Margadarshi, The Association for Physically Challenged (Margadarshi) works towards achieving effective, productive, meaningful and dignified integration of disabled persons into mainstream society. Services include Medical Rehabilitation, Educational Support, Livelihood Training, Counseling & Guidance, and Advocacy. Margadarshi is overseen by the Registrar of Societies, Income Tax Department, and FCRA Department.
The main purpose of establishing the organization is to help and support the most vulnerable groups of disabled persons towards their physical, social, psychological and economic wellbeing culminating in upholding human dignity along with becoming normal and contributing members in a society.
Vision : To help persons with disability get transformed into self-actualizing dignified human beings as socially equal partners.
Mission : Remove barriers imposed by disability and instill faith and hope in disabled persons so that they start owning the process of their own development.
Goal : To work towards achieving effective, productive, meaningful and dignified integration of disabled persons into the mainstream society.
Objectives
• To help disabled children and adults to overcome the effects of disability and be able to live as
dignified, contributing and self-reliant individuals
• To help prevent the adverse challenges that are imposed due to physical disability
• To help children with disability get quality and easy access to mainstream education and help
them continue their education
• To help severely vulnerable girls with disability to access humane support services to grow
towards become independent and self-reliant
• Develop leadership among persons with disability and community ownership to care and support
fellow persons with disability
Activities
1. Medical Rehabilitation of persons with disability.
2. Educational Support Services for challenged students with disability.
3. Residential care and Empowerment of girls and young women with disability.
4. Support to persons with disability to access their rights.
5. Counseling, Guidance and creating healthy, helpful and supportive environment for persons with disabilities.
6. Community Based Programs