3. NEEDS/ PROBLEMS

For many years children have not been having much therapy and no socializing. Then the therapy issue was dealt with but not the socializing one. There is a great need to take out these children from there homes, make them participate and make them grow. Grow as a unique individual, without too much burden of their disability and to live life with a smile not a frown.

The Special Needs program was initiated to address the needs of youth with disabilities. Because they too only stayed at home after going to the special Ed. School, or got into trouble with street friends, this program began. It was such a wonderful project, for here they learnt art, craft, music and later on computers. The idea behind this project was to make them learn, do, sell and make some money. The outcome was excellent but because of lack of funding it had to close. Other factors were lack of evaluation and disagreement between directors and coordinator.

Now, the no socializing problem has made children with disabilities 0-8 sad and encloses them in a lonely world; unsociable. This has made their families worried. For even if they want they can't do anything because most of the time they don’t have money.