About NGO:
We, The Research Society for the Care, Treatment & Training of Children In Need of Special Care", serve special children with Mental Challenges and related disabilities since October 10th 1944. Over the past 67 years we have served lakhs of children and their families. We have dedicated ourselves to uplift this extremely neglected segment of our community. We have 50-60% of children coming from lower socioeconomic strata of society. Our spectrum of services include- ??Diagnosis and Therapeutic Intervention at Smt. Motibai Thackersey Institute of Research in the field of Mental Retardation. ??Educational Intervention in Special School ( Jai Vakeel School for Children in Need of Special Care. At present we have 350 children in the school ??Vocational Training & Rehabilitation: We have approx. 250 students, 18 years and above in our Vocational training section and sheltered workshop. ???Residential Section for Girls & Boys. ??College of Special Education: Here we conduct a degree as well as a Diploma Teacher Training Course for Special Educators. ???Sairam Autism Centre: here we impart educational and therapeutic intervention in individuals with Autism and Mental Retardation ???Rural Branches & Outreach program: Conduct Survey's, Enable detection, Intervention, Rehabilitation of the individuals with Mental Retardation in the rural areas of Maharashtra.and education in 2 rural branches - Deolali in Nasik district and the other at Kanhe in Pune District.

Fund Usage:
Approximately 200 children come to our institute annually for medical assessment, diagnosis and therapy. The earlier all this is done in a child, the better is the result seen. Out of these 250 children approximately 40% are from the Lower Income Group (LIG) and 20% from Below Poverty Line (BPL) group. They can not afford the cost of investigations even if we do it at discounted rate. Sometimes they also need MRI, CT Scan etc. for which we refer them elsewhere. Due to their abject poverty they are not able to pay for these investigations and treatment. As a result of which these children are often ignored, locked up in a room and treated as social outcasts. We have following sponsorship schemes to raise funds for children from lower socioeconomic level. A. For sponsoring investigations& diagnosis of the cause of mental retardation in an individual - Rs 5,500/ per case. We get approx. 200 cases for investigation and diagnosis per year and of these approx 70% cases are not able to pay these charges so we try and find donors. This is approximately Rs. Rs. 11,00,000/- B. Sponsorship for the therapy charges for therapeutic intervention for the affected child which is Rs. 100/- per session and minimum four sessions are given per month so annually Rs. 4,800/- for one child. We provide therapy to 150 cases per year out of which approx. 105 (70%) cases are not capable of paying these fees so if you could sponsor therapy charges for these children which approximately is Rs. 7,20,000/p.a.
Impact:

• We have been able to provide Therapeutic and educational intervention to 150 children, who came to our organization for admission to the special school.
• Our rural outreach program has reached out to 6 nucleus villages to detect children with Mental Handicap and have provided them with the Occupational/physio therapy, Speech therapy, medical and surgical interventions and special schooling. We also provide nutritional support to malnourished children.
• We have organized free medical camps for children with Epilepsy in the 8 districts of Maharashtra and provided medical and therapeutic interventiobs to approximately 1100 children with Epilepsy.

All these above mentioned activities were conducted with help of funds raised through Marathon, and donations from our donors.

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http://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/ngo189_theresearchsociety.htm

Founded Year: 1944

Cause category: Children