Samadhan - Schooling for Mentally Handicapped Children

Address

Samadhan
SAMADHAN'S HUMAN RESOURCE CENTER Pocket 2, Sector 2,
DWARKA, New Delhi 110 047
India
00-11-25073137
http://www.samadhanindia.org

Mission

.To establish an infrastructure of services for infant and preschool children with intellectual disability living in poverty and training their mothers to become our co workers thus linking poverty, disability and women’s empowerment.

Programs

Awareness through puppet theatre; Disability identification surveys, Training of mothers for income generation and marketing products made .Training community women for survey work ; Inclusive Preschool for disabled and non disabled ,Rehabilitation and therapeutic services.; Advocacy for inclusive education with local government aided schools . An online communication Network on mental handicap .Organizing workshops for different levels of community needs

Samadhan's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Intervention for avoidable disability
Intervention for avoidable disability 		Empowered Communities Expand Disability Service
Empowered Communities Expand Disability Service 		Accessible education for poor disabled children
Accessible education for poor disabled children 		Reaching the Disabled Through Mobile Clinics
Reaching the Disabled Through Mobile Clinics
Empowering Mothers of the Disabled for Partnership
Empowering Mothers of the Disabled for Partnership

Personnel Overview

Dr.Krishna Vatsa - Director, Dwarka Center
M.Ed. (Special Education).PhD.(Education)with focus on CBR from University of Manchester.Presently,Director -Projects with overall responsibility for all three service units .Additional training in Management, Drama therapy, Portage. Registered with the Rehabilitation Council of India and on theirs as well as our own Training faculty. She has presented papers in many international conferences.

Ms. Pragya Kamble - Co-ordinator, community outreach
Graduate with diploma in Special Education from the National Institute .Five years of experience in two special schools. Responsibilities include overall supervision of education and Outreach Services in Dakshinpuri, the first target area and coordinating the community based early intervention services. She is registered with the Rehabilitation Council of India .

Neelam Mamgain - Special Education Teacher and community worker
She has passed her 12th Std ,has done the teacher training organized by us in our target area , which is a four month module in teaching methods for the mentally handicapped , survey and home intervention techniques .She has completed a Bridge Course conducted by the Rehabilitation Council of India and is registered with the Council. She has seventeen years of experience in Samadhan.

Personnel Statistics

Pramila Balasundaram, Director
Founded in 1981
Employees: 29
Volunteers: 23

Financial Statistics

Budget (2008): 60,000
Budget (2007): 85,270
Maximum Budget: 85,270
Overhead: 12%
Other funding sources: Share and Care, Global Giving, Heart and Hand Foundation, Lebenshilfe, Wien, National Trust of The Ministry of Welfare, local donations, sale of products made by the mothers groups.