Sense International India (Sense India), established in 1997, is the country’s first and only NGO dedicated to comprehensive services for people with deafblindness and multiple disabilities. Working with 60 partner NGOs across 23 states and in collaboration with the government’s Samagra Shiksha programme, we have directly reached around 80,000 children with needs-based support, enabling many to join mainstream schools.

Our partnerships extend beyond India to Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Malaysia, where we train educators and help establish essential services for persons with deafblindness.

A key part of our mission is advocacy. Our efforts led to the formal recognition of ‘Deafblindness’ in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016, securing legal protection for this group. We also influenced the inclusion of Rubella vaccination under the Universal Immunization Programme, a milestone in prevention.

Sense India serves on several central and state advisory bodies and holds UN consultative status on deafblindness. Through collaboration, innovation, and persistence, we strive to ensure that people with deafblindness across India and the region live with dignity, inclusion, and equal rights.

Appeal

Run for Those Who Cannot See the Finish Line

Have you ever imagined living in complete silence and darkness? For 5 lakh people with deafblindness in India, this is their daily reality. But there's something even more heartbreaking – 82% of young deafblind adults show signs of depression.

We are on a mission to change that!

Sense International India is India's only national NGO exclusively supporting persons with deafblindness. For 27+ years, we've transformed over 80,000 lives, but the mental health crisis remains unaddressed. There is no national programme for mental health support in the deafblind community – until now.

This Tata Mumbai Marathon 2026, your run can rewrite their story. We're on a mission to improve the mental health and well-being of people with deafblindness and multiple disabilities through targeted training of 50+ educators, assessing 750 individuals and families, and providing direct counselling to 200+ people facing severe mental health challenges.

How You Can Help:
• Buy a Charity Bib and run with purpose
• Form a Corporate Team and engage your colleagues
• Host a Fundraising Event in your community
• Share and Support our cause online

When you cross that finish line, you'll know your achievement extends beyond personal triumph – you've helped break invisible barriers and transform isolation into hope.

Join us. Run with us. Transform lives with us.

Let's run to break barriers. Let's run for mental health.