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Mentor Support We have seen a lot of progress in the deafblind field today. There has been easy access to information, international standards as examples, availability of trained human resources, increased levels of awareness and so on. But this is clearly not equally distributed, in some of the deafblind programmes in the far-flung areas like Sri Ganganagar (Rajasthan) or Banpur (Orissa). One thing common between established programmes and the newer ones is the will to take the lead and reach out to deafblind children and their families. The need therefore is to stay in touch, to share, to strengthen and support. The need now is to provide the infrastructure, build a supporting environment and develop the right practices. And it is in these areas that we need your support. Sense International (India) has been able to work out a mechanism to identify "Mentors" for deafblind programmes and facilitate mentoring support to organisations. The role of the mentor will be that of an advisor, a facilitator. The primary aim of this mentoring programme is to provide deafblind programme team member an opportunity to share their experiences and fears, seek information and develop skills thereby reducing the feeling of isolation. Such a mentoring programme will go a long way in developing quality services for deafblind persons in the country. Deafblindness Awareness Visits Many new organisations in the country are in the process of setting up services for deafblind people. All organisations feel a need of exposure to the running of such programmes prior to taking a decision on their needs and strengths to offer the same to deafblind people and their family members. This need has therefore led Sense International (India) to initiate Deafblind Awareness Visits for interested organisations to programmes that have well-established services for deafblind people. Such visits provides an opportunity to develop an understanding of deafblindness, learn about the needs of deafblind people, understand the needs of the family members, spend time with the practitioners, deafblind people and the project co-ordinator to gain practical experience regarding a deafblind programme. Registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950. |
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