Aaina

Aaina is a voluntary organisation based in Odisha, India. Disability, Children and Women's rights are our core focus areas. The organisation was founded in 1998. With a backdrop of thirteen successful years of operation, Aaina is today recognised as one of the front ranking NGOs of Odisha working in the field of disability. Vision Aaina envisages an inclusive society where each person has an identity, independence and exercises his/her rights with dignity and equality especially persons with disability, women, children, elderly, ultra poor and other socially excluded groups. Mission Aaina recognizes the human rights of persons with disability and elderly persons and commits to their realization through appropriate participatory program interventions leading to an inclusive society. It further strives to establish a center of excellence on research, training and documentation. Aaina recognizes the rights of children and commits to facilitate their realization through appropriate participatory program interventions, leading to a non-discriminatory society. Aaina commits to promote gender equality and justice and empowerment of women in all spheres of life by facilitating appropriate mechanisms to ensure their rights, identity, dignity and independence. Aaina believes in being a dynamic, scientific, learning organization by appropriately informed through research and development and networking to actively influence policy through strategic advocacy mechanism that incorporates people centered advocacy. Aaina commits to respond to the disaster situations upholding the perspective of human rights.