SAMARTHYA - A Capacity building initiative

In the recent past, we have seen a lot more parents coming forward to talk about their children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and wanting to receive help in tier-2,3 cities. Although awareness is improving, the lack of well-trained professionals is hindering the process of providing quality support to these individuals. The capacity building program - Samarthya aims to further empower the trainers and caregivers to identify and train these individuals and provide a source of livelihood for them.

We aim to set up a unit of trained professionals who will in-turn train teachers and parents to cater to the needs of neurodiverse individuals. The team will work towards creating content, train, monitor the progress and also provide continued support. Apart from direct training programs, we also aim to provide them with digital learning aids in the form of videos, documents, and processes to help them train better. (10-12 schools in Rural Karnataka to begin with)

1 Year: Continue the capacity building training with the organizations with whom we have already started the training programs with. We want to gather feedback and enhance the training content.

3 Years: Expand the program to at least 10-15 tier2,3 cities/districts in Karnataka and possibly other parts of South India. We also want to further enable the educators who get trained during this program to create their own mini-groups and expand the training

5 Years: Set up district level help and knowledge transfer centers specifically for neurodevelopmental disabilities which can act as a first point of contact for any query/assistance and training.