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238 - IMAGE (Indian Mixed Ability Group Events), Indiability Foundation
SKSN Institute, India
CONTACT
Indiability Foundation / SKSN Institute
Mr. Sneh Gupta
India
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+91 87 696 73625 /+91 98 715 68174
OVERALL GOAL /MISSION
IMAGE uses sport to bridge this social gap between people with disabilities and non-disabled, by urging all citizens to
redefine the way ability is characterized and judged. It aims to provide children with disabilities equal access to a full
education, and allow them to nurture their own social inclusion into mainstream society through sport for social change.
THE SOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED
SKSN grants disabled children the RIGHT to a formal education in a mixed-ability school. In addition to the formal
education system, a unique parallel and informal, ‘sport for social change’ curriculum is provided by Indiability through
IMAGE.
IMAGE is predicated on influencing young minds through experiential learning delivered using sport. 15-18 year old
disabled and non-disabled youth are trained to deliver valuable knowledge to IMAGE Village children, aged 8-12.
Learnings on our domain subjects are provided through a structured sport and play-based curriculum.
Even before arriving on the doorsteps of the villages, the IMAGE delivery agents develop a tight bond, which reinforces
the inclusionary message that we want to instil. When the community see that disabled and non-disabled youth can
work together, to deliver enjoyable and educational activities, it challenges their own negative stereotypes, towards
disability.
Through this interaction, disabled youth in particular, learn that if they are to be accepted into mainstream society, they
need to prove themselves as productive members of their communities.
COUNTRY IN WHICH IT WAS DEVELOPED: India
COUNTRY/ COUNTRIES IN WHICH IT IS OPERATING: India
FACTS ABOUT SIZE AND SCOPE
1) SKSN has an unrivalled track record in providing boarding education to the disabled in India: since its foundation in
1991, almost 3,000 children with disabilities have received year-on-year primary to senior secondary school