NEEDS OF THE CHETANA FOUNDATION

Dear All

It is true that Chentana Foundation is doing its best in reaching the un-reached with sustainable strategies & interventions matching to their skills, needs and vulnerability.  In this process, there is need to support CF suiting to its future vision which includes:

o       Establishment of Special School for the persons with special needs. 

o       Acquiring of land for the Organization. 

o       Infrastructural development for School and other purposes. 

o       Development of Vocational Trades with production cum marketing facilities. 

Matching to its future vision, CF needs support from all the departments and other stakeholders.

Please extend your support.

Looking forward .....  

with thanks

IMPACT CREATED BY CHETANA FOUDATION - MARCH 2010

Dear All

In the service journey (2004 - 2010), Chetana Foundation has created significant impact among the lives of the stakeholders which includes:
 

o  Enhanced awareness in respect of the causes & consequences, identification, assessment, certification, acts, schemes, benefits and other referral systems including the prevention of disabilities. 

o      Improved skills and capacities for managing their own challenges and needs for independent living.

o       Better awareness for the creation of pollution free environment (PFE).

o       Better orientation of the parents towards their children skills and management of needs for moving towards mainstreaming. 

0    Better acceptance of the stakeholders with developmental strategies & interventions.      

This made the stakeholders to understand the concern and commitment of CF and got motivated to join this channel for reaching the un-reached with better sustainability and quality. 

Hoping to do more and more .....

All the best

CHETANA ON 29th MARCH 2010 WITH COMMUNITY MAPPING

Dear All

It is the time to move more closure to the community for providing service to the people at community itself. In this direction, CF has shown interest and made efforts in understanding the SWOT of the community.

SWOT is the process to understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats  of the community or system or product or channel to plan for its improvement or to resolve the challenge or issue.

In the direction of disability, CF made initiation in mapping the community covering:

• strengths,
• weaknesses,
• opportunities,
• threats,

   ... in terms of its challenges, skills, resources and vulnerability.

With the participation of the stakeholders and team of professionals from CF could map the selected communities and informed the participants and parents of the PWDs about the challengers, resources, skills and plans of moving forward. This was well appreciated and got acceptance to move forward.

Hoping to share more in this direction...

with thanks

ACTS, SCHEMES & BENEFITS FOR THE PWDs - 24th FEB 2010

Dear All

In view of the changes in the disability conventions all over the world, UNCRPD is the key convention which we all needs to understand and act for its best implementation.

This talks mainly on the rights of the persons with disabilities and makes paradigm shit in the concept of the disability itself. We will be sharing on this key subject in due course of time.

On this day, orientation was made on the existing disability acts, schemes & benefits applicable for PWDs in India. Created awareness among the stakeholders covering: parents, siblings, family members, community members,  teachers and other grass root workers.

The participants felt happy over the concept and concern of CF and shown keen interest for enrollment and utilization of various schemes and benefits.

This attitude and indication made all to move forward for the better living of the targeted groups.

All the best

WORLD DISABLED DAY CELEBRATIONS

Dear All

In continuation to its celebrations on various subjects and occasions, Chetana Foundation has shown special interest to work on the day of World Disabled Day. It reminds us to work for the empowerment of the persons with disabilities with right based strategies & interventions matching to their skills, needs & vulnerable environment.    

On these days, the message used to be disseminated by way of:

• discussions, 
• presentations,
• rallies,
• cultural shows and 
• community meetings. 

The message includes

• causes & consequences of disabilities
• acts & policies
• schemes & benefits
• need of early identification & interventions
• role of parents & other stallholders
• need of networking and linkages
• employment & livelihoods and
• measures for the prevention of disabilities and further to Disability Free Society (DFS).
• other related information. 

This process has been appreciated by the parents and other stakeholders. This has enhanced the morale of the Chetana Foundation to do more such celebrations.

Looking forward...

with thanks

SPREADING OF NETWROKING

Dear All

In continuation to the posting made on this blog, Chentana Foundation has widened its service spectrum  by adding another project to its group.

In this direction, we are happy to inform you that CF has initiated another project entitled : SREE BHARATHI SPECIAL SCHOOL" for reaching the un-reached children  whit mental retardation and other associated dissabilties. This School was named in the memory of the mother of the child with mental retardation who inspired her daughter to start the service channel of "Chetan Foundation".

Chetana Foundation will be running these two special schools and postings and sharing will be done at their respective blogs.

Looking forward for for better networking and sharing ....

All the best

SAVE ENVIRONMENT ON 16TH OCTOBER 2009

Dear All


ENVIRONMENT is the another key challenge concerned for the Disability. Clean and healthy environment  certainly plays key role both for working at the rehabilitation and its prevention.  The rural environment and slums both at urban and villages are the challenges for the stakeholders to mitigate the cause and consequences of disabilities. Under this back drop, Chetna conducted the event with the participation of the people from all sectors keeping convergence in mind.  


Understanding the cause and consequences linkages among Disability, Development & Environment, organized the event both in and out side the campus. 


It includes: 

• discussion,
• presentations,
• exhibition, 
• rallies,
• cultural activities,
• essay writing competition and
• role plays. 

The parents of the children with disabilities and other participants could understand the need of clean and healthy environment and its cause & consequences with Disability.  


This made the participants feel happy to be part of the event and scope for convergence in having better living with quality of life (QOL). 


This helped to reach several stakeholders with better awareness and need of creating pollution free environment (PFE).  


Looking forward for better networking and further to create an healthy and friendly ENVIRONMENT.


With thanks

NEED OF PREVENTION OF DISABILITY ON 7TH AUGUST 2009

Dear all

Happy to meet you all. With all your blessings and support, Chetana is continuing its journey of serving the needy people.

In continuation, it has conducted another important event on the PREVENTION OF DISABILITY.  The details are as follows:

Understanding the complex and dynamics of the disability, organized the event for the parents, nurses, teachers and other community members in the campus. 


It includes: 

• causes & vulnerability for the occurrence of disability and 
• possible ways for its prevention including convergence strategies. 

Opportunity was given for the parents and other participants to express their feelings, concern, experiences and commitment for the cause. This was quite interesting and most of them felt free and happy to feel one among the team. This has also given strength to cross and minimize the barriers both at home and out side.    



The participants got motivated for the cause and thus to move towards the creation Disability Free society (DFS). 


Looking forward for enhancing the strength to work for the creation of DFS.


with thanks

AWARENESS ON EARLY INTERVENTION ON 28TH JUNE 2009.

Dear All

In continuation to its efforts in understanding the challenges of the disabilities, conducted event on Early Intervention.

Understanding the need of early identification and intervention, organized the event in the campus for the parents, anganwadi workers, nurses, volunteers and teachers. 


It includes: 

• causes, 
• identification, 
• assessment, 
• certification,  
• interventions and 
• mainstreaming. 

In addition to the creation of awareness, this has also helped to crate the data base.

The benefit has been extended to participants who got convinced the priority of early identification and intervention (EI) and to support for the cause.


Based on this response, Chetana feels satisfaction and assured to have more such programme both at Institute and communities. 


With thanks
 

COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMME DURING 26TH TO 29TH APRIL 2009

Dear All,

Chetana initiated a good beginning in the year 2009-2010 by conducting community based programmes for 4 days.


To reach the un-reached patens and children with disabilities, conducted the home based programme covering the selected slums and rural parts of Hyderabad & Ranga Reddy Districts.


It includes: identification, assessment, benefits, what can be done at home, need of special education and other related issues. 


This helped the team to reach numbers of parents, children, teachers, volunteers and community members who got motivated to get better services.


This has given a scope for the teachers and parents to feel realistic in understanding the challenges and possible solutions. This has added flavour to the parents and other community members to approach the Panchayat (PRI) for making the disability issue as a developmental activity rather than welfare.

With this positive attitude, Chetana feel proud and commits to move forward with better sustainable strategies & interventions.

In this journey, Chetana needs support from all the stakeholders. Chetan will be happy to provide addition information including presentations on its services..

Chetana express thanks for the supporters & well wishers and hope for its continuation...

Looking forward for better participation...

All the best

ANNUAL PARENTS' MEET ON 24TH FEB 2009

Dear All,

Chetana has has completed its 5th year of service journey and added another feather into its service cap. To celebrate this milestone, conducted the Annual Paretns' meet in the campus by inviting the children, parents, community members and other well wishers.

It has given opportunity for the children to show case their skills and commitment to move forward. This enhanced the confidence of their parents and to work for their better living along with their counter parts.

This has clearly reflected the concern and commitment of the parents both for empowerment and prevention of disabilities.

On this day, parents expressed their satisfaction and concern for future of their children.    

At the end, Chetana assured the parents to have more such meets for planning to implementation including monitoring & evaluation.  

Looking forward for better networking and sustainable development............  

All the best

WORLD DISABLED DAY 3-8TH DEC. 2008

Dear All

It is the fact that Poverty, Disability and Development are the cause and consequence of each other and further enhances the vulnerability.

Chetana took interest in organizing the event both at Institute and Community. It has used the channel of presentations, discussion, rallies, cultural and exhibition for disseminating the informational in respect of:  

• causes and consequences of disabilities
• need of early identification & interventions, 
• Acts & Policies on Disability,
• Schemes & Benefits,
• Employment & Livelihood Activities,
• Need of Networking & Capacity Building and 
• Measures for the Prevention of Disabilities.

In addition to the process of empowerment of the children with disabilities, focus was made on the prevention of disabilities with the aim of creating "Disability Free Society (DFS)".

The event was covered in the media and could reach the stakeholders both directly and indirectly. 

Chetan feels proud to have such response for the cause of disability.

with thanks
 

EYE CAMP ON JUNE 28TH 2008

Dear All

On need based, organized an Eye Camp in the campus. The services including: Checking, assessment, medicine and referrals were extended to the children with developmental disabilities, their parents and  other people.

The team of doctors appreciated the concern and concept of Chetana and assured to extend such support for the cause.

Participants felt happy for the process and  appreciated the referrals.

With thanks  

MOTHER'S DAY

Dear All

Happy to see you all once again.

Mother's day Celebrations were made with the participation of the children with developmental disabilities along with their mothers. It was a nice gathering to share their feelings and concern in general and particularly about the challenges and solutions in respect of their children's disabilites. In addition, it has given scope for the parents to come on to a forum for confidence building.

Parents felt happy for the initiation of Chetana and felt to have more such meets both at Institute and Home Environments.

Looking forward for reflections....

All the best

AWARENESS PROGRAMME on 25th April 2008

Dear All

In continuation to our bold initiation, started working for the children with developmental disabilities. To start with, conducted the Awareness programme for the parents and other stakeholders.  The details of the progrmme are as follows:

Organized the programme in its campus for parents of the children with developmental disabilities. The points covered are: 

•        causes for the disability, 
•        consequences of the disabilities, 
•        identification, screening & assessment and 
•       what to do next? 

Several parents and other stakeholders got benefited and motivated to move forward. This is the positive aspect to get the acceptance of the parents and other stakeholders.

Looking forward to have more such progrmmes with better participation  of the parents and other stakeholders. 

With thanks

MILE STONE OF CHETANA FOUNDATION 3RD NOVEMBER 2004

Dear All

It is the mile stone in the lives of the people concerned for the cause and vision of  Chetana Foundation which came into existence legally. We all need to congratulate our selves for making a good beginning.

Its genesis is quite interesting to note that the limitation of having a child with mental retardation has been transformed into strength with the sole aim of  working for several such children.

Some of its specific aims and objectives include:

o       To take steps for rendering medical and other services for helping the persons with disabilities in general and particularly mental retardation.

o       To undertake innovative and experimental projects in urban and rural development with focus on up-liftment of weaker sections.

o       T o involve the full and active participation of the community in their own developmental activities and to create greater awareness in the people.  

o       To provide more vocational trainings in tailoring, computers, soft toys making covering both rural and slum areas.

o       Other services and activities suiting to the aims and objectives of the Organization.

Tuning to the need and use of technology, Chetana has initiated this blog to be with the stakeholders and share the experiences, success stories, programmes, acts, guidelines, schemes, benefits and  other issues needed to work for the empowerment of the targeted people with better sustainability and quality of life (QOL).  

Looking forward to post more and more on this blog and to get reflections & suggestions for framing and delivering the services and supports.

with thanks