Sneha Sadan is a special school for the mentally retarded, the most unfortunate and neglected ones of our area. There are a number of mentally retarded children belonging to the poor families in our neighboring places Iike Mookkannoor, Karayamparambu, Tabore, Aduvassery, Kunnukara, Kariyad, Vappalasserry, Angamaly, Pothiyakkara etc. After studying the educational needs of these localities through a field survey, we learnt that, the most important need is the education and development of the mentally retarded. We pick up the children in our buses to the school in the morning and to their houses in the evening. If these children are not taken care off by anybody, they will be a burden to their family, to the community and the country. Our aim is to normalize them and to make them self sufficient by establishing vocational training in various aspects. ODbe project is justifiable in its Output utility, to the welfare of the disabled and cost effectiveness in its physical achievements.
It is estimated that about two percentage of the population is affected with various types of mental retardation. Out of this, one percent of the population is visibly retarded by physical appearance and low motor development activities. Mental retardation is not a disease and the effect of it cannot be cured and persist till death. Mental retardation is viewed as more dreaded than the most dangerous disease prevailing. Mental retardation keeps a person unproductive, dependant and they are even considered sub human. As they bear this stigma, the mentally retarded are treated as a curse to the family. We know that they are human and have the same rights as all other citizens. It is none of their fault that they were born mentally retarded. It is really a shame for the society that it treats the mentally retarded as sub human. The duty emancipated on the fateful flock is to help them financially, to develop their abilities to make them live independently, support the families psychologically and substantially. The project wish to develop various skills of the mentally retarded and ease the strain and tension faced by the parents of these fateful people.
The institution is run to care the Mentally Retarded Children irrespective of caste, creed or sex. Regular classes are being conducted in this special school by trained staff members. The approved curriculum is followed for imparting special education to the children
