Adarsh - A Charitable Trust for Children With Challenges

An institute for the habilitation of differently abled children, i.e. those with brain damage, having symptoms of Cerebral Palsy and other sensory-motor childhood developmental disorders was started at Tripunithura in 1998, under the name of Adarsh by a Charitable Trust registered under the same name.

The intention was to " rehabilitate patients with Cerebral Palsy ( CP ) and persons with other disabilities". Keeping in view the resource constraints and limited technical expertise available, right from the beginning, till July 2003, the school was concentrating only on children with Cerebral Palsy. From July 03 when a separate wing for habilitation of children with Autism was added, the attempt has been to cover more disabilties adding Learning Disorders and Downs Syndrome also in 2008. . Today,(April 09) the school has on its rolls around 180 children belonging to all religions and communities. Both these, namely Learning Disorders and Downs Syndrome , are being handled at our Centre in Vyttila Ernakulam.Including these 2, the number of children being trained is over 200.

LATEST NEWS

Extension to the school building.

When the present school building wascompleted in 3 floors and with a covered area of of about 13000 sq ft , it was anticipated that the space provided would be adequate for many years . But due to the unexpected increase in the number of children from 80 in December 05 to 181 in March 09 and the provision of additional space for many new activities, we have run short of space. With the promise of help for the additional building space, by SShri CKMenon and Sudhir Gopi, we have had a plan drawn up, again through Shri PKR Menon, the Architect who designed and helped us immensely in putting up the present beautiful building. The idea is to extend the building at the back, in 3 floors, with a total covered area of 8670 (2890x3) sq ft. Cost of construction has gone up substantially since 2005 and there we need CONSIDERABLE SUPPORT for this. We plan to start the work on 1st May 2009 onwards

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