Overview

Sadhana is non-profit, non-commercial voluntary organization dedicated to the welfare of the intellectually challenged based in Nacharam, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Established in 1996, the institute is managed by a team of committed professionals interested in the welfare of the intellectually challenged. The Institute operates a day-care (Special School for Mentally Challenged Children) and residential center for boys and girls with intellectual disability. The Institute started with 2 students in 1996, today the Institute is serving 182 mentally challenged persons. The boys and girls are accommodated in two separate buildings with a common dining facility. In order to extend such services to affected people in the underserved rural areas, Sadhana has started a rehabilitation center in the village of Tekulasomaram, Valigonda mandal, in Yadadri Bhongir district, Telangana, India. Here, persons with mental retardation are trained in the basics of self help and in trades such as vegetable gardening, Leaf cup making and small-scale production of food items such as papads and pickles. Sadhana has completed a residential school project for the deaf at our Rural Centre where 42 poor deaf children were taught upto V class. Students are introduced to concepts such as time, color, and trained in dressing, personal hygiene, eating, and so on. Yoga, speech therapy and physiotherapy are provided according to need. For older children who can cope, vocational training is arranged. Excursions and picnics for the whole group provide opportunities to develop social behavior skills and learn to interact with outside world. Legal Registrations Andhra Pradesh Public Societies Registration Act, 1350 F, vide Regd. No. 180/1996 Income Tax Act 1961, F.No. H.qrs 1/12A of 80G/1/98-99 Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 1976 vide Regd. No.0101220150