Marching Sheep’s newest initiative extends support to the People with Disability

14th July 2021: India’s leading HR Consulting firm, Marching Sheep is introducing an initiative for Persons with Disability. The campaign name will be ‘21 Marching’ and will comprise a series of conversations with People with Disability. It is an earnest effort by Marching Sheep to drive awareness about all 21 disabilities covered under the RPWD act 2016. The initiative will help people understand lived realities, challenges, constraints, societal biases, aspirations, dreams, and how these individuals have overcome hurdles to live a life of dignity and independence.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) represent 15 percent of the world’s population. Before the pandemic, challenges faced by the disabled people were innumerable. The work from home and hybrid working models can potentially provide a huge boost to the ability of people with disability to be integrated and included in the workforce, to be employed for their skills and competencies, while they work from the comfort of their homes.

The objective of Marching Sheep is to create awareness about the 21 disabilities. How communities and organisations can create opportunities and inclusive environments that make all employees feel valued and welcomed. It has been observed that disabled employees working from home during lockdown were more productive and took fewer days leave than when they were doing their jobs in the office.

Commenting on the same, Sonica Aron, Founder & Managing Partner of Marching Sheep said,” The motive of this campaign is to provide a diverse and inclusive environment where every person feels valued and included, has an opportunity to grow and thrive. We are happy to see that many individuals have come forth and joined us in this campaign to share their journeys and with this initiative we are trying to create awareness among others as well.”

The names of remarkable participants includes Alina Alam - Ally to people with Disability, Pranav Bakshi- Autism, Jigna Chanpura- Multiple Sclerosis, Siddharth Jayakumar- Cerebral Palsy, Sumit Agarwal- Cerebral Palsy, Gauri Gupta- Locomotor Disability, Ankit Rajiv Jindal - Visual impairment, Kaumudi- Visual impairment, Huafrid Billimoria- Dystonia, K Y Venkatesh - Dwarfism, Vineet Saraiwala - Visual impairment, Korok Biswas - Down Syndrome, Ranjini Ramanujam- Hearing impairment, Shaheen - Acid attack victim, Chitrasen Sahu- Locomotor Disability , Arjun Gupta - Mental illness (Clinical depression), Deepshikha - Dyslexia.

About Marching Sheep
The team at Marching Sheep is still reaching out to more individuals from the community. If anyone affected by Parkinson’s, sickle cell disease, hemophilia, Thalassemia, Muscular Dystrophy, Learning disability, Mental illness, Leprosy cured person, Speech impairment, wants to join hands with them they can write to them at info@marchingsheep.com.

Marching Sheep, an HR Consulting firm established in 2013, is focused on building long-term organizational capability and effectiveness for its clients through structured interventions and solutions in the areas of Diversity and Inclusion, HR Process Design and Implementation, Learning and Leadership Development and Talent Management. They work closely with clients to arrive at customized and effective HR interventions that support their strategy in the current lifecycle stage, as well as support them in realization of long-term business plans.

Marching Sheep has been founded by Sonica Aron, an experienced and passionate HR professional, Leadership Coach & Diversity champion. A Post Graduate in Human Resources from XLRI, Jamshedpur, her corporate work experience spans across multiple industries and locations. Some of the companies she has worked with include PepsiCo, Vodafone, ICI Paints and Philips.

The purpose at Marching Sheep is to impact people’s careers and lives through meaningful interventions that truly move the needle, and drive respect and equality for all through inclusive workplaces. In the last 8 years they have gone from strength to strength and today are working with clients across geographies and industries.