Help a differently abled child with transport

Impact

Gyanda suffers from Cerebral Palsy. She has very severe spasticity at major joints of limbs. Her bilateral hands don't work. She is fully dependent for her mobility. She stays with her parents and moves using a wheelchair. She studies in the Kiran village as they provide her with transport. The bus provided by Kiran has a ramp facility and so she can use it with a wheelchair. She studied till class 8 at the integrated school and went on to complete intermediate education through National Institute of Open School (NIOS). Gyanda has now completed her Masters in Social Work (MSW) through IGNOU and is an active member of the social sector. This growth for Gyanda has been only made possible because of the transport provided.

About The Program

KIRAN aspires to empower differently able children and young adults in partnership with their parents, by providing a quality service to them without discrimination of caste, religion or financial circumstance. In order to the beneficiaries to avail there services, KIRAN provides free transport facility to all children. Every year, more than 350 physically disabled children and young adults get special education and vocational training. KIRAN is situated outside varanasi where there is no proper public transport facility available. Most of the students come from a 30 km radius. The transport facility fetches them from their homes and drops them back. Six Buses ply to transport children to school every working day. This facility can sometimes be the difference between illiteracy and education for a challenged child. This becomes the very reason for their self-reliance. Donate to this program so a challenged-child can get access to transportation to school.

About The NGO

Kiran Society was founded in Varanasi by a small group of people from various social, cultural, and religious backgrounds based on the idea of supporting differently-able and disadvantaged children and youngsters and enriching their talents and abilities.Shifting their base to the outer village of Modhpur, the center functions as a small village where the differently abled children receive holistic treatment through education, skills and vocational training and physical and medical rehabilitation. Their belief in the potential of the children to lead normal lives has enabled them to encourage family involvement in assisting the children and youngsters suffering from the afflictions of polio, cerebral palsy, rickets and/or hearing impairments. Their 190 strong staff members have helped more than 110 disabled children in receiving regular therapy, 280 malnourished children receiving supplementary food and 80 admissions of differently-abled youth in training programs. Their efforts echoed in the society when the NGO was awarded the Lokmat Samman in Lucknow, UP for educating children with disability. Their vision of empowering differently able children and young people, in partnership with their parents, by providing quality service to them without discrimination of caste, religion or financial circumstance reflects in their hard work.