WHAT WE DO
Sanjeevani Centre for Child Development
Children aged 3 - 21 attend Sanjeevani’s daily special education activities, located at the heart of a large Dhaka slum community. The children's disabilities are wide-ranging including autism, cerebral palsy, Down’s syndrome, sensory impairment, speech and language difficulties and learning disabilities. Sanjeevani offers them a stable and nourishing learning environment that is highly individualised and interactive with a view to successful integration. The children are encouraged to develop initiative, assertiveness and the necessary skills to survive in their challenging domestic circumstances. Additional important components of the programme are health monitoring, medical help, nutritional support, outreach, strong parental involvement and extensive family counselling through dedicated community workers employed by the Sanjeevani Centre offering much-needed services within the large slum community.
Bright Stars Inclusive Primary School
Together with local partner organisation SLUM, the Banyan Trust has established an inclusive education programme in a primary school for children living in the large slum community of Badda. It follows a two-track approach of offering inclusive education and special education within the same school, where children with special needs and disabilities find themselves amongst 150 new non-disabled peers and are welcomed by a team of specially trained primary teachers, special educators and classroom assistants. The Banyan Trust is responsible for the components of special education within the Bright Stars School, partnering with other donors for the inclusive primary school programme. |
