Aash Child Development Center-An Initiative of Samphia Foundation
At Aash every child has hope!
The Aash Child Development Center is an initiative of the Samphia, we are committed to bringing hope to families of children with developmental disabilities by helping everyone focus on their abilities.
18/11/2025
Samphia at Medical Assessment Camps
In collaboration with ALIMCO and RBSK, and under Samagra Shiksha, Himachal Pradesh, Samphia actively participated in a series of Medical Assessment Camps in recent days.
Our team visited various locations in District Chamba—
📍BRCC Office Tissa
📍 BRCC Office Salooni
📍 BRCC Office Mahla (Chowari)
📍 BRCC Office Chamba Sadar
And in District Kullu—
📍 BRCC Office Sainj
📍 BRCC Office Shamshi
📍 BRCC Office Kullu
At all these locations, our Therapy on Wheels team provided free therapy services to children and adults with disabilities and extended full support to the organisers.
During the camps, participants were also informed about the range of disability-related services offered by Samphia.
Samphia remains committed to ensuring that accessible, quality, and timely services reach even the most remote areas of Himachal Pradesh.
14/11/2025
A very Happy Children’s day at Aash!
14/11/2025
Happy Children Day!
14/11/2025
13/11/2025
04/11/2025
04/11/2025
A productive meeting today with Dr. Ranjeet Thakur, the newly appointed Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Kullu. 🌿
Our team shared insights about Samphia’s key initiatives — Divyang Mitra Kendra, Therapy on Wheels, Aash Child Development Center, DEIC support, and ongoing Inclusion programs.
Dr. Thakur deeply appreciated the efforts and showed keen interest to visit the centers soon. ✨”
01/11/2025
Proud Moment! Our Executive Director has been featured in multiple newspapers for her selection for the National Award 2025.
31/10/2025
🌟 National Awards 2025 – Empowering Abilities, Celebrating Inclusion! 🌟
The winners of the National Awards 2025 for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities have been announced!
We’re proud to share that our Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Shruti More, an accomplished Occupational Therapist, has been honoured with the National Award for Best Rehabilitation Professional. 🙌
This recognition celebrates her years of dedicated service and transformative work in empowering children with disabilities and promoting inclusion across Himachal Pradesh.
The award will be presented by the Hon’ble President of India on 3rd December 2025, on the eve of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, at a special ceremony in New Delhi.
Meet all the inspiring individuals and organizations breaking barriers and leading India towards a more inclusive and accessible future 🇮🇳♿
At Samphia Foundation, we marked this important month with an inspiring and reflective session facilitated by Mrs. Geeta Dalal, Senior Psychologist and Special Educator from Mumbai. With her vast experience in the field of special education and mental health training, Geeta Dalal guided our team through meaningful conversations and exercises on emotional well-being, resilience, and self-care.
The session focused on team building and mental health checks for professionals working in the disability and education sector — reminding us that when we nurture our own minds, we strengthen our collective impact.
💚 Theme: Stronger Minds, Stronger Teams!
Together, we continue to build a culture of compassion, care, and strength — for ourselves and for the communities we serve✨
24/10/2025
Samphia at International Kullu Dussehra 2025
During the International Kullu Dussehra, Team Samphia actively spread awareness about disability and therapy services through three impactful ways:
1️⃣ DEIC Stall (along with Health Department Kullu): Engaged visitors, including Hon’ble Deputy CM of HP Sh. Mukesh Agnihotri ji, MLA Kullu Mr. Sunder Singh Thakur ji & MLA Banjar Sh. Surender Shouri ji, sharing information on early intervention and therapy services.
2️⃣ Samphu Awareness Campaign: Our inclusion mascot Samphu reached crowded areas, spreading messages of inclusion, empathy, and support for differently-abled individuals.
3️⃣ LED Screen Campaigns: Key screens at the festival displayed informative ads, reaching thousands of festival-goers with messages of inclusion and rehabilitation services.
👏 Samphia Foundation continues to make inclusion a celebration for all!
Department of Sports, MYAS, Government of India National Health Mission, Himachal Pradesh Therapy on Wheels-Chamba Global Goals for Sustainable Development SDM KULLU - Official
Sunder Singh Thakur
Address
Aash Child Development Center, House No-75, Rambagh, Akhara Bazar Kullu 175101
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Aash Children Development Center located in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh was founded by Samphia foundation on 1st April 2019. The names Aash and Samphia come from the local dialect of Kullu valley which respectively means Hope and Ability.
The center works towards treating children with orthopedic impairments, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, speech and hearing impairments, developmental delays, sensory processing disorders.
The founding stone of the NGO was laid down by two visionary young women Shruti and Rekha. Shruti comes form Mumbai while Rekha is a native of Kullu valley. Like many youngsters, both of them had aspirations to work in big cities or to shift abroad for a better future. But all their plans came to a halt when they came across children with developmental disabilities in the valley. Due to the lack of information and facilities, these children suffered heavily. The parents and society did not know how to handle children with developmental disabilities. The desire to help these children led Shruti and Rekha to join Handimachal an NGO operating in Kullu.
The years of trust building in the local community helped them to transform the lives of hundreds of differently abled children. But, still there was a lot to be done hence Samphia Foundation came into existence with a goal of creating an inclusive environment for the people with diverse abilities. The goal of the foundation is to reach the most rural part of Himachal Pradesh and create a community where people with different abilities could also thrive as an active member of the society.
With a collective experience of 12 years of work at the grass rout level, Rekha with an acute understanding of local fabric of the community and Shruti with a larger worldview of the disability sector, are a team committed to fill the gaps in service provision to offer people with disabilities and their families more support, opportunity and choice. The ultimate goal of which being Inclusion.
