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social & community services initiatives
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B. K. Parekh
Parkinson’s Disease &
Movement
Disorder Society
B. K. Parekh Parkinson’s
Disease and Movement
Disorder Society (BKPPDMDS)
works for rehabilitation of
persons with Parkinson’s
(Pwps) to improve quality of
life. There are 10 centres in
Gujarat and 2 in Pune, which
conduct activities like speech,
occupational, physiotherapy
tips, yoga sessions, expert
and psychological services.
Additionally, diet and nutrition
talks, festive celebrations
and picnics are also arranged.
The 2019 World Parkinson’s
Day (WPD) was celebrated
people attending the
Ahmedabad celebration. Pwps
across centres, with 200+
Education
and physiotherapy students at
Bhavnagar celebrated WPD at
an old age home. The centres
also found ways to keep
members active and fit.
Anand SG hosted a Sports Day
in December 2019, which saw
whole-hearted participation by
Pwps. The Vadodara members
also participated in a marathon.
Sessions on healthy living and
aging were held for senior
citizens at senior citizen forums
and associations. Mahuva and
Pune centres also launched a
Healthy Aging programme.
and volunteers conducted a
On the busy streets of
Ahmedabad, Pwps, caregivers
Rally and Roadshow to raise
awareness on Parkinson’s.
The Society has been working
closely with college students
Educational trainings were also
held for students in homeopa-
through volunteering initiatives.
thy and physiotherapy streams.
The Company continues to
improve the basic learning
abilities of children in rural
areas. Taking forward the
concept of ‘WAGALE’
(Wanchan-Ganan-Lekhan)
is now operational in total
of 153 schools. WAGALE
helps students with slow
learning abilities by providing
them training sessions
through practical methods,
visual presentations and
interactions with academically
fast-learning students.
More than 5,200 children
are enrolled under
‘WAGALE’ initiative.
A baseline assessment for
Gujarati and Mathematics
subjects was conducted at the
start of the year. Assessment
results indicated that 17% of
the students assessed were
in the low-scoring category
(obtained 0-10 marks out of
40). However, after the
midline assessment, only
7% of students fell in the
low-scoring category.
The endline assessment has
been postponed due to
lockdown and shall be
implemented after June 2020.
To improve the level of
INAUGURATION OF TKET BOYS HOSTEL BY SHRI SANJAY PRASAD
education, the Company
supported the installation of
35 new learning software in
primary schools, which took
the total tally to 335 softwares
with 245 LED TVs. In secondary
schools, 26 new software
were installed and 13 LED TVs
were distributed.
Shri Sanjay Prasad, IAS (Hon.
State Election Commissioner
of Gujarat and Former
Additional Chief Secretary
Agriculture) along with other
IAS O–cers inaugurated our
newly constructed Triveni
Kalyan Education Trust (TKET)
Boys and Girls hostel.
The Company has also
supported beautification of
97 schools in FY 2019-20,
which were painted by
a special weatherproof paint
made as per Government
specifications.
A pre-primary education
centre based on Giju bhai's
methodology (110 years old)
has been initiated to develop
the learning ability of children
below the age of 5 years.
It focuses on the idea of the
‘doing and learning’ system
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through the use of games,
storytelling, songs, etc. as an
e¢ective mode of learning.
The project has been initiated
in collaboration with 20 PIDILITE ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20
Government Aanganwadis.
The Company provides a
platform to encourage children
to develop their creative ability.
As a part of this, a drawing
competition was held this year
among more than 19,600
students across 140 schools.
Of all the pictures, more than
600 were selected, framed and
placed in schools to provide
motivation and inspiration to
the students.
Shri N N Mehta Memorial
Education Trust provided
scholarship amounting to
` 41 lakhs to 244 deserving
students for higher education.
Prizes amounting to ` 1.84 lakhs,
were given to 126 students for
sports and cultural activities.
The increase in number of
students getting scholarship
or prizes is an indication of
improvement in the standard
of education in the area.