SAIMA

      SAIMA was established during the year 1992 on the holy birth day of BHAGABAN SRI SATYA SAI BABA  and got itself registered under the Societies Registration Act. No. XXI  of 1860 vide Regn No 3837 of 1995 – 96  on 30.07.1995, foreign contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 vide Regd, No. 104910080 Dtd. 04.02.2002,Under the P.W.D Act – 1995 vide regn No 83 / WCD of 2005 BBSR Dtd – 20.09.05, Under National Trust Act vide Regn No 1820/ MR / 2003 Dtd 30.12.2003 and U/S 12AA of I.T. Act.1961 bearing Regd. No. 23 / 2001-02. Income Tax exempted U/S 80 G of I.T. Act. 1961, vide No. ITO (Tech.) / 80G – 42 / 2006- 07  Dtd. 28.11.2006.  It is a non-profitable charitable voluntary organisation with multifarious aims and objectives and started its programmes for women, children & rural upliftment. This was the result of the initiative taken by a group of committed educators, lawyers, teachers, engineers and rural farmers.

            Out of its various activities, welfare of the disables particularly Mentally Retarded is a motto of SAIMA. The research finding in the country shows  that 29 of the general population has Mental Retardation. Out of which three fourth of them have mild Mental Retardation while the remaining ¼ are severe cases. In the country, more than 30 Lakhs children are Mentally Retarded, out of which 70 lives in villages, where there are no facilities for treatment or education. In the country very few district have a special school for Mentally Retarded. As a result 1% of the above children do not get any benefit.

         The most recent Census of India (2001) conducted by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) points to a disability percentage of 2.13% putting the number of PWDs at 2.19 crore. However, these figures are extremely conservative and the office of Chief Commissioner for persons with Disabilities (CCD) estimates that about 5% of the Indian population is disabled. The most widely accepted estimate of the incidence of disability lies between either of these extremes at 4 to 5 percent of the total population, i,e., 40 to 50 million disabled people in India .This seems plausible for three reasons. Firstly, the UNDP estimates a global average of 5 percent (Helander 1993). Secondly, the Indian Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment estimated in 2001 that the disabled population in India is 4.1 per cent of the total population, which amounts to 41 million (cited in Planning Commission 2001). Thirdly, 4 to 5 per cent is in line with levels of disability in other South Asian countries. The official Nepal ,Pakistan and Sri Lanka are 5, 4.9 and 3.9 percent respectively (UN 1996).

            Children with delayed development upto the age of three years require the service of early identification, prevention and intervention to be provided by various health and psychological clinics. The special institutions or schools with special teachers in this field can give assistance to mild, moderate and severe Mentally Retarded with regular education.

       Considering the above facts, we have taken up a project for special education cum training on behaviour modification, group activities for the benefit of the down trodden people of rural sectors as well as to help poor people at their door step and to fulfill the ambition of local area, at a time when the gravity of the problem posed by Mentally Retardation and the related needs had not be realized by poor villagers of this locality.