AMBA is Globally the first organization to take Technology to the AMBA Beneficiary Community of adults with developmental challenges. AMBA was founded in 2004 and despite the recent Pandemic, AMBA’s mission remains unchanged…to build, operate and sustain training/employment operations within 501 ACPCs (AMBA certified partner centers What is an ACPC?). This enables financial and operational sustainability within the ACPCs, while continuing to Scale! AMBA during the Pandemic enabled work from Home, leveraging the invaluable support of Mothers from the community AMBA serves. AMBA has to date revived 122 ACPCs from across 15 states in India and scaled to 26 more ACPCs to date…thereby also enabling work to 202 more beneficiary operators from 35 revived ACPCs from 10 states doing back end data processing of the backlog of Bhav equity forms of clients dating back to the 1950s. 80% in Rural India, of whom 40+% are Women.
The AMBA CURRICULUM copyrighted across India enables Functional computing and helps this community to meet Service level Agreements of the clients within Data processing and Audit; Backend AI & ML and Multimedia processes to name a few. AMBA – is an Ecosystem developed for this beneficiary community… For Them and By Them!
Taking Technology to the most vulnerable community in India has been the greatest privilege of Team AMBA Life
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AMBA is Globally the only organisation that addresses Livelihood using Technology for adults with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities.
AMBA VISION: AMBA is about changing paradigms and mindsets within society! AMBA challenges one’s pre-conceived notions about the intellectually challenged community and gives one a glimpse into infinite possibilities!
AMBA’S MISSION, despite the recent Pandemic, remains unchanged…to revive/build, operate and sustain training/employment operations within 501 ACPCs (AMBA certified partner centres What is an ACPC?); to enable financial and operational sustainability, while continuing to Scale by 2026/27!
SITUATIONAL CONTEXT FOR LIVELIHOODS OF PERSONS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES IN INDIA:
Over 10 million persons with moderate to severe intellectual disability and developmental disorders coexist within the Indian Population. [The data is based on 20+ years of research and development by AMBA across India, also leveraging Special Olympics Bharat across India]
Intellectual Disability is a developmental disorder with extremely delayed milestones and very low cognitive ability. The challenge manifests in impaired ability to reason or recall.
Behavioural problems especially post puberty further deters their development. The disability also often results in all the associated challenges such as physical disability, seizures, speech and visual challenges.
The disability is seldom genetic, and for this reason it remains largely ‘invisible’ as appearances rarely show the disability. Most importantly they do not have the social skills to go out and work within Mainstream jobs.
The intellectually challenged community is the most marginalized section of society in India. Most government schools accept and patronize this community up until the age of 14, following which they are entertained, if the family can afford it, through non-earning vocational practices only until Puberty.
Contact Person: Pramod Govind
Email: pramod@ambaforlife.org
Phone: 9886794960
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