About Sunrise Learning :-

Empowering Special Lives, Building Independence

Sunrise Learning is a not-for-profit organization committed to education, vocational training, and support services for individuals with special needs and their families. Our mission is to promote employment, empowerment, inclusion, and independence for differently-abled individuals.

Registered as a Trust under The Indian Trusts Act, 1882

Certified by NITI Aayog (DARPAN), FORA, and CSR-1

Recognized under 80G and 12A of the Income Tax Act, 1961

THE FOUNDERS AND THE FACULTY OF SUNRISE LEARNING FOUNDATION

It was started by doctor parents of a child on the autism spectrum

Both the doctor parents, Dr Sonali Kataria, (former Assistant Professor, AllMS, New Delhi) and Dr Ajay Sirohi (Consultant at Sir Gangaram Hospital), started this foundation.

Most of the members of faculty are either parents of or related to a child with special needs. They are very dedicated and driven going beyond their means to support the foundation’s work.

The ultimate objective is to ensure that the people with special needs are able to capitalise on their strengths, reach their maximum potential, and live a life of dignity and independence.

THE STRUCTURE OF THE FOUNDATION

1. 3 Trustees (all are doctors)

2. 25 Members of the Foundation (all are all senior doctors, Educationists, parents of children with special needs) who raise funds, make policies & guidelines

1. A Core team of 18 faculty members (specialists of various developmental administrative domains, Special Educators, Therapists) 416 support staff & caregivers

5. 40 assistant teachers, trainees, therapists

THE IMPACT WE ARE WORKING TO CREATE

Our initiatives are focussed towards

1. Empowering the differently abled children with education, social skill development, speech

therapy, gross and fine motor skills, Occupational therapies, activities of daily living, basic and

advanced computer training and multi-disciplinary curriculum with practise of art, yoga, dance,

music-which also act as therapy and encourage social interaction.

2. Pre-vocational and Vocational training with hard and soft skills.

3. Parent Empowerment Programs as both free of charge sessions and paid courses for awareness,

acceptance, skill development and counselling to equip parents to be the best resource person for

their wards

4. Awareness initiatives as in-person and online events to create awareness for strengths and

challenges of people with Autism, acceptance and hence inclusion into the mainstream.

5. Online counselling sessions and social media events for counselling and awareness

6. Organising events and social media campaigns to showcase abilities and talent of specially abled

individuals in the fields of sports, creative production, fine art and performing arts.

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THE FOUNDERS AND THE FACULTY OF SUNRISE LEARNING FOUNDATION

THE STRUCTURE OF THE FOUNDATION

THE IMPACT WE ARE WORKING TO CREATE

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