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{{Infobox non-profit
| name = Indiability Foundation
| image = Indiability_Foundation_Logo.jpg
| type = [[NGO]]
| founded_date = 2011
| registration_id = UK (1142926)<br>India (32/2011)
| founder = [[Sneh Gupta]]<ref name="Sport Star Live"/><ref name="Laureus Sport for Good Foundation">[https://www.laureus.com/realheroes/myportfolio/image-india/ Laureus Sport for Good Foundation: " Bowling for Change"]</ref><ref name="Sneh Gupta">[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0348503/ Sneh Gupta: "Internet Movie Database (IMDb) Profile"]</ref>
| location = 81 Virendra Nagar C Sector, Mandore Road, Jodhpur, 342 304, Rajasthan, India
| origins = [[Jodhpur]], India
| non-profit_slogan = "Changing the face of physical disability"
| homepage = {{URL| http://www.indiability.org}}
}}
'''Indiability Foundation''' is an international [[non-governmental organization]] dedicated to improving the lives, opportunities, and human rights of people with [[physical disability|physical disabilities]] in [[India]]. The Foundation delivers a variety of projects to youth and people living in the [[Thar Desert]] region of Western [[Rajasthan]]. The initiatives aim to promote the value of education, health, and gender, to enhance the [[Inclusion (disability rights)|social inclusion]] of disabled citizens into mainstream communities.<ref name="Paralympic Movement">{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/feature/image-project-changing-perceptions-india |title=IMAGE project changing perceptions in India |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |date=8 April 2014 |accessdate=30 January 2015}}</ref>

Indiability is a sister charity to SKSN (Sucheta Kriplani Shiksha Niketan)<ref name="SKSN">[http://sksn.org Sucheta Kriplani Shiksha Niketan: "Main website"]</ref> – a school with over 20 years experience in providing education to the disabled in India.<ref name="International Olympic Committee">{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Olympism_in_action/Sport%20for%20all/spt-tk-en.pdf |title=Get Moving! The IOC Guide To Managing Sport For All Programmes |publisher=International Olympic Committee |date=2014 |accessdate=30 January 2015}}</ref> The partnership enables Indiability to help promote and share SKSN's learnings in the field of disability at an international level, and improve the lives of physically disabled youth across India. The foundation is a very caring place.

==Projects==
The flagship project, Indian Mixed Ability Group Events (IMAGE), operates in partnership with the Laureus Sport For Good Foundation, and uses sport as a social vaccine to create Disability Confidence between disabled and non-disabled Indian society.<ref name="Sport Star Live">[http://www.sportstarlive.com/other-sports/real-heroes-in-the-heart-of-sports/article8382001.ece Sport Star Live: "Real Heroes in the heart of sports"]</ref><ref name="Laureus">[http://www.laureus.com/projects/asia/image Laureus Sport for Good Foundation]</ref>

The past decade has seen IMAGE progress from an after-school club to a community outreach program. The initiative started in 2005, when IMAGE was piloted at SKSN Institute with 195 of its disabled 8-12 year olds and 195 non-disabled 8-12 year olds from local schools of various socio-economic backgrounds. Over the next 6 years, 18 IMAGE clubs sprang up around Rajasthan, totalling 1200 members.<ref name="Paralympic Movement"/>

Laureus World Sports Academy members, [[Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson]], Britain’s greatest ever paralympic athlete, and [[Kapil Dev]], former captain of the Indian cricket team, visited the IMAGE project in 2010. During the visit, Baroness Grey-Thompson commented:

<blockquote>''"It was important to have Kapil [Dev] here, he's such a famous person in India...If you are well-known, you have a chance to change people's attitude... We need more such events. If people see disabled kids play, they start thinking: 'If they can play, they can do other things as well. Why can't they work? They don't have to be burden on family.' This is what we want."'' <ref name="Reuters India">[http://in.reuters.com/article/cricket-india-disabled-idINLDE69J10G20101025 Reuters India: " RPT-FEATURE-Cricket-Dev passes on tips to disabled players "]</ref></blockquote>

In 2012, IMAGE evolved to the community level to reach the adult population more directly, provide a platform for 15- to 18-year-old IMAGE members to establish themselves as leaders, and empower those with disabilities in particular, to give back to their communities.

The IMAGE Community sessions are currently conducted in 5 villages. IMAGE members, with and without disabilities, deliver a sport and play-based curriculum side-by-side, conveying important messages on hand washing, sanitation, education, gender equality, and disability awareness. Over time many of the IMAGE members become role models to the village children. When the communities see that disabled and non-disabled youth can work together, to deliver enjoyable and educational activities, it challenges their own negative stereotypes, towards disability.<ref name="A Wave of Change, One Child at a Time">{{cite web|url=https://udaanshimla.wordpress.com/2015/04/13/a-wave-of-change-one-child-at-a-time/ |title=A Wave of Change, One Child at a Time |publisher=Yashaswini KS |date=13 April 2015 |accessdate=9 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Mid-Day">{{cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/incredible-and-inspirational-stories-of-differently-abled-indians/216224 |title=Incredible and inspirational stories of differently-abled Indians |publisher=Mid-Day |date=2 June 2013 |accessdate=30 January 2015}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
In September 2015, Indiability’s IMAGE volunteers won the ‘Leader in Volunteer Engagement’ award, at the iVolunteer Awards held in Bandra, Mumbai. The award came as recognition for the impact they have achieved in the field of social development in 2014.<ref name="dna India">[http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-a-voice-for-volunteering-2123905 DNA India: "A voice for volunteering"]</ref><ref name="I Diva">[http://www.idiva.com/news-work-life/sneh-gupta-from-indiability-is-changing-lives/15101358 I Diva: "Sneh Gupta from Indiability is changing lives"]</ref><ref name="Mid-Day 2">[http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-diary-tuesday-tales/16518183 Mid-Day: "Mumbai Diary: Tuesday Tales – Where IMAGE Matters"]</ref><ref name="The Times of India">[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Mumbai-NGO-presents-awards-to-volunteers-engaged-in-social-work/articleshow/48862997.cms The Times of India: "Mumbai NGO presents awards to volunteers engaged in social work"]</ref>

[[Rahul Mahajan]], a guest speaker at the iVolunteer Awards, commented via social media, “When differently abled people can do this why can’t we?”<ref name="Rahul Mahajan">[https://twitter.com/therahulmahajan/status/638936183150522368 Rahul Mahajan Twitter 01/09/2015: "When differently abled people can do this why can’t we?"]</ref>

The iVolunteer Awards<ref name="iVolunteer Awards">[http://www.ivolunteerawards.org iVolunteer Awards: "Main Website"]</ref> were set up to recognise, reward, and promote the work of individuals and organisations that use volunteerism for the betterment of society.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.indiability.org Official website]

[[Category:Disability organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Non-profit organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2011]]

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