When he was four years old, Brian John Yim’s father left him and his younger brother with their mother and took everything away except an organ. The very object of his sadness became his source of comfort and inspiration. “The organ was the only connection I had with my dad,” says Yim. With no moneyfor piano lessons but an ear for music, he would listen and play the organ as his mother and grandmother sang along.
“Like a spring the beginning of all things are small.” It happened to be the same with Life Help Centre when we incepted the tiny seeds of service to the handicapped in the year 1977. This organization started its service in a rented building at Adyar, Chennai which shifted soon to its own campus on 11.52 acres situated at Palavakkam which is towards the south of Chennai on the East Coast Road, in June 1983.
Since 1993 The Banyan has been an integral part of the chain of care for people with mental illness in Chennai. The projects have changed the lives of over 5,000 people by providing services to support them in reaching their definition of recovery:
The Mission of Alpha to Omega Learning Centre is to help a large number of people affected by Learning Disabilities to attain their maximum potential and to merge with the mainstream.
The school was started in June 2003 with 20 special children with disabilities like- Autism, downs syndrome, mental retardation, learning difficulties, cerebral palsy and others.
This holistic development will be achieved through the multifarious services and therapies, which are provided in a structured, positive and empathetic environment at Chrysalis.
we focus on holistic development of the child by multidisciplinary approach which we achieve by providing services like Occupational therapy, Sensory integration, Speech and language therapy, Augmentative and Alternate communication, Special education and Facilitation of social skill and play.
It started its operation by mainly spreading awareness and teacher training. Children were given remedial help outside school hours. School centers were being setup with our help. Itinerant teaching was offered to schools, which did not have their own centers, but wanted to help their children.
Saraswathi Kendra Learning Centre for Children in 1985. 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.
The Mind Research Foundation is a Non Govt. Organization, started with the motto of “serving for healthy mind”. TMRF is working for the enhancement ofquality life of the differently challenged people.