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1997, Mahantesh G.K. and two of his friends envisioned an organisation to provide opportunities for the deserving, young, and talented children with disability of any form, or from marginalized economic backgrounds. Thus, more than a decade ago, Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled came into existence by providing free hostel facilities to the deserving students. Since inception, Samarthanam has been working to empower the visually impaired, disabled and underprivileged people in India. Samarthanam supports the visually impaired, disabled and underprivileged to keep in pace with the rest of the society by providing quality education, accommodation, nutritious food, vocational training, placement based rehabilitation and achieve personal independence. However the long

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Samarthanam

was originally started with 2 visually impaired friends and over the span of 13 years has grown into a full fledged organization that provides end to end support facilities. Mr. Mahantesh has been single handily responsible for drawing the attention of both Government and private institutions and persuading them in offering some much needed assistance in this venture. Having executed a wide range of projects from education to rehabilitation, Samarthanam has evolved to become a renowned and deeply respected entity in the developmental sector.

VISION An inclusive society, free of discrimination against the disabled, where people with disabilities, especially the visually impaired, enjoy equal opportunities and an enhanced quality of life. MISSION Samarthanam mission is to empower the visually impaired, disabled and underprivileged people through developmental initiatives focusing on educational, social, economic, cultural and technological aspects.

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Recommendations: The trust should provide more educational services for the disabled as the research says the respondents are not very satisfied with the services. The children should undergo some motivational and personality development classes. The trust should bring more awareness in the public so as to get more volunteers for supporting the system.

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Suggestions: The trust can arrange some experienced visiting staff so that the children can get the required knowledge. More volunteers should be encouraged to address the children so that the additional coaching can be given. Individual counseling should be done so that the children can express their needs and necessary steps should be taken to resolve the problems

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Conclusions

From the above study it can be concluded that the organization requires more awareness and services regarding education should be taken as major function so that the number of children not continuing with the Samarthanam trust will be reduced. Surveys should be done so that the trust can understand the problems and get more number of volunteers for their additional support.

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