Rehabilitation Programmes (Support for Physically and Mentally Challenged)
Community Based Rehabilitation Program: Physically and mentally challenged children are cared with cooperation of the community. Therefore community is motivated through awareness programme for the parents, community convergent group programme, child to child programme etc. The differently abled children are also given vocational training, assistance for education, technical/ skill training, treatment /operation, income generation programme etc.
Activities through Mother Theresa Day Care Centre: Mother Theresa Day Care Centre is an institution for the differently abled children. It is the felt need of the community to take care and rehabilitate children with cerebral palsy and other related disabilities. The objective of the institution is to improve the life of differently abled children to the maximum extend; to provide support to persons with disabilities to live independently and to help parents, relatives and the society to care and protect the persons with disabilities. The programme here is semi community based and institutional based.
Institution based Rehabilitation programme for mentally challenged and mentally ill people: ‘Divya Santhi Asramam’ at Vettukadu and ‘Sadhan Rehabilitation Centre’ at Monvila are two rehabilitation centers for mentally challenged and ill people. These centers are functioning under TSSS. They get medical help from Peroorkada mental health hospital and also providing counseling according to the need. They are encouraged to attendant in and out door games, spiritual exercises, yoga etc. ‘Divya Santhi Asramam’ is managed by…….. and ‘Sadhan Rehabilitation Centre’ is managed by Claritin Fathers