AIWEFA Nina Sibal Memorial Awards


2006:
Dr Kshama Metre, National Director, Chinmaya Organisation for Rural Development (CORD), ( Himachal Pradesh ), was awarded the “4th Nina Sibal Memorial Award ”, for her organisation. The main objective of the organisation is to empower and provide an opportunity to the differently abled persons to live as important citizens of the country and contribute as any other person.



2007:
Shri P. C. Kapoor, was awarded the “5th Nina Sibal Award” , for his organisation Jammu Red Cross-A Home for Handicapped, ( Jammu & Kashmir), which provides the children education, free uniforms, free coaching and pre occupational training apart from physiotherapy and medicare for victims of poliomyelitis, so that they grow up with dignity into worthy citizens.



2008:
Shri N. Krishnaswamy, IPS (Retd), was awarded the “6th Nina Sibal Memorial Award” for his organisation, Vidya Vrikshah ,Chennai, ( Tamil Nadu). Vidya Vrikshah, in its mission to share knowledge and spread education to all including socially and physically disadvantaged persons has adopted path breaking technologies to reach the usually unreachable groups of people.They have applied I.T. skills for producing learning materials for persons with different disabilities, including visual disability.

2009:
Prof. (Dr.) Asha Hans was awarded the 7th Nina Sibal Award for her organization Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre (Bhubneshwar, Orissa). Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre which provides services for the physically disabled children and adults in the state of Orissa. SMRC has been striving to create and implement a wide range of activities, designed to meet the medical, physical, emotional, social and vocational needs of persons with disabilities so as to hasten their return to independent and productive living within the community, since its inception.