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Supported by: Wipro Cares
About the organization
URMI’s mission is centered on the integration and inclusion of the population with developmental disabilities into mainstream society through education, therapy, capacity building, and policy support by strengthening governmental institutions aiming at sustainable and strategic change.
To this end, the organization aims to design and implement low-cost, effective models of social institutions that are adaptable. The organization strives to make disability interventions available at the grassroots level.
Location and area of intervention
The organization works 12 Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) special schools, namely those located at Sion, Koliwada, Parel, Mulund, Dadar, Bhandup, Chembur, Govandi, Vile Parle, Ghatkopar, Santacruz, and Worli. All the schools are located near slums and enrolments are done by URMI regularly. Beneficiaries invariably fall below the poverty line. URMI strives to uplift the quality of BMC’s special education department with easy-to-adopt educational models that can fill in gaps in disability intervention. Such models are validated by experts.
Learning
This year has entailed learning along the following lines:
Challenges
Plan of action
The plan of action will be focussed on:
In addition, in FY 2023-24, the organization proposes to undertake greater community outreach. This will involve helping community residents to acquire an Adhaar card, UDID card, and PAN card. During this period, URMI will also improve referral services for mothers and families. We have launched the project “Udaan” and designed a school grading tool.
URMI will hand over its model to the two BMC special schools, and mentor them from time to time. This year also we will focus on generalization-based assessment and learning. URMI and BMC schools will focus on an annual nutrition plan and an interactive board will be designed accordingly. Workshop with BMC and URMI teachers will be carried out with the help of resource person Ashish Nagpurkar, for combined team building.
URMI has launched a new concept called “Disability Inclusion Hub.” A devoted space and online link will be updated for sharing information about disability related interventions.
URMI researched the following topics and wrote best practices notes on the same:
URMI undertook workshops on:
URMI has devoted time to capacity building, especially project capacity building, and workshops for teams.