A welcome and desired initiative-Sandnya Chaitanya

It is right from day one of Sandnya that we have been trying to motivate parents of our mentally challenged students to come forward and take initiative in addressing various challenges being faced by them as parents.

One of the major concern as a parent of a mentally challenged child is the continuously nagging thought of who will take care of my child after me? One might make reasonably good financial provision, but who is going to take the responsibility of the mentally disabled person after the death of both parents? Secondly, there could be few institutions who after charging hefty amount claim to take the charge of the child. But when one goes through the way they manage the affairs parents do't dare to put their ward in this facility. The biggest hitch in this whole lot of the problem is that the subject i.e. mentally challenged person is not the self advocate since he is incapable of taking decision. This makes the problem more complex then one can realize or understand.

It is with this background we at Sandnya have been trying to motivate parents to come together in small numbers, form a formal organization, put your own resources in to it, seek support from the society and come up with a good facility which is to your own satisfaction. Yes we are talking about residential set up which will not only take care of lodging & boarding but shall give good thought to leisure time management with priority.

We at Sandnya are very happy and indeed welcome " Sandnya Chaitanya". This NGO is formed by 7-8 parents of our students along with 3-4 non parents as well which includes one of the trustees of SSS. Sandnya Chaitanya has completed the statutory formalities. Two- three parents from this group has a land as a joint holding and this land they will give on lease to Sandnya Chaitanya for free  to bring up the residential facility with desired amenities.

To begin with, Sandnya Chaitanya had organized a awareness come fund raising event on 30th April at Bhandara. This evening event was attended by Chiarman of SSS & addressed by Secretary of SSS high lighting the etiology and causes of mental disability to the benefit of  300 plus audience. There after one of the trustees of Sandnya Chaitanyaexplained the idea, concept and future plan of Sandnya Chaitanya as an organization.

This followed with the musical program from local artists which helped in raising a sizable donation amount from the audience. The organizers who include one of the members of Sandnya Chaitanya arranged for the nice dinner. The whole event was very well managed and all members of Sandnya Chaitanya attended the program.

I on behalf of Sandnya and on my personal behalf congratulate and compliment all these parents,  wish them all the success and hope few more such initiatives will follow in the near future which in turn try to answer the worry of " who after me" to some extent. All the best !!!