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About DORAI
“Development. Opportunities. Resources. Access. Insight”

D.O.R.A.I Foundation stands for Development, Opportunities, Resources, Access and Insight. A Community based Organisation working on Rehabilitation and Empowerment across the Country impacting 12,94,990 lives & still counting.DORAI Foundation is registered with the Charity Commissioner's Office, Mumbai with

PAN : AAATD8232F and

CSR Registration Number - CSR 00053051

DORAI Foundation was registered with the Charity Commissioner's Office, Mumbai, on the 28th of March 2005 Mumbai with CSR Registration Number - CSR 00053051. All donations enjoy 50% Exemption from Income Tax u/s 80G of Income Tax Act 1961.

DORAI Story

KVM Dr. Sumithra Prasad
Founder – General Secretary, DORAI Foundation

In a large crowd, one can easily locate KVM.Dr Sumithra Prasad as this vibrant, energetic woman. She carries herself in style, a style peculiar to her. Her bindi is always the same. It is a serpent that covers most of her forehead, coils down, and ends in a trishul (trident), just like Shiva. “It signifies that control is within; whatever you seek is there within.” She wears a golden nath (nose pin), holding on to her Maharashtrian roots, as she grew up in Nahur, Mumbai.

The 57-year-old is a counselor, a mother, a mentor, a rehabilitation professional, life coach, TEDX speaker, and also the founder of DORAI Foundation.

DORAI. Behind the woman whose living room walls are adorned with multiple plaques with no blank space, more plaques await to be hung- the garage walls, holding more such plaques, are turned into her “Hall of Fame”.

The woman who uses a lot of hand gestures while talking, readjusts herself every two minutes, and also claims, “I am the poster child of ADHD”!

~ Nivedita Patil
(Asian College of Journalism)

Vision

A Positive, Inclusive and Empowered Society.

Mission

To initiate Development Programs for the lower socioeconomic segment and the marginalised Groups including the Neurological Impaired.
To create Opportunities in the community which can enable Individuals and Groups to help themselves – be it Social, Educational or Economic initiatives.

To make Resources available from the Community to the Target Beneficiary Group in order to promote Organic Development.
To work on Access and try to bridge the gap between the Producer Groups, Organisations and Service Providers, Facilitators for Sustainable Living especially focusing on Accessibility both- Environmental and Psycho Social
To give the right Insight by working on bringing in a Paradigm shift in the Thought Process and bring change in Mindset and perception.

Our Impacts - 12,94,990

Access – Towards barrier-free environment
Advocacy – Rights of the marginalized
Commercial Sex Workers – Counseling and creating awareness towards literacy for their children
Creating Societal Awareness by harnessing opportunities in mass media
De-addiction camps for substance abuse
Education, skills training and empowerment for Children from Socio Economically Deprived Sections
Inclusive Education developmentally delayed neurologically challenged and physically disabled.
Media Workshops
Mental Health – Consultation, Program development & Counsel Partner

Mentoring youth in the domain of intra – inter personal communication skills and personality development
Motivational workshops and Counseling program for parents of children with special needs
Presentations in conventions on various issues of Social Concern
Self Analysis and Self Image workshops for personnel from different walks of Life - armed forces and corporate houses.
Life Skills Training for the neurologically Impaired and physically disabled
Transgender Community Counseling – Demystifying and Self realization & Empowerment among the community
Tribal Community Welfare – Medical and Rehabilitation camps
Youth Sensitization and activation in the areas of social issues