SAMADHAN
Samadhan began its journey from December 1981 with a mission to
establish an infrastructure of accessible services for persons with
intellectual disability living in poverty, using as far as possible,
manpower and resources available within target communities, with
active community participation.
The organization designed early intervention and home
intervention programmes where rather than creating dependency on the
professionally intensive support system; home management skills of
the child are transferred to the mother or care givers.
Samadhan plans on the anvil include formation of a mother's
group for autistic children and slow learners. The organization
reaches out its helping hand from its Dakshinpuri and Dwarka centres
and three satellite centers (all in Delhi, India). Women, agents of
social change and especially mothers of children with mental
handicap form bulk of Samadhan's members.
The organization conducts inclusive education for children and
adults, making products and marketing them, conducting surveys,
imparting training in home management and domestic counselling.
Creative group work, drama therapy and puppet theatre are organized
to improve children's communication skills and learning. At present
the organization is looking after 36 mentally handicapped children.
Out if these 30 are in the educational and vocational unit and 6 are
in the satellite centre.
Contact person: Dr. Krishna Vatsa
F Block, Sector V, Main Park
Dakshin Puri, New Delhi-110062
Phone: 91-11-2905 4367, 26056812
E-mail: samadhan@del3.vsnl.net.in
Centre for Human Resources
Pocket II, Sector II, Dwarka
Phone: 91-11-2507 3137, 2507 3281
