Elderly welfare Program

Old Age Recreation Centre

Recreation plays a key role in the well-being of older adults and in enhancing their quality of life. For seniors, as for people of all ages, involvement in recreation activities can satisfy a variety of needs. Among the important benefits of recreation for the senior population is increased health and fitness, as well as opportunities for socializing, for using skills and talents developed throughout their lifetime, and for learning new skills. The aim of this article is to dwell upon various recreational activities for the elderly. These activities are very useful to them as they can spend their leisure time and enjoy by doing interesting tasks. The senior population is quite varied, with a diversity of interests, strengths, and abilities. Some seniors have enjoyed a positive use of leisure throughout their life, and are able to find appropriate activities to suit their changing physical abilities and interests. Other seniors, however, may not be aware of the potential positive values of recreation.

it is found that the number of neglected elderly people is rapidly increasing and there is a huge need of an intervention to address the problems that are elderly people are facing at the moment. Therefore we are running recreation centre for elderly people

Activities in old age recreation centre

We offer various activities like crafts and arts, and other outings. Recreation activities for seniors provide long term advantages. Higher fitness levels, improved health and social interactions are few of the benefits of indulging in fun activities. It is therapeutic refreshment for both the mind and body.

Photography

Another activity is photography. For which a camera is to be needed. A practical way is getting hold of a digital camera, and clicking whatever interesting, and capturing it in the camera. It could be a theme �like nature, or vehicles, or humans, anything that holds attention. This can then be even consolidated into a scrapbook kind of file in a computer.

Gardening

Gardening is a nice leisure activity for older adults. It helps people to connect with the nature. Just need a small patch of land or a plot that will keep the elderly occupied, or a few pots that can keep in the balcony or just outside the house, and some bright coloured equipment. One can grow vegetables and create a beautiful garden. This activity should be followed only during the morning and evening hours avoiding peak hours.

Sports

If physical health and doctor permits, sports is a very good physical exercise and recreational activity-be it swimming, badminton, tennis, golf or any other which may interesting to the older adults. It is also an excellent way to meet other people socially.

Exercise

This is one activity suggested by all doctors and health practitioners for all age groups, the senior citizens are not different. Different forms of exercise are now being practiced which are a great form of relaxation apart from helping physical and mental fitness.

Art of living

The Art of Living initiatives strive to uphold the dignity of every human being on the earth, offering each individual a stress-free life, a healthy body and the opportunity to maximize their potential for personal and spiritual growth. Sri Ravi Shankar has designed many self-development techniques which can easily be integrated into daily life to calm the mind and in still confidence and enthusiasm.

Mental Exercise

Senior citizens should be encouraged to take part in mind games. They should solve puzzles like crosswords, brain teasers and sudoku focus on doing mathematical calculations. These are very brneficial for exercising the mind. It also prevents from the serious old age ailments like Alzheimer's disease.

Yoga

Yoga is aimed at achieving the union with supreme consciousness. However, it helps to achieve physical as well as mental fitness. a professional Yoga Guru gives an idea about the benefits of Yoga and how to practice. It is however essential to learn appropriate and right postures from a good teacher of Yoga

Walking

Walking is one of the most common exercises. It is enjoyable and a social activity that can also be carried on with friends . There is nothing like avail some fresh air in lush green surroundings. It helps to reduce depression and lower down the stress,

Bird Watching

A great activity for people who love nature but cannot go for nature walks, in the fields or forests because of physical problems or deformities, lack of transport, companions or any other practical problem, then there is no need to go to the forests for this. A park is the good idea to start this activity.

Since its inception in 2017, more than 500 elderly people benefitted from the Elderly welfare Program programme.

Beggars Rehabilitation Project

Begging is a national problem. Many of us in our society are involved with begging willingly or unwillingly. Begging can be eradicated from the society through improving socio-economic condition of these beggars and establishing their human dignity. In order to create opportunities for those who want to quit begging and return to normal life, Development Advocacy & Research Trust (DART) has initiated a project to rehabilitate the beggar. This project has A multilevel scheme program for beggars and involving them in income-generating activities and gradually including them into social safety net programs, offered by public and private institutes, and thus bringing them back to mainstream in the society.

There is a perception that beggars are those who are choosing the easy way out and have chosen this over 'an honest day's work'. The reality is that there are many reasons people turn to begging. This includes mass migration from villages to cities in search of jobs, lack of adequate employment opportunities, and under-employment, and inadequate compensation, discrimination against the physically handicapped, abandonment of ageing parents and widows, and even natural calamities that devastate lives and livelihoods.

While anti-begging legislation may act as a preventive, there is a need for a permanent solution for this crisis. Several state governments have instituted programmes aimed at the rehabilitation and skilling of beggars to provide them with viable employment. Beggars Rehabilitation multilevel scheme

The beggars are identified and rescued by the DART team , who bring them to the DART Centre. Before being inducted into the programme, the recruits are groomed and given a thorough health checkup. They are also given counselling, and given soft-skills training. There is also a de-addiction programme for those who need it. In addition to food and accommodation during the training period, they are insured for Rs 2 lakh under the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY).

Once the recruit identifies their area of interest, they undergo training for 60 to 120 days in areas such as Construction, Carpenter, cooking, and many others. in DART we Provide them free accommodation, food, and toiletries and clothes provided under the scheme.

Workshop(s)/Seminar(s)/Conference for Minority Community

One Day Workshop(s)/Seminar(s)/Conference for Minority Community under the Central Sector Scheme of Research Studies, Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Schemes and Publicity Ministry of Minority Affairs Govt. of India

We conduct Work Shop(s)/Seminar(s)/Conference for Minority Community under the Central Sector Scheme of Research Studies, Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Schemes and Publicity under Ministry of Minority in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Haryana states.

A full day Orientation Workshop for Minority Community under the Central Sector Scheme of Research Studies, Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Schemes and Publicity was organised by the Development Advocacy & Research Trust with the support of Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) Govt. of India. The daylong workshop was aimed at orientation awareness of Minority Schemes.

The scheme covers Operation Research / Market Research / Action Research including baseline survey / survey, monitoring / concurrent monitoring and evaluation studies of various schemes and programmes of the Ministry including the Prime Ministers New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities throughout the country with special focus on Minority Concentration Districts / blocks / towns / cluster of villages and holding workshop / seminar / conference on themes of direct relevance to the Ministry.

The scheme also covers development of Monitoring formats and performance indicators of the scheme to be developed by respective Divisions implementing the scheme.

For Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities, creative multimedia campaign for dissemination of information relating to programmes, schemes and initiatives of the Ministry of specialized nature requiring professionalism, expertise and infrastructure normally not available with Government agencies, would be carried out through reputed private media agencies.

IEC activities through multi-media campaign by print, electronic, cyber media etc. and also for branding of the schemes of the Ministry. It would also advice the Ministry on the time and timelines of the activities to be undertaken and through which media.

Efforts would be made to carry out intensive multi-media campaign with focus on districts, blocks and cities/cluster of villages having a substantial minority population. This does not limit the scope of IEC activities only for minority population, but also includes awareness creation for all sections of society in general to have a multi-pronged approach to extension activities. For multi media campaign

Advertisements for National Commission for Minorities (NCM) may also be considered in the media campaign after due approval of Competent Authority in the Ministry.