Grand Maratha Foundation, a non-governmental organization known for its work across Maharashtra collaborated with INALI Foundation to help differently-abled individuals with “free prosthetic hands”. A total of 100 beneficiaries within age group of 16 to 60 years were provided with prosthetic hands for free. This association intends to encourage people from lesser privileged economic backgrounds to become self-reliant and gain economic independence.

As the Grand Maratha Foundation’s mission is to empower the underprivileged through various initiatives, this collaboration with INALI Foundation assists their vision by providing prosthetic hands to the specially handicapped. The activity was conducted under the guidance of Mr. Rohit Shelatkar (Founder, GMF), Ms. Madhavi Shelatkar (Trustee, GMF) and Mr. Prashant Gade (Founder, INALI Foundation).

Speaking on this initiative, Mr Rohit Shelatkar, Film Producer & Founder, Grand Maratha Foundation said, “Our association with INALI Foundation to help 100 differently-abled people reinforces our aim to empower those with limited resources and means. A prosthetic hand can motivate the beneficiaries to continue with their daily lives without any hindrance and earn their livelihood to support themselves and their families.” 

Expressing his views on the collaboration, Mr Prashant Gade, Founder, INALI Foundation said, “We believe in turning disability into ability to perform everyday tasks. With a similar aim of helping those in need, it brings us immense pleasure to collaborate with Grand Maratha Foundation for this initiative.”

Grand Maratha Foundation would like to appeal the physically impaired with limited economic resources to come forward and connect with the foundation to avail benefits from this initiative, and appeal to donors to come forward and join the mission to support and empower those in need at http://grandmaratha.org/

About Grand Maratha Foundation:

Grand Maratha Foundation provides all-round educational support to farmers, including lessons on fair pricing to efficient distribution and modern techniques so as to empower the farmers in creating a better livelihood for them and break the vicious circle of debt and poverty. With a special focus on Vidarbha, Grand Maratha Foundation also provides financial help to empower the farmers by providing their children with the best education. The Foundation has also spurred allied activities in the agrarian and rural sector which involves widows, providing them a means for earning their livelihood. They have also introduced and encouraged e-Learning through the donation of computers to schools. The Foundation is active in the regions of Akola, Amravati, Yavatmal, Chandrapur, and Nagpur in Maharashtra taking care of all-round development of farmers and their families. The aim is to get farmers be future-ready by minimizing the operational glitches and empowering them to live a better life.

Link: http://grandmaratha.org/