What we are doing?

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We want to change rural India for better. We are taking small steps for that big change.

We would like to make small but meaningful changes in villages of Karnataka. We want to help children with disabilities to  be part of the mainstream education and have employment opportunities.

Approximately  1% of the Karnataka population consist of children with special needs.  This aggregates to a whopping 5 lakh children and out of this, the  survey indicates that only 1% of the children with special needs go to  school and complete secondary education. Rest 99% of the children with  special needs never attend school and remain illiterate thus leading to  increased dependency on others for livelihood. Our aim is to ensure the  remaining 99% children also get the basic training and become ready to  go to a mainstream school

School Readiness Program for Special Children

To  address this problem, Fourth Wave Foundation has been working with the  Karnataka government on a program named as “School Readiness Program -  SRP”. This program runs from centers located in government selected  locations providing –

1. Physiotherapy and medical assistance to children with disabilities.
2. Coaching on skills needed to be self-sufficient and self-reliant for their day-to-day activities.
3. Training to be ready to join the regular school stream.

This  program has been running for 15 years and successful in increasing the  enrollment of children with special needs in schools from 1% to 21%

How Rural Reformers is helping?

1. Support existing SRPs in Hubli-Dharward, Karnataka which is at the verge of closure because of lack of funds
2. Start a pilot of two Mini-School Readiness Program Centers (Mini  SRPs) in rural Karnataka which will cater to the children with special  needs who otherwise find the SRPs centers far away from their villages  and cannot travel due to mobility issues.

Your support helps Rural Reformers provide valuable programmes and services to those in need. From after-school programmes to job training, your donation helps us make a difference in our community.