Margadarshi The Association For Physically Challenged
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Mission Statement
To help persons with disability get transformed into self-actualizing dignified human beings as socially equal partners. Remove barriers imposed by disability and instil faith and hope in disabled persons so that they start owning the process of their own development.
About This Cause
Margadarshi was started in 1988 by likeminded people, who themselves were polio victims. Margadarshi means showing the way. Our main purpose is to help and support the most vulnerable groups of challenged persons towards their physical, social, psychological and economic well-being. We work in Bangalore and in Chamarajanagar District, Karnataka, India. We have 3 offices, 2 in Bangalore, 1 in Chamarajanagar and Early Intervention Centre’s in 4 Taluks of Chamarajanagar. We reach 5,000 people with disability (direct and indirect) in a year through a range of services from Early Intervention, Health & Medical Rehabilitation, Residential Support for women with disability, Educational Support, Livelihood Training, Counseling & Guidance. Our main Programes are Early Intervention, Residential Support for women with disability, Education Support, Medical rehabilitation, Livelihood Training and Social Rehabilitation. Please find our programs and the direct beneficiaries for each of these, in a nutshell, as under: (1) Educational support services to challenged students: Due to lack of awareness, poverty, and structural barrier many physically challenged children are left out of school. They are often considered not fit for education. On the contrary, it is only the education which can help them overcome the challenges imposed by their physical conditions. To encourage and mainstreaming the education of children who are physically challenged, Margadarshi is continuously engaged to support such children by putting them back into the mainstream education system through counselling, scholarship, and other required support services. Beneficiaries: 300 students with disabilities. (2) Residential Support and Empowerment of girls and women with disability: The situation of Physically Challenged Girls is quite severe due to neglect by their families, lack of support, lack of integration at all levels in the society including that of education, medical, vocational and employment support services. Since they belong to poor families the condition is further worsened and totally neglected. Realising this special need Margadarshi has provided home for the physically challenged women since 1999 – from this home Margadarshi supports for their stay, education and vocational training services in addition to grooming them to develop leadership and life skills. Beneficiaries: 30 girls/women. (3) Medical rehabilitation of persons with disability (a) Therapy Support: Physiotherapy for mentally challenged children, who will be trained in activities of Daily Living Skills (ADLS) Ex: Self-care, cloth wearing, combing, and brushing, also teach their Parents. This will help and encourage both parents and children, since gradually the children will become independent to look after themselves and through physiotherapy the contracture and stiffness will reduces. Simultaneously it builds the capacity of parents to look after children. Therapy Support for 30 Children with disabilities (mentally retarded) & Capacity Building of their Mothers-30 along with regular follow-ups. Beneficiaries: 60 children and their parents. (b) Early Intervention: Due to lack of awareness, lack of medical facilities, poverty and ignorance the disability is neglected at birth and in early stages. Without care and support at this early stage, children with disability will suffer irreversible damage when they grow up. Children with all types of disability are at risk of delayed development, such children are identified to have access to early intervention and rehabilitation services, which contributes to their overall growth and development, prevent secondary disability and have possibility of inclusion and participation in the society. Beneficiaries: 250 children. (c) Mobility Aids & Assistive Devices along with Medical Support: Over 8% of India’s population are people with disabilities. Around 55% of PWD become absolutely immobile and dependent on others. Most of them come from very poor families or low socio-economic background. They are either treated with sympathy or pity or ignored and neglected. They do not get access to any Education, Training or Livelihood opportunities. Either they suffer premature deaths or continue to remain as a burden to community/society. Margadarshi identifies such people through camps, awareness programs, etc., and counsels them. Based on the individual needs, they are supported to be mobile through surgery, fitment of aids and appliances and regular training to use them. Through these services the effects of physical disability is minimized and over a period of time they get groomed to become confident and contributing members of the society. Beneficiaries: 700 persons with disabilities. (4) Livelihood Rehabilitation: There is misconception in the community that a person with disability cannot work. Margadarshi dispels this misconception and concentrates only on the ability of a person. We do this by providing Entrepreneur Development Program (EDP) training, Computer Training, Handicrafts skills, capacity building of the potential employees / employers on rights based approach to promote a work culture that values diversity, so that a person with disability becomes financially independent, helping them to lead a normal life. To lead dignified life Margadarshi builds confidence of PWD’s through forming and strengthening of Self Help Groups. Beneficiaries: 45 persons with disabilities. (5) Social Rehabilitation: Community Based Projects at Chamarajanagar provides Social rehabilitation for person with disabilities making use of available resources in the State like human, technical and financial resources, making accountable & responsible the local bodies and administrations. Earlier the dimensions of disability issues was treated charity, social and medical mood. Now the dimensions is shifting towards developmental, right based, identity, dignity, participations and human rights issue. The main objective of the project is empowerment of PWD’s in sustainable manner the main activities of the project through creating awareness in community elected representatives and bureaucrats to change attitudes, behaviors, prejudices towards PWD’s issues. Collecting proper PWD data to work with Government to allocate resources and bring changes in policies. The expected outcomes of project person with disability issue should be in mainstreaming holistic comprehensive inclusions in all stage all aspect and all sectors. Like decisions making, participations, planning, implementations and monitoring. Beneficiaries: 1000 persons with disabilities. In the last 5 years: 12,749 people with disabilities are rehabilitated • 1,289 People were Medically Rehabilitated • 3,780 students were provided with Education Support • 77 Women were provided with shelter • 326 People were provided with Livelihood skills • 8,202 People were Socially Rehabilitated Awards/Recognitions: • Margadarshi is awarded “Certificate of Accreditation” from Credibility Alliance. • Margadarshi was awarded NGO Leadership Award on 5th September 2018, by World CSR Day for contributing value & made a change as a strategic tool for sustainable growth • Margadarshi was awarded Yeshodaramma Dasappa Prashasthi on 26th November.2012, for the Best NGO in the field of disability. • Margadarshi was awarded Chandramma Sagar Prashasthi on 24th July 2010, for the yeoman services done for the people with disability • Margadarshi is a “Vetted” Partner of Give2Asia, a renowned Global Organization • Margadarshi is awarded “Transparency” badge by Guide Star India, for its overall transparency in Financials and Working for the people with disabilities • Margadarshi is awarded by Global Giving Foundation, a Global Organization, as its “Vetted”, “Top Ranked” and “Site Verified Organization”