About Organization:There are over 52 million children in India with developmental
disabilities and over 650,000 in Mumbai alone. Out of these, not
even a quarter have access to quality care.
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. For over two decades, Ummeed has, through
its ‘family-centered approach’, been addressing the issues of early
identification, early and appropriate intervention, participation and
empowerment of children with developmental disabilities and
families through all its work.