Reaching to the Unreached
CARE Disability
Community Action for Rehabilitation and Empowerment
As DAN's flagship intervention, CARE is dedicated to empowering Differently Abled Persons. We actively reach Nagaland's unreached communities, facilitating their rehabilitation and leveraging local resources to foster independence, inclusion and self-sufficiency.
Programme in Action
Key Interventions
Identification, Facilitation of Assessment and Certification
The CARE Disability initiative primarily aims at reaching out to every differently abled person in Nagaland and facilitate their mainstreaming through linking to the existing government schemes and programmes as well as support systems by institutions, NGOs, CSOs and FBOs.
Community Awareness Creation
The initiative believes in generating community responses for making a more inclusive and enabling environment for the differently abled. Focused and consistent awareness creation interventions are carried out with every section of the community on regular basis. Community response teams on disability are formed, capacitated and nurtured.
Nurturing of Disabled People's Organizations
The Differently Abled People's organizations, involving the PwDs and their family members are nurtured and capacitated at every community. These organizations are further linked to block, district and state level organizations. The DPOs advocate for disability rights and inclusion in the community level and provide support to each other in times of distress.
Home Based Care Training and Family Fellowships
We host Home-Based Trainings and Family Fellowships in every block, bringing together Persons with Disabilities and their caregivers. These events are vibrant celebrations of their lives, forged in collaboration with the community and local churches. They provide a crucial opportunity for everyone to gain a firsthand understanding of life with a disability.
Vocational Skill Development and Income Generation
CARE's skill development initiatives are designed to meet the fundamental economic needs of Persons with Disabilities and their immediate caregivers. We deliver essential skilling and income generation programs directly to their homes, ensuring accessibility and immediate impact. For those with greater aptitude, we facilitate advanced training opportunities through collaborations with specialized service providers.
Facilitation for Treatment and Assistive Devices
The project consistently reaches out to the beneficiaries with facilitation for treatment and procuring assistive devices. While government schemes are utilized wherever possible; the organization partners with other organizations and groups in providing support to those who are yet to undergo assessment and certification.
Recent Activity · 10 July 2026
Special Olympics Nagaland Unified Competition for Special Children
The Development Association of Nagaland hosted the Special Olympics Nagaland (Bharat) Unified Competition for Special Children on at the DAN Campus, Dimapur.
The unified competitions were carried out with children from special education and inclusive schools across Dimapur and surrounding districts. Around 75 children from different institutions participated in the event, in which games like bocce, football, badminton, and different athletic competitions were held.
The children also underwent health check-ups with the support of the Grace Nursing School, Singrijan. All participating children were given certificates and mementos by the organisers.
A felicitation session was also organised in which children presented songs and dances to entertain the gathering of well-wishers, parents, and visitors.
75
Children participated
4
Sports disciplines
Disability Advocates
Our trained volunteer disability advocates are the frontline champions of this initiative. They are essential to identifying, follow up, and delivering rehabilitation to Persons with Disabilities in Nagaland's most remote areas, significantly advancing our mission to reach everyone in Nagaland.