The thought behind BWF originated in 1998 when the founders (Bharti Mamani & Adik Kadam) started work at the grassroots level in the conflict-ridden frontier district of Kupwara in Kashmir. On a visit to Tithwal in Kupwara dist which is on the border of India and Pakistan, Adhik Kadam and Bharti Mamani witnessed a wedding and a funeral in which broken families on both sides of the Kishenganga river that divided the two countries, participated. This incident was the genesis of BWF: an organisation founded in 2002 to create a community without fences and a world without borders. The project aims at providing rehabilitation services to girl victims of militancy and migration, due to conflicts in border areas, especially to those who have been orphaned or belonged to economically weaker sections. With its prime focus on geographically remote and disadvantaged border areas, BWF launched its rehabilitation projects in the frontier districts of Kupwara, Budgam, Jammu and Anantnag and these centres (known as Basera-E-Tabassum meaning 'Abode of Smiles') today provides shelter and education to about 167 girls. Adhik in the initial years of running the centres had to face grave difficulties, not to mention being abducted by militants more than a dozen times, but was released by them due to timely intervention by his dedicated colleagues and after the militants were convinced of the genuineness of his selfless work. Today looking forward towards the development of these children, he has shifted some of the girls to Pune for better education and career. Soon BWF would be building a home for 150 kids in Beerwah and later in Kupwara which will not only provide lodging and boarding facility but also run a vocational training center, library, computer training center and science lab. Recently BWF also started Health/Medical related programs in many districts with 6 operational ambulances. In the recent Kashmir floods, the BWF team headed by Adhik reached out to over 3 lakh flood affected people and though they had no prior experience in any relief work, they managed to rescue several people, carried food and water for a week to people stuck on roof-tops by using small boats, provided them medical support and distributed medicines provided by various agencies.
BORDERLESS WORLD FOUNDATION (BWF)
Block F,Nikhil Pride, phase II
Next to Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalay
Tilak Road, Sadashiv Peth,
Pune 411030
Tel: +91-20-24327766
Website: www.bwfindia.org.in
Contact Person:
Adhik Kadam, Chairperson
Mobile:+91- 9422323569
Email: adhikadhik@gmail.com
Compile from Caring Friends, Mumbai
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