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Mission Statement
Muskaan is a voluntary organization of parents and professionals working to secure necessary education, training and habilitation services for the intellectually challenged persons. We, at Muskaan, are striving to empower them with comprehensive education, life skills, vocational training and work opportunities. We strive to fulfill our obligation towards their basic human rights and help the parents and family members through emotional and knowledge support sensitizing them for understanding the development needs of their children. In the absence of such services people with intellectual disability are living a highly impoverished and neglected existence and their parents are facing tremendous hardships.
About This Cause
Muskaan Parents association for welfare of children with Mental Handicap is a registered society since 1982. Our Vision: A society which recognizes human diversity and respects the rights of all people irrespective of levels of abilities Our Mission: MUSKaaN creates and provides opportunities for capacity development of Persons with Intellectual Disability and their families, advocates for their rights and legal capacity, collaborating, facilitating and promoting the creation of an enabling environment and an inclusive society. Objectives: 1. Capacity building of Persons with Intellectual Disability 2. Raise awareness throughout larger community (India) 3. Provide services to families of Persons with Intellectual Disability Muskaan has been able to set up a successful model for the training and habilitation of adults with intellectual disability. Our experience at Muskaan has proved that appropriate schooling, vocational training and work opportunities greatly helps them in overcoming many limitations and be more self-reliant and productive, which enables them to live a life of self- respect and dignity. Muskaan is well known in the field for its contribution and quality of services as evidenced by several distinguished awards that it has won: 1. National Award by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment in 2006 for its outstanding performance in the field of Welfare of Persons with Disabilities. 2. National & State Award by Godfrey Phillips in 2006 in Recognition of an Exceptional Act of Social Courage. 3. Best Annual Report award given by CSO partners annual award for outstanding annual report 2008 4. Best Parents Association working in the field of Developmental disabilities given by national Trust, a statutory national body of MSJE, Govt. of India in 2011 5. Best Local Level Committee award given by National Trust in 2011 6. Best Organisation working for the employment of persons with Intellectual Disability by NCPEDP & SHELL. Our major projects are: *Adult Training and Employment services *Assisted Living Facility *Awareness & Advocay *Family Support Services We are also State Nodal Agency Centre for National Trust, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India.