WHAT MENCAFEP IS ALL ABOUT. 

• To provide non-institutionalised care for special needs/intellectually challenged children and young people, through caring for them in their own communities and for them to stay and live with their families.
  
  *  Thus allowing these children and young people to be cared for in their home environments, allowing them to live with their families and gain acceptance in their communities.
  
  *  Along with providing an opportunity for special needs/intellectually challenged children and young people to interact with the whole community. 
   
• To relieve pressure on families caring for special needs/intellectually challenged children and young people. To help the child and family develop, through the MENCAFEP Day Care Centre and School.
  
  *  Therefore exposing children and young people and their families, to stimuli and experiences not normally provided for them. This will include formal and informal education, music, exercise, constructive play, communication, speech training, physiotherapy, social skills, vocational training, job experience and employment.
  
  *   Providing an information library for special needs/intellectually challenged children/young people and their families and other interested parties.
  
  *  To prepare special needs/intellectually challenged children/young people and their families for adulthood, through vocational training and other programmes.
   
• To educate families and communities through a home visit programme.
  
  *   Therefore making families and communities aware, of all they have to offer children with disabilities, and what special needs/intellectually challenged children/young people can offer their families and communities.
  
  *  Helping families and communities of these children/young people, understand that, embarrassment, shame, guilt are unnecessary burdens that hinder the child’s, families and communities development.
  
  *  Through this above process the establishment of family support groups, through which families can help each other, meet the challenges of caring for a disabled child/young person. 
   
• To make MENCAFEP a resource centre for training and for supporting, other groups interested in community based rehabilitation of special needs/intellectually challenged children/young people.
  
  *  Outreach work to be very much encouraged in this aspect.
  
  *  Through the above and outside resources provide on going training and learning experiences for MENCAFEP staff members. Who in addition to being teachers must serve as social workers, health care providers and friends of the child, family and community.  
   
• To provide respite and community care, specifically for the multiple disabled child/young person, when the need arises.  
   
• To enable MENCAFEP to belong to the community it serves.

Contact:

If you require any more information or you have any queries or questions, please contact:

Chris Stubbs or Ranji Stubbs
MENCAFEP
26, St. Andrews Drive
Nuwara Eliya
Sri Lanka.

E-mail: stubbs@sri.lanka.net or enya@sri.lanka.net or info@mencafepsrilanka.com

Telephone: 0094-(0)52-2222509.
Fax: As above.
Mobile: 0094-(0)722-226166.

:: Text and photographs by Chris Stubbs. ::