Vibha Krishnamurthy
FounderFounder of Ummeed Child Development Center
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Vibha Krishnamurthy is the founder of Ummeed Child Development Center (2001)[1], an Indian non-profit working on disability, women & children and healthcare from Mumbai.
Ummeed Child Development Center
Ummeed provides diagnosis, therapy and support for children with developmental disabilities and their families, and trains professionals. It works to make services more accessible to underprivileged families.
Ummeed Child Development Center reports the following, on its own site:
- 14,500+ children received direct clinical services
- 8,600+ professionals — doctors, therapists, teachers, community workers — trained
- 3,400+ caregivers trained on rights, resources and skills; 4,35,000 children and families indirectly reached
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Mumbai
- Founded
- 2001
- Press
- 1
References
- [1] “Ummeed, meaning ‘hope’, was founded in 2001 by Dr Vibha Krishnamurthy, one of India’s first developmental pediatricians, as a not-for-profit organization with the vision of helping children with and at risk of developmental disabilities reach their full potential and be included in society.” — Ummeed Child Development Center. Source
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