Mannar Association for Rehabilitation of Differently Able People
(MARDAP)

The Organization called MARDAP (Mannar Association for Rehabilitation of Differently Able People) started in October 2002. It was registered on 30th.September 2003, under the Voluntary Social Service Organization (Registration and Supervision) Act. No..31 of 1980.

The objective of MARDAP is to rehabilitate and to raise self-esteem, their dignity and socio-economic of the differently able people. It’s main aim is to do Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Service to the traumatized, displaced and Differently able people in Mannar District. We have identifies about 2000 people with physical and mental disability in the district, and still more to be identified.

The CBR project has been a beneficial project for people. A team which gained sufficient knowledge, skills and attitude in managing the CBR, has been implementing this project. Through implementing this project, the staffs have come to be capable and experience team in this field. This was actually a learning-by-doing project. However, the CBR team has been built with a view to foster Human Resources Development to a certain level; that is, enough to extend the CBR project to other divisions.

We also run Special educational programme for the Mentally Challenged, Hearing and Speech impaired children and Vocational training for the young people in our Centre. About 55 children participate in this training programme. Apart from this programme we take care of disabled and orphan children who were released though Probation Office from the Hospitals and IDP Camps last year 2009.

The Strength of the Staff is 25 – (15 CBR Workers, 4 Special Education Staff, and 6 Administration personnel (M-9, F-16) and 3 Volunteers.

Vision:






“Worlds of Peace, Harmony Equality where differently able people are made realize their full potentialities”.

Mission:

— MARDAP Commits to enhance those who are often rejected by the main stream society because of their mental or physical disability

— MARDAP seeks to bring out the hidden talents of the people with disability that need to be valued accepted and supported.

— MARDAP aims to promote their quality of life by supporting for livelihood.