Deliver disability care to 25000-rural Bangalore

Dear donors

Greetings from Bangalore Baptist Hospital Society! 

Thank you for helping us restore hope to children and persons with disability. Your support is so crucial to our work – especially in ensuring that children and people with disabilities find ways to access facilities and restore dignity to their lives. 

Here’s an update of the impact for the month of September:

Support one child with intellectual disability to receive therapy for six months

“Shalini sleeps like an angel in the night and doesn’t bite her wrist. It’s unbelievable”, says Bharathi, her mother, pointing to the scars on her daughter’s wrist. With your support, Shalini continues to receive therapy which has improve in managing her activities of daily living.

“The therapy classes at DDRC has changed my daughter. Now, Shalini signs when she needs to go to the toilet, identifies colours and recites a few rhymes as well. The health check-up and speech counselling at Baptist Hospital is comforting and meaningful because you make extraordinary efforts,” says Shalini’s mother.

Shalini will continue to receive therapy for another 5 months. 

You have changed the future for Shalini - thank you!

Facilitating access to government entitlement

Thus far, we have supported five persons with disability to access government entitlements. It is an uphill task to obtain a certificate of disability that would enable them to access government support.  Lack of awareness of such facilities and the remoteness of their villages are challenges that people with disability face. Your support has given them hope and assurance to a new found life.

1. 55-year old Govidaswami received certificate of disability, pension, modified toilet, lower limb prosthesis and a two wheeler
2.  30-year old Bharathi received a certificate of disability, pension, and  support for her marriage
3.  10-year old Manjunath received a certificate of disability, pension, and scholarship
4.  40-year old Narayanaswami received housing loan, pension, and ID card
5.  8-year old Lakshmi received a certificate of disability and scholarship.

Thank you for your support that made a difference to their lives.

Supporting one child with intellectual disability to receive therapy for 1 month

When Divya smiles, my heart is filled with hope for a better tomorrow” says Divya's Mother, Savitha. At the age of four, Divya had developed brain fever which affected the left side of her body. Divya would get angry and irritated when her mother couldn’t understand her actions. Fortunately, with your support, there’s hope for this family.

Today, five-year-old Divya always has a smile on her face as she runs around playfully. After attending therapy and sessions she has learned to identify colors and objects. Divya even takes care of her daily activities on her own.

This transformation has brought a perpetual smile to her parents’ face. Thank you!

Providing a lower limb prosthesis or an assistive device for a child

12-year old Nithya always dreamt of becoming a police officer. Her dream was crushed when she was knocked down by a truck while playing with her friends near her home.

When Nithya realised that she had lost a leg, her dreams crashed.

From being a bubbling and active child, she became withdrawn and isolated. It was a slow and painful process for her and the family till they met the team from Bangalore Baptist Hospital. Our staff encouraged the family to attend the camp help by the District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC). 

Along with counselling and encouragement, we were able to provide a lower limb prosthesis to Nithya. The joy and relief Nithya experienced are limitless. 

“Now I can do my daily activities; I am not asking my mother to help me. I can walk and have begun to play with my friends... my mother has also started going for her work. Once again I’ve begun to dream of becoming a police officer.

You are instrumental for such change in Nithya’s life. Thank you.

So far, the progress has been steady and inspirational. We look forward to your future support to bring meaningful changes in the lives of children and people with disability.

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