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NARADA
SAVANA (HEAR) FOUNDATION, A NON-PROFIT SERVICE ORGANIZATION RENDERING
SERVICE TO HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN & THEIR PARENTS.
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| FOUNDING : | ||
| Narada,
a little boy, 2 ½ years of age developed a hearing impairment in
1992. His mother and maternal grandmother lost no time in following expert
advice : “Do not waste time finding out why ? but rehabilitate the
child to ‘listen’ and to ‘speak’”. Reading all
they could lay their hands on, attending seminars/workshops, short term
training programmes, joining parent groups, admitting Narada to a pre-school
for the Deaf and also teaching there themselves, they gathered sufficient
expertise to practice full time therapy at home. At age five, on admitting
Narada to a normal school, they decided to use their knowledge and skill
to help hearing impaired children. Thus on 27.08.1999, the Foundation
was inaugurated. |
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| AIMS & OBJECTIVES : | ||
 To
enlighten parents & teachers on factors that would help them to recognize
very early, |
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| the hearing impairment of an infant. | ||
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discovering hearing impairment in a child, guiding them in hearing and
speech therapy. Providing them with |
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| information on state and private sector specialists who deal with such problems. | ||
| Advisory
service to solve problems arising in the home, with the hearing impaired
child. |
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| Conducting
workshops for parents to educate them in their most important roles in
the rehabilitation programmes. |
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| To
conduct pre-schools for impaired children discovered early. Making such
schools attractive to normal children, |
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| towards integration. | ||
| Paving
the way for impaired children duly trained in hearing and in speaking,
to be integrated to normal schools. |
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| Training
of teachers in hearing and speech therapy for pre-schools and Itinerant
teachers to visit regular schools |
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| with impaired children, to find out weakness and to guide them along. Deployment of such teachers as required | ||
| To
carry out a counseling service, provide educational facilities and care
for impaired children who face problems |
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| due to their integration. | ||
| Conducting
workshops and follow-up services to impaired children who have entered
higher or vocational |
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| education levels towards entering them to social groups of their normal peers. | ||
| Liasing
with the operational divisions of the Ministries of Education and Social
Services on problems faced by |
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| impaired children towards helping them in their educational activities. | ||
| Organization
of fund raising projects for fulfilling the Aims and Objectives of the
Foundation and arranging to |
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| obtain such funds through governmental and non-governmental organizations. | ||
| Establishment
of a fully pledged centre for :- |
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| I. | Hearing Assessment | |
| II. | Ear mould manufacture | |
| III. | Sale of Hearing aids at a concessional rates with easy payment terms | |
| IV. | Attend to their maintenance with the least delay to children who need to wear them constantly. | |
