The people of Mannar district were affected in many ways, due to ethnic war that was going on last thirty years. Among this population, there are about 2000 people with physical and mental disabilities.
MANNAR ASSOCIATION FOR REHABILITATION OF DIFFERENTLY ABLE PEOPLE
The Context The people of Mannar district were affected in many ways, due to ethnic war that was going on last thirty years. Among this population, there are about 2000 people with physical and mental disabilities. Besides, thousands of wounded and traumatized people are being brought over to Vanni to Mannar and Vavuniya. They are in the Hospitals and in the Welfare Centres. In enhancing and supporting the children, there is dire need for Rehabilitation services and Special training for traumatized, mentally affected and physical handicapped children and adults. The ethnic war in the country, which raged for the last thirty years, has claimed not only eighty thousand precious lives but has made about twenty thousand of these people physically disabled, many of whom suffer from mental trauma. The innocent civilians who have been caught in the midst of this war, have been affected by various types of land mines, un-explored ordinance multi barrel guns, Chemical weapons, shelling and bombardment in the war-torn Districts and in the border Districts. There are also many children with disability and mental trauma within malnutrition in the hospitals and in the IDP (Internally Displaced Person) Camps. Further, due to the long war, many mothers have given birth to undernourished children, born with weakened arms, legs and mental disorders. There has been an increase in cesarean births with birth weights below 2.5 kg. Although there are a large number of children with disabilities and mental trauma by land mines, shelling, aerial bombing and various other reasons, the rehabilitation services are very poor and insufficient. The children with disabilities are either unable to reach the services or the government is unable to meet their needs. Thus, we realized that Rehabilitation is the only means and a strategy to enhance the quality of life of the disabled people by improving service delivery, by improving more equitable opportunities and by promoting and protecting their human rights. Realizing the situation and the needs of the children with disabilities and mental trauma in the region and to maintain their rights, MARDAP is committed to provide Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation services in the Hospitals and in the IDP Camps. We propose to provide awareness programmes to the affected victims’ parents and guardians and also to the grass root level community – based organizations on first aid treatments, nutrition, education, protection, education of children, after care treatment, rehabilitation and reconciliation activities. Short description of the Organization:
It’s main aim is to do Community Based Rehabilitation ( We also run Special School for the Mentally Challenged, Hearing and Speech impaired children, and Vocational training for the young people in our Centre. About 55 children participate in this training programme. The Strength of the Staff is 25 – (15 VISION A World of Peace, Harmony, Equality and Making Differently Abled Realize Full Potentials. MISSION:
v Our Mission is to reach out to People With Disability (PWD) / Differently Abled in the society through Community Based Rehabilitation ( v Advocate upholding of Human Rights and Rights of the Disabled in the society. v Empower PWD to develop their potentials and integration with the wider society. v Providing medical access for PWD in thir own villages. v Create the psychosoical resource in the village and centre to Heal the psychosocial wounds, stigma, misunderstanding and fear of disability by creating awareness among public. OBJECTIVES : § Advocating the rights of the DAP (Differently Able People) in the society. § Assisting the DAP to overcome the emotional, psychological stress and trauma. § Helping them to integrate with the wider society. § Promoting inclusive education. § Creating awareness to the parents of the disabled of their responsibilities and making them to be self-reliant and self-supportive. § Ensuring them of having all the legal documents including Disabled Identity Card. § Preventing the growth rate of disabled in the society. § Channeling the aids to the DAP given by the NGOO. § Promoting income generating activities and encourage saving schemes. Community based rehabilitation (CBR) Programmes activities. 1. Social Rehabilitation 2. Special school for mentally retarded, hearing & speech impaired children. 3. Medical Rehabilitation. 4. Economic Rehabilitation
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