MBA (Mutually Beneficial Activities) Foundation is a non-profit public charitable trust, started in January, 2002. Focus is to provide Training & Sheltered Day Care Services for Adult Persons with Disabilities, Lifelong Residential Care for children with special needs.
Mission, Vision and objective, being dignity for the disabled, access to facilities and integrated care under one roof. Gems behind this Foundation comprise of Board of Trustees, Parents, Well Wishers, Volunteers and Donors, Professionally qualified and experienced Therapists, Special Educators And Care Givers
Our supporters, well-wishers, donors….
During the 19 years journey, many people including parents, professionals, philanthropists and corporates have been our support. Many companies have helped us with donations, equipment and helped raise funds. Our well-wishers have been a shadow in our every venture in the last almost two decades. Some of the prominent of them are:v Pheroza J. Godrej. Art Historian, Environmentalist And Writer
- Niranjan Hiranadani, MD and Fonder of Hiranandani Group of companies
- Niranjan Hiranadani, MD and Fonder of Hiranandani Group of companies
- Amith Dholakia. Businessman (Hospitality)
Our Integrated Care Services are those that touch many age groups and needs. Early Intervention & Pre-vocational, Vocational skill training, sheltered work unit, Life Care Including Residential Facilities & Assessment & Therapy
G.O.D.S’ is an acronym which stands for Groups of Disabled and has become the brand name for our services
Moving to Airoli – a much larger space…..GODS’ Abode-The shortage of space in all our small centres, egged us to look and move to a bigger space. Finally, we were able to get a leased plot from CIDCO in an institutional area in Airoli, Navi Mumbai at a subsided cost. The 4 floors, disabled friendly building has come up and was inaugurated in January, 2016. Many individual well-wishers and corporate houses supported our building project with funds which helped us to complete the project. Major contributions have been from Union Bank Social Foundation, Mumbadevi Temple Trust, Rotary Clubs, Parekh Foundation, Mrs. Choudhury. Many others like NTPC, Anchor and Delloitte India contributed for equipment. The movement has also enabled us to have centralised control of the various projects; better administration, integrated services, etc. Since the year 2000 our founders have worked with the passion that comes from the bottom of their heart. Multiple organizations have awarded them and felicitated the foundation along this journey.
Few of them are
- Helen Keller Award was presented in 2000.
- Manav Seva Dharma – Sadguru Gynananada Award to the institute, for Life care services in 2003.
- Samaj Shakti Awards by Harihara Putra Samaj for the exemplary work in the area of disability in 2007.
- Women of Substance Award and Giant Group Award , both in 2008.
- Harmony Silver Award for dedicated work in 2009 Swami Vivekananda International Foundation National Award in 2011
- National Congress Entrepreneurship & Skill Development of Persons with Disabilities) awarded the Trophy 2014
- The Times Group in Association with Korum Mall ,Thane presented the Woman of Substance trophy 2017.
- Excellent Performance Award 2018 by Dodeja Charitable Trust to the Special Trainees of MBA Foundation.
- Beautiful- Inside- Out 2018, Queens N Queens was awarded to Meenakshi B
- SM and IMCOST for training given to the Children with Special needs.
- Vocational Excellence Award 2019 was awarded by Rotary Club of Satellite City, Navi Mumbai.