INTEGRATED DEFENCE STAFF एकीकृत रक्षा स्टाफ

DWWA would work hand in hand with DWWA, NWWA and AFWWA in evolving and implementing various objectives set out as per its primary charter. The objectives, which are indicative but not exhaustive, would broadly encompass the following major areas of focus:-

1. Professional assistance to special children / children with learning disabilities with active involvement and ownership of the parents by leveraging support from various non governmental organisations / subject matter experts.

2. Skilling of special children / children with learning disabilities over the age of 18, either directly or in association with reputed NGOs involved in similar activities.

3. To establish, develop and grant aid to institutions for the physically handicapped and disabled / special children and provide them education, food, clothing etc.

4. Address various challenges faced by parents and children of different age groups through counseling and conduct of workshops, conferences and seminars.

5. Utilisation of in-house expertise to assist and empower the defence community on matters of contemporary relevance.

6. Welfare of spouses and dependents of serving and retired defence personnel with special emphasis on ‘Veer Naris’.

7. Assist and support the Wives’ Welfare Associations or similar Organisations in the Para Military Forces / Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) through interaction and sharing of best practices, wherever feasible.

8. Organise events like conferences, seminars, workshops, etc, and publish journals, periodicals and other literature for the dissemination of knowledge and information with respect to the focus / thrust areas as decided by the association from time to time.

9. To organise medical camps etc for providing medical aid, health checkup, medicines, immunisation to children, family planning facilities etc for beneficiaries.

10. To help serving / retired armed forces personnel inflicted with operational and physical casualties by providing them rehabilitation and counseling etc.

    1. Providing technical / vocational education.

    2. Providing educational and vocational training material / aid.

    3. Providing scholarships / financial assistance to meritorious students.

11. To provide support or grant aid and other financial assistance to academic or vocational schools, centres, colleges etc being managed by the armed forces / their welfare associations.

12. To provide support, grant aid and other financial assistance for setting up of counseling centres providing counseling to the beneficiaries.

13. To establish and collect funds through donations in cash or kind for the purpose of achievement of objects of society including corpus donation / contribution, subscriptions, interest from fixed deposits, non-profitable charitable activities.

14. To conduct any other activity which the governing body may decide mutually and to undertake such activities which are incidental to achievement of the objectives of the association more effectively.

DWWA would work hand in hand with AWWA, NWWA and AFWWA in evolving and implementing various objectives set out as per its primary charter. The objectives, which are indicative but not exhaustive, would broadly encompass the following major areas of focus:-

This tree of life with intertwined branches of 3 different colours denotes the three different uniformed services- army, navy and air force. Finally, they come together as a purple, which are the colours of a tri-services association when merged together. This will ensure integration and jointmanship between the three services.

The trunk of this tree of DWWA is signified by the silhouette of a woman, which explains the role of the wives in the services. The common denominator of our roles as defence wives, be it in Army, Navy or Air-Force remains that we BIND together everyone and we help CONNECT everyone together and we help everyone stay rooted