NAVJYOTI

NAVJYOTI was established in 1987 as a step towards crime prevention. The idea originated from its founder, the Ramon Magsaysay award recipient, Dr.Kiran Bedi, IPS.  Dr. Bedi felt that Correction, Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation should always be accompanied with compassion and understanding.  This thought has been the guiding force of NAVJYOTI Foundation. Since 1987, it has been actively providing community services in the following fields:

Drugs and Alcohol Prevention || Treatment of Addicts and their Rehabilitation || Education of Women and Children || Street and Working Children in Slums || Empowerment of Women || Children of  Women Prisoners || Rural Development

NAVJYOTI has received national and international recognition for its sincere efforts. It has been accorded special consultative status by the Economic and Social Council of United Nations in 1997. The Foundation has been the recipient of "The Serge Sotiroff Memorial Award" from the United Nations for the year 1997, for its outstanding contributions in the field of international drug control. NAVJYOTI was awarded the national award for 1989-90 from the International Organisation of Good Templars (IOGT), a Norwegian organisation. It won the award again in 1992. NAVJYOTI was awarded the Delhi State Government Award for Child Welfare for 1998 and the "Sat Paul Mittal Award" by Nehru Sidhant Kender Trust, Ludhiana (Punjab) in 1998 for outstanding services to humanity.

MEMBERSHIPS

NAVJYOTI is an active member of the following organizations :

World Non Government Organization Forum for Drug Prevention || International Federation of Non Government Organizations (IFNGO) || International Organization of Good Templers (IOGT) ||  World Federation of Therapeutic Communities (WFTC) || Member and Convenor of Non Government Organization Forum for Street and Working Children || National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA),USA || Delhi Non Government Organization Forum for Drug Prevention || Co-ordination Committee, Primary Education Enhancement Project (UNICEF).

NAVJYOTI reaches out to a wide range of beneficiaries.  The projects specialise in the treatment and rehabilitation of :

Drug dependents || Drug affected children (specially the girl child) || Children in difficult circumstances||
Youth || Law enforcement officers || Correctional officers || Prison staff || Counselors || Doctors || Recovering addicts || Peer support counselors || Corporate executives || Volunteers || Practitioners of alternative system of medicine and concerned citizens.