Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. – Hellen Keller
Help MBA Foundation in its efforts to provide a life of dignity and self-esteem to differently-abled people.
This NGO embraces the sentiments of the poem "THIS-ABILITY” by William E. Lightbourne (1990)
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Take my disability and make it work.
Do not scorn me, for it may hurt.
You see, I am teachable, trainable and educable.
In fact, I am useful and quite capable.
Oh no, not helpless or problematic!
But I am very active and quite energetic.
Do not cast me into an eternity of total dependency,
Or lure me into a world of fantasy.
Certainly, I have a disability,
And I do not deny its reality.
Nevertheless, I must not resign to a life of pity,
Or reside on the fringes of society.
Use the skills that I have got.
Do not focus on what I have not.
Of course, I am aware of my limitation.
Yet, I am a part of God’s wonderful creation.
Therefore, please accept me with “This Ability” of mine,
Then let the full range of my potential shine.
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Hold my hand and walk with me.
We must break the back of social inequity;
We must empower every individual with a disability
To live with dignity in an inclusive society.
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MBA Foundation needs your support to launch its new integrated rehabilitation centre, GOD's ABODE, Airoli in 2016 to provide rehabilitation, vocational training, daycare and livelihood opportunities to 300 differently-abled adults and residential facilities to 75 individuals with special needs.