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WALK PROJECT
WAYSSS
Yadavallivari Street, Kothapet, Guntur-522 001,Andhra Pradesh, India
www.sevaways.org
A MANUFACTURING UNIT FOR FREE
DITRIBUTION OF ARTIFICIAL LIMBS &
CALIPERS
WALK
OFFICE
-CUM-
MANUFACTURING
UNIT AT
BRODIEPET,
GUNTUR
ANDHRA PRADESH
MAP
GUNTUR DISTRICT
Mandals: 57
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Villages: 729
WAYSSS Artificial Limb Kendra (WALK)
GUNTUR DISTRICT POPULATION
Total Population
44,05,520
Male
22,20,300
Female
21,85,210
Urban
12,31,230
Rural
31,74,280
Physically challenged (Approx)2,00, 000
Socio-economic Status of the district
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Illiteracy & ignorance
Poor sanitation (only 30 to 35% of people use latrines)
Lack of access to safe drinking water
High rate of water borne, vector borne and skin diseases
Exploitation of women and children
Child labor and girl child marriages
Disability is 7 to 8%
High rate of road traffic accidents and etc.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE
ORGANISATION
•Registered not-for-profit, non-political, non-religious action group
•Started in 1996 by a Doctor couple Dr.Ramana & Dr.Prasanna Yashaswi
• To under take development activities for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, and
backward castes of below poverty line (BPL)
•Physically challenged welfare,
•Women empowerment,
•Child labor eradication
•Peace movements
•Poverty Eradication with social involvement
•To create awareness among rural people about health ,
education, and basic rights
WALK - MISSION STATEMENT
To empower physically challenged from
all fronts to ADD LIFE TO MOBILITY
as we believe MOBILITY IS LIFE
VISION 2010
To establish:
1) A STATE OF ART ARTIFICIAL LIMB CENTRE
2) PHYSIOTHERAPY COLLEGE ,
3) ORTHOTISTS ANS PROSTHETISTS TRAINING
COLLEGE ,
4) REHABILITATION CENTRE
5) RECREATION CENTRE
6) VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER
7) BARRIER FREE ENVIRONMENT
PROJECT GOAL
To supply
Artificial
Limbs &
Calipers,
Wheel Chairs
& Tri-cycles to
amputees and
Polio victims
for FREE OF
COST
Aims & Objectives
• The project seeks a revolution in the physically challenged
through change in their behavioural attitude by boosting
up their morale and by giving walking aids, counseling
and showing them a livelihood
• We empower the women of the physically challenged
families to take over the function of the earning male .
• We form self help groups among physically challenged
and encourage them to develop small scale
entrepreneurships .
• The rights of physically challenged will be enlightened by
creating awareness regarding various G.Os, to empower
them to approach the Government
Aims & Objectives
• As we believe in MOBILITY IS LIFE we always aid the
physically challenged to stand on their own feet with out
depending on others for their daily needs and livelihood .
• We are trying to undertake is BARRIER FREE
ENVIRONMENT TO PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED as
this is neglected by all.
• We maintain a REPAIR SECTION for artificial limbs
and calipers as wear and tear often cripple the physically
challenged as they will be exploited by the relatives and
the local limb manufacturers.
• We work hard to eradicate SOCIAL STIGMA from the
minds of physically challenged. This we call as WALK
AWAY YOUR SOCIAL STIGMA (WAYSS).
Oven
Machinery at WALK
Machinery at WALK
Machinery at WALK
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF THE
WALK
DIRECTOR
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PRESIDENT
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VICE PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
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TREASURER
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JOINT SECRETRY
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Dr. Ramana Yashaswi
Asst. Prof. of Orthopedics
Guntur Medical College,
Email id: [email protected]
Mobile: 98480 78807
A.Manikyavel
Proprieter: Bharati soap works
Rama Rao Social worker
Chelikani Sitaramaih
Ravi Paper Mart, Guntur.
Mobile: 98852 29289
Dr.S.V.S.Prasanna
Gynaecologist
Yashswi hospital, Kothapet.
Guntur.
Mobile: 9394109596
Haribabu Social worker, Guntur.
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF THE WALK
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
VADLAMANI RAVI
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RAJYALAKSHMI
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SRINILATHA
GANDHI
M.K.VISWANATH
SVS. LAXMINARAYA
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Chartered Accountant
Rotary PDG, Guntur
Corporator 39th ward, Guntur
Rotary EX President.
Social worker
Social worker
Social worker
Medical executive & Social worker
ORTHOPEDIC BOARD
Dr.Rama Mohana Rao, Prof. & Head, Orthopedic dept. NRI medical college.
Dr.Y.Lakshmana Swamy, Sanjeevi Orthopedic Hospital, Guntur.
Dr.A.V.Dakshina Murthy, Associate Prof. Ortho, NRI Medical college.
Legal Status
* Registered under the Societies Registration Act
1860, Government of Andhra Pradesh
* Registered under the Foreign Contributions
(Regulation) Act, 1976 with Registration
No. 010190207 eligible to receive foreign
contributions.
WHY INCREASING PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED
• In India the number of physically challenged is rapidly
rising.
• Road traffic accidents
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Are negligence, ignorance, carelessness and ill luck.
Traveling on foot boards,
Leaning out of crowded buses and trains
Drying grains on high ways,
Ignoring traffic signals ,
Diseases
- Diabetes,
- Tumors,
- Septic wounds,
- Cigarette smoking leading to gangrene and amputations.
Lost limbs in accidents
Lost limbs in accidents
WHY AN ARTIFICIAL LIMB CENTER AT GUNTUR
• A big district with lot of poor limb less
• No artificial limb center nearby
• Carrying of limbless to far off places involves
long distances journey, language and transport
problems
• So for a big district like GUNTUR we feel we
should have a limb center to cater to the needs
of a large number of physically challenged not
only from GUNTUR district but also from the
neighboring districts.
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District Collector. Smt. G.Jaya Lakshmi, I.A.S. and Muncipal
Commissioner Sri.D.Rama Rao opening WALK centre
WHY AN ARTIFICIAL LIMB CENTER AT
GUNTUR
• SO WE STARTED an artificial limb fitting center.
• The center Is fully equipped with all the machinery
necessary for the manufacturing of artificial limbs
and calipers .
• A separate body will monitor the function of the
center.
• We manufacture artificial limbs and calipers, and
distribute them to the needy on a priority basis .
• We also run a REPAIR CENTER to cater to the
needy.
TARGET GROUPS /BENEFICIARIES
• The target group is physically challenged
people like amputees (limbless), polio
victims, and cerebral palsy children.
• The registration of the amputees will be
done in Government Hospital and in
various private hospitals.
• The target group registration by out-reach
programmes: Conducting free disability
screening camps in rural & urban areas
BENEFICIARIES
BENEFICIARIES
BENEFICIARIES
BENEFICIARIES
BENEFICIARIES
BENEFICIARIES
HOLISTIC APPROACH
Our aim is to follow a holistic approach towards a
physically challenged
a) To give them psychological support
b) Stump physiotherapy to get a good looking ,active,
painless, straight limb to facilitate easy fitting of a
prosthesis
c) Issue of orthopedically handicap board certificate
which will be beneficial to them to get bus n rail
concessions, loans from banks , government schemes
HOLISTIC APPROACH
d) To help them through District Disabled
Welfare Office to get various benefits from
Govt and Non Govt organizations
e) Giving mobility through the artificial
limbs & calipers; wheel chairs & tricycles
f) Vocational training to gain livelihood
g) Socially, psychologically , economically and
physically we assist to make them stand on
their own feet
Out reach - Free artificial limb camp
WALK action photo gallery
Mayor Sri.Kanna Naga
Raju distributing an
artificial hand to needy
Mayor Sri. Kanna Naga
Raju distributing an
artificial leg to needy
WALK action photo gallery
Sri. Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, M.P
giving away polio caliper, in the
presence of Director Dr.Ramana,
president Sri Manickavel.
Mayor Sri.Kanna Naga Raju giving
away above knee prosthesis
WALK action photo gallery
Collector Smt.G.Jaya Lakshmi giving
away an artificial limb to a child
Municipal commissioner Sri.D.Rama
Rao giving away AK prosthesis
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
• Community participation is key to success of our
projects
• Community sensitization is our prime motto for
the welfare of the physically challenged.
• we form self help groups and cultural groups
among physically challenged to improve their
financial stability and prevent social stigma.
• The creation of awareness among the physically
challenged regarding their rights, limbs
maintenance and financial growth.
RISK ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION STRATEGY
Only risk is misuse of the aids & appliances
given
The mitigation of risk is by:
1) Avoiding duplication by computerizing the
data of the beneficiaries
2) By promoting the repair section usage
regularly
3) By discouraging the people who are misusing
our aids
DEMAND OF AIDS & APPLIANCES FOR 2007
• NUMBER OF LIMBS NEEDED
: 1000 (600 B.K &
400 A.K)
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NUMBER OF CALIPERS NEEDED
: 1000 (500 B.K &
500A.K)
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NUMBER OF WHEEL CHAIRS NEEDED
: 3OO
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NUMBER OF TRICYCLES NEEDED
: 400
Monthly recurring expenditure
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Rented premises Rs. 2,500/ per month
Two orthotists and prosthetists
Each one salary Rs. 5000/- per month
Helper, water and current charges
Raw material for the limbs and calipers.
BUDGET FOR 2007
SNO AID
QUANTITY
COST
1
B.K.P
600
Rs.12,00,000 (Each Rs. 2,000)
2
A.K.P
400
Rs. 12,00,000( Each Rs. 3,000)
3
B.K.C
500
Rs.5,00,000 (Each Rs. 1,000)
4
A.K.C
500
Rs.5,00,000 (Each Rs. 1,000)
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Wheel chairs
300
Rs.6,00,000 (Each Rs. 2,000)
6
Tricycles
400
Rs.10,00,000 (each Rs. 2,500)
Total cost of project
Rs. 50,00,000
WALK foundation contribution Rs. 10,00,000
You can help Physically Challenged in the
Following Ways.
Rs. 1,000
One caliper to a polio child
Rs.2,000
Below knee prosthesis
Rs. 3,000
Artificial upper limb
Rs. 3,000
Above Knee prosthesis
Rs. 4,000
Provide a caliper to a polio victim for 5 years.
Rs. 5,000
Provide B.K.Prosthesis to one person for 3 years
Rs. 6,000
Provide a caliper to a polio victim for 7 years
Rs. 7,000
Provide A.K. Prosthesis to one person for 3 years.
Rs. 8000
Provide B.K. prosthesis to one person for 5 years.
Rs. 9,000
A.K.Prosthesis to one person for 6 years
Rs. 10,000
BK Prosthesis to one person for 6 years
Rs. 25,000
Corpus Fund
Rs. 1 Lakh
Great walk
Rs. 2 Lakhs
Greater Walk
MONITORING & EVALUATION
• To keep the
track record of
the
beneficiaries
by
maintaining
the
transparency of the records ,and working
together with other NGO’S.
• The project activities and results ,and the
budget will be intimated time to time to all
the Donors, other NGO’S, in a transparent
way
Prayer
A Prayer is not a spare
wheel that you pull out
when you are in trouble.
A Prayer is a steering
wheel that directs you to
the right path through
out your life
So our Prayer is liberally
donate to WALK on
Birthdays,
Anniversaries or in the
name of your loved
ones.
DONATE GENEROUSLY