Metiaburz. Around
3,900 children
with disabilities.
GRIRR addresses only ~10% of them.
Indicates multi-year relevance potential.
Our impact as on 30 September 2024
1,052
Children, rehabilitated
since 2015
1,053
Children with
disabilities under
treatment
~400
Children with severe
disabilities receiving
in-home treatment
175
Children for whom
GRIRR has facilitated
job placements
Who
we are
Garden Reach Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (GRIRR) provides rehabilitation to children with disabilities.
The NGO is located in Garden Reach in Kolkata (India), a marginalized pocket of the city with a large number of children with disabilities.
It is committed to support children and their families with patience, care and informed therapy leading enhanced confidence, self-reliance and job placement.
Our
Founder
Nazim Khan is the principal force behind Garden Reach Institute for Research and Rehabilitation. He is a social entrepreneur – with a difference. He is a polio victim himself; this enhanced his empathy for the subject of physical disability and fighting for rehabilitation while being an insider. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from IGNOU and is a Master of Social Work from Vidyasagar University. He began his career with UNICEF before joining Evergreen Welfare Society.
His engagement with Mobility India as a Community Facilitator in Community-Based Rehabilitation raised his profile. Nazim joined Tomorrow’s Foundation, where he implemented innovative mobility rehabilitation programs in Kolkata’s slums. He has been with Howrah-based Samaritan Help Mission, having widened community-based rehabilitation initiatives at the State and national levels.
What makes us
different
We are committed to generate more from less. We were created in an environment of dearth and adversity; this ha empowered to seek innovative solutions. We were a simple physiotherapy NGO that extended to the manufacture of calipers. We were a one competence NGO that broadbased its treatment competence. We were an in-NGO treatment location that extended to outpatient services. We work out of only 800 sq ft.; and yet, we delivered around 72,000 patient treatments in FY 24.
Our Services
Screening and assessment: Identifies disabilities and assesses physical and social challenges using specialized tools.
Rehabilitation services: Includes therapy, ADL training, assistive devices (e.g., orthosis), and developmental aids (e.g., standing frames).
Referral and Certification: Refers children to appropriate facilities for testing and provides support for official certifications.
Goal setting: Establishes short
and long-term goals based
on each child’s strengths and
needs through an Individualized
Educational Programme (IEP).
Inclusive education: Offers
specialized learning methods
tailored to children with disabilities, including visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and peer-education approaches.
Special learning methods: Customized for children with
mental retardation, hearing
and visual impairments, autism,
cerebral palsy, and learning
disabilities.
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