SAMADHANNew Delhi, since 1981
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Our history

45 years in Delhi, 1981 to 2026

Easy ReadThis is what happened at SAMADHAN, year by year.
  1. 1981SAMADHAN is registered in New Delhi on 9 December.
  2. 1983First special education unit opens in Dakshinpuri.
  3. 1984-85First public performance, The Carnival of Animals.
  4. 1986First early intervention workshop.
  5. 1988First member from India to join Inclusion International.
  6. 1989Vocational unit begins.
  7. 1990Rehabilitation clinic opens.
  8. 1992SAMADHAN holds its first national drama therapy workshop.
  9. 1993Foundation stone laid for the Dakshinpuri centre, with Lebenshilfe of Germany.
  10. 1994Dr Kiran Bedi opens the Dakshinpuri centre.
  11. 1998Inclusion International award. Community-based rehabilitation begins.
  12. 2000Income generation for mothers starts.
  13. 2003Dwarka building completed.
  14. 2005Dubai International Award for Best Practices.
  15. 2011SAMADHAN elected President of AFID.
  16. 2013Hosts the 21st AFID conference.
  17. 2016Film shot at our Dakshinpuri centre is used in ABLE101x, a free University of Queensland course on edX.
  18. 2018Coffee Because award for the Most Promising Social Programme.
  19. 2020During the lockdown, therapy moves to WhatsApp and video calls. Pre-vocational units open and the garden project starts.
  20. 202645 years of work in Delhi.
The SAMADHAN building in Dakshinpuri among trees
The SAMADHAN building in Dwarka with a flowering shrub
A smiling boy kneeling on a bright patterned bedsheet, tracing the pattern with his finger
The Dakshinpuri centre, opened in 1994. The Dwarka centre, completed in 2003. A child at home during the 2020 lockdown.

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