Mental Retardation Archives - Page 11 of 16

Prema Vasam- Home for the Mentally & Less Fortunate Children

PREMA VASAM is a A home for the Mentally & Physically Challenged and Less Fortunate Children. It is the only home of its kind that caters to the needs of a large number of special children along with the less fortunate normal children. It aims to work with these special children and their families irrespective of caste, creed, religion and financial background. As the name Prema Vasam means, it is a place of love or where love resides. Prema Vasam provides residential care to the children who are differently abled, mentally challenged and less fortunate. It renders relentless service to these children to realize their potentials and to enable them to serve others. It is registered under Charitable Trust Act, Registration No.419 of 1999. Further it is a non profitable organization.

Schizophrenia Research Foundation

SCARF is the acronym for the Schizophrenia Research Foundation, a non governmental, non profit organization in Chennai ( formerly Madras) in south India Founded in 1984 by a group of philanthropists and mental health professionals led by Dr. M.Sarada Menon, an internationally known psychiatrist, SCARF has established itself as a center of repute in rehabilitation and research in disorders of the mind.

FiVE – Pediatric Therapy Centres

It is very important to keep in mind that we are working with the CHILD here, NOT SOLELY THE CONDITION. Unless everyone involved with your child interacts and decides on common goals, style or approach, therapy becomes useless.

Karunaii Trust

The Tamil word Karunaii encompasses empathy, love and a helping hand. These are the concepts that guide the Karunaii Trust set up to address the urgent need for specialized care of mentally retarded children, particularly those from underpriviliged sections of society.Condemned and ostracized by the mainstream, these children are victims of physical, sexual and psychological abuse.From a small building in Saidapet, Chennai, in southern India,

Screening camp for the differently abled children

To make education accessible for the differently-abled, the Sarva Shiksha Abiyan- along with the Spastic Society of Tamil Nadu and Vidhyasagar- on Tuesday conducted a screening camp for the differently abled children in the Triplicane zone.

Annai Fathima Trust

Annai Fathima Child Welfare Centre, has worked out it’s best to provide quality and best education possible to the children. Mrs.Rani Krishnan did not stop the dreams of the children under her care, rather she encouraged them to think about their future and helped the children to achieve it. As everyone realizes the importance of education Mrs.Rani Krishnan also gave more importance for the children’s education by collecting funds from many people to educate a single child. It’s a known fact that parents do feel difficult to educate their own children but Mrs.Rani Krishnan with the help from many people molded many abandoned children into Graduates.

Uddyam Prabha Scheme

An Incentive Scheme to Promote Economic Activities for Self-Employment of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and multiple disabilities.Promoting income generating economic activities for self-employment of persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities through incentives.

Gyan Prabha Scheme

A Scholarship Scheme for Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation & Multiple Disabilities. To encourage people with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities for pursuing post schooling any vocational training / professional courses for enhancement of their skills.

Annual Day celebrations – Shakthi Foundation

It was a sight to behold as a whopping 1,425 differently-abled children and 352 able-bodied children danced, sang and played as one in a fun fair, organised by Airtel as part of the Annual Day celebrations of the Shakthi Foundation, an NGO working for underprivileged and special kids.

Saraswathi Kendra Learning Centre for Children

Saraswathi Kendra provides those supplements necessary for the all-round development of the child. Any child whose life is disturbed by problems that interfere with school performance and inter-personal relationships can benefit from this programme.