believe!
the ability network
For 25 years, we’ve been told that a lot of things are impossible.
That’s not the way we operate.
Our current health projects focus on access to information and services for everyone, especially people with mental health challenges, the differently-abled and persons with HIV or Hep B.
Our Current Health Projects
While all of our projects are integrated blends of health, education and sustainable livelihood goals, these three projects have a health focus.
HIV - Hep B Support
Mental Health Outreach
Youth Access to Health Information - On and Off-line
We have 3 Intern and Volunteer posts open for coding, mental health and social media page creation in 2023.
Our Roots in Health
We started in 1992 with a Seeds for Life project – offering remote village women seeds that would help improve their family’s diet. This simple project grew into three, long-term programmes, insuring access to information, building skills locally, and supporting rural economies.
“WCD” morphed into Ability Projects, focusing on the least served in all communities of the District and focusing on youth dreams of village futures.
Project Highlights this Year
Throughout COVID-19 lockdowns, closures and SOPs, we’ve made sure people have access to medications and support in their neighbourhoods. Medications not covered by the state (from psychotropic to ARVs) are covered by HEALTH Inc.
2023 is our first year in a dedicated research-to-action project surveying what young Ladakhis want to learn about their physical and mental wellness, and more importantly – how they want to learn. Partnerships with amaze.org and Project 11 are guiding us in creating Ladakhi language short videos where accurate information is a given.
.Ability Camp is testing a Job Skills VoTech concept, serving PWDs and those who learn differently. Our experiences will help design a marketing programme for PAGIR’s Cafe. Oh. Sledge Hockey, too.
In our HIV-Hep B support, our Project Manager and amazing counselor continues to expand community education and supports the 30 most impoverished families to stay on their meds. This year, she’s going “on-demand” with an Offline Learning Channel.
