Samvedna
Helping People With Disability Live Life to the Fullest.
Our Impact
Early learning centres have been established for children (3 – 13 years) with disabilities to attend. The early learning centre has access and support from special education teachers, speech therapist, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, ear-nose and throat surgeon and an orthopaedic surgeon.
15 volunteers (5 with a disability) and 81 children currently involved in Samvedna. There are now 5 early learning centres across 70 villages, with each centre covering 10-15 villages.
The program also has an empowerment, community education component which seeks to raise awareness and sensitivity around the barriers that people with disability face in the community.
Our Team
There are 8 full time staff ( 1 - Project Manager, 1- Physiotherapist, 1- Documentation officer, 3 Special educators, 1 CBR worker and 1 office attendant ) 15 volunteers (5 with a disability) and 81 children currently involved in Samvedna. There are now 5 early learning centres across 70 villages, with each centre covering 10-15 villages. Prior to the Samvedna program commencing the program organisers called a meeting with the local DPOs and other community members and showed them the proposed project plan, taking the ideas and feedback of the disability community on board when implementing the program. Each quarter the program managers meet with the disability advocacy and wider community groups to share the programs learnings and outcomes. Samvedna collaborates with DPOs, local government, the area chief medical officer and the disability commissioner in the area, submitting monthly reports to them.