Avinash Balakrishnan
Fundraiser Gold

TMM-2023

Campaigner Badge

Support My Campaign
Tata Mumbai Marathon 2024

The Jai Vakeel Foundation is a 78-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.
My Fundraising Goal
` 162600 of ` 200000


About Me
I am Avinash Balakrishnan, a grade 10 student at the Dhirubhai Ambani International School. I am running the 10 Kilometer run at the Tata Mumbai Marathon on 21st January 2024 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.
20 Donor Messages
"Best of luck Avinash "
Ganeshan Murugaiyan
6th January 2024
"With love from Jagan Peripa and Syamala Periamma"
Anonymous
27th November 2023
"ALL THE BEST AVINASH KEEP IT UP"
Subhash Athavale
17th November 2023
"Great effort brother --- Keep it up"
Anonymous
15th November 2023
"All the best Avinash!!"
Arjun Khanna
12th November 2023
"Great work Avi. Keep it up. Wishing you all the success. "
Vikas Khattar
11th November 2023
"Great cause and wish you the very best "
Anonymous
10th November 2023
"From Ravi and T. Amazing initiative Avu! "
Anonymous
10th November 2023
"Continue to good work Avinash"
Anonymous
10th November 2023
"All The Best for the Journey Ahead"
Prasann Rewari
10th November 2023
"All the best!"
Shalini Chhabra
10th November 2023
Show All 20 messages
My Fundraising Goal
` 162600 of ` 200000

Share
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 Disability .Our approach is holistic; we aim to integrate our students into mainstream society by providing them with healthcare, education & skill development.
more...
24 Supporters
Ganeshan Murugaiyan
Subhash Athavale
Arjun Khanna
Raman Sankaranarayanan
Vikas Khattar
Meera Prashant
Prasad Deshmukh
Sanjay Sharma
Harish Lade
Deep Mishra
Ritesh Kumar
Prasad Baji
Mukul Kochhar
Shalini Chhabra
Prasann Rewari
Rajnarayan Balakrishnan
Show more
* Supporter count includes those chosen to remain anonymous and not listed here

 

 

TOP