Amar Seva Sangam
Amar Seva Sangam
Project Brief: Amar Seva Sangam
Project Type: Children with Disabilities (description)
Primary Focus: other (description)
Supporting Chapter Contact: Seattle
Project Type: Children with Disabilities (description)
Primary Focus: other (description)
Secondary Focus: other
Area: RuralSupporting Chapter Contact:
Status: current / ongoing
Project Steward: Meera Venkatesh
Project Partner(s): S. Sankara Raman
Other Contacts: Ramesh Ramakrishnan
Project Address: , SULOCHANA GARDENS,Post Box No.001 Tenkasi Road AYIKUDY ,P.O TIRUNELVELI DIST.,
Tamil Nadu 627852
Tel: 011 91 4633 267160
Stewarding Chapter: Seattle
Project Steward: Meera Venkatesh
Project Partner(s): S. Sankara Raman
Other Contacts: Ramesh Ramakrishnan
Project Address: , SULOCHANA GARDENS,Post Box No.001 Tenkasi Road AYIKUDY ,P.O TIRUNELVELI DIST.,
Tamil Nadu 627852
Tel: 011 91 4633 267160
Stewarding Chapter: Seattle
| Sep 2024 | Seattle | USD 23290 |
| Aug 2023 | Seattle | USD 24554 |
| Sep 2022 | Seattle | USD 23850 |
| Nov 2021 | Seattle | USD 26121 |
| Jun 2021 | Seattle | USD 5206 |
| Dec 2020 | Seattle | USD 6452 |
| Jul 2020 | Seattle | USD 23409 |
| Nov 2019 | Seattle | USD 3031 |
| Nov 2019 | Seattle | USD 24623 |
| Oct 2018 | Seattle | USD 24052 |
| Dec 2017 | Seattle | USD 54160 |
| Sep 2017 | Seattle | USD 25384 |
| Aug 2016 | Seattle | USD 21985 |
| Aug 2015 | Seattle | USD 21046 |
| May 2014 | Seattle | USD 21444 |
| Jan 2014 | Seattle | USD 4056 |
| May 2013 | Seattle | USD 4352 |
| Jun 2012 | Seattle | USD 2775 |
| May 2011 | Seattle | USD 2636 |
| Mar 2010 | Seattle | USD 2531 |
| Mar 2009 | Seattle | USD 3001 |
Total = $347958
Amar Seva Sangam has several projects, key ones are listed:
Rehabilitation Center:
Inaugurated on 24th July 1993 by Bharat Ratna Shri.C.Subramaniam, the Center takes care of the needs of the disabled boys and girls who are under our residential care. Known as Sivanandha Block it serves as a multi-purpose hall used for giving physiotherapy to the children, doing prayer, and also as a dining cum dormitory for the girls presently under the residential care.
Home for the disabled
This hall is a dormitory for the house mothers and kitchen for the home and was the first Building in our Rehabilitation efforts for the Polio affected children. This Building was our starting point in our dream to build a model Township for the Disabled and is known as SPIC hall. This was inaugurated on 12th March 1994
The home caters to the needs for the residential care children up-to 50. In this home deserving children from poor families are taken for complete care and boarding, lodging, rehabilitation and education is given free of cost.
Children will be selected in 3-8 age groups from extremely poor families. Children with greater disability will be given preferences. Children with no parent or one parent will be considered for priority attention. The Rehabilitation is given in three stages namely 1) Residential care stage 2) Day care stage and 3) Village Based Rehabitation stage. After 3-5 years of Residential care stage, the children will be promoted for Stage II Day care stage of Rehabilitation..
Caliper making center
The caliper making center is named after Mr.Gerhard Fischer and was inaugurated on 25th January 1996.
In the unit, we not only make calipers of light weight but also undertake repair work of PVC calipers which are light in weight and which have replaced the traditional heavy weight aluminum calipers.The Unit also supplies calipers against specific orders in addition to meeting its captive demand. The following statement brings into focus the functioning of this Unit.
Integrated Middle School
Known as Siva Saraswathi Vidyalaya School (named after the parents of the Founder President S.Ramakrishnan) the School has two Blocks namely Dr.A.P.J.Abdulkalam Block for middle School Children and Sri Abinava Vidya Theertha Block for Primary School Children
The school started with a humble beginning in 1991 has as on date a strength of 380 students of which 45 are physically challenged. The unique character of the school is that it is integrated in nature where the physically challenged mingle freely with the normal children. It is seen to be believed as to how both the groups go about their job and how the normal children help the disabled and how they exhibit understanding of the problem of the physically challenged. We advocate this example to be emulated. Since the school is situated in the campus itself and that too adjacent to the Home for the Disabled, there is no commuting problem, a good example of layout of different sections.
The school is recognized by the Govt. of Tamil Nadu but functions without Govt. aid. Where as the normal children are required to pay nominal fees the disabled are given free education. To help the students attend the classes, we provide transportation at nominal charge to the normal children and here again the disabled are afforded free commuting facilities to the school. The Daycare children who are those graduating from residential care also attend the Integrated school from nearby villages.
The school has besides trained staff, a physical instructor to impart physical education. There is a good playground for the students with an amusement park.
Spastic Centre
As on date there are 18 MR & CP (Mentally Retarded and Cerebral Palsy) children of different age groups (below the age of 15). The centre started in 1997 aims at rehabilitating MR & CP children to such an extent that they are trained to look after themselves with regard to their personal hygiene and food habits. The progress is necessarily slow but steady. For the strength of 18 children we have five teachers, for the children require intensive care
The Centre being a Day Care Centre organizes to bring the children living on the outskirts of Amar Seva Sangam to the Centre by our own transport in such a way that the children reach the Centre by 10.30 a.m. during the week days and remain till 2.30 p.m. and dropped back by our own transport. The children are given free snacks and food and the parents of the children are given a nominal financial support of Rs.100/- per month to enable them take care of the immediate needs of their wards.
Since the Institution's aim is to reach the needy at their doorsteps, we have opened a sub-Centre for MR & CP children (which has a strength of six children now) at a place called Elathur, which is just 8 kms from Amar Seva Sangam.
Vocational Training: The Vocational Training Centre includes six different facilities (Computer Centre, Typing Centre, Two Wheeler Mechanic- Training Centre, Note Book Making & Binding Centre, Tailoring & Handicrafts Centre, Spirulina Centre: Production & Marketing of high quality Spirulina). Individuals are trained to become autonomous workers in one of the six disciplines before being reintegrated into their native communities.
Post Acute Care
Built at a considerable cost, the hostel and the Physiotherapy Unit at Amar Seva Sangam offer a fully equipped state-of-the-art technology, unique in this part of the country, comparable to international standards.
The hostel has the capacity to accommodate 20 beds and admission will be on "First come first serve" basis.
Village Based Rehabilitation (VBR) Initiatives
Creating awareness about disability, its causes and management by street campaigns, plays and other means of communication.
Prevention, early intervention, care-giving and rehabilitation those affected.
Formation of Self-Help Groups of the physically challenged, training them in vocational skills to make them earn their living.
The Village Based Rehabilitation (VBR) Center, which operates in tandem with Day Care, assists individuals in surrounding communities through the Caliper Making Centre, Disabled Youth Training Program, and Post-Acute-Care Program. Nearly ten-thousand individuals have benefited from VBR.
Rehabilitation Center:
Inaugurated on 24th July 1993 by Bharat Ratna Shri.C.Subramaniam, the Center takes care of the needs of the disabled boys and girls who are under our residential care. Known as Sivanandha Block it serves as a multi-purpose hall used for giving physiotherapy to the children, doing prayer, and also as a dining cum dormitory for the girls presently under the residential care.
Home for the disabled
This hall is a dormitory for the house mothers and kitchen for the home and was the first Building in our Rehabilitation efforts for the Polio affected children. This Building was our starting point in our dream to build a model Township for the Disabled and is known as SPIC hall. This was inaugurated on 12th March 1994
The home caters to the needs for the residential care children up-to 50. In this home deserving children from poor families are taken for complete care and boarding, lodging, rehabilitation and education is given free of cost.
Children will be selected in 3-8 age groups from extremely poor families. Children with greater disability will be given preferences. Children with no parent or one parent will be considered for priority attention. The Rehabilitation is given in three stages namely 1) Residential care stage 2) Day care stage and 3) Village Based Rehabitation stage. After 3-5 years of Residential care stage, the children will be promoted for Stage II Day care stage of Rehabilitation..
Caliper making center
The caliper making center is named after Mr.Gerhard Fischer and was inaugurated on 25th January 1996.
In the unit, we not only make calipers of light weight but also undertake repair work of PVC calipers which are light in weight and which have replaced the traditional heavy weight aluminum calipers.The Unit also supplies calipers against specific orders in addition to meeting its captive demand. The following statement brings into focus the functioning of this Unit.
Integrated Middle School
Known as Siva Saraswathi Vidyalaya School (named after the parents of the Founder President S.Ramakrishnan) the School has two Blocks namely Dr.A.P.J.Abdulkalam Block for middle School Children and Sri Abinava Vidya Theertha Block for Primary School Children
The school started with a humble beginning in 1991 has as on date a strength of 380 students of which 45 are physically challenged. The unique character of the school is that it is integrated in nature where the physically challenged mingle freely with the normal children. It is seen to be believed as to how both the groups go about their job and how the normal children help the disabled and how they exhibit understanding of the problem of the physically challenged. We advocate this example to be emulated. Since the school is situated in the campus itself and that too adjacent to the Home for the Disabled, there is no commuting problem, a good example of layout of different sections.
The school is recognized by the Govt. of Tamil Nadu but functions without Govt. aid. Where as the normal children are required to pay nominal fees the disabled are given free education. To help the students attend the classes, we provide transportation at nominal charge to the normal children and here again the disabled are afforded free commuting facilities to the school. The Daycare children who are those graduating from residential care also attend the Integrated school from nearby villages.
The school has besides trained staff, a physical instructor to impart physical education. There is a good playground for the students with an amusement park.
Spastic Centre
As on date there are 18 MR & CP (Mentally Retarded and Cerebral Palsy) children of different age groups (below the age of 15). The centre started in 1997 aims at rehabilitating MR & CP children to such an extent that they are trained to look after themselves with regard to their personal hygiene and food habits. The progress is necessarily slow but steady. For the strength of 18 children we have five teachers, for the children require intensive care
The Centre being a Day Care Centre organizes to bring the children living on the outskirts of Amar Seva Sangam to the Centre by our own transport in such a way that the children reach the Centre by 10.30 a.m. during the week days and remain till 2.30 p.m. and dropped back by our own transport. The children are given free snacks and food and the parents of the children are given a nominal financial support of Rs.100/- per month to enable them take care of the immediate needs of their wards.
Since the Institution's aim is to reach the needy at their doorsteps, we have opened a sub-Centre for MR & CP children (which has a strength of six children now) at a place called Elathur, which is just 8 kms from Amar Seva Sangam.
Vocational Training: The Vocational Training Centre includes six different facilities (Computer Centre, Typing Centre, Two Wheeler Mechanic- Training Centre, Note Book Making & Binding Centre, Tailoring & Handicrafts Centre, Spirulina Centre: Production & Marketing of high quality Spirulina). Individuals are trained to become autonomous workers in one of the six disciplines before being reintegrated into their native communities.
Post Acute Care
Built at a considerable cost, the hostel and the Physiotherapy Unit at Amar Seva Sangam offer a fully equipped state-of-the-art technology, unique in this part of the country, comparable to international standards.
The hostel has the capacity to accommodate 20 beds and admission will be on "First come first serve" basis.
Village Based Rehabilitation (VBR) Initiatives
Creating awareness about disability, its causes and management by street campaigns, plays and other means of communication.
Prevention, early intervention, care-giving and rehabilitation those affected.
Formation of Self-Help Groups of the physically challenged, training them in vocational skills to make them earn their living.
The Village Based Rehabilitation (VBR) Center, which operates in tandem with Day Care, assists individuals in surrounding communities through the Caliper Making Centre, Disabled Youth Training Program, and Post-Acute-Care Program. Nearly ten-thousand individuals have benefited from VBR.
To involve the local communities in the decision making process
To enable persons with physical challenges to become independent and assertive
To extend the current physical rehabilitation programme to social and economical integration.
To establish democratic people-level institutions for proper utilization of the infrastructure created in the Sangam and make it a “Valley for the physically challenged
To enable persons with physical challenges to become independent and assertive
To extend the current physical rehabilitation programme to social and economical integration.
To establish democratic people-level institutions for proper utilization of the infrastructure created in the Sangam and make it a “Valley for the physically challenged
Amar Seva Sangam's Mission is :
Empowering the physically challenged citizens and rural women by establishing a 'Valley for the physically challenged and Women' as a Rehabilitation and Development Centre for the region and developing models for self-help initiatives by Educating and integrating the disabled individuals and women with the society for improved living conditions in the village
Vision to establish a Valley for the Disabled, whereby physically/mentally challenged persons live in a pro-active society where equality prevails irrespective of physical, mental or other challenged with the rest of the society. It is a futuristic vision whereby Amar Seva Sangam plays the role of an enabling agent to get the physically/mentally challenged “equality of status, equality in opportunities and equality in access”. It is a society where people are identified as differentially abled.
Empowering the physically challenged citizens and rural women by establishing a 'Valley for the physically challenged and Women' as a Rehabilitation and Development Centre for the region and developing models for self-help initiatives by Educating and integrating the disabled individuals and women with the society for improved living conditions in the village
Vision to establish a Valley for the Disabled, whereby physically/mentally challenged persons live in a pro-active society where equality prevails irrespective of physical, mental or other challenged with the rest of the society. It is a futuristic vision whereby Amar Seva Sangam plays the role of an enabling agent to get the physically/mentally challenged “equality of status, equality in opportunities and equality in access”. It is a society where people are identified as differentially abled.
Sep 2024 Project Quantification (V1.2).pdf
Sep 2024 2024 Sangamam School Budget Proposal Final
Sep 2024 2024 Sangamam School Budget Proposal Initial
Aug 2023 2023 Virtual Site Visit Report Updated
Aug 2023 2023 Sangamam School Budget with Onetime Funding
Aug 2023 2023 Sangamam School Budget
Aug 2023 2023 Virtual Site Visit Report
Aug 2023 2023 Sangamam School Proposal
Jul 2023 2023 Project Quantification
Jun 2023 2023 Virtual Site Visit
Jun 2023 2023 Sangamam School Proposal
Sep 2022 2022 Sangamam School Proposal
Oct 2021 2021 Sangamam School Proposal
Oct 2021 2021 Site Visit
Jun 2021 2021 COVID Funding Proposal
Nov 2020 One Time Funding for Covid Relief 2020
Jun 2020 2020 Sangamam school proposal
Jun 2020 2020 Final Asha presentation for Asha
Nov 2019 2019 One Time Funding Request
Nov 2019 2019 One Time Funding Request
Nov 2019 2019 Annual Budget
Oct 2019 2019 Sangamam School Success Stories
Oct 2019 2019 Asha Report for Sangamam School
Sep 2019 2019 Site Visit
Sep 2018 2018 Sangamam School Success Stories
Sep 2018 2018 Annual Proposal
Aug 2018 2018 Site Visit
Nov 2017 2017 One Time Funding Request and gap in recurring funding
Oct 2017 2017 One Time Funding Request
Jul 2017 2017 Chapter Update-Annual proposal
Jan 2017 2017 Annual Proposal
Jul 2016 2016 Chapter Update-Proposal
Apr 2016 Site Visit 2016
Apr 2016 Site Visit 2016
Apr 2016 Site Visit 2016
Jul 2015 FRCA Certificate
Jul 2015 Budget 2015
Jul 2015 Online approval for Amar Seva project 2015
Jul 2015 Site visit 2015
Jan 2014 Appeal for Surplus funds
May 2013 Site Visit
May 2013 2013 Project Update
May 2013 Report on Sangamam School
May 2013 Supplement Report
May 2012 Site Visit 2012
May 2012 Updates (2011)
Apr 2011 Site Visit Document - 2011
Oct 2009 2009 Chapter Presentation
Oct 2009 Report from Amar Seva Sangam
Sep 2009 Site Visit 2009
Mar 2009 Annual Report 2009
Mar 2009 Notes for the Annual Report 2009
Oct 2008 Discussions and questions
Oct 2008 Initial Proposal
Oct 2008 Proposal for Approval
Oct 2008 Site Visit 2008
Mar 2007 Balance Sheet
Sep 2024 2024 Sangamam School Budget Proposal Final
Sep 2024 2024 Sangamam School Budget Proposal Initial
Aug 2023 2023 Virtual Site Visit Report Updated
Aug 2023 2023 Sangamam School Budget with Onetime Funding
Aug 2023 2023 Sangamam School Budget
Aug 2023 2023 Virtual Site Visit Report
Aug 2023 2023 Sangamam School Proposal
Jul 2023 2023 Project Quantification
Jun 2023 2023 Virtual Site Visit
Jun 2023 2023 Sangamam School Proposal
Sep 2022 2022 Sangamam School Proposal
Oct 2021 2021 Sangamam School Proposal
Oct 2021 2021 Site Visit
Jun 2021 2021 COVID Funding Proposal
Nov 2020 One Time Funding for Covid Relief 2020
Jun 2020 2020 Sangamam school proposal
Jun 2020 2020 Final Asha presentation for Asha
Nov 2019 2019 One Time Funding Request
Nov 2019 2019 One Time Funding Request
Nov 2019 2019 Annual Budget
Oct 2019 2019 Sangamam School Success Stories
Oct 2019 2019 Asha Report for Sangamam School
Sep 2019 2019 Site Visit
Sep 2018 2018 Sangamam School Success Stories
Sep 2018 2018 Annual Proposal
Aug 2018 2018 Site Visit
Nov 2017 2017 One Time Funding Request and gap in recurring funding
Oct 2017 2017 One Time Funding Request
Jul 2017 2017 Chapter Update-Annual proposal
Jan 2017 2017 Annual Proposal
Jul 2016 2016 Chapter Update-Proposal
Apr 2016 Site Visit 2016
Apr 2016 Site Visit 2016
Apr 2016 Site Visit 2016
Jul 2015 FRCA Certificate
Jul 2015 Budget 2015
Jul 2015 Online approval for Amar Seva project 2015
Jul 2015 Site visit 2015
Jan 2014 Appeal for Surplus funds
May 2013 Site Visit
May 2013 2013 Project Update
May 2013 Report on Sangamam School
May 2013 Supplement Report
May 2012 Site Visit 2012
May 2012 Updates (2011)
Apr 2011 Site Visit Document - 2011
Oct 2009 2009 Chapter Presentation
Oct 2009 Report from Amar Seva Sangam
Sep 2009 Site Visit 2009
Mar 2009 Annual Report 2009
Mar 2009 Notes for the Annual Report 2009
Oct 2008 Discussions and questions
Oct 2008 Initial Proposal
Oct 2008 Proposal for Approval
Oct 2008 Site Visit 2008
Mar 2007 Balance Sheet