Karnataka Handicapped Welfare Association

Aim To provide rehabilitation services for the hearing impaired, especially for the underprivileged, and those in rural areas.

Karnataka Handicapped Welfare Association...
	is listed under the category Disability/Speech & Hearing Disability
	was established in 1979
	focuses on hearing disability, teacher training, school, home
	functions at the Local, State level
	works with urban and rural children with hearing disability, 4 1/2 -18 years
	welcomes help in the form of books, toys, donations, blankets

KHWA has two residential schools in Bangalore and Hassan for 350 hearing impaired children, with computer training from Std 8 upwards. It has diagnosis and assessment camps in rural and semi-rural areas. It provides training for parents, and has a ten-month diploma course for teachers of the hearing impaired. It distributes hearing aids free to economically disadvantaged persons, and offers job placement services. It also has boarding facilities for 50 orphan children.

Mr K M Patil, Secretary
Available - Mon-Fri 9.15-3.15, Sat 9.15-12.30
CA-6, behind Mini Bal Bhavan, Jeevanbhima Nagar, Bangalore - 560075.
Ph 25262783 , Fax 25283886