OUR FOCUS
Fulfilling Our Mission
Currently, RAPHAEL strives to fulfil its mission through three thematic in-house programmes as under:
SPECIAL EDUCATION (SE) PROGRAMME
SPECIAL EDUCATION (SE) PROGRAMME
The objective of the SE Programme is to generate awareness about Persons with Disability (PwD) through advocacy; identify and assess children and young adults with intellectual & other developmental disabilities (such as, but not limited to Autism, Cerebral Palsy & Down Syndrome); educate & train children with disabilities (CwD) to realise their potential and facilitate their rehabilitation in the family and community. SE activities are carried out both on and off campus.
TB CONTROL PROGRAMME
TB CONTROL PROGRAMME
The objective of the TB Control Programme is to assist the Uttarakhand State Government in the control –detection, treatment and prevention – of TB.
RAPHAEL is a government designated Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) Centre. Its TB Control Programme is run in accordance with guidelines laid down in the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP).
Its facilities include a 20 (12 male; 8 female) bed hospital; an Out-patient Department; and a clinical laboratory capable of the full range of investigations for TB. Patients detected with TB are registered and given a unique NIKSHAY Identity Number. Those who are able to return to their homes are provided with a ‘referral’ & free medication for a limited period. They are then instructed to report to their local DOTS centre to continue with their treatment in accordance with the RNTCP. Only those patients suffering from acute tubercular infection & ‘shared symptoms’ and deemed unfit to travel are admitted in the hospital. They are discharged with a referral & medication only after their general condition improves. It is this latter ‘in-patient’ facility that makes RAPHAEL’s TB control programme unique.
Whereas medicines for the treatment of TB are provided by the district medical authorities free of cost the expenditure incurred on supportive treatment (including meals) of patients admitted to the hospital is borne by RAPHAEL.
LIFELONG CARE PROGRAMME
LIFELONG CARE PROGRAMME
The objective of the Life-long Care Programme is to provide a life of dignity to persons with disability.
The Life-long Care Programme is a legacy of the past. When RAPHAEL first started it began by caring for Leprosy Cured Patients rescued off the streets. Over the years, the civil administration has found it convenient to entrust RAPHAEL with the care of other persons with disabilities who have nowhere to go.
CONTACT
RAPHAEL CENTER
P.Box -157, End Mohini Road, Trans Rispana Nadi, Dehradun, 248001. Uttarakhand, India.
RAPHAEL IS A REGISTERED SOCIETY UNDER THE SOCIETY REGISTRATION ACT XXI OF 1860