Who we are

Vision

JAANOOO (Join, Act, Assist for Neurodevelopmental/ Neurodegenerative Outreach and Overcoming Overtures), a charitable trust established for supporting and working as an advocacy group on issues concerning people afflicted with Intellectual & Development (ID) disabilities.

The trust strives to work towards improving the public opinion towards the ID afflicted persons. It seeks to set up information and knowledge networks with like minded individuals/ groups/ organizations and act as public platform for the voiceless and severely disadvantaged social segment especially of ID afflicted persons. It seeks to act as an advocacy group to build bridges amongst ID afflicted actors. It seeks to synthesize all related information leading to exchange of ideas and information and building knowledge networks. This effort will help ID patients/ persons in becoming active participants in social processes and use these channels to express their voices in policy formulation and corrections.

Mission

Enable: The Trust through JAANOOO.org endeavours to provide a global platform for the Intellectually Disabled and their families/ guardians to connect with caregivers and act as a source of information on the best practices, support structures, and interventions available at local/ regional/ national/ international levels. End goal is to extend the support to enable the Intellectually Disabled to become active members of the society and help them realize their full potential.

Empower: Through its association with likeminded individuals, groups and associations, the Trust plans to provide a voice to the Intellectually Disabled and their families/ guardians and aims to bring them into the social mainstream and help them avail the common rights available to a normal citizen.

Transcend: The Trust aims to lend an active voice to Intellectually Disabled in formulation of all public policies and initiatives that address their specific concerns i.e. education, job opportunities in govt. and private sector, protection while aging, support to families and caregivers, ensuring protection under international and national legal framework, changing cultural values facilitating integration and mainstreaming their issues in all interventions. The aim is to directly and profoundly impact the ‘Disability’ landscape.

Transform: The Trust would be working to expand, evolve and align the disparate public perspectives and would facilitate building a positive outlook of all stakeholders towards Intellectual Disability.