SUSTAINABILITY- SUSTAINABILITY- A MYTH OR A REALITY?A MYTH OR A REALITY?

Dipti KarnadDipti Karnad

Sumitra MishraSumitra Mishra

Sampada ShevdeSampada Shevde

Starting a new project – Starting a new project – How?How?• Target group Target group

• PurposePurpose

• DesignDesign

• FundsFunds

• TeamTeam

• TimeTime

• Future PlanningFuture Planning

Staff development Aids and appliances Meals

cTransport Diagnostic facilities

cclassroom

Staff development Aids and appliances Meals

cTransport Diagnostic facilities

cclassroom

What went wrong?What went wrong?

• No money?No money?

• Staff left?Staff left?

• Parents lost interest?Parents lost interest?

• New project to manage?New project to manage?

• Equipment broke down?Equipment broke down?

• Government changed?Government changed?

SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability – An Sustainability – An interpretationinterpretation

The dictionary meaning The dictionary meaning of sustainability says: of sustainability says: ‘Capable of being ‘Capable of being sustained or sustained or maintained’maintained’

What do we really want to What do we really want to sustain?sustain?

Deafblind childrenDeafblind children• Accept them Accept them • Individualized EducationIndividualized Education programprogram• Communication partnersCommunication partners• Participation in Participation in

community activitiescommunity activities• Let them have a say in Let them have a say in

what they learnwhat they learn• Appropriate educational Appropriate educational

placementplacement

What do we really want to What do we really want to sustain?sustain?

Human ResourceHuman Resource

• Qualified staffQualified staff• In-service trainingIn-service training• Training in relevant Training in relevant

skillsskills• Support staffSupport staff• Opportunities for staff Opportunities for staff

developmentdevelopment• Maintaining staff Maintaining staff

motivationmotivation• NetworksNetworks

What do we really want to What do we really want to sustain? sustain?

Programme Programme • Future planningFuture planning• ResourcesResources• LeadershipLeadership• Management Management

systemssystems• Staff retentionStaff retention• DocumentationDocumentation• FundsFunds

What do we really want to What do we really want to sustain? sustain?

CommunityCommunity • Trained local Trained local

expertiseexpertise• Local resources Local resources • Involvement of Involvement of

community based community based organizationsorganizations

What do we really want to What do we really want to sustain? sustain? StateState

•Sensitized Sensitized government officialsgovernment officials

•Deafblind people Deafblind people participating in the participating in the decision making decision making processprocess

•AdvocacyAdvocacy

•Government fundsGovernment funds

ChallengesChallenges

•Unique target groupUnique target group

•TimeTime

•Imported expertise Imported expertise

•Understanding the Understanding the conceptconcept

Sustaining the programSustaining the program

•Target group Target group

•PurposePurpose

•DesignDesign

•FundsFunds

•TeamTeam

•TimeTime

•Future PlanningFuture Planning