Suniye - An NGO for Hearing Impaired/Aid

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
unemployed
2
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
 Suniye is dedicated NGO working among hearing impaired
children managed exclusively by parents of such children
 It started in 1995 and has benefited hundreds of 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

Suniye – How are we different
We are one of the very few institutions in Delhi teaching
spoken language as opposed to sign language to
these 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?
Key facts and figures
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
• 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
Shri. Praveen Agarwal - President
• Partner at Agarwal Jetley & Co., Advocates
• FCA, LLB (Law), BSc
• Parent of Hearing Impaired Girl – Priya Gupta
Shri. Anil Madan – Vice President
• Co-Founder & Director, Clinchpad - Cloud based lead monitoring CRM tool being used globally.
• Awarded Successful Entrepreneur (1988) by Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
• Co-Founder, Suniye
• Parent of Hearing Impaired Boy – Cheenu Madan
Smt. Santosh Verma - Secretary
• Associated with Suniye last 15 years
• Post Graduate B.Ed from GNDU Amritsar
• Parent of Hearing Impaired Boy – Rajat Verma

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 years 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 Assistant 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 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 is currently applying for MBA from some top-tier institutes.
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 X 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 Future
• 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
• Monthly
operating cost of
100,000 INR
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 at 50000
INR per month per
person
• Hire 2-4 more
teachers at 40000
INR per month per
person.
• 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
• Programming and
adjustment of
hearing aids
• In house service
support for hearing
aids
• Essential supplies
and hearing aid
accessories
• Financial support
of 50,00,000 INR to
complete the
partially
constructed
support school to
make it into the
first model school
for hearing impaired
in New Delhi.
• 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 2008.
• 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

Blueprint of Proposed 1st Floor of Suniye
Classroom 1
15-0 * 20-0
Classroom 2
15-0 * 20-0
Waiting Lobby
11-0 * 15-0
Multipurpose Hall
42-6 * 20-3
Store 1
15-0 * 6-0
Computer Room
20-0 * 13-0
Store 2
21-9 * 11-0

 We will be grateful for any contribution small or large
 For donations made as follows for the first floor, we would put up your name on the
respective door for 10 years.
Contributions for First Floor
Item Dimension Donation
Multipurpose hall 42-6 * 20-3 20 Lakh INR
Computer Room 20-0 * 13-0 15 Lakh INR
Classroom 1 15-0 * 20-0 10 Lakh INR
Classroom 2 15-0 * 20-0 10 Lakh INR
Waiting Lobby 11-0 * 15-0 5 Lakh INR
Store Room 1 15-0 * 6-0 1 Lakh INR
Store Room 2 21-9 * 11-0 2 Lakh INR
 Contribution for whole of first floor
– If you would like to fund the whole of first floor, we would be grateful for a total donation of
55 Lakh INR and we would name the first floor after you for 15 years.
 Notes:
– If you would like to donate in installments, we will be very happy to discuss the same.
• We are happy to receive donations for multiple items
Tax Exemption
• 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.

For Domestic Donations (Indian Rupee)
• Account Title: Suniye
• Account Number: 90562010049447
• (Building Fund Account)
• Account Type: Savings Bank
• IFSC Code: SYNB0009009
• Name and Address of Bank:
• Syndicate Bank, Sector V, R.K.Puram, New Delhi
- 110022, India
• Address of Suniye: Plot opposite House Nos.
828-813, Type I Quarters, Sector II, R.K.Puram,
New Delhi - 110022.
• 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.
For Overseas Donations (Non Indian Rupee)
• Account Title: Suniye
• FCRA Registration No.: 231650952
• FCRA Account No.: 10310544820
• IFSC Code: SBIN0001076
• 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

• We are running our crowdfunding
campaign focused raising funds
for completing the 1st floor of our
school.
• URL: www.ketto.org/suniye
• Accepts INR and USD
Our Crowdfunding Campaign

Contact Us
Website: www.suniye.in
Facebook: www.facebook.com/suniyengo
Address:
Plot opposite House No. 828, Type I Quarters, Sector II, RK Puram, New Delhi - 110022.
Phone: +91-11-26160936
India
• S. Ramakrishnan (Convenor, Retd. IPS Officer)
+91-98991-47999
kunjuramu@gmail.com
• Santosh Verma (Secretary)
+91-99113-77647
suniye@suniye.in
Singapore
• Vijay Krishnamani (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
Integrate &
Monitor

Suniye – Key activities
• 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

Suniye – Key activities Contd.
• 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

Suniye – Key activities Contd.
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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