About Us

Sadhana is non-profit, non-commercial voluntary organization dedicated to the welfare of the mentally challenged. Established in 1996, the institute is managed by a team of committed professionals interested in the welfare of the mentally challenged. The Institute operates a day-care and residential center for boys and girls with mental disablility. Tailor-made educational programs provide these students with basic life skills and fundamental concepts that will help them function as independently as possible on a day-to-day basis. The Institute started with 2 students in 1996, today the Institute is serving 150 mentally challenged persons. The boys and girls are accomadated in two separate buildings with a common dining facility. In order to extend such services to affected people in the underserved rural areas, Sadhana has started a rehabilitation center in the village of Tekulasomaram, Valigonda mandal, in Nalgonda district. Here, persons with mental retardation are trained in the basics of self help and in trades such as vegetable gardening, Leaf cup making and small-scale production of food items such as papads and pickles.

Sadhana has started a residential school for the deaf at our Rural Centre where 42 poor deaf children are studying in I to V classes.

Students are introduced to concepts such as time, color, and trained in dressing, personal hygiene, eating, and so on. Yoga, speech therapy and physiotherapy are provided according to need. For older children who can cope, vocational training is arranged. Excursions and picnics for the whole group provide oppurtunities to develop social behavior skills and learn to interact with outside world.