Earlier understanding was Impairment leads to Disability but the most significant aspect of the change in present days, is the recognition, that role of people with disabilities can be limited in their participation in family, community and societal roles not merely because of physical or mental impairments, but because of societal attitudes and environmental barriers.

Majority of the disabled people are in the rural areas. Lack of access to basic health care and other services, lack of work and economic security, unsafe living conditions, lack of access to safe drinking water, lack of access to education and information, unsafe roads and transport systems, unsafe working conditions, natural disasters like floods and draughts, violence and conflicts all are causes of disability. All these factors are directly linked with poverty. The links between poverty, illiteracy, poor health and disability are well recognised.

The rural disabled are at a disadvantage when compared with their access to resources, employment opportunities and rehabilitation is severely restricted. They often comprise the most neglected, marginalized and unlettered of their community. They are usually denied education and the right to enjoy normal social interactions and relationships. Families rarely take the trouble to educate their disabled daughters and disabled women are not given a change to find fulfillment in marriage and motherhood. Employment opportunities for the uneducated and untrained disabled are so limited that the disabled person is considered a burden on the family, a drain on their meager finances.

Some estimates say that almost 70-80% of Indians with disabilities live in rural areas while most of the country's rehabilitation centers are situated in urban areas. To transport the disabled person to these centers for appraisal, treatment or training is an expensive process, involving not only the cost of travel but also the loss of daily wage for the escort.

Government intervention is inadequate because the care of the disabled comes somewhat low on their agenda when compared with the more pressing problems of providing food, drinking water, health care, primary education and housing. Keeping the special problems of the rural disabled in mind, and given the increased skepticism about the efficacy of institutional care, there has in the last decade or so, been a shift to community based rehabilitation (CBR) in India, as elsewhere in the developing world. CBR is a process of motivating and providing inputs-which could be medical, technical or social-to the community to take care of its disabled. To put it very simply, it is a system of enabling the rural disabled in their community and through their community.

In addition to the problems of disabled in rural area, the rural society owing to economic deprivation and other social changes such as migration of able bodied persons to urban areas in search of livelihood has given rise to problems relating to care and wellbeing of elderly. Also the breakdown of traditional family system and diminishing value system owing to socio economic imperative have lead to a situation that in case of unfortunate event of parents having passed away, the little children are left to fend for themselves with no institutional framework or support. The Governments intervention and initiatives in this regard are yet to adequately reach the rural areas. Being a problem concerning society at large, the solution to these problems and affirmative action to tackle the problem is to be taken by the community itself. The local community since they are most conversant with the cause and effect of the problem are in a better position to find a solution for the same. However, for this to happen, the community needs to be mobilized. The area falling under Rajgarh in district Alwar is a backward and poverty ridden area largely inhabited by SC/ST and minority community making the problem relating to disabled, elderly and orphans more acute . This socio economic scenario also makes the task of social mobilization towards finding a solution to these problems a little more difficult.

Therefore in order to mobilize the community and assist them in addressing the problems relating to disabled, elderly persons and orphans belonging particularly to poor downtrodden families Human Development Institute (HDI) a Society under Rajasthan Society Registration Act,1958 was registered in 21.3.2001. Human Development Institute (HDI) is a non government, non profitable, voluntary organization.. In order to carryout action plan in mission mode, Human Development Institute has set up two support Centres one at village Dabla Mew named ‘ADHARSHILA’ for empowerment of disabled children and other named ‘UTKARSH’ village Garhi Sawai Ram in Rajgarh , District Alwar for elderly persons , orphans and other socially marginalized segment of rural society.