Avinash Balakrishnan
Change Maker

TMM-2023

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Tata Mumbai Marathon 2023

The Jai Vakeel Foundation is a 75-year-old organization that has been helping children who are Intellectually & Developmentally Disabled (IDD), and a large number of these children come from lower socio-economic strata and are provided with help and assistance to raise a child with special needs. This NGO is one that I support as this cause is very close to my heart and I constantly feel empathy for these children and want to do my best to help them. I spent a part of my summer vacation this year volunteering at this very foundation as an assistant to a class and learned a lot more about how the school functions. I understood more about the lives of the students inside and outside of school, which made me understand how the foundation has been life-changing. The Jai Vakeel Foundation uses many personalised and nuanced techniques to help each child overcome their unique difficulties. Some of the methods incorporated are a "Comprehensive Multi-Sensory Curriculum" which teaches many life skills as well as traditional school subjects like languages, mathematics, yoga and music; a "Community Integration Program" which involves the children going to places like malls and museums to learn how to interact on a day to day basis with unfamiliar faces; and "Animal Assisted (Dog) Therapy" which helps improve their social and communication skills. This foundation is imperative for the betterment of children with IDD and helps integrate them into daily life as they transition from children to adults.
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My Fundraising Goal
` 156501 of ` 100000


About Me
I am Avinash Balakrishnan, a grade 9 student at the Dhirubhai Ambani International School. I am running the 10 Kilometer run at the Tata Mumbai Marathon on 15th January 2023 on behalf of the Jai Vakeel Foundation. I have been passionate about their cause for a long time now and have spent time volunteering with them to get to know their foundation better. My target is to raise 2 lakh rupees to donate to the said foundation, which will be used to help provide better education and healthcare to children who have IDD. I am a passionate individual who swims, runs, and can play the tabla, and this foundation is instrumental towards giving a such similar opportunity to children who have IDD, especially those from underprivileged economic backgrounds.
24 Donor Messages
"Best of Luck for the run Avi!!!! So proud of you Meera & Ashish "
Ashish Agrawal
14th January 2023
"Great initiate Avinash! All the best for the run "
Rishabh Sheth
10th January 2023
"On behalf of Jagan Periappa"
Anonymous
3rd January 2023
"All the best Avinash!"
Piyush Doshi
31st December 2022
"Best of Luck!"
Subhash Athavale
31st December 2022
"Best of luck Avu!! "
Tejasvita Rao
26th December 2022
"God Bless Great Job "
Anonymous
25th December 2022
"All the best Avinash"
Kingshuk Chakraborty
24th December 2022
"All the best Avi. "
Aparna Raman
24th December 2022
"Keep up the good work"
Manikkan Sangameswaran
24th December 2022
"All the best dear Avinash! Noble initiative indeed. God bless!"
Anonymous
24th December 2022
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My Fundraising Goal
` 156501 of ` 100000

 

Raising Money For
Jai Vakeel Foundation and Research Centre
Founded in 1944, Jai Vakeel Foundation is one of the oldest & largest not for profit institutes in India serving individuals with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (IDD). Our approach is holistic; we aim to integrate our students into mainstream society by providing them with healthcare, education & skill development.
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30 Supporters
Ashish Agrawal
Rishabh Sheth
Arun Srinivas
Ganeshan Murugaiyan
Subhash Athavale
Piyush Doshi
Tejasvita Rao
Manikkan Sangameswaran
Aparna Raman
Kingshuk Chakraborty
Vikas Khattar
KAKU PRADEEP
Prasann Rewari
Sunil Mehra
Shalini Chhabra
Sushila Ramamurti
Sunil Khaitan
Avinash Gupta
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* Supporter count includes those chosen to remain anonymous and not listed here

 

 

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