About Us

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OUR
PATH

the creation of satellite centres for easy access to services for the Disabled.

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OUR
METHODOLOGY

training, the use of different form of media like puppets, games, music and dance, painting and clay work and active participation of family.

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OUR
FOCUS

the disabled and economically disadvantaged child.

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OUR
GOAL

Inclusion. Bringing Persons with Disability into the mainstream and steering them towards a productive and fulfilling life.

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The idea of Jan Madhyam was born on the lawns of JamiaMiliaIslamia University, New Delhi. The year was 1982. Jolly Rohatagi, artist and RanjanaPandey, puppeteer, were collaborating on a multi-media programme for pre-schoolers. Puppets, games, music, dance and crafts were woven together to fire a child's creative imagination. The theme was 'Learning is Fun'.

The variety of tasks and stimuli highlighted each child's needs and capacities, highlighting areas where the child performed well or poorly. It was but a natural progression to think of applying the same technique to children with special needs. Using media was one way of drawing out children who appeared dull and unresponsive, more - it emerged - because of isolation and poor communication skills, than because of their disability.

It was the first of many programmes developed in response to a felt need. Over the next few years, Jolly and Ranjana, now joined by Gayatri, a dancer, developed a series of programmes for children with special needs.

On the way, new issues came to the fore - the lack of services, negative attitudes in the community, the limited resources of poor and rural communities and the changing needs of the growing girl child.

Today, nearly three decades later, Jan Madhyam continues to be a pioneer, addressing the needs of disabled and disadvantaged young persons in creative and innovative ways.

Jan Madhyam reaches out to the disabled girl-child from marginalized sections of society - the most disadvantaged in terms of rights and opportunities. We believe in INCLUSION -equal opportunity to all, irrespective of degrees of functionality, efficiency, ability and/or disability. Jan Madhyam's programme focuses on the creation of an inclusive environment that allows the able and the disabled to work and play together.

Jan Madhyam strives to bring people with disability into the mainstream, using different forms of media - puppets, games, music, dance, painting and clay work - as effective tools for mental development and building social relationships.

We strive not to protect, but to prepare Persons with Disability for the real world by developing self-sufficiency in living skills and economic activity. We promote self-advocacy, mainstream employment, self-employment through training.

We promote awareness and participation in the community, showcasing abilities and steering persons with special needs towards productive, fulfilling and independent lives.

Jan Madhyam 1987- 2023 Highlights
Many Firsts – Dynamic Leaders in the field.

1982-1987 Jan Madhyam works in 6 different schools of Delhi taking media based education modules to challenged and marginalized children.

1987 Jan Madhyam is registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act 1860

1988 UNICEF provided the first grant, enabling Jan Madhyam to extend its school outreach programmes.

1989 The first foray into community awareness. Jan Madhyam talks about Disability to teacher trainees, anganwadi (crèche) workers and slum dwellers. Financial support is received from the Department of Education, Government of India

1989 Networking begins. Jan Madhyam is invited to participate in the first all-India campaign to create awareness on Disability, with over 100 other NGOs.

1989 Putting `Inclusion’ centre-stage. Economically disadvantaged girls join their disabled peers to learn living skills in Jan Madhyam’s new office in Zamrudpur, New Delhi

1989 A Directory of Services for Delhi and NCR,for persons with special needs, is published by Jan Madhyam after a comprehensive survey of the region.

1990 Intensive work in Rajasthan. Three NGOs in Jaipur start programmes for persons with disability with Jan Madhyam’s guidance.

1990 A Directory of Services in Rajasthan for persons with special needs is published by Jan Madhyam after a comprehensive survey of the state.

1991 The needs of the adolescent girl child are analyzed and a series of projects emerge. Amongst them, a Friends Club, Sex Education workshops and Legal Literacy sessions for parents and community workers

1993 Consolidation and identification of priorities. A comprehensive Vocational Training and Rehabilitation programme is developed and becomes the focus of Jan Madhyam’s work for the next 5 years

1995 The popular ghazal artiste Jagjit Singh sings for Jan Madhyam’s first benefit concert

1996 The Equal Opportunity Technical Training Centre (EORTTC) opens in the urban village of Aya Nagar on the outskirts of Delhi. Nine able and disabled girls enroll in 3 vocational courses. The beginning of a Lab to study Inclusion.

1999 Links with the corporate sector established. Jan Madhyam receives funding from two companies and provides guidance to a third

2000 Jan Madhyam starts media and craft work with mainstream schools to change the attitude of the younger generation and help them appreciate the ability of the challenged through project SRIJAN.

2000 Our first Spring Fair at the Australian High Commissioner’s Residence is a great success and becomes our annual fund raiser.

2002 Jan Madhyam expands into villages around Aya Nagar. A small rehabilitation center opens in Ghitorni village. Our first Partnership with an NGO takes off in Chattarpur. We adopt a decentralized approach.

2003 The number of challenged persons and disadvantaged children goes up to 250 and the number of community projects to 9.

2006 AyaNagar EORTTEC completes 10 years of running an inclusive programme in Life Skills Training.

2006 Partnership with other NGOs to help them include challenged children Jan Madhyam spreads out through partners all over Delhi.

2007 Partnership work with NGOs is structured under ANANYA programme. Through this project we help the child with special needs to reach mainstream education and do better in academics

2008 SHIKSHA - programme is launched to help children with learning problems learn with multimedia and non formal learning tools.

2008 VISTAAR - project through which school curriculum is taught with multimedia and craft activities begins.

2008 SAHYOG - training programme for teachers, parents and community. Through this training we share Jan Madhyam’s expertise, skills and experiences acquired in last 20 years, with other agencies.

2008 We launched our website www.janmadhyam.org

ADOBE acknowledges Jan Madhyam for its excellent work.

2009 Jan Madhyam is well established in the Aya Nagar Community. People look upon Jan Madhyam as a valuable service. We open ourselves to the need of all challenged and marginalized children regardless of gender.

2010 Jan Madhyam Starts its’ Scholarship Scheme’ for the poor disabled scholars.

2010 We increase our web presence consciously and make a face book page, upload video links.

• We receive permission under section 35 AC to offer a 100% tax exemption to our donors.

• We learn about the process to access the Disability Pension and Disability certification and begin to apply it to our community.

2011-2012 Jan Madhyam features on Doordarshan both years. A 10 minute film about Jan Madhyam is aired many times.

2012 Award: Jan Madhyam is awarded for excellence in work by Tech Mahindra.

• We established a proper well equipped Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy service at our Aya Nagar center which brings tremendous benefits to children.

2013 Scholarship project now works through9 Supporting Organisations in different parts of the city and has served 104 children in three years.

2013 Today we have completed the process for Disability Pension for 17 challenged persons and Disability Certification for 48. Bank accounts have been opened for 65 persons.

2014 We completed our 13th Spring Fair at the Australian High Commission.

2014 We have received an extension – until 2016 from Ministry of Finance to offer 100% tax exemption to our donors under section 35 ac.

2015 Award: The Modernites’ Award for Excellence 2015.

• Today we have completed the process for Disability Pension for 36 challenged persons and Disability Certification for 73. Bank accounts have been opened for 100 persons.

• • Rozgaar Success(Masala production reaches the 50 kg a month - new range of products developed)

2016 Jan Madhyam Received from PVR NEST for empowerment of Girl Child.

• “We congratulate you on being selected in the category of ‘Community Empowerment’ for your contribution and commitment towards real and lasting change”

2016 Jan Madhyam Student Archana Yadav received a letter of appreciation from Minister of HRD , GOI, Ms.Smriti Zubin Irani lauding her for her success and courage.

2016 Jan Madhyam celebrates World Disability Day in Aya Nagar.

2016 Jan Madhyam graduate student Meenakshi received a Certifcate of Appreciation from The National Festival on therapeutic sports for person with disabilities (Multiple Disabilities) NFTS – 2016 during 5th -6th Nov 2016, held at NIBPMO, Chennai.

2016 Today we have completed the process for Disability Pension for 30 challenged persons and Disability Certification for 30. Bank accounts have been opened for 54 persons.

2016 Jan Madhyam start a new center in Mohammadpur .

• Jan Madhyam Center in Aya Nagar can today be deemed a Model Space- a role model for the community.

• We boast of Water Harvesting ,Solar Power generation unit and a garbage separation system.

2016 : Jan Madhyam starts a new center in Mohammadpur. The local community worker locates many families in need of such a service. We also connect with the local Mohammadpur MCD Primary School. Mohammadpur center closed in March 2020

2016 Jan Madhyam begins to celebrate World Disability Day annually as “Ability Day”at Aya Nagar Center.

2017 Jan Madhyam becomes a Model Centre for the Aya Nagar Community- We adopt a zero waste policy, put in solar panels, recycle all our waste, make organic manure,ban plastic…energy, etc

2018-2019: Jan Madhyam completes the documentation of its Journey from 1982 to 2019 A mother document “Road to Inclusion”is published and placed in libraries.

2020 : The Mohammadpur Center is closed down as the pandemic begins.

2020: We take the Eortep Programme to two villages in Uttar Pradesh

Bhaskari and Matiyariya.

2020-2021 During Lockdown we support our community and families in distress with Ration (dry and cooked), E ration cards.

We distribute PPE kits, N-95 masks and gloves to Health Centres and Hospitals.many families and Hopitals in Delhi and Basti Uttar Pradesh

2020-2021: Jan Madhyam successfully adopts the online platform to continue teaching, outreach / and even occupational therapy Thanks to technology we are able to continue our work and reach even those in villages

2020-2021 We work with 774 children this year. Even though because of the Lockdowns and the pandemic many of our programs are disrupted, such as Srijan Ability Program and Vistaar Teacher Training.

2021-2022 Health Camps and Vaccination Drives.

Publishing Posters, Pamphlets, Calendar and Jan Madhyam Diary for distribution specially in village projects.

We add many Media based therapies like Art therapy, Movement Therapy, Dance Therapy, Puppet therapy, Occupational Therapy

Regular Activities : Computer Classes, Physical Activities, Plogging, Meditation and Vipasana

Focus on Medical Needs.

2022-2023 Formal Permission to work in 4 MCD Schools

Moving to online systems for getting Disability Certificate and Disability Pension

Number of disabled identified and admitted goes up 90%

Disabled trainees admitted in MCD, Sarvodaya, School Aya Nagar 10

Physical Activities:Sport training,Exercises,Games

Focus on saving,earning,profit and loss learning through activity

Independence Training for challenged adults (night camps)

Upgrading staff skills through teacher training.

We continue to work on our vision for the Next 10 Years

Jan Madhyam is a registered Organisation which have the Governing & General

The Governing Board has 11 members, elected every 2 years.

Currently, members of the new executive committee
(April 2021 – March 2023) of Jan Madhyam are as follows:

  • President: Ms. Padma Sahdev
  • Secretary : Ms. Ambika Jain
  • Treasurer : Ms KumKum Lal

Our Programmes

EORTEP

(Equal Opportunity Rural Training Education Center)

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EORTEP:Uttar Pradesh

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REFERRAL, GUIDANCE
AND COUNSELLING

Service for challenged children and their families.

SRIJAN

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SAHYOG

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DEVELOPING TRAINING AND LEARNING
TOOLS AND RESOURCE MATERIAL

Jan Madhyam has long experience in making different tools such as Films, Games, Learning kits, Booklets, Posters, Puppet Plays, Songs etc. We have a library of these which we use in our training and share with our partners.

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Scholarships

Unlike other scholarship schemes, which help the able to get further, Jan Madhyam offersfinancial support in the form of scholarships to disabled students, especially girls who come from poor families and thus enable them to get life skills and school education

We focus on economically deprived children with any of the following problems

  • Dyslexia and Learning difficulties
  • Slow learners
  • Hearing impaired
  • Physically disabled
  • Behavioural disorders
  • Emotional problems
  • Visually challenged
  • Multiply Challenged
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Dwarfism
Scholarships are given to children identified with any of the above special needs.This will help them to get supportive aids and appliances, therapies, special education, admission into mainstream school education or any training which leads them towards Inclusion.

Besides the financial support, the other supportive activities are:

• Collaboration with Govt. Schools to connect them with needy challenged children.

• Support children with special need for remedial education and medical intervention.

• Counselling and guidance to their parents, families and community at large.

• Disability Pension guidance and training

All these interventions will help the special child to cope with mainstream education and improve his general development. The poor parents will be able to send this child to school and finally give him a special place at home also.

Partners & Supporters 2018 -2021

  • Vibha Inc.
  • Worldline India Pvt. Ltd.
  • International Ladies Benevolent Society (ILBS)
  • Essel Social Welfare Foundation
  • A2Z Filtration Specialties Pvt. Ltd.
  • Group of Friends Club
  • Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd.
  • Big chill Café Pvt. Ltd.
  • Avalokiteshvar Valinv Ltd.
  • Sud -Chemie India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Dipak and Rupa Sood Educational Trust
  • Babu Bansidhar Trust
  • Smt. Manglawati & Dr. Prem Narain Charitable Trust
  • John L Bissel Foundation

Join Us

You can also help us raise money in your school, college or office.

There are hundreds of tasks that need to be done.

  • Accompanying children to hospitals / doctors
  • Accompanying our sales team
  • Arranging seasonal outing
  • Teaching English, yoga, self defence, dance etc.
  • Help in organizing fund raising events
  • Be our photographer
  • Be our advocate
  • Link us to individual donors- Rotary clubs, etc.

If you like to give us your time for Jan Madhyam

mail us at infojanmadhyam@gmail.com

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Our Wishlist

Thank you donors!

1. Colour Printer

2. Aids and Appliances

3. Computers

4. Solar battery 2 KW

Are you a parent of a child with disability?

Contact us at infojanmadhyam@gmail.com for more information.

Do visit us.

Call Jan Madhyam,

Aya Nagar on +91-9899199937, +91-9968427340

between 9:30 am and 5:00 pm.

Registered Office

Jan Madhyam,

B-43, Kailash Appartment

Lala Lajpat Rai Marg,

New Delhi-110048

Pillar No-71

Nr. Kailash Colony Metro Station. 

Centre

Jan Madhyam,

147, Aya Nagar , Phase V

New Delhi -110047

Nr. Arjan Garh Metro Station.

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Centre

Jan Madhyam,

Village- Matiyariya

Post-Sabar Pur, Tehsil Mankapur

District Gonda-271313

Uttar Pradesh

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Centre

Jan Madhyam,

Village- Baskadi

Post – Lalpur, Tehsil Harraiya

District Basti-272130

Uttar Pradesh

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