FANS

Family Networks (FaNs) for Kids is a supportive network that uses technology to train families and caregivers who have a child with special needs including development disorders to help them care better for their children. FaNs aims at breaking down stigma and closing the care gap for children with developmental disorders in rural areas of Pakistan. FaNs does this by organising, training and empowering the families of affected children into potentially self-sustaining networks who are able to care for their own children and advocate for their needs to the community and the health system... FaNs leverages the power of families' support and technology to deliver care in low resource settings. The network approach ensures support and quality care for the child internal to the family, whilst also building a voice for marginalized families against external stigma and exploit the use of technology to train non-specialists in delivering evidence-informed caregivers' skills training program..

Also known as: FaNs for Kids