About Suniye May 2016 - Public

Transcending the barriers of silence
Establishing communication with the world
Breaking the myth that deaf can’t listen nor speak
Giving hearing impaired children equal opportunity to develop and succeed

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Hearing Impairment – Key Facts and Figures
There are around 5 Million people with hearing impairment in India with 9% of them being children
in ages 0-6
Source: Census of India 2011
2394 K
229 K
2679 K
247 K
All Ages 0-6 years
15K
1.24K
19K
1.35K
All Ages 0-6 Years
All India NCT Delhi
Key Demographics on Hearing Impairment1
Females Males
Other Key Demographics1
All India NCT Delhi
57% of them are
literates
72% of them are
literates
42% of hearing
impaired (Ages
15-59) are
unemployed2
59% of hearing
impaired (Ages
15-59) are
unemployed2
1. Source is Census 2011
• Census figures are not final and estimates are
closer to 10 million
2. Unemployed during the reference period of the census
survey in 2011

Hearing Impairment – What, how and when
 Normal loss of hearing faculty
 Conductive hearing loss resulting
from a problem in outer or middle
ear, including ear canal, ear drum
 Sensorineural hearing loss resulting
from damage to the inner ear or
auditory nerve
 Mixed hearing loss when someone
has both conductive and
sensorineural hearing problem
 Congenital i.e. present at birth or
acquired soon after birth
 It can be caused by hereditary
and non hereditary genetic
factors or by certain
complication during
pregnancy and childbirth
 Acquired which may occur at any
age can be due to
 Infectious diseases such as
meningitis, measles and
mumps
 Ageing
 Chronic ear infections
 Injury to head or ear
 Pre natal stage
 Pre lingual or Post lingual stage
What is it? How it occurs? When it occurs?

Hearing Impairment – Invisible disability
Limited access and exclusion from communication and social
interaction can have a significant impact on everyday life causing
feelings of loneliness, isolation and frustration
Individual’s ability to communicate with others where spoken language
gets delayed for children with hearing impairment
Functional
Impact
Social and
Emotional
Impact
Hearing impairment is an invisible disability which can’t be detected until an interaction or
communication between two persons take place
Only around 11% of total disabled population in India are literates and
around only 7% of the disabled population (Ages 15-59) are main
workers*
Economic
Impact
Source for Economic Impact : Census 2011
* Main workers are those who have worked for 6 months or more during reference period of
census survey 2011

Remedies to reduce the impact of hearing impairment
Remedies
Wearing hearing
devices such as
hearing aids,
cochlear implants,
and other assistive
devices
Teaching them
language, lip-
reading skills for
communication
Providing them
opportunities for
education and
integration with
their normal peers
Suniye’s key objectives

Suniye – About us
Who are we?
What is our
vision and
objective?
 Suniye is dedicated NGO working among hearing impaired children
managed exclusively by parents of such children
 It started in 1995 and has benefited 1000+ hearing impaired children till
now
 We run a support school totally free of charge for hearing impaired
children, which encourages inclusive education and helps in developing
speech and language
 Make efforts to improve the existing facilities for the hearing impaired in
the field of education, employment etc.
 Bring all the hearing impaired children into the mainstream and enable
them to lead a normal life
• Donations to Suniye are eligible for exemption u/s 80G of the income Tax Act as per order no. DIT(E)/2011- 2012/S-1828/3664 dated
16.11.2011 of the Director of Income Tax (Exemptions), Delhi.
• We are registered vide 231650952 under the Foreign Contributions (Regulations) Act, 1976, to receive donations.

Suniye – How are we different
We are one of the very few institutions in Delhi teaching
spoken language to hearing impaired children
As we believe that hearing impaired children can be taught
to listen and talk enabling them equal opportunities as their
peers who can hear

Students By Class
Suniye – Who are our students?
Students By Age
Key Demographics Of Students
88% of parents are from low income groups
38% are girls 62% are boys
27% 50% 43% 50% 35%
73% 50% 57% 50% 65%
33% 32% 45% 40%
67% 68% 55% 60%
Academic year (2014-2015).
• 65 children attended mainstream schools during 2014-2015.
• Many members continue to be associated with Suniye though
their children have joined mainstream schools or have joined
higher education etc.

Management
Shri. S. Ramakrishnan (Retd IPS) – Convenor & Secretary
• Former Director General of Police – Home Guards and Civil Defence, Delhi Police
• Former Chief Executive Officer – Chhattarpur Temple (2nd largest Temple in New Delhi)
• Co-Founder, Suniye
• Parent of Hearing Impaired Boy – Vijay Krishnamani who is Associate Consultant, TCS, Singapore
Shri. P. D. Bansal – President
• Businessman – Civil Contractors
• B.Com
• Co-Founder, Suniye
• Parent of Hearing Impaired Boy – Nitesh Bansal who is now a businessman
Shri. Sadhna Harneja – Joint Secretary
• Homemaker
• Parent of 27 yea old Hearing Impaired Boy – Piyush Harneja who is now a businessman
Shri. Ravinder Singh – Treasurer
• B.Tech (Electrical) and works as Junior Engineer in New Delhi, India
• Has vast experience in HVAC – Heating, ventilating and air conditioning
• Parent of Hearing Impaired Boy – Shubham who is in Class XI

How does Suniye help the children and parents?
Suniye helps the children to use the residual hearing through use of hearing aids
Counsel Assess and Fit Develop Integrate & Monitor
• Counsel the parents
on how to tackle the
problems effectively
• Through home visits
counsel other family
members to create
awareness on their
role in child’s
progress
• Assessing the child
for hearing loss
through audiometry
tests
• Based on assessment
fit suitable hearing
aid for the child
• Teach the children
spoken and written
language, social
responsibilities,
community living,
general knowledge
and subjects needed
to go to a regular
school.
• Help parents in
admission of the
child in normal
school
• Interact with school
authorities to
monitor progress of
the child
Improved social interaction and communication & equal opportunities

Suniye – Key contributions and achievements
Due to our efforts Govt. of Delhi ordered
admission of all disabled children in the
Govt. run and Govt. aided schools
On our request Delhi University, Guru
Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and
Dept. of Education New Delhi have reserved
3% for disabled individuals
Delhi Transport Corporation gives free
passes for disabled children
Govt. of Delhi recognized 60 decibel loss in
both the ears as hearing impairment for all
purposes
On our request Govt. enhanced hearing aid
reimbursement ceiling to INR 10,000 per
hearing aid and up to INR 60,000 for digital
hearing aids
The Ali Yavar Jung Institute for the Hearing
Handicapped (AYJNIHH) has been
recognised for issuing hearing loss
certificates for Identity Cards.
Other contributions and achievements:
• Connecting with other organizations working among disabled persons and participating in different forums to voice the problems
of the disabled before the authorities to enable life of dignity for them
• Many of our students have cleared 10th and 12th examinations and some of them have done graduation and or obtained technical
qualifications or Post graduation

Suniye - Achievers
Shri. Vijay Krishnamani who has a profound hearing loss in both ears did his B.Com and MCA and after working
as a software professional in organisations like Nucleus Software Exports, Virtusa, Infosys BPO and Citibank
Singapore is now working as Associate Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services, Singapore. He got the National
Award for the Best Employee from the Government of India in 2008 and the Infosys Excellence Award for
Diversity in 2007. He is also the Global Coordinator of Suniye.
He is also co-founder of DEOC – Diversity and Equal Opportunity Centre - an inclusive social enterprise formed
by people with and without disability with the vision to promote equal opportunity and inclusion in all spheres
of life. He has also co-authored a book “A Values Route to Business Success: The Why and How of Employing
Persons with Disability” – published by Confederation of Indian Industry.
Shri. Cheenu Madan who has a profound hearing loss in both the ears completed his BE in Computers from the
Delhi College of Engineering (now called Delhi Technological University). Thereafter, he did his MS from the
University of Florida, USA and worked as a Financial Software Developer in Bloomberg, New York, USA.
He is now working on his startup, Foobaz Labs which builds web applications targeted at businesses from all
over the world. He founded Clinchpad – a deal focused CRM that enables you to close deals faster.
(www.clinchpad.com)
(www.deoc.in)

Suniye – Achievers Contd.
Shri. Prateek Asnani secured 85% marks in the 12th Board Examinations, 2010. He has since then
completed BE Mechanical Engineering from Netaji Subhash Chandra Institute of Technology, Dwarka,
Delhi. He has just joined University of Delhi for his MBA.
Shri. Rajat Verma did his B.Com and simultaneously completed a Software Engineering course in NIIT
on a scholarship of 25000 INR. He has recently joined Nucleus Software Exports Ltd., Noida, as a
Trainee Software Engineer.
Kumari Purvi Gupta is presently studying in Class X in Delhi Public School, Indirapuram, Noida, UP. She
obtained 90 percent marks in her Class IX examinations.
Kumari Aditi Dubey is presently studying in Class XI in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Gole Market, New Delhi. She
was given National Child Award for exceptional achievement in Roller Skating in 2009. She was
awarded 50000 INR by the Government of Delhi to further enhance her activities in sports in 2013. She
got the best student award in her school in 2013. She represented Delhi in the Junior National
Badminton Championship held at Meerut in September 2014 and secured third position.

Suniye – How you can support us in our vision?
Current FutureCreate Sustainability
• Being First model support
school for hearing
impaired in Delhi with all
world class facilities
• Create Resource center for
other NGOs to learn about
quality education for
hearing impaired
• Enable increased training
to regular teachers for
bringing in inclusive
environment
• Make the Government
policies more Inclusive.
• Provide equal
opportunities to hearing
impaired to develop and
succeed
• Partially
constructed
support school
located in Sector II
R.K.Puram
• 4 full time
teachers
• Secretary who
runs Operations
of Suniye
Short Term Mid Term Long Term
Regular financial
support for running and
maintaining school
which cover expenses
like
• Appoint Full-time
Operations Head and
Director of Education
• Hire 2-4 more
teachers
• Annual Salaries of
other 4 teachers and
3 support staff
• Meet Monthly
Operating Costs
Financial support to
develop world class
facilities provided to all
hearing impaired
children for free and
they include:
• Audiology Center
• Counseling Services
• In house service
support for hearing
aids
• Essential supplies and
hearing aid
accessories
Volunteer Programs
every quarter to create
integration and
awareness
• Financial support to
complete the
partially constructed
support school to
make it into the first
model school for
hearing impaired in
New Delhi.
• Create Corpus Fund
to ensure
sustainability of
Suniye
• Replicate this model
into every other
State of India

Suniye – School at present
Key Facts
• Located at Plot opposite House Nos. 828-813, Type I
Quarters, Sector II, R.K.Puram, New Delhi – 110022.
• Land allotted by the Land and Development Office,
Ministry of Urban Development, Nirman Bhawan, New
Delhi on 3rd December 2002.
• Ground floor completed on 13th April 2008 and
operations started immediately.
• Ground Floor
• 4 classrooms
• 1 Audiometry room
• 1 executive office
• 1 conference room
• 1 waiting lobby
• 1st Floor
• 2 classrooms
• 1 computer room
• 1 multipurpose hall
• 2 store rooms
• 1 waiting lobby

• Corpus Fund is of paramount importance
as it provides financial stability and
thereby creates Sustainability.
• The Principal amount will not be used.
Only the interest earned on it would be
used.
• Taking into consideration the annual
operating cost of Suniye, we have
determined the need for a corpus fund of
10 Crore INR or 1.5 Million USD
Corpus Fund – For Sustainability
* 1 USD = 67 INR

Direct Bank Transfer
For General Domestic Donations (INR)
• Account Title: Suniye
• Account Number: 90562010046606
• Account Type: Savings Bank
• IFSC Code: SYNB0009009
• Name and Address of Bank:
• Syndicate Bank, Sector V, R.K.Puram, New Delhi - 110022, India
• Donations to Suniye are eligible for exemption u/s 80G of the income
Tax Act as per order no. DIT(E)/2011- 2012/S-1828/3664 dated
16.11.2011 of the Director of Income Tax (Exemptions), Delhi.
• Post issue of cheque, please fill in your details at the following link for
issue of receipt: http://suniye.in/issueAreceipt.aspx?paymode=bt
For Overseas Donations (USD)
• Account Title: Suniye
• FCRA Account No.: 10310544820
• FCRA Registration No.: 231650952
• IFSC Code: SBIN0001076
• Branch Code: 1076
• Name and Address of Bank:
• State Bank of India, West Block No VII, Wing No. 1, R.K.Puram, New
Delhi - 110022, India
• We are registered vide 231650952 under the Foreign Contributions
(Regulations) Act, 1976, to receive donations.
Donations
Online
• Please visit the following link
• www.suniye.in/Donation.aspx
• This is a secure payment gateway by CCAvenue
• Nominal charges would be levied by CCAvenue for any transfer
• Post donation, an invoice will be automatically emailed to you for
securing 80G income tax exemption.
Cheque
• Cheques in the name of “SUNIYE” may be sent to the following
address:
– Secretary, Suniye,
– Plot opposite House Nos. 828-813,
– Type I Quarters, Sector II, R.K.Puram, New Delhi - 110022.

Contact Us
Website: www.suniye.in
Facebook: www.facebook.com/suniyengo
Relevant Documents of Suniye can be found at: www.suniye.in/Documents.html
Address:
Plot opposite House No. 828, Type I Quarters, Sector II, RK Puram, New Delhi - 110022.
Phone: +91-11-26160936
India
• S. Ramakrishnan (Convenor & Secretary, Retd. IPS Officer)
+91-98991-47999
suniye@suniye.in
Singapore
• Vijay Krishnamani (Global Coordinator)
+65-85188507 – Whatsapp/SMS/Facetime only (since I am hearing impaired)
vijaykri@gmail.com
contact@suniye.in

Suniye – Key activities
• Parents are counseled to teach the children to listen to sounds and
encourage them to talk
• Parents are asked to develop hobbies like painting, dancing, sports etc.
in the child
• Home visits are organized to counsel other family members about the
importance of their contribution in the child’s learning process
• Children are encouraged to have hobbies like painting, dancing, sports
Counsel Assess and Fit Develop
Integrate &
Monitor

• The school has a core group of experts and an experienced faculty. The
experienced educators for hearing impaired children take up regular
classes while senior parents assist and provide their individual
experiences.
• Performance which differs from child to child is reviewed on a weekly
basis and the earlier plan is modified accordingly. Fathers, who think
they have no role to play in bringing up such children are called
regularly and it is stressed upon and explained how they can
contribute to the progress of the child.
• A teaching plan is drawn for each student separately and explained to
the parents of the student who play an important role.
Integrate &
Monitor

• In all of Suniye’s programs children are made to participate to build
their confidence, and help them feel a sense of achievement
• A few recent events are listed below
• Holi – Festival of Colors - celebrations were conducted on 5th March.
Children participated and learnt what Holi is all about
• Dance, Rhymes and fancy dress performance was given by the children of
Suniye for our visitors from Nederlands, Ms. Marion V. van den Brink,
District Gouverneur 2014-2015, District 1570 (). From the Rotary Club of
Delhi Heritage Sirish Jain, President, Sameer Gupta, Dinish Jaju, Satish
Rakyan, Rajesh Sachdeva and Rajendra Mohan.
• We celebrated our Annual Day in 2014 with a performance “Aatankvad” –
a dance drama choreographed by Bhairvi Mishra on 9th May 2014.
Integrate &
Monitor

Integrate &
Monitor
• Authorities of the neighboring school for the child are contacted to
help in admission
• Suniye Counsellors visit schools where our children study to interact
with the Principals and teachers about how they can help them like:
a. Allowing them to sit in the first row in class
b. Making them sit next to a good and helpful child
c. Talking while facing the child
• Hold annual interaction programs with principals and teachers to
remove doubts and create better mutual understanding of the child’s
needs

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