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Various projects of Adarsh Charitable Trust are:
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1. Adarsh Rehabilitation Centre for Children with Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Down syndrome(see training @ Adarsh)
2. CDEIRC-(Child Developmental Evaluation , Intervention & Research Centre) for children with various challenges
3. One to One remediation centre for children with Learning Disorders
3. EDUSAT-Satellite Education Programme at Adarsh
4. Community Based Rehabilitation Projects
5. Bio Gas Plant- Aproject for waste disposal
6. Computer Lab
EDUSAT-
M/s Media Lab Asia, a Society under the Department of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, appointed C-DAC, Trivandrum as the implementing agency of the project "Setting up of ICT based Distance training facility using EDUSAT" for Special Educators and other Rehabilitation Professionals with the help of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), in eight special Schools in Kerala. The objective of the project is to provide a scalable pilot infrastructure facility for imparting distance training for trainers in the field of special education. The teaching end facility as well as the facilities at these eight schools of special education is set up and managed as part of the project, under the close supervision of C-DAC. In the arrangement set up, communicationexisting between experts in the Special Education and trainees by two-way Audio-Visual mode. The teaching end has been set up at the space allotted by the KVM College of Special Education, Chertala , Alappuzha Dt., Kerala. Adarsh is one among the eight schools selected for the programme. We consider this as a major development, as, through this , the knowledge available in different special schools about teaching skills is being shared on a continuous basis among special schools and each special schools gains thereby.9 Classes are being conducted every month, 1 for mothers and the other 8 for teachers and students of special education courses. Our teachers and therapists are regularly taking classes at these programmes.
4. Community Based Rehabilitation Projects.
i. Home Based Rehabilitation project
ii. Risk Baby Unit & New Born Hearing Unit
iii. Neuro Visual Rehabilitation Unit
BIO GAS PLANT Currently the premises of Adarsh Charitable Trust at Kureekad accommodate more than 180 children, 30-35 staff and also 90-100 mothers and care takers of the children. So, all together over 250 people spend their daytime at Adarsh. Since the number of "occupants of Adarsh" has grown to this level, difficulty was being faced in managing the disposal of waste, especially of food and kitchen waste (Kerala Govt provides noon meals for our children and that is cooked in our kitchen. There is also a canteen for the benefit of staff and visitors.) . So, a biogas plant of capacity 1 m3 has been working from June 2007 with the twin objectives of proper management of food and kitchen waste which will also ensure clear pollution free surroundings and production of biogas from Kitchen Waste.
COMPUTER LAB As explained elsewhere,we are extending our services to more than 180 children with cerebral palsy and autism. In the case of many children affected with CP, their physical disability is so high that they are unable to attend or to pursue the usual independent activities. But studies all over the world have shown that with the help of external aids, especially IT related, programmes are available which can offer many user friendly activities to persons with various disabilities like vision impairment, orthopedic disability etc. Even at a later stage many can even pursue a vocation of their own in computer related areas like animation, graphics, job works etc. User-friendly software and hardware are available which can be put into use to attain the above objectives. To enable our children to acquire the necessary skills in computer operation, a computer lab was set up in Februaly 2008, with the help of TCS who donated,5 computers , some of them modified to suit our children's requirements.
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