Project Brief: The purpose of project is to help children with special needs to learn basic life skills, and to help them study with the aim for them to finally re-enter regular mainstream schools.
Project Type: Special Needs (description)
Primary Focus: children with disabilities (description)

Secondary Focus: creating resources

Area: Urban
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Stanford

Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Asha Stanford
Co-Steward: Anika Raghuvanshi
Project Partner(s): Veer Shah
Project Address: Manna - Special Education for Children with Special Needs
Chikkagubbi, Alpha Engineering College Road
Kothanur Post
Bangalore, Karnataka 560077
Tel: 011 98 86411130
Stewarding Chapter: Stanford

Project Purpose/Goals:
1. To improve the quality of life of the special needs children from low income families by providing early interventions and support specific to the needs of each child
2. To equip families of special needs children with knowledge and skill to care for their special children
3. To promote inclusive education for special children as a step towards integrating them with the community
4. To create community awareness on the need to protect and support special children and the importance of early identification and intervention
5. Interventions in the life of 40 children with special needs from low income families
6. Empowering minimum 40 underprivileged families through training and counselling
7. Training and awareness of minimum 20 teachers
8. Inclusive school education for minimum 5 children
9. Creating awareness in 6 zones in Bangalore, covering minimum 500 people in urban/slum areas