Asha for Education

Project Brief: School for Mentally Handicapped. Asha has been supporting this project since 2002, providing salaries to teachers and educational toys.
Project Type: Children with Disabilities (description)
Primary Focus: children with disabilities (description)

Secondary Focus: vocational training

Area: Tribal
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Athens

Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Murali Mani
Project Partner(s): Prof. Mani T. K
Project Address: Mithram
Mithram Rehabilitation Complex,
Kanjirikkappilly, Arakunnam P.O
Kerala 682313
Tel: (91-484) 2748391
Stewarding Chapter: Athens

The goal of the project is to make the special children feel part of the society, and to enable them to contribute to society. The training given to the special children can be classified into three:

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<li><font size="1pt">Training for independency: ie these includes toilet training, bathing, dressing, etc.
<li><font size="1pt">Development of knowledge base: Identification of objects, reading writing skills development, counting numbers etc.
<li><font size="1pt">Rehabilitation: Grown up will be given work training suitable to their capabilities such as paper bag making, brick making, operating machineries, wood work, gardening etc.</font>
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During past six years, MITHRAM has achieved the following towards their main goal.

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<li><font size="1pt">Mithram Rehabilitation complex set up in Mulanthuruthy.
<li><font size="1pt">Mithram special school for exceptional children started.
<li><font size="1pt">A work centre named "RAINBOW" started in the complex.
<li><font size="1pt">Horticulture (gardening of fruits and vegetables) started.
<li><font size="1pt">Arranged several seminars for the parents and special teachers.
<li><font size="1pt">Organised and hosted a national seminar for the parental organisation of the mentally handicapped in collaboration with <a href="http://www.nimhindia.org">NIMH - National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped</a>.
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