the cornea becomes thin.

The hearing problem which comes in the result of the otitis media with effusion and chronic
ear infection, this happens due to the poor function of the eustachian tube.

This disease can be detected after birth with the help of the blood test, ultrasound and various
test where various test used in the combination to the level of the accuracy in finding the
symptom. Several tests of the blood marker can be used to predict the risk of Down syndrome
during the first or second trimester. There is a recommendation for screening from the
organisation of health for those with down syndrome and this is done in systematically.
There is a need for the electrocardiogram and the ultrasound of the heart at birth. At three

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months of age, required surgery of heart for repair in the heart valve problems may occur
after three months.

There several therapies of the speech which is useful, and which is also recommended for
parents. Hearing aids which is required for understanding the language for those who have
lost hearing loss. Where those have down syndrome may learn better from the visual or
drawing with language and reading skill.

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN

Special needs children are discriminated in every sphere of their life in India, everyone is
fighting to stop this but to no avail. Even some parents discriminate their special needs child
to better take care of their normal children. Government of India changing the term 'divyang'
(divine body) instead of 'viklang’ for persons with disability won’t change anything. The
problem of inclusion of special needs children into the society, schools and later into the
workforce has mostly been attributed to the mindset of the people, society and government.
The problem is much bigger than that, and it entangled in the socio-economic structure of
India.

While growing up we all had that one/more member in the family that had some form of
disability with whom we weren’t supposed to play with, make physical contact with or even
sometimes told explicitly to avoid in all circumstances. This kind of discrimination occurs
to a special needs child in India in his own family, you can imagine how the rest of the world
treats them. Obnoxious comments are normal for anyone with a disability, some making
sarcastic fun of them while others making false statements of sympathy are some of the
gentler forms of abuse. Physical and mental abuse follows as the child grows up.

One of the root causes of the discrimination of Special needs children is that people consider
them unproductive when it comes to earning their livelihood.

● 45% of India’s disabled population is illiterate, according to Census 2011

● Some 600,000 (28%) special-needs children between six and 13 years of age are out
of school, according to the 2014 National Survey of Out of School Children report

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From the above government figures we can see imagine the dire situation of Special needs
children, most people are not even willing to educate their special needs child to becoming
a literate even when government education is free and has added benefits schemes for the
child. Parents or caregivers don’t want to invest their time and some money in the education
their Special needs child as they see no future benefits of that effort.

India has a massive population of 1.3 billion people and out of which 65% are of working
age. In this massive workforce, persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities will
always have problems beating their sound body and mind counterparts for the same set of
jobs. Until the government, society, private enterprises come together and formulate a
comprehensive framework for providing livelihood to Special needs persons, their
discrimination and abuse will continue on.

CONCLUSION:
We believe that ongoing discourse, conversation and dissemination about issues pertaining
to marginalization are a must if they envision a society where everyone is equally accepted.
This will change one day if we and volunteers like us create awareness by keeping a feeling
of empathy in them.

REFERENCES
https://amritfoundationofindia.in/
https://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/intellectual-disability-mental-retardation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome

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