ABOUT US

Established in 1986, Very Special Arts India is an institute working with the disabled and underprivileged population of India. It is affiliated to VSA arts which is an international, nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where all people with disabilities learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts. The organization was conceived to fill a very special slot. It is in fact, the only programme that seeks to work with people with disabilities via remedial therapies using dance, drama, music, visual arts and crafts. Using the arts as a tool for social, educational, emotional and vocational rehabilitation, Very Special Arts attempts to nurture talented artists, provide them with a platform to display their accomplishments, build self esteem and facilitate a smooth integration into mainstream society in which they have as much a right to belong as anybody. Every volunteer and worker in VSA follows the credo: to fortify the belief of those less privileged, that, no mental or physical challenge need ever limit the human potential to create and excel.