Reg. No. 137/Ajmer/2003-2004 Pan-India reach · Rooted in Kishangarh, Ajmer since 2003
Dr. Shweta Laddha with the crowd, hands raised, Skill Development Centre opening, Ralawata
Since 2003 · Kishangarh, Rajasthan

Two decades of standing with women and children.

Founded in Kishangarh, Rajasthan in 2003, WARDS has grown into a pan-India effort — building education access, healthcare, and livelihoods for families who are too often reached last.

Our Impact

Twenty-three years of growing from one village to the next — the founder still in the field, every number below traced to a named place, not an estimate.

Dr. Shweta Laddha distributing toothpaste to a large crowd of village women, Ralawata Students and WARDS staff in a hand-chain line, ONGC-WARDS banner, Kairana Informal indoor session, large group of young women seated on the floor, likely a HAU hostel common room
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Families touched
Schoolgirls holding up sanitary pad packets, Mughalsarai, Chandauli district Education infrastructure and school programmes School assembly and dance performance at the Lehar Kaksh inauguration
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Girls & children educated
Free eye examination at Sanjeevani clinic, Ralawata Villagers receiving free medicine at the Sanjeevani clinic, Ralawata Physiotherapy staff explaining treatment to a patient's family
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Health beneficiaries
Hundreds of village women gathered under a decorated tent, Ralawata Villagers registering at an NSIC camp, December 2017 Dr. Shweta Laddha with students holding certificates, Kairana
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Years active

Our Impact

Active Field Deployment Log

Status: Live cohort

Safar 30 Scholarship Program

Location: Indore, Madhya Pradesh · with CONCOR
Safar 30 NEET cohort with CONCOR and WARDS representatives, Aayam Career Institute, Indore Close-up on the CONCOR banner and Dr. Shweta Laddha, same Safar 30 cohort photo, Indore Close-up on the Aayam Institute NEET cohort of girls, same Safar 30 photo, Indore

Funded by CONCOR, Safar 30 fully funds NEET coaching and boarding for 30 underprivileged girls at Aayam Career Institute, Indore — WARDS' flagship scholarship, launched 2024–2025. Of that cohort, 18 girls have already secured medical college admission and are now being sponsored by WARDS through their degree.

Partner: CONCOR
Status: New for 2026

Astronomy Labs — Dholpur & Bharatpur

Location: Dhaulpur & Bharatpur, Rajasthan · with IRCON International Ltd.
Students and staff at the IRCON-WARDS Astronomy Lab entrance, Dhaulpur Astronomy Lab mural and IRCON-WARDS logo plaques, Bharatpur Water-bottle rocket demonstration, Dhaulpur Astronomy Lab Solar-system orrery model demonstration, Bharatpur Astronomy Lab

Funded by IRCON International, hands-on Astronomy Labs — telescopes, orreries, rocket-launch demos — now live at government schools in Dhaulpur and Bharatpur.

Partner: IRCON International Ltd.
Status: Final stage of completion

Marble & Granite Artisan Cluster

Location: Village Ralawata, Kishangarh · Govt. of India SFURTI Scheme
Common Facility Centre construction site, Ralawata, with the stone-cutting gantry track under installation Masons building the Common Facility Centre's boundary wall, Ralawata Completed stone-cutting gantry track installed on its stone pillars, Ralawata WARDS and partner officials on a site inspection visit, Ralawata Overhead view of the stone pillars under construction for the gantry track, Ralawata Gantry track frame being assembled onto its stone piers, Ralawata

Under the Government of India's SFURTI scheme, a Common Facility Centre at Ralawata will train and employ 281 local artisans in marble and granite handicrafts — nearing completion.

281 artisans, trained and employed on completion
Status: Live in field — daily clinic

Sanjeevani Health Clinic

Location: Skill Development Centre, Ralawata, Kishangarh · with RITES Limited
Free eye examination at Sanjeevani clinic, Ralawata Optician fitting trial spectacles for a patient Patients waiting at the Sanjeevani clinic, RITES-WARDS banner Dr. Shweta Laddha addressing a community health meeting Official RITES-WARDS Sanjeevani banner with a patient receiving treatment, Ralawata Dr. Shweta Laddha distributing toothpaste to a large crowd of village women, Ralawata Villagers receiving free medicine at the Sanjeevani clinic, Ralawata Dr. Shweta Laddha with a group of village women at a health meeting, Ralawata Optometrist examining an elderly patient with an autorefractor, RITES-WARDS Sanjeevani banner

A standing free clinic for 16 villages with no hospital of their own — roughly 50 patients a day, 25,000+ served since opening.

Partner: RITES Limited
Status: Completed, 29 Mar 2023

"Breaking the Silence" Workshop & Vending Machines, Anupshahr

Location: D.P.B.S. PG College, Anupshahr, Uttar Pradesh · with ONGC
ONGC-WARDS 'Breaking the Silence' workshop banner and panel, D.P.B.S. PG College, Anupshahr Students with free sanitary napkin packets, Anupshahr Three ONGC-branded sanitary napkin vending machines installed on campus, Anupshahr Student audience, geotagged 29 March 2023, Anupshahr Speaker addressing the workshop from the podium, geotagged 29 March 2023, Anupshahr Second student audience shot, geotagged 29 March 2023, Anupshahr

Funded by ONGC, a "Breaking the Silence Against Menstruation" awareness workshop paired with three napkin vending machines at D.P.B.S. PG College, Anupshahr — GPS/timestamp-verified to 29 March 2023.

Partner: ONGC
Who Backs This Work

Here are some of our regular partners.

CSR partners, public sector undertakings, and government schemes that have funded WARDS' work since 2015.

ONGC logo ONGC
RITES Limited logo RITES Limited
BPCL logo BPCL
CONCOR logo CONCOR
IRCON International logo IRCON International
GAIL (India) logo GAIL (India)
NSIC logo NSIC
NABARD logo NABARD
KVIC logo KVIC
REMCL logo REMCL
Indian Oil Corporation logo Indian Oil Corporation
IREDA logo IREDA
SFURTI Scheme logo SFURTI Scheme
NSPCL logo NSPCL

In Their Own Words

Two of the 240 women trained under WARDS' RITES-supported stitching & beautician training programme, in their own account of what changed — quoted directly from WARDS' own field report, shown below each card.

Komal Vaishnav at her sewing machine, cropped from WARDS' programme report
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Komal Vaishnav · Village Ralawata

"What society is doing to empower women like me is genuinely commendable work."

Living with a physical disability affecting her legs, Komal travelled to Ralawata for two months to complete WARDS' stitching training.

Runs her tailoring business, Pushkar
Asha Lakhara at her sewing machine, cropped from WARDS' programme report
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Asha Lakhara · Beneficiary

"Between paying interest and running the household, it had become impossible. I didn't know what to do."

Asha joined WARDS' two-month stitching programme and opened a tailoring shop straight after training.

Now earns ₹2,000/day, per WARDS' report

Two decades of verifiable, on-ground work.

A foundation built for funders and partners assessing long-term CSR and grant relationships.

Sanitary napkin distribution, Mughalsarai, Chandauli district Students holding up free sanitary napkin packets, D.P.B.S. PG College, Anupshahr Full hall of students with nutrition kits, CONCOR awareness workshop, Chandauli
WARDS Impact Area

Menstrual Hygiene

What This Looks Like

Vending machines, incinerators, and free napkins are the visible part. The real work is the workshop that goes with them — the first time anyone in that school has said the word "period" out loud, in front of a room, without shame attached to it. That conversation has now happened in classrooms across five states.

Our Strategy

Every vending machine or incinerator installation is paired with a "Breaking the Silence" workshop — infrastructure alone doesn't fix a taboo. WARDS partners with CSR-funded corporates (ONGC, CONCOR, IRCON, GAIL) to reach schools and colleges that have never had a menstrual-health conversation before, prioritizing new ground over repeat visits to the same few.

Status: Live in field

School Menstrual Health Rollout, Chandauli

Location: Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh · with CONCOR
Official CONCOR-WARDS CSR banner, National Highway 19 Full hall of students with nutrition kits, CONCOR awareness workshop, Chandauli WARDS menstrual health workshop, Baburi, Chandauli Sanitary napkin incinerator installed, Gandhi Nagar, Mughalsarai Gird Baragaon school assembly, Chandauli Girls holding nutrition kits, Munshaf Karauta, Chandauli

Funded by CONCOR, vending machines, incinerators, and napkins across 15 schools in Chandauli district. Launched 2024–2025.

Partner: CONCOR
Status: Live in field

Menstrual Hygiene & Health Awareness

Location: Surat district, Gujarat · with ONGC Limited
WARDS and ONGC field staff installing the incinerator unit, Vyara, Gujarat Student beside the installed incinerator unit, Vyara, Gujarat

With ONGC Limited, free incinerators and awareness workshops across six tribal-area villages in Surat district, Gujarat. Part of WARDS' 2024–2025 expansion.

Partner: ONGC Limited
Status: Completed, 13 Dec 2023

Jaisalmer District Completion — IRCON

Location: Pokaran & Jaisalmer, Rajasthan · with IRCON International Ltd.
IRCON General Manager site visit, Jaisalmer district Dr. Shweta Laddha with schoolgirl beneficiaries, Jaisalmer Student using IRCON-WARDS sanitary napkin vending machine IRCON General Manager inspecting installed machine

Vending machines and incinerators at two schools in Jaisalmer district, reaching 2,000 rural girls — completion inspected by IRCON on 13 Dec 2023.

Partner: IRCON International Ltd.
Status: Documented rollout, 2019

10 Vending Machines, HAU Girls' Hostels — Hisar

Location: Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar · with ONGC
Informal indoor session, large group of young women seated on the floor, likely a HAU hostel common room Staff addressing the same seated group, informal hostel session

With ONGC's support, 10 vending machines and incinerators across four hostels at Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar.

Partner: ONGC
Status: Documented rollout, 2019–2020

Five-College Menstrual Hygiene Program

Location: Beerpur, Matli, Ganeshpur, Bhatwari & Netala, Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand · with ONGC
Launch ceremony stage with dignitaries, ONGC-WARDS menstrual hygiene project, Ganeshpur, Uttarkashi, 15 Jul 2019 Gate signage, Government Inter College, Bhatwari, Uttarkashi Students assembled for a menstrual hygiene awareness session, Uttarkashi WARDS team distributing sanitary napkins to women in the surrounding community, Uttarkashi Outdoor community outreach session with women of all ages, Uttarkashi Dr. Shweta Laddha addressing the audience at the podium, Ganeshpur, Uttarkashi

Funded by ONGC, napkin vending machines and incinerators installed at five Government Inter Colleges — Beerpur, Matli, Ganeshpur, Bhatwari and Netala — launched 15 July 2019 at G.I.C. Ganeshpur, with the local MLA, the Uttarkashi District Collector and the Sarpanch in attendance. Monthly awareness workshops ran at all five colleges through February 2020, extending to mothers and women in the surrounding villages, not just students — three documented attendance-sheet rounds total roughly 920 workshop attendances, each signed off by school principals, the DC's office, and WARDS' Secretary. Gate-sign photos confirm Ganeshpur, Bhatwari and Netala directly; Beerpur and Matli are confirmed via the attendance sheets.

Partner: ONGC —
Status: GPS/timestamp-verified, 29 Mar 2023

"Breaking the Silence" Workshop, D.P.B.S. PG College

Location: Anupshahr, Uttar Pradesh · with ONGC
ONGC-WARDS 'Breaking the Silence' workshop banner and panel, D.P.B.S. PG College, Anupshahr Students with free sanitary napkin packets, Anupshahr Three ONGC-branded sanitary napkin vending machines installed on campus, Anupshahr Student audience, geotagged 29 March 2023, Anupshahr Speaker addressing the workshop from the podium, geotagged 29 March 2023, Anupshahr Second student audience shot, geotagged 29 March 2023, Anupshahr

Funded by ONGC, a "Breaking the Silence Against Menstruation" awareness workshop paired with three napkin vending machines at D.P.B.S. PG College, Anupshahr — embedded GPS/timestamp overlays confirm the session ran 29 March 2023. Secretary Dr. Shweta Laddha's own session content covered menstrual precautions and balanced diet, delivered directly to students.

Partner: ONGC
Status: On-site banner + field photos, date unconfirmed

"Breaking the Silence" Campaign, Village Pahari

Location: Village Pahari · with ONGC
Indoor hall session, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan banner naming Village Pahari Outdoor school session, 'Education about menstruation changes everything' signage, Village Pahari Speaker addressing seated students from the podium, Village Pahari Full student cohort group photo with the ONGC-WARDS campaign banner, Village Pahari Sanitary napkin vending machine installed on campus, with students and Dr. Shweta Laddha, Village Pahari Hygiene-awareness drawing competition prize presentation, Village Pahari

Funded by ONGC, a sanitary napkin vending machine and incinerator installed at Village Pahari, an adopted village under the Ministry of Education's Unnat Bharat Abhiyan — paired with a school assembly and a hygiene-awareness drawing competition with prizes. No date is given in WARDS' records.

Partner: ONGC
Status: 3 clippings + field photos

10 Vending Machines & Hygiene Workshop, Kairana

Location: Vijay Singh Pathik Govt. PG College, Kairana, UP · with ONGC
Vijay Singh Pathik College vending machine installation clipping Panel discussion with Dr. Shweta Laddha, college staff and the Women Grievance Redressal Cell, Kairana Students and WARDS staff in a hand-chain line, ONGC-WARDS banner, Kairana Students holding certificates with the WARDS-ONGC banner, Kairana Full group photo with Dr. Shweta Laddha, Kairana college hall Principal presenting an appreciation citation and flowers to Dr. Shweta Laddha, Kairana

Funded by ONGC, 10 sanitary napkin vending machines installed across the college, with student orientation and a separate Women Health & Hygiene workshop run jointly with the college's Women's Grievance Redressal Cell. The college's principal later presented WARDS an appreciation citation for the programme.

Partner: ONGC
Status: Unverified

Sanitary Napkin Vending Machine, Sangam Vihar

Location: Sangam Vihar, Delhi · with IREDA

WARDS' own organisational profile lists IREDA (Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency) as funding a sanitary napkin vending machine for deprived girls at Sangam Vihar, Delhi — listed here on the strength of WARDS' own profile, pending further documentation.

Partner: IREDA
Status: Field photos + press clipping

Sanitary Pad Vending Machine, Bawdi Mohalla

Location: Bawdi Mohalla, Ralawata · with ONGC
Dr. Shweta Laddha at the vending-machine ribbon-cutting, Bawdi Mohalla, Ralawata ONGC and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao banner, crowd under the shamiana, Bawdi Mohalla Dr. Shweta Laddha with the crowd under the shamiana, Bawdi Mohalla Dr. Shweta Laddha exchanging flowers with attending officials, Bawdi Mohalla

ONGC-funded launch of a sanitary pad vending machine at Bawdi Mohalla, Ralawata, with MLA Bhagirath Chaudhary attending — free distribution planned across Ralawata, Kuchil and Singhara for six months, under a "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" banner.

Partner: ONGC
Status: Documented, press clipping

"Breaking the Silence" Workshop, Hapur

Location: Durga Prasad Baljeet Singh College, Hapur, UP · with ONGC
Breaking the Silence workshop clipping, Hapur
Press clipping

"Breaking the Silence Against Menstruation" — Hapur

A joint ONGC and WARDS workshop at Durga Prasad Baljeet Singh College, Hapur on menstrual health awareness and self-care, encouraging students to seek medical advice without hesitation.

Partner: ONGC
Dr. Shweta Laddha with an elderly patient at the clinic Free eye examination at Sanjeevani clinic, Ralawata Villagers receiving free medicine at the Sanjeevani clinic, Ralawata
WARDS Impact Area

Healthcare

What This Looks Like

In a lot of these villages, the nearest hospital is twenty kilometres away, over roads that don't always cooperate. WARDS runs the checkup camp, the standing clinic, the eye exam, the physiotherapy session that exists instead of nothing — not instead of something better.

Our Strategy

WARDS converts one-off camps into standing infrastructure wherever it can — Sanjeevani started as a stitching centre and is now a daily clinic seeing roughly 50 patients a day. Where a permanent centre isn't yet possible, WARDS runs the basics most CSR health programs skip: eye exams, physiotherapy, dental care — for villages twenty kilometres from the nearest hospital.

Status: Live in field

Eye Checkup Camps — Bharatpur & Alwar

Location: Govt. Schools, Bharatpur & Alwar districts · with GAIL (India) Limited
Official GAIL-WARDS eye checkup camp banner, Alwar Full classroom assembly at a GAIL-funded camp, Alwar Students holding GAIL-branded sanitary napkin packets, Alwar Students presenting hygiene-awareness drawings, Alwar Prize-giving for a hygiene-awareness drawing competition, Alwar WARDS team felicitated at the Rotary-donated computer lab, Govt. Girls Sr. Sec. School, Manni Ka Bar, Alwar

With GAIL (India) Limited, ten eye checkup camps across Bharatpur and Alwar schools, reaching an estimated 4,500 students.

Partner: GAIL (India) Limited
Status: Live in field — regular camps

Physiotherapy Centre

Location: Ralawata, Kishangarh · with ONGC
ONGC-WARDS Physiotherapy Centre banner with patient receiving treatment, Ralawata Dr. Shweta Laddha with elderly women patients at the physiotherapy centre Patients registering at the physiotherapy centre, Ralawata Villagers and local officials at the physiotherapy centre, Ralawata

Funded by ONGC, a standing physiotherapy clinic at Ralawata serving 16 villages with no medical facilities of their own. Set up 2023.

Partner: ONGC
Status: Live in field — daily clinic

Sanjeevani Health Clinic

Location: Skill Development Centre, Ralawata, Kishangarh · with RITES Limited
Free eye examination at Sanjeevani clinic, Ralawata Optician fitting trial spectacles for a patient Patients waiting at the Sanjeevani clinic, RITES-WARDS banner Dr. Shweta Laddha addressing a community health meeting Official RITES-WARDS Sanjeevani banner with a patient receiving treatment, Ralawata Dr. Shweta Laddha distributing toothpaste to a large crowd of village women, Ralawata Villagers receiving free medicine at the Sanjeevani clinic, Ralawata Dr. Shweta Laddha with a group of village women at a health meeting, Ralawata Optometrist examining an elderly patient with an autorefractor, RITES-WARDS Sanjeevani banner

A standing free clinic for 16 villages with no hospital of their own — roughly 50 patients a day, 25,000+ served since opening.

Partner: RITES Limited
Status: Completed, 2015–2018

Free Health Camp Circuit — NSIC & BPCL

Location: 19 villages, Ajmer district · with NSIC & BPCL
On-site banner dating the Mangra NSIC camp to 28 March 2018 Dr. Shweta Laddha at the supply table, Mangra camp Dr. Shweta Laddha addressing the crowd, Ramner ki Dhani camp Felicitation ceremony at the Ramner ki Dhani camp NSIC-WARDS banner and head table, camp of 17 December 2017 Registration desk crowd, camp of 17 December 2017

A village-to-village health camp circuit — 19 camps across Ajmer district with NSIC and BPCL, 2015–2018, seeing roughly 11,057 patients in total.

Partners: NSIC, BPCL
Full camp-by-camp breakdown, 19 clippings 2016 – 2018 · Ajmer district

Each camp got its own press clipping at the time. Condensed here into one table for readability — every row is still sourced from its own clipping; click any "View" link to see the original.

Village Patients seen Funder Notes Source
Pinglod696NSIC243 general, 150 child, 200 eye, 103 dental
Nalu, Ajmer85NSICCompanion Ayurveda camp, jointly with Sewa Bharti & Krishnagopal Ayurved Bhavan Trust (Kalroda, Ajmer)
Ralawata (Kisan Seva Kendra)705NSICInaugurated by NSIC's UP zonal officer
Khatoli (govt. school)753NSIC (Delhi)—
Pinglod713NSICGeneral, child, women's & dental cases
Cheetakheda (Khatoli panchayat)726NSIC—
Ralawata (Kisan Seva Kendra)579NSIC—
Ralawata669NSICBegan 25 Nov 2017; follow-up pain-management camp with Rotary Club & Dalmia Seva Trust
Mangra621NSICHeld 28 Mar 2018, per an on-site banner naming Treasurer Mahesh Kumawat — field photos on Media page
Ramner ki Dhani450NSICSame clipping as Mangra, above — field photos on Media page
Salemabad, Rupnagar577NSIC305 general, 27 child, 182 women, 63 dental
Cheetakheda620NSICOne leg of a 4-day rotation across Khatoli panchayat
Pinglod595NSICSarpanch noted 3rd consecutive year at this village
Sarana510NSICReport names upcoming camps at Singhara, Pinglod & Cheetakheda
Singhara, Madanganj-Kishangarh636NSIC—
Mohanpura423NSIC3rd straight year of camps in the area, per WARDS' field team
Tunkada531NSIC—
Paladi643NSICClosing camp of this multi-village rotation
Pinglod (Swachhata Pakhwada)525BPCL AjmerTied to a sanitation-awareness pledge, mostly women attendees
Total 11,057 19 camps
Status: Documented, early ground years

Community Health & Dental Outreach

Location: Ralawata, Azad Nagar & Kaalbeliya settlement, Kishangarh
Kaalbeliya basti health outreach clipping Dental kit distribution clipping

From WARDS' early ground years — free medicine for the Kaalbeliya settlement and dental-health drives at Ralawata and Azad Nagar schools.

Group photo with astronaut mannequin, Dhaulpur Astronomy Lab Dr. Shweta Laddha with children in the renovated classroom Safar 30 NEET cohort with CONCOR and WARDS representatives, Aayam Career Institute, Indore
WARDS Impact Area

Education

What This Looks Like

A renovated classroom, a telescope in a government school, a fully-funded seat in a coaching program for a girl aiming at medical college — the same instinct at every stage of a child's education, in schools that otherwise had none of it.

Our Strategy

Instead of spreading thin across many schools, WARDS fixes specific, visible gaps — a classroom that's structurally unsafe, a science lab that makes a subject feel real for the first time, a single fully-funded scholarship cohort rather than a diluted scholarship pool. Every project exists because a school specifically lacked it, not because it was easy to deliver.

Status: New for 2026

Astronomy Labs — Dholpur & Bharatpur

Location: Dhaulpur & Bharatpur, Rajasthan · with IRCON International Ltd.
Students and staff at the IRCON-WARDS Astronomy Lab entrance, Dhaulpur Astronomy Lab mural and IRCON-WARDS logo plaques, Bharatpur Water-bottle rocket demonstration, Dhaulpur Astronomy Lab Solar-system orrery model demonstration, Bharatpur Astronomy Lab

Funded by IRCON International, hands-on Astronomy Labs — telescope, orrery, rocket-launch demos — now live at schools in Dhaulpur and Bharatpur.

Partner: IRCON International Ltd.
Status: Live cohort

Safar 30 Scholarship Program

Location: Indore, Madhya Pradesh · with CONCOR
Safar 30 NEET cohort with CONCOR and WARDS representatives, Aayam Career Institute, Indore Close-up on the CONCOR banner and Dr. Shweta Laddha, same Safar 30 cohort photo, Indore Close-up on the Aayam Institute NEET cohort of girls, same Safar 30 photo, Indore

Funded by CONCOR, Safar 30 fully funds NEET coaching and boarding for 30 underprivileged girls at Aayam Career Institute, Indore. Launched 2024–2025. Of that cohort, 18 girls have already secured medical college admission and are now being sponsored by WARDS through their degree.

Partner: CONCOR
In Her Own Words

A Safar 30 scholar, speaking directly about being selected into the cohort.

Video shared by WARDS — one of the Safar 30 girls describing, in her own words, what selection into the programme has meant for her.

Status: Completed & inaugurated

Project Lehar Kaksh — Early-Learning Classroom Renovation

Location: Jodhpur city, Rajasthan · with ONGC Limited
Classroom before renovation — bare walls, no furniture Renovated classroom with planets mural, Mahatma Gandhi Govt. School, Nagauri Bera ONGC and WARDS branding on renovated classroom wall Dr. Shweta Laddha with children in the renovated classroom

With ONGC Limited, two seepage-damaged Jodhpur classrooms rebuilt into murals, furniture, and a "Nanhe Kadam" early-learning space.

Partner: ONGC Limited
Status: Completed, 2015–2018

Basic Computer Education for Farmers & Women

Location: 6 villages, Ajmer district · with RITES Limited
Farmers and women learning basic computer use, RITES-funded Farmer & Agriculture Awareness Program

With RITES Limited, basic computer-literacy classes for women and girls across six villages in Ajmer district.

Partner: RITES Limited
Status: Documented, early ground years

Direct Student Sponsorship & Study Material

Location: Azad Nagar, Ralawata & Rahimpura, Kishangarh
Education clipping
Press clipping

"Three Students Adopted" — Azad Nagar

Ralawata study material distribution clipping
Press clipping

Study material distribution, Ralawata

Azad Nagar education sponsorship clipping
Press clipping

"Society Will Bear Education Costs" — names Nishita Sharma, Muskan & Ankita

Rahimpura self-employment and madrasa visit clipping
Nav Jyoti

Secretary's madrasa visit, Rahimpura — study material for ~150 students

WARDS took on full-year education costs for three girls at Azad Nagar — named in the press record as Nishita Sharma, Muskan and Ankita — plus study material for children in Ralawata and a Rahimpura madrasa of roughly 150 students, visited directly by Secretary Dr. Shweta Laddha.

Status: Documented, press clipping

Poster-Based Literacy Teaching, Khatoli

Location: Government Primary School, Khatoli
Rajasthan Patrika clipping, poster-based teaching, Khatoli
Rajasthan Patrika

"Spreading Knowledge Through Pictures"

At the government primary school in Khatoli, WARDS introduced a poster-based teaching method — using drawing and imagery rather than rote text to build reading habits among young children.

Literacy method, government primary school
Status: Documented, press clipping

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Awareness Rally, Ralawata

Location: Ralawata, Kishangarh
Rajasthan Patrika clipping, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao rally, Ralawata
Rajasthan Patrika

"...Then Where Will You Bring Daughters From"

A Beti Bachao Beti Padhao awareness rally at Ralawata, flagged off by the village sarpanch — students and villagers marching together on why daughters belong in school, not written off.

Girl-child advocacy campaign
Status: Documented, press clipping

Anti-Child-Marriage Awareness March, Cheetakheda

Location: Cheetakheda village
Rajasthan Patrika clipping, anti-child-marriage march, Cheetakheda
Rajasthan Patrika

"A Daughter Is Not a Burden — She Is the Home's Lakshmi"

Awareness programme at Cheetakheda village challenging child-marriage and gender-bias traditions, led by Secretary Dr. Shweta Laddha with a village-wide march — directly tied to keeping girls in school rather than married off early.

Girl-child advocacy campaign
Women training on treadle sewing machines at the Skill Development Centre, Ralawata Women's tailoring class in session, multiple sewing machines, RITES-funded training BPCL Skill Development Training Program banner with trainees and sewing machines, Ralawata
WARDS Impact Area

Skill Development & Income Generation

What This Looks Like

Training only counts if it turns into money. Every program here ends the same way: a product that sells, a contract that pays, an artisan with a wage instead of a certificate.

Our Strategy

Training only counts if it becomes income inside the same program — WARDS builds permanent centres, not one-off workshops, and lines up buyers before the first training session starts. RITES and BPCL take finished products directly from trainees, so a certificate turns into a paycheck, not a shelf of unsold goods.

Status: Final stage of completion

Marble & Granite Artisan Cluster

Location: Village Ralawata, Kishangarh · Govt. of India SFURTI Scheme
Common Facility Centre construction site, Ralawata, with the stone-cutting gantry track under installation Masons building the Common Facility Centre's boundary wall, Ralawata Completed stone-cutting gantry track installed on its stone pillars, Ralawata WARDS and partner officials on a site inspection visit, Ralawata Overhead view of the stone pillars under construction for the gantry track, Ralawata Gantry track frame being assembled onto its stone piers, Ralawata

Under the Government of India's SFURTI scheme, a Common Facility Centre at Ralawata will train and employ 281 local artisans in marble and granite handicrafts — nearing completion.

281 artisans, trained and employed on completion
Status: Live in field

Women's Skill Development Centre

Location: Village Ralawata, Kishangarh · with RITES Limited, BPCL
Foundation trenches marked out for the Skill Development Centre site, Ralawata Workers building a stone boundary wall along the site edge, Ralawata Skill Development Centre building, Ralawata, opening day RITES Limited signboard, Skill Development Centre, Ralawata Women's tailoring class in session, multiple sewing machines, RITES-funded training Dr. Shweta Laddha at the RITES Limited and WARDS skill development training banner BPCL Skill Development Training Program banner with trainees and sewing machines, Ralawata Packaged face masks ready for supply, made during the BPCL skilling programme Hand-embroidered kantha-stitch tote bag made by Skill Development Centre trainees

Built from nothing in a small Ralawata village, for women with almost no path to independence beyond what rural life usually offers — and now a resource the whole area relies on. RITES and BPCL take finished products directly from trainees, turning training into paid work. Opened 2021–2022 — an earlier free stitching cohort at the same site had already trained 60 women over six months before the permanent centre opened.

Partners: RITES Limited, BPCL
Status: Documented, press clipping only

Mangodi & Papad-Making Training

Location: Ralawata, Kishangarh
Mangodi and papad-making training clipping, Ralawata
Press clipping

Mangodi & papad-making training, Ralawata

A smaller, earlier-generation skilling effort at Ralawata: women trained in making mangodi (sun-dried lentil dumplings) and papad for home-based sale — no field photos survive from this round, only the press record.

Village-level home-production skilling
Status: Completed, 9-month programme

RITES-Funded Vocational Training, 240 Women

Location: Villages across Kishangarh · with RITES Limited
Rajasthan Patrika clipping, women trained with RITES Limited's support
Rajasthan Patrika

"Women Trained with RITES Limited's Support"

Skill training clipping, Women Must Become Self-Reliant, MLA Chaudhary
Press clipping

"Women Must Become Self-Reliant" — MLA Chaudhary

A 9-month, RITES Limited–funded vocational rollout across villages around Kishangarh — 60 women trained in stitching and 240 in beautician skills, plus mehendi and food-craft trades, inaugurated by MLA Bhagirath Chaudhary. Several graduates now run home-based stitching work earning ₹150–200 a day.

Partner: RITES Limited
Status: 5 clippings, consolidated below
Ajmer district · with RITES Limited & ONGC

Farmer & Agriculture Awareness Programs

Alongside its stitching and craft training, WARDS has run a recurring series of farmer-focused income and awareness sessions — each with its own press record, consolidated here as one programme thread rather than five separate cards.

Topic Location Funder Notes Source
Farmer rights conferenceKishangarh—Co-organised with several grassroots societies, ~250 farmers attending
Vermicompost trainingRalawataONGCEarthworm-based composting as a lower-cost, higher-yield alternative to chemical fertiliser
"Kisan Aapke Dwar" scheme outreachFarmers' fields, Ajmer districtRITES LimitedGovernment schemes, soil testing, crop protection delivered direct to farmers
Organic manure & irrigation awarenessPinglod—Promoting cow-dung manure over chemical fertiliser, plus a proposed village water-catchment pond
Crop & livestock economicsAjmer districtRITES Limited"Agriculture & Animal Husbandry: The Economic Backbone" — farmer awareness on crop and livestock economics
Finished Bani Thani-style painting, Kishangarh Shaili Large training-session audience, Kishangarh-style painting programme, Ralawata Finished peacock painting by a trainee
WARDS Impact Area

Protecting Lost Arts

What This Looks Like

Some of what WARDS protects isn't a person's income or health — it's a piece of Kishangarh itself, a regional painting style old enough and specific enough that nobody else was making sure it survived.

Our Strategy

WARDS treats heritage preservation as a livelihood problem, not a museum problem — training in the Bani Thani painting style is paired with a direct sales channel, popup market stalls, so the art form survives because it earns money, not because it's subsidized indefinitely.

Status: Live in field

Kishangarh Shaili — "Bani Thani" Painting Training

Location: Ralawata, Kishangarh · with NABARD
NABARD Kishangarh-style painting training programme banner and group photo, Ralawata Large training-session audience, Kishangarh-style painting programme, Ralawata Finished Bani Thani-style portrait painting by a trainee Finished peacock painting by a trainee Trainees presenting a finished Bani Thani painting at a NABARD-banner event, Ralawata Bani Thani-painted products on display at a market stall, popup sale Trainees sketching outdoors, Kishangarh Shaili painting programme, Ralawata

Funded by NABARD, training in Kishangarh's own "Bani Thani" painting style, sold directly at popup stalls. Two cohorts trained so far (Dec 2021, Oct 2023).

Partner: NABARD
Status: Completed, 2015–2018

Traditional Pottery & Mehendi Craft Training

Location: Ralawata & Kuchil, Kishangarh · with ONGC
Dainik Bhaskar clipping, Ralawata women learning pottery-making Nav Jyoti clipping, mehendi and pottery craft

Wheel-thrown pottery and mehendi training at Ralawata and Kuchil, funded by ONGC and taught by veteran local artisans.

Partner: ONGC
Rural women's self-help-group session, Swachhata Pakhwada 2026 Cyclothon at ONGC's Jodhpur campus gate, Swachhata Pakhwada 2026 School assembly, Swachhata Pakhwada 2025, ONGC RKOEA Jodhpur
WARDS Impact Area

Sanitation & Public Infrastructure

What This Looks Like

The unglamorous infrastructure — a toilet where there wasn't one, a cleanliness drive that actually gets people out of their houses — is still infrastructure. A community toilet went up at Village Peenglod with BPCL, alongside the recurring campaigns below.

Our Strategy

A toilet without a behaviour-change campaign gets ignored, and a campaign without infrastructure has nothing to point to — WARDS runs both together, pairing physical builds (toilets, incinerators) with recurring awareness drives like Swachhata Pakhwada, so the habit sticks after the ribbon-cutting.

Status: Live in field — annual

Swachhata Pakhwada, Jodhpur

Location: Jodhpur, Rajasthan · with ONGC (RKOEA Jodhpur)
Swachhata Pakhwada school assembly, ONGC RKOEA Jodhpur, 2025 Cyclothon at ONGC's Jodhpur campus gate, Swachhata Pakhwada 2026 ONGC-branded sanitary napkin incinerator installed, Swachhata Pakhwada 2025 Swachhata Pakhwada 2026 closing ceremony, Jodhpur

With ONGC (RKOEA), Jodhpur, an annual Swachhata Pakhwada — school assemblies, incinerator installs, and a growing cyclothon and community outreach.

Partner: ONGC (RKOEA Jodhpur)
Status: Completed, 2020

"Stay Alert Against Corona" — Swachhata Pakhwada, Ralawata

Location: Ralawata, Kishangarh · with BPCL
Ralawata Swachhata Pakhwada COVID awareness clipping Worker in PPE spraying disinfectant on a village street, Ralawata BPCL Swachhata Pakhwada mask and sanitary-kit distribution at a doorway, Ralawata Packaged masks laid out for distribution, Ralawata Campaign vehicle with a BPCL Swachhata Pakhwada banner, Ralawata

BPCL-funded pandemic response at Ralawata — door-to-door disinfectant spraying, masks, and sanitary kits distributed village-wide.

Partner: BPCL
Status: Completed, 2018

Community Toilet, Village Peenglod

Location: Peenglod, Ajmer district · with BPCL
BPCL toilet inauguration and official Panchayat thank-you letter

Funded by BPCL, a new community toilet built at Village Peenglod.

Partner: BPCL
Status: Completed, 2015–2018

"Feelings Etched on Canvas" — Cleanliness Painting Competition

Location: Ralawata govt. schools, Kishangarh · with BPCL
Ralawata Swachhata Pakhwada painting competition clipping

A BPCL-funded painting competition at Ralawata's government schools, building sanitation awareness through student art.

Partner: BPCL
About the Society

Who we are, how we're governed, and what we've filed.

Dr. Shweta Laddha, Founder & Secretary, WARDS

"We don't arrive with a plan for a village. We arrive, we listen, and the plan builds itself."

Dr. Shweta Laddha
Founder & Secretary, WARDS

In 2003, in a modest room in Madanganj-Kishangarh, WARDS was registered under the Society Registration Act with no funding, no fanfare, and one working premise: that rural women and children were not short on ability — they were short on someone showing up consistently.

That premise was shaped directly by Dr. Shweta Laddha, whose approach never treated education and health as separate departments — she saw them as the two levers that compound fastest inside a household. A girl who stays in school changes what her own daughter's life looks like twenty years later. A mother with basic preventive healthcare changes how many working days a family loses in a year. WARDS was built around that compounding logic, not around isolated projects.

"No two villages get the same plan. Each one is built for what that place actually needs — and built to connect with what comes next, so the growth compounds instead of standing alone."

— Dr. Shweta Laddha, on WARDS' operating philosophy

The first decade was slow by design — night schools built around harvest calendars, health camps run on foot and by bicycle before WARDS could afford a vehicle, stitching centres started with borrowed machines. What grew out of that decade wasn't a bigger version of the same idea, but nine distinct focus areas, each answering a specific gap a field visit had actually surfaced — never a problem assumed from a city office.

By 2026, that same grassroots method has carried WARDS from its Kishangarh roots into a genuinely pan-India effort — including flagship initiatives like the WARDS Safar 30 Scholarship Program and an interstate menstrual hygiene campaign spanning three states. The geography changed. The method — show up, listen first, build what's actually needed — has not.

WARDS operates under Registration No. 137/Ajmer/2003-2004, headquartered in Madanganj-Kishangarh, Ajmer district, Rajasthan.

Our History

Twenty-three years, year by year.

2003 to 2026 — the full chronological record.

2003

WARDS registered under the Societies Act, Madanganj-Kishangarh, Rajasthan. Reg. No. 137/Ajmer/2003-2004.

2012 – 2015

The early ground years — night schools, self-help groups, human rights and child development training, dental checkups and school-kit distribution, awareness campaigns, and health education across villages around Kishangarh, alongside 22 dated activity rounds: health education and gynaecological camps, PAP-smear screenings, literacy campaigns, welfare programmes for widows and the elderly, and rural development work reaching close to 7,000 people.

2015 – 2018
  • NSIC — health camps across Ralawata, Peenglod, Khatoli, Salemabad, Mangra (three rounds, ~7,600 people)
  • ONGC — skill training rounds: stitching, papad-making, pottery, candles, soap, mehandi, rangoli (Ralawata & Kishangarh Tehsil)
  • RITES — farmer & agriculture awareness with computer training, 5 villages, Kishangarh Tehsil (~5,000 farmers and families)
  • RITES — first skill development rounds, stitching/tailoring/beautician training (Ralawata, Kuchel)
  • BPCL — community toilet construction, Village Peenglod
  • ONGC — sanitary napkin vending machines & incinerators, 5 villages, Ajmer district
2019 – 2020
  • ONGC — menstrual hygiene installations at Hisar Agriculture University, Uttarkashi/Gangotri (5 colleges), and Kairana, Shamli district UP
  • BPCL — free medical & dental checkup camps plus school awareness activities, Kishangarh Tehsil villages
  • KVIC — Kishangarh Marble & Granite Cluster launched under the SFURTI scheme, 281 artisans
  • RITES — Skill Development Centre construction begins, Village Ralawata
  • RITES — mass face-mask making during COVID, training that became a paying contract
2021 – 2022
  • NABARD — Kishangarh Shaili ("Bani Thani") painting training begins, preserving a regional art on the verge of extinction
  • RITES — Skill Development Centre opens; "Empowerment of Women" stitching/tailoring rounds continue
  • RITES — Sanjeevani Community Healthcare Programme launches at the Ralawata centre
  • ONGC — menstrual hygiene installation, GSSS Pahari, Gurugram district, Haryana
  • WARDS — young artisans represented at Rashtriya Hathkargha Saptaah, World Trade Park, Jaipur
2023
  • ONGC — menstrual hygiene installation, Durga Prasad Balveer Singh (PG) College, Anupshahr, UP
  • IRCON — menstrual hygiene rollout, Jaisalmer schools
  • ONGC — Project Lehar Kaksh, early-learning classroom renovation, Jodhpur government schools
  • ONGC — Physiotherapy Clinic set up, Skill Development Centre, Ralawata
  • NABARD — Micro Enterprises Development Programme: Rajputi Poshak stitching with stipend, Ralawata
  • NABARD — farmer exposure visits to Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ajmer and SKN Agricultural University, Jobner
  • NABARD — second Kishangarh Shaili/Bani Thani training round (Nabskill)
  • RITES invites WARDS to its Golden Jubilee function as a long-term NGO partner
2024 – 2025
  • IRCON — health checkup camps with nutrition, eye/height/weight screening, Bharatpur & Dholpur govt schools
  • GAIL — ten eye checkup camps, Alwar & Bharatpur districts
  • IRCON — school renovation, five govt primary schools, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand
  • CONCOR — CT scan machine & blood bank equipment, Govt. N. Hospital & Kishangarh City Dispensary
  • REMCL — stitching & tailoring, Skill Development Centre, Ralawata
  • ONGC — menstrual hygiene programme, tribal-area schools, Surat district, Gujarat
  • CONCOR — Safar 30 Scholarship Program launches, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
  • CONCOR — menstrual hygiene rollout, 15 government schools, Chandauli district, UP
2026

IRCON — two Astronomy Labs set up in government schools, Dholpur & Bharatpur districts, Rajasthan. Sanjeevani and the Skill Development Centre continue running daily at Ralawata.

Sponsor Us

Choose exactly what your contribution funds.

Confirmed program costs — line-item breakdowns to follow once finalised.

Option A

Sponsor a Girl Child's Education

  • Full year — tuition, uniforms & books₹12,000

One full academic year of support for one girl child.

Option B

Support a Women's Stitching Center

  • Sewing machine + trainer's monthly salary₹20,000

Equips one machine and covers one month of training support.

Option C

General Rural Health Camp Fund

  • Full camp — kits, logistics & staff (~200 people)₹1,00,000

Attendance varies by camp type — general/eye camps reach more; specialised camps (e.g. physiotherapy) fewer.

WARDS in Media

Press coverage and recognition, in one place.

Dainik Bhaskar clipping
Dainik Bhaskar

"Farmers' Rights Must Be Ensured"

Coverage of a farmer rights conference in Kishangarh, co-organised by WARDS alongside several grassroots societies, with around 250 farmers in attendance.

Rajasthan Patrika clipping
Rajasthan Patrika

"Greenery Needed for Environmental Safety"

Feature on WARDS' environmental awareness drive at Ralawata — women trained in self-employment via small-scale industry, plus a 5,000-sapling roadside plantation plan.

Rajasthan Patrika clipping
Rajasthan Patrika

"Spreading Knowledge Through Pictures"

On WARDS' poster-based teaching method at the government primary school in Khatoli, using drawing and imagery to build reading habits among young children.

Rajasthan Patrika clipping
Rajasthan Patrika

"Honoured for Work Done for Women"

Dr. Shweta Laddha honoured at the 25th Kavyitri Sammelan & Mahila Samman Samaroh, New Delhi, hosted by the Rajasthani Academy and India Habitat Centre.

Rajasthan Patrika clipping
Rajasthan Patrika

"...Then Where Will You Bring Daughters From"

Coverage of a Beti Bachao Beti Padhao awareness rally organised by WARDS at Ralawata, flagged off by the village sarpanch with students and villagers marching together.

Award clipping

"Dr. Laddha Honoured"

Dr. Shweta Laddha honoured at a Women's Day / International Women's Honour ceremony in New Delhi, hosted by the Rajasthani Academy and India Habitat Centre.

Education clipping

"Three Students Adopted"

WARDS adopted three girls from below-poverty-line families at a government school in Azad Nagar, committing to cover their education and living costs.

Community rights clipping

"Bagariya Community Wins Social Rights Push"

WARDS submitted a formal memorandum on behalf of the Bagariya community in Khatoli and Rahimpura — residents of 14+ years still without housing, ration cards, or identity documents.

Dainik Bhaskar clipping
Dainik Bhaskar

"Ralawata Women to Learn Pottery-Making"

A vocational pottery-making program launched at Ralawata, taught by an 85-year-old master potter, alongside a parallel free stitching track for the same women.

Dainik Bhaskar clipping
Dainik Bhaskar

"Wall of Kindness Launched in Ralawata"

A donated-clothing exchange exhibit inaugurated by MLA Bhagirath Chaudhary at Ralawata's main market, alongside a self-employment training display for local women.

Rajasthan Patrika clipping
Rajasthan Patrika

"Agriculture & Animal Husbandry: The Economic Backbone"

Farmer awareness program covering crop and livestock economics, delivered with financial support from RITES Limited, New Delhi.

Farmers and women learning basic computer use, RITES-funded Farmer & Agriculture Awareness Program
WARDS Organisational Profile

Basic Computer Education for Farmers, Ajmer District

Alongside the crop and livestock awareness sessions above, WARDS' own organisational profile describes a basic computer-literacy component of this RITES-funded program across six villages in Ajmer district — photos show turbaned farmers and, separately, local women and girls at classroom computer stations under the same "Farmer & Agriculture Awareness Program" banner.

Rajasthan Patrika clipping
Rajasthan Patrika

"A Daughter Is Not a Burden — She Is the Home's Lakshmi"

Awareness program at Cheetakheda village challenging child-marriage and gender-bias traditions, led by Secretary Dr. Shweta Laddha with a village-wide march.

Vermicompost training clipping

"Farmers to Get Vermicompost Training"

Free vermicompost training for farmers at Ralawata, funded by ONGC New Delhi — teaching earthworm-based composting as a lower-cost, higher-yield alternative to chemical fertiliser.

Rajasthan Patrika clipping
Rajasthan Patrika

"Farmers Given Scheme Information"

A "Kisan Aapke Dwar" (Farmer at Your Doorstep) outreach program funded by RITES Limited — covering government schemes, soil testing, and crop protection direct to farmers' fields.

Rajasthan Patrika clipping
Rajasthan Patrika

"Inspired Women to Join Self-Employment"

Secretary Dr. Shweta Laddha met women in the Bagariya settlement between Khatoli and Rahimpura — residents of 14+ years, still without permanent housing or steady work.

Dainik Jagran clipping, fully cited Informal indoor session, large group of young women seated on the floor, likely a HAU hostel common room Staff addressing the same seated group, informal hostel session
Dainik Jagran 21 June 2019 · Page 16 · Col. 5–6

"10 Automatic Sanitary Napkin Vending Machines Installed at HAU Girls' Hostels"

With ONGC's financial support, WARDS installed 10 vending machines and 10 incinerators across four hostels at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar — inaugurated by Dr. Sanjesh Singh, the Vice-Chancellor's wife and Ladies Club chairperson, with College of Home Science Principal Dr. Vimla Dhaka chairing and Dr. Shweta Laddha's message on menstrual health read at the ceremony. A separate follow-up workshop, "Swasth Betiyan, Swachh Samaaj," ran later the same year with HAU's Dr. Manju Mehta as chief guest and Dr. Shweta Laddha addressing students directly — reported across at least five outlets between 20 June and early September 2019. Two further photos show an informal indoor session with a large seated group — plausibly one of HAU's four hostel common rooms given the setting, but with no banner or signage in frame to confirm it, so they're included here as likely rather than verified.

BPCL toilet inauguration and official Panchayat thank-you letter
Clipping + Official Letter

Sulabh Toilet Inaugurated at Pinglod, with a Signed Panchayat Thank-You Letter

A new toilet facility, funded by BPCL, was inaugurated at Pinglod village. Gram Panchayat Pinglod sent WARDS an official, sealed thank-you letter (dated 27 Aug 2018) crediting the facility with easing conditions for poor, elderly, pregnant, and disabled residents — signed by Sarpanch Nerajdevi Dondwadia.

Official RITES-WARDS Sanjeevani banner with a patient receiving treatment, Ralawata Villagers receiving free medicine at the Sanjeevani clinic, Ralawata Dr. Shweta Laddha distributing toothpaste to a large crowd of village women, Ralawata Dr. Shweta Laddha with a group of village women at a health meeting, Ralawata
Field Photos — On-Site Banner

Sanjeevani Clinic, Ralawata — Medicine Distribution & Community Meetings

A second batch of field photography for the Sanjeevani clinic profiled above, beyond the eye-camp side already documented on the homepage. The on-site RITES-WARDS banner independently names the program "Sanjeevani" and dates the initiative to 2022-2023, matching WARDS' own signed project report. Photos show general medicine dispensing to a queue of village women, a large-scale toothpaste distribution led by Dr. Shweta Laddha, and a separate indoor community health meeting.

On-site banner dating the Mangra NSIC camp to 28 March 2018 Camp tent exterior, Mangra Dr. Shweta Laddha at the supply table, Mangra camp Village elder addressing the crowd, Mangra camp
Field Photos — On-Site Banner

NSIC Free Medical Camp, Mangra — 28 March 2018

Field photography, not just the newspaper clipping, for the "Mangra — 621 seen" row in the health-camp table above. An on-site banner dates the camp to 28 March 2018 and names WARDS Treasurer Mahesh Kumawat. Photos show the camp tent, registration and supply tables, Dr. Shweta Laddha engaging with staff, and a village elder addressing the crowd.

Dr. Shweta Laddha addressing the crowd, Ramner ki Dhani camp Dr. Shweta Laddha with microphone, Ramner ki Dhani camp Felicitation ceremony at the Ramner ki Dhani camp Dr. Shweta Laddha with a village elder, Ramner ki Dhani camp
Field Photos

NSIC Free Medical Camp, Ramner ki Dhani

Field photography for the "Ramner ki Dhani — 450 seen" row in the health-camp table above, confirmed by WARDS as the same camp. Photos show Dr. Shweta Laddha addressing the crowd and speaking with a village elder, plus a felicitation moment with local officials — shot in front of a village building's painted 2016-17 NREGA wage-payment register, not a WARDS record.

NSIC-WARDS banner and head table, camp of 17 December 2017 Registration desk crowd, camp of 17 December 2017 Felicitation ceremony, camp of 17 December 2017
Field Photos — No Clipping on File

NSIC Free Medical Camp — 17 December 2017

Another leg of the same NSIC/BPCL circuit above, dated 17 December 2017 by the camera's own timestamp. Per WARDS, this camp belongs to the wider 2016–2018 push across Ajmer district that collectively treated roughly 10,000 villagers across many villages and camps. The specific village isn't legible on the standard NSIC-WARDS banner used at every camp, and no separate newspaper clipping for this date is on file, so it isn't added as its own row in the table above — it's field-photo evidence only.

Nav Jyoti clipping
Nav Jyoti

"Learned the Craft of Mehendi and Pottery"

ONGC-funded vocational training in mehendi and traditional wheel-thrown clay pottery at Kuchil and Ralawata — taught by veteran local potters, with free medical check-ups for trainees during the program.

Dr. Shweta Laddha at the vending-machine ribbon-cutting, Ralawata ONGC banner and crowd, sanitary pad vending machine launch, Ralawata Dr. Shweta Laddha with the crowd under the shamiana, Ralawata Dr. Shweta Laddha exchanging flowers with officials, Ralawata
Nav Jyoti + Field Photos

"Sanitary Pad & Vending Machine Launched" — Bawdi Mohalla, Ralawata

ONGC-funded launch of a sanitary pad vending machine at Bawdi Mohalla, Ralawata, with MLA Bhagirath Chaudhary attending — free distribution planned across Ralawata, Kuchil, and Singhara for six months. Field photos show the ribbon-cutting at the WARDS-branded vending unit, the crowd under a large shamiana with an ONGC and "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" banner, and Dr. Shweta Laddha with attending officials.

Rajasthan Patrika clipping
Rajasthan Patrika

"Women Trained with RITES Limited's Support"

60 women trained in stitching and 240 in beautician skills under a RITES Limited–funded programme — several now running their own home-based stitching work, earning ₹150–200 a day.

Skill training clipping

"Women Must Become Self-Reliant" — Chaudhary

MLA Bhagirath Chaudhary inaugurated a RITES-funded, 9-month vocational programme training 240 women across villages in stitching, beautician skills, mehendi, and food-craft trades.

Amar Ujala clipping, Gangotri Dham
Amar Ujala

"Cleanliness Drive Run at Gangotri Dham"

An ONGC-funded sanitary pad and disposal machine installed at Raika Government Inter College, Gangotri, inaugurated by Gangotri MLA Gopal Rawat and District Magistrate Ashish Chauhan — part of a wider Swachh Iconic Place cleanliness campaign at the Dham.

Nav Jyoti clipping, skill centre inauguration Skill Development Centre building, Ralawata, opening day RITES Limited CSR signboard, Skill Development Centre, Ralawata Dr. Shweta Laddha with the crowd, hands raised, Skill Development Centre opening, Ralawata Ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Skill Development Centre doorway, Ralawata Rooftop view showing both the Skill Development Centre and Sanjeevani signboards on the same building, Ralawata
Nav Jyoti + Field Photos

"Vocational Training Centre Inaugurated" — Ralawata, 14 Feb 2023

MP Bhagirath Chaudhary inaugurated "Sanjeevani" — a health centre and free vocational training centre at Ralawata, funded by RITES Limited. RITES' GM Sanjay Mehta noted the partnership has run for several years, combining free health check-ups with ongoing stitching training. Opening-day photos, camera-dated 14 February 2023, show the finished building with its RITES/WARDS signage, and the community gathering that marked the day. Two further photos added since show the ribbon-cutting itself at the building's front door, and a rooftop view confirming both the Skill Development Centre and Sanjeevani signboards mounted on the very same building — direct visual proof the two entries above sit inside one shared facility.

Breaking the Silence workshop clipping

"Breaking the Silence Against Menstruation" — Hapur

An ONGC and WARDS joint workshop at Durga Prasad Baljeet Singh College, Hapur, on menstrual health awareness and self-care, with students encouraged to seek medical advice without hesitation.

Ralawata Swachhata Pakhwada painting competition clipping
Rajasthan Patrika

"Feelings Etched on Canvas"

BPCL-funded Swachhata Pakhwada painting competition (1–15 July) at Ralawata's government schools — students drew cleanliness-themed art to build sanitation awareness village-wide.

Vijay Singh Pathik College vending machine installation clipping Vijay Singh Pathik College student orientation clipping Vijay Singh Pathik College hygiene workshop clipping Panel discussion with Dr. Shweta Laddha, college staff and the Women Grievance Redressal Cell, Kairana Registration desk at the Kairana workshop Students and WARDS staff in a hand-chain line, ONGC-WARDS banner, Kairana A student asks a question during the Kairana workshop Students holding certificates with the WARDS-ONGC banner, Kairana Full group photo with Dr. Shweta Laddha, Kairana college hall Principal presenting an appreciation citation and flowers to Dr. Shweta Laddha, Kairana
Field Photos + 3 Clippings

10 Vending Machines Installed & Hygiene Workshop, Vijay Singh Pathik Govt. PG College, Kairana

ONGC- and WARDS-funded installation of 10 sanitary napkin vending machines across the college, with hands-on orientation for incoming students and a separate Women Health & Hygiene workshop for staff and students run with the college's Women's Grievance Redressal Cell. Field photos show a panel discussion (Dr. Shweta Laddha, Dr. Hina Gupta, Dr. Aanchal Yadav and Principal Chaman Lal under the Cell's own banner), a hand-chain exercise, a student Q&A, girls holding their certificates, a full-hall group photo, and — directly confirming the appreciation award WARDS received from this college (see Recognition & Awards below) — the Principal presenting the citation and flowers to Dr. Shweta Laddha.

Ralawata Swachhata Pakhwada COVID awareness clipping Worker in PPE spraying disinfectant on a village street, Ralawata BPCL Swachhata Pakhwada mask and sanitary-kit distribution at a doorway, Ralawata Packaged masks laid out for distribution, Ralawata Campaign vehicle with a BPCL Swachhata Pakhwada banner, Ralawata
Nav Jyoti + Field Photos

"Stay Alert Against Corona" — BPCL Swachhata Pakhwada, Ralawata

BPCL-funded Swachhata Pakhwada (Cleanliness Fortnight, 1–15 July) at Ralawata's Kisan Seva Kendra during the pandemic — sanitary napkins, soap and masks distributed to women alongside COVID-safety messaging. Field photos add door-to-door disinfectant spraying by a PPE-suited worker, mask and sanitary-kit distribution directly at village doorways, a flat-lay of packaged masks ready for handout, and a roving campaign vehicle carrying the BPCL Swachhata Pakhwada banner through the village.

Kaalbeliya basti health outreach clipping

"Medicine Distributed, Health Information Given"

Health awareness and free medicine distribution to the Kaalbeliya settlement, Ralawata, with NREGA workers briefed on their guaranteed-employment entitlements.

Pinglod farmer awareness clipping

"Use Cow-Dung Manure"

Farmer and awareness programme at Pinglod promoting organic manure over chemical fertiliser, plus a proposed village water-catchment pond to secure irrigation.

Azad Nagar education sponsorship clipping

"Society Will Bear Education Costs"

WARDS took on the full-year education costs of three girls — Nishita Sharma, Muskan and Ankita — at the Government Higher Primary School, Azad Nagar, Madanganj-Kishangarh. Also covered separately by a second outlet the same week.

Dental kit distribution clipping

"Material Distributed to Students"

Toothpaste and dental-health material distributed to students at the government schools in Ralawata and Azad Nagar, Kishangarh, with a dentist briefing children on tooth decay prevention.

Ralawata papad-making training clipping

Mangodi-Papad Training for Women, Ralawata

Vocational training for local women in making mangodi and papad — an early income-generation skilling session, one of WARDS' first recorded livelihood programmes.

Kishangarh rally and health distribution clipping

Awareness Rally & Health Camp, Azad Nagar

A WARDS-led awareness rally through Kishangarh, followed by a health-information session and toothpaste distribution to children at the Azad Nagar government school.

Ralawata study material distribution clipping

Study Material for Underprivileged Children, Ralawata

Study material distributed to poor and helpless children in Ralawata, alongside a Women's Day programme on government schemes and employment, and a village cleanliness rally.

Gunguni Sardi blanket and woolens distribution, with the Embassy of Belarus
WARDS Organisational Profile

"Gunguni Sardi" — Blanket & Woolens Distribution, with the Embassy of Belarus

A winter relief drive ("Gunguni Sardi," roughly "warm cold") handing out donated blankets and woolens to rural families around Kishangarh, run in association with the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in New Delhi — WARDS' own organisational profile includes a photo of the handover meeting at the embassy itself alongside the village-level distribution. Exact date not stated in the source material.

Remaining clippings on file are companion citations for stories already featured above — same event, second outlet (clip-07, 12, 17, 27, 29, 32, 41, 50, 55, 59, 62, 66) — or an uncaptioned civic clipping WARDS' connection to which is unconfirmed (clip-unconfirmed-26). Not repeated here to avoid duplicate cards.
Recognition & Awards
Rajasthani Academy & India Habitat Centre — Mahila Samman

Dr. Shweta Laddha honoured at the 25th Kavyitri Sammelan & Women's Honour Ceremony, New Delhi, for work connecting rural women to self-employment and awareness. Attendees included the Belgian Ambassador and senior Rajasthani Academy leadership.

Appreciation Award — Vijay Singh Pathik Govt. P.G. College

Received by WARDS from the Kairana, Uttar Pradesh institution in recognition of impact created through its girls' education programs. Accepted on behalf of the society by Secretary Dr. Shweta Laddha.

Diplomatic Delegation Visit

WARDS' work was recognised in a visit that included His Excellency Mr. Jan Luckx, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to India, and His Excellency Dr. Mazin Al Masaudy, Chargé d'Affaires of the League of Arab States Mission in New Delhi — alongside R.N. Lakhotia (Chairman) and Gaurav Gupta (President) of the Rajasthani Academy.

Official Thank-You Letter — Gram Panchayat, Pinglod

A sealed, signed letter dated 27 Aug 2018 from Sarpanch Nerajdevi Dondwadia, formally thanking WARDS and BPCL for a new Sulabh toilet facility — crediting it with easing daily hardship for the village's poor, elderly, pregnant, and disabled residents.

Certificate of Appreciation — Kishangarh Sub-Divisional Administration

Issued on Independence Day, 15 Aug 2016, honouring WARDS' work in health, education, self-employment and the environment — signed by the Chairman, Municipal Council Kishangarh, and the Sub-Divisional/Deputy Collector, Kishangarh.