Project Samarthya

Kalinga Institute of Social Science (KISS) has longstanding experience in implementing the LSE programme in partnership with UNFPA since 2009 and has in-house resource and capacity of managing programmes towards addressing the needs of children from vulnerable and marginalized communities. Since the LSE programme for the children with disability requires intensive effort for developing resource and communication materials for different types of disabilities (blind, deaf and dumb and physically/ mentally challenged), past experience of KISS has been identified as an asset to roll out the project.

Under this intervention, the need and importance of Life Skills education will be advocated and capacities of stakeholders particularly the teachers and school management teams of the special schools will be built.

The programme proposes to cover 8700 children with three major categories of disabilities, blind, deaf and dumb and physically and mentally challenged enrolled in 157 special schools across the state.