Project for persons with intellectual disabilities in Delhi

A project, which received a funding assistance of USD 80,000 from Japanese government, for expansion of vocational training centre for persons with intellectual disabilities was inaugurated here today.
Under the project, two vocational training classrooms and one bakery unit have been handed over by the Government of Japan to Damian, an NGO working in Delhi for the cause of mentally challenged, multiply disabled and autistic.
"These facilities will greatly benefit the persons with disability. The Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GGP) was started in 1989 to address a wide range of development needs of developing countries," Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Japan said at the inauguration.

"Through this project, funding assistance of which amounts to USD 81,005, two vocational training classrooms and a bakery unit have been constructed for children and youth with intellectual disabilities with the aim to enhance their skills and increase the prospects of employability," he added.
Tamana, the recipient organization of the project, established in 1984, is running 3 special schools in Vasant Vihar area and provides special education and vocational training to mentally challenged and autistic children and youth based on their age as well as the degree and kind of disability.