Introduction

In any society, we have an exceptional gathering of kids, individuals who may or may not be physically and mentally sound. As a result, their enthusiasm levels become vexed and they think they can't do anything like the other children can. Asha Care centre for special children aims at holistic development of such underprivileged children. It also takes care of their formal and extra-curricular activities to develop their capabilities physically, mentally, socially, culturally and spiritually. The main aim here is to provide emotional support to these children and help them lead a confident life.Asha Deep Foundation understands these unfortunate circumstances and stes up for these physically challenged youngsters and has been doing some commendable work for the past 15 years. Asha Deep Foundation has been successful in setting a new benchmark for itself in this avenue of improvement.

Aim

To build a sense of confidence and self-reliance amongst differently abled children of the community and rehabilitate them back in the mainstream society with respect and dignity.

Objectives

• Conduct primary surveys and find out special children and their living conditions
• Provide physical and mental health facilities to children
• To sensitize the community and make parents aware of regarding holistic development of a child
• To make the children self-reliant and provide social and social and emotional support
• To organize recreational and cultural activities for the special children

Activities

• Children who can speak undergo speech therapy to improve the way they speak so that their parents and teachers can understand them better
• Physiotherapy and other forms of therapy are provided to each and every child consistently which is one of the most important requirement of differently abled children for their physical well-being. Yoga and exercise is also carried out to prevent them various illnesses.
• There is a lot of emphasis on education as well. They have a time-table but it is very flexible as the activities gets customized according to the children’s daily requirement as well as mood.
• To align them towards the spiritual side, prayers are also conducted on regular basis
• Parent teacher meeting are conducted regularly in order to bring the parents as well as their child on the same page
• Quarterly as well as monthly health check-ups are also conducted for these special children
• They have a special food menu, hygiene levels of which is very much comparable to industry standards
• Regular home visits are also conducted to ensure that they are not treated differently at home as compared to their siblings.

Impact Assessment

• Better living standards in being provided to special children
• They are being equipped with the basic skills required to face day to day challenges
• Parents are being motivated to send their child to special schools
• Make their parents feel proud and satisfied about their ward