HELPING A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

The financial impact of disability in a child on the family/household is significant. If the average monthly expenditure on a child without disabilities is Rs 500, the expenditure on a child with special needs is 4 – 5 times or higher depending on the nature of disability and the related medical & health conditions. Even families from the higher income group find disability management for a child with special needs a huge burden on their financial situation.

Satya Special School caters to a large number of CWSNs and to ensure continued intervention for these children we propose individual sponsorship plan where an individual/family or a group sponsors a child for an year.

HOW WILL SPONSORING MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE CHILD :

1.        Provide need based intervention that are otherwise out of the reach of the lower strata of society

2.        The needed assistive devices like wheel chairs, calipers, crutches that will help the child become independent will be made available to the child

3.        Supplementary nutrition will be provided to the children to aid in general health

4.        The complete financial responsibility for intervention will be taken care of, reducing the Mother’s stress leaving her some freedom to play the role of a co-therapist to help the child improve his/her condition

5.        Focus on holistic development covering all aspects of development and growth of the CWSN, ensuring better success

You will receive a yearly update on the various activities at Satya.

Children with disabilities are often less a priority in the family when selecting the share of spends on their needs. The sponsorship programme removes a large part of the financial burden from the parents and ensures the child remains in school and continues to get the much needed intervention services without which independent daily living would become impossible.

825 children (0-6 years) in special need are provided with therapy, special education, aids and appliances to become independent in daily living activities

400 primary care givers are provided with training on better management of the child

200 community stakeholder namely doctors, nurses and other medical staff are trained on early identification of special need to a child

150 differently able adults are provided with skill training support for employment opportunities

80 primary care givers are trained to management/support person with disability 200 stakeholders focusing corporate staff and other organization staff are trained on

early identification of special need to a child