About Us
Suniye is a registered Society vide No. S-28443/1995 of Registrar of Societies, Delhi.
We are an NGO working toward the rehabilitation of hearing impaired children since 1995. Our efforts have benefited 1,000+ hearing impaired children till date. We are one of the very few NGOs in India teaching spoken language to hearing impaired children. We believe that hearing impaired children can be taught to listen and talk, thus enabling them equal opportunities.
To bring alive this belief, we run a support school where we impart speech & language training to young hearing impaired children through a trained team of speech therapists. Every year, we average 60+ students, 90% of whom are from low-income backgrounds. Our desire is that our children study at regular schools and grow up as productive members of society. We are proud of our children; some of whom have done BE, MCA, MBA, B Com, and are working in private companies or in the government.
You may help us in our mission through contributions that are permitted as below:
- Indian Rupee Donations to Suniye are eligible for exemption u/s 80G of the Income Tax Act as per order no. DIT(E)/2011- 2012/S-1828/3664 dated 16.11.2011 of the Director of Income Tax (Exemptions), Delhi.
- We are registered vide 231650952 under the Foreign Contributions (Regulations) Act, 1976, to receive donations.
Our Mission
Why small charities struggle to raise funds
It has been scientifically proven that there is nothing called stone deafness. Even someone who is hearing impaired from birth has some residual hearing. At Suniye we help a child to use this residual hearing by wearing hearing aids and teach them to listen to sounds and then learn how to speak. There is no short-cut available to a hearing impaired child to listen to sounds and learn to talk. Cochlear implant is another process to help a hearing impaired child, however, here also the child needs to be taught to listen to sounds and talk.
Suniye’s goal is to enable hearing impaired children to learn how to listen, speak, read, write, and join mainstream society. This mission has three components:
- Teaching & Training: We adopt a holistic approach to teaching children to hear and speech through speech therapy, activity based learning, close integration with teaching staff at schools, and assistance with hearing aids and cochlear implants
- Community Support: We engage extensively with the full community around the child and counsel / train them to deliver active support – parents, siblings, extended family and neighbours, school teachers etc.
- Influence Policy Development: We participate in fora and events aimed at affirmative action for the hearing impaired and engage local government and schools to effect change in policy and push for implementation
25 YEARS OF SERVICE
to hearing impaired children
SUNIYE SCHOOL
established in 2005 at RK Puram, New Delhi
1000+ CHILDREN
have learnt speech & language
31+ CHILDREN
currently enrolled
at the
Suniye School
Our Children
SUNIYE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Shri. S Ramakrishnan (IPS – Retd.) – Convenor & Secretary
Former Director General Home Guards (Delhi) and Director Civil Defence (Delhi)Former CEO, Chhatarpur Mandir Trust – 2nd largest temple in Delhi NCR CO_Founder Suniye Parent of hearing impaired – Son Vijay Krishnamani works with TCS in Singapore
Smt. Rashmi Agarwal – President
Active in management of Suniye School
Founder parent of Suniye
MA (Economics), BSc (Home Science), and Bed
Accomplished artist – Exhibitions at India Habitat Centre
Parent of hearing impaired – Daughter, Priya Abhinav Gupta
Shri. PD Bansal - Vice President
Businessman – Civil Contractor CO-Founder, Suniye Parent of hearing impaired
Mr. Ravinder Singh – Treasurer
Works as Junior Engineer in New Delhi, India. Has vast experience in HVAC – Heating, ventilating and air conditioning. Parent of Hearing Impaired Boy – Shubham who is in Class XI
Smt. Sadhna Harneja – Committee Member
Active in management of Suniye School
Founder parent of Suniye
BA (Home Science), Diploma in Textile Designing, Diploma in Advertising & Public Relation
Parent of hearing impaired – Son, Piyush Harneja (Family Business)
Shri. Vijay Krishnamani – Committee Member
Associate Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services (Singapore)
Winner of National Award for Best Employee with Disability in 2008
Winner of Infosys Excellence Award for Diversity
Hearing impaired – Active member of Suniye
Mr. Satish Rakyan Committee Member
Smt. Kiran Bhagat – Committee Member
Active in management of Suniye School
Founder parent of Suniye
Formerly worked with Delhi Development Authority, Delhi Government
Parent of hearing impaired – Daughter, Neha Bhagat (Artiste)
Mr. Dinesh Jaju – Committee Member
Mr. Sammeer Gupta - Committee Member
Mr. Deepak Kumar Agarwal – Committee Member
Contribute to Suniye
Every contribution is directed towards making our hearing impaired children learn to hear and speak. You may contribute in Indian Rupees or foreign currency as we are registered to receive funds under both.