Rehabilitation Home for Autistic and Mentally Retarded ( RHAM )
Background of The Organization
“We for gifted children” with this motto, RHAM started its journey on 15th April 2012 as a special school. Then only 6 students were admitted here. This organization is the result of the hard work and effort of an autistic child’s mother. Despite having limited ability, she is moving forward with strong morale and confidence. This organization is working to ensure social security, the inspiration of survival, social acceptance and to create employment opportunities. The employees of this organization are working relentlessly to create a suitable environment so that the neuro-developmentally disabled people can stay here safely with mental peace.
We want neuro-developmentally disabled people to become self-sufficient socially, financially and nationally. In short, different educational elements are provided here to make the environment of the organization more child-friendly.
রেজিস্ট্রেশন ( Registration )
Under it, this organization is running a project. The papers for the registration procedure are submitted to the Department of Children and Women’s Affairs. A registration procedure is under process in the Department of Social Services.
Our Goal (লক্ষ্য)
Supporting and serving neuro-developmentally disabled people to ensure their security, inspiration for survival, social acceptance, employment opportunity etc. RHAM is conducting its activities to find a rehabilitation home for these children so that they would not remain as burden on anybody when their parents would not remain with them anymore.
Our Vision (ভিশন)
Ensuring equal rights, dignity, equal opportunity, and equal participation for the neuro-developmentally disabled people [Intellectually disabled, Autistic, ADHD, Down syndrome, Cerebral Palsy disorder (CP), Development delay] as normal people in their families, society and above all in our country.
উদ্দেশ্য ( Object )
- To establish a permanent residential arrangement named "Rehabilitation Home for Autistic and Mentally Retarded" (RHAM) for neuro-developmentally disabled people.
- Our goal is to fulfill all the basic needs of neuro-developmentally disabled people and establish their rights by rehabilitating them.
- Creating job opportunities and rehabilitating widow, divorced, unmarried and socially neglected women is also one of the goals of RHAM.
- Developing health knowledge, and developing educational and vocational skills is one of the major goals of this organization.
- Formulating plans, and schemes and executing those to ensure their total welfare.
- Fulfilling all the basic needs and establishing their rights. Support these people to be self-reliant by providing them training in different regular personal activities.
- Organizing special education, training and workshops for them.
- Arranging physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech & language therapy, special education, and sign language learning sessions according to their needs.
- Taking initiatives to create employment opportunities for them and making them financially independent.
- Increasing awareness among people and especially among the guardians of neuro-developmentally disabled people.
- Ensuring their participation in sports, cultural and entertainment activities.
- Taking initiatives to establish their human rights
- Initiating different financial projects for their financial solvency.
- Inspiring to lead a religious life by learning and studying their own religion.
- Making them self-reliant by arranging different types of handicrafts training and workshops.
- Providing training in various types of handicrafts and undertaking self-employment arrangements.
ভবিষ্যৎ কার্যক্রম (Future Activities)
- 1.To provide round-the-clock services by constructing institutional buildings on own land and arranging hostels and day-care centers for children.
- 2.There are some children in the society who have no one to take care of them, to provide rehabilitation through residentialization.
- 3.Providing round the clock services to children who are severely disabled in our residential institutions.
- 4.Making arrangements for the neuro-developmentally disabled children who are poor and orphan so that they can be benefited by all these facilities at no cost.
- 5.Providing training with Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Physio Therapy, Psycho Therapy, Trained Special Teachers, BPD Teachers for Sports and Culturally Trained Teachers as per the needs of the children.
- 6.Creating children's bakeries, super soaps and shopping bag making companies for financial development. Besides making jute shopping bags, making covers for TV, oven, fridge, wardrobe, deep fridge, shoe rack with non-traditional fabrics. Fish farming, vegetable farming.
- 7.Apart from disabled persons/children, providing employment to the neglected women of the society (widows, divorcees, deserted, unmarried and poor).
- 8.Ensuring participation in Special Olympics through sports and development.
- 9.Ensuring participation in various national events through cultural activities and advancement.
- 10.Keeping up with the times, trying to increase the quality of facilities by combining more advanced and modern technology.
আমাদের সফলতা (Our Success)
- 5 students of the institution have become financially self-reliant by working in different places.
- A child is 90% used to normal life. Studying in primary school.
- • We became the witness of drastic positive changes in the behavior of the children in our organization. 90% of their past behavioral problems are gone.
- 60% of children have language development.
