Empowering Abilities, Transforming Lives.

Promoting Equality for People with Disabilities

About Us

ABLE is a non-profit organization established in 1997, dedicated to promoting equality for people with disabilities. Our key initiatives include:

  • Fabricating and rehabilitating appliances
  • Networking with hospitals
  • Providing home-based assistance
  • Offering technical support in Bangalore

We Partner With

Community Outreach

ABLE conducts camps to raise awareness about orthopedic disabilities, promote early detection, and provide corrective solutions, fostering inclusivity and timely intervention

Healthcare Partnerships

ABLE collaborates with hospitals to design custom prosthetics and orthotic aids, providing assessments, awareness, and assistive devices for people with disabilities.

Corporate Partnerships

ABLE collaborate with organizations to conduct on-site assessment camps, provide rehabilitative devices, and support workforce inclusion programs as part of CSR or employee engagement initiatives.

Our Leadership Team

Meet the Trustees who lead ABLE!

Ms. Antoinette Lopez

Managing Trustee

Mr. Mukunda Sambashiva

Trustee

Mr. Praveen Bolangadi

Trustee

Our Supporters

Stories of Resilience

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Events and Outreach

We empower individuals with disabilities by fabricating and rehabilitating assistive devices, ensuring they have the tools for greater independence and mobility.

Ms. Antoinette Lopez

Executive Trustee

Antoinette Lopez has been associated with the social sector for 30 years.
She started off in Voices – a support group that enables communications and capacity building within the voluntary sector. Then she moved to CAF – a financial services NGO where she was managing fund raising and resource mobilisation for about 5 years. She also set up the Bangalore office for iVolunteer back in 2004.

She joined Accenture in 2006 as the volunteering lead for India and worked in this role for 18 years and retired recently. Anna continues to contribute towards the social sector by being on the board for Able (RAWWD) – an organization supporting women with disability, CWE – supporting women entrepreneurs and Creating Futures – an organization that support children’s education through volunteering.

Anna specializes in strategizing, designing, setting-up and end-to-end steering of volunteering programs. She has an extensive network of people across industries and has been actively involved in fund-raising for several causes. She is looked up to as a reputed leader in volunteering and has formed and led large volunteering teams throughout her career.

Mukunda Sambashiva

Trustee

Mukunda is a seasoned professional with over 32 years of experience in Finance & Accounting Operations. Based in Bangalore, he has dedicated 21 years of his career to Accenture, where he has played pivotal roles in operational delivery, particularly in a large Oil & Gas project serving the USA and ANZ regions.

Throughout his tenure at Accenture, Mukunda has demonstrated a strong commitment to quality delivery, successfully transitioning new projects, streamlining work procedures, and strengthening internal controls. His expertise extends to working on transformation projects, where he leverages his extensive knowledge to drive significant improvements and efficiencies.

Mukunda holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance & Accounts from Kuvempu University, India. His academic background has provided a solid foundation for his professional achievements and contributions to the field of finance and accounting.

In addition to his professional accomplishments, Mukunda is deeply committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities.

Praveen Bolangadi

Trustee

Praveen Bolangadi is a Senior Manager within F&A, specializing in Accounting Services. He is the Service delivery lead for one of the Global Oil and Gas company in Accenture. He has 19 years of overall experience in accounting and finance including balance sheet reconciliations, month end accounting processes, and financial audit. He is with Accenture from last 18 years and has performed diverse roles which includes remote transition, onsite transition, stabilization, people management, client relationships and several process transformations

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