Our Mission
Every child, despite even severe disabilities, has real potential for development. Our mission is to discover this potential and provide opportunities for full development, preparing him/her for an independent life.
- Our Beginnings: The school began in 1996 at Mawroh-Malai with 2 students.
- Current residence: Shifted to Umniuh-Khwan on 23rd February 2002
- Present number of Beneficiaries: 1590
- Partner (LRO). Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians
- Project Director: Sr. Merly Tom Kizhakayil
- Area Covered: All the states of North East India
About Our Organization
Profiles of FSHC:
Ferrando Speech and Hearing Centre established in 16th April 1996, reaches out to hearing impaired children from all over India, especially from the North East Region. The present batch of children comes from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland. There are also a few children from Kolkata and Bihar.
The Centre gives special care for the prevention and reduction of the effects of preventable hearing impairment in young children through early identification, intervention and pre-school education. Besides catering to the children, it also works towards the empowerment of the families of hearing impaired children to face the challenges in bringing up their hearing impaired children. Some of the works undertaken by the institution are Early Intervention, Education, Rehabilitation, Vocational Training and manpower development for the Hearing Impaired, Vision unit (refraction and distribution of corrective glasses), Orthotic, Prosthetic and Physio-therapy unit.
The centre runs a pre-school section, a school for hearing impaired children, and a hostel where school students from distant places stay. The project covers most of the Khasi & Jantia Hills areas and some portions of the State towards Guwahati. The programme addresses early intervention, education and rehabilitation of speech and hearing impaired children of the Region. CBM has provided the Hostel and Vocational Training Centre and expanded the infrastructure to include a Vision Centre and Orthopedic Workshop
Our Registration details:
SR/FSHC-305/97 OF 1997 under Meghalaya Societies Registration Act, XII of 1983.
Registered under Persons with Disability Act 1995 with Department of Social Welfare, Govt. of Meghalaya.