Project Brief: Anwesha Kolkata works with a combined institutional and community-based approach. The early intervention, preschool, speech-language-life skills and remedial support are provided through institutional approach. Formation and strengthening of parent groups
Project Type: Children with Disabilities (description)
Primary Focus: children with disabilities (description)

Secondary Focus: to go to formal school

Area: Urban
Supporting Chapter Contact:
San Diego

Status: CURRENT
Project Steward: Abhyuday Mandal
Co-Steward: Kaavya Venkat
Project Partner(s): Snigdha Sarkar
Project Address: Anwesha Kolkata
Flat No. 21, J 374
Baishnabghata Patuli
Kolkata, West Bengal 700094
Tel: 011 91 9433969558
Stewarding Chapter: San Diego

Anwesha Kolkata is an association of parents of children with hearing impairment. The stakeholders have experience in coping with emotional stress and accepting their children with hearing disability. As parents, they are role models who have successfully brought up their children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The organization was started in an informal way by a handful of parents but over the years they have gathered experience of working with families of deaf children across different sections of society. Anwesha Kolkata has been running the above activities for a number of years and having field tested the approach successfully, now the organization wishes to expand its reach.

Anwesha Kolkata believes that children who are deaf or hard of hearing have immense potential. They have equal rights as their peers and as adults, have equal responsibilities to the society like others. Anwesha Kolkata’s key activity is promoting educational inclusion for deaf children. All children within school going age are enrolled in mainstream schools.

Anwesha's activities are designed to educate children as well as their parents so that parents can influence the learning outcome of children.he outcome of the project will be measured through predefined indicators and a timeline set against each activity. For example, the progress of children will be measured through evaluation formats in different domains of development including stakeholder satisfaction. These will be put together and shared with the families at the end of every semester. The project will embrace families from a diverse background. The number of stakeholders benefiting from the project will be part of the outcome.