Prabhat Education Foundation

We are committed to the national effort to help children with special needs to find their way to independent adulthood working in and around Ahmedabad. We work to bridge the gap between mainstream society and those with special needs. Our mission is to build the capacities of people with special needs to live with dignity and hope as productive and confident citizens.

The Prabhat Education Foundation reflects a journey that began in 2003 through the identification and nurturing of children with learning difficulties struggling in mainstream schools. In time, the widespread reality of physically and mentally challenged children in and around Ahmedabad became apparent, and Prabhat moved into serving special children, as well as their families affected by stigma, ignorance and denial. Realizing the need for access to care, education and learning of this group, Prabhat conceptualized an institutional facility to provide systematic rehabilitation services that could be accessible for those challenged by poverty and mobility. Working with and through local communities became Prabhat’s hallmark.

News of Prabhat spread, and children with a range of disabilities started arriving at its door,
seeking assistance. Prabhat responded in 2003 with a summer workshop for special children and their families in cooperation with the Ahmedabad Education Society. The workshop provided an opportunity for exchanging experiences and ideas, and also revealed the extent and range of special needs within the city of Ahmedabad. There was also a deep realization of stigma and discrimination affecting the future of these children and their families. Prabhat realized the need for robust steps to make children with special needs visible, and to fight for their inclusion into mainstream society. Prabhat began work with one child and today its outreach touches more than 3000 persons with special needs in Ahmedabad as well as to their families, neighbours and communities.