By Prakarsh Diwaker | Resource Mobilization Coordinator
Greetings from Bethany Society, Meghalaya, India.
Firstly, we express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has supported our cause of "Educating & Rehabilitating children with Disability in Meghalaya, India". Owing to your genuine concern and enabling contributions, we are now able to take further significant steps in advancing our children's personal and professional prospects. Bethany Society dreams of a world where all enjoy a fullness of being and therefore we are committed to creating opportunities for independent living particularly for persons with disability and the rural/urban poor through Inclusive Education, Sustainable Livelihoods, & Social Inclusion.
Our concerned programme focusses on providing residential facilities in hostels to children and young people with disability who belong to deprived and marginalized backgrounds, while also providing them of an opportunity to pursue, education or skill-development in an Inclusive setup.
Students residing in the hostel can avail of educational, vocational and rehabilitation facilities that are available around the hostels, but these particular services are not supported by the project itself. The hostels are located in Tebrongre, Rongram Block, W. Garo Hills District and Shillong, East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, India and there are separate hostels for boys and girls. The program is cross-disability and the clients avail of opportunities that are either on campus or in campuses close to the hostel. On behalf of the Governing Body of Bethany Society a committee headed by a member of the Governing Body looks after the management of the hostels. The programme is partially supported by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India.
4 hostels-2 in Tura & 2 in Shillong for 139 persons with disability.
Cross-Disability
PWDS avail of formal and non-formal education programmes and sustainable livelihoods training
Services Offered:
The hostels are open from February to December. But facilities are also made available in the vacation period of January, for students who wish to study for various examinations. Programmes in the hostels aim to create opportunities for young people with disability and emphasis is given to:
Students undergoing formal education are supported for higher studies as per need.
Students in livelihood training are supported for micro-enterprise development and credit linkage.
152 completed programmes
Parents are encouraged to visit their children as often as possible and to take them home for short holidays. Counselling services are available for all students.
The detailed report of the programme along with programme pictures is attached for your reference and perusal.
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