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VARIOUS PROGRAMMES & ACTIVITIES RUN BY ANDHJAN KALYAN TRUST, DHORAJI
The Andhjan Kalyan Trust runs various activities and programmes offering
specialized training programmes both for disabled clients and for professionals
working in the field of disability. Brief description of the different
activities of the organization are as follows :
COMPUTER EDUCATION CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED:
It is a well known fact that computers have become common place in our lives.
Keeping this important aspect in mind, the ANDHJAN KALYAN TRUST has been running
a Computer Education Centre for the Visually Impaired at Dhoraji. Technology can
enable the visually impaired students to become active learners in the classroom
along with their sighted peers. So that the visually impaired students also
acquire the skills in the use of the same, which would then enable them to seek
Higher Education, make a suitable career in the field of Information Technology
and also help them to get appropriate job. The centre also concentrates to train
visually impaired on the concept of Windows, Word Processing, Internet, E-mail,
Spread-Sheets, etc. With the advent of Text to Speech Technology computers have
become accessible too persons with vision impairment. Here in the Centre, With
the help of computers with speech synthesizers, students with vision impairment
doing higher studies are becoming independent in all their reading and writing
needs.
Special classes on computers are also held for blind and low vision students as
well as employees. This is with the goal of making the technology affordable and
easily available. We also provide opportunities to blind persons to get hands on
experience of latest technology. Computer literacy is giving the blind and low
vision person’s new professional opportunities, enhancing their status at their
present jobs, and also giving them additional proficiency and confidence at
work.
RESOURCE CENTRE:
The innovative Resource Centre set-up at the organization's premises contains
highly specialized devices and equipments to facilitate the education of the
disabled children. It offers them an opportunity to learn difficult subjects in
an easier way. It also provides them recreational and educational environment.
TALKING BOOK PRODUCTION CENTER:
In a country like India, not even half % books are converted into accessible
formats for persons with blindness. Andhjan Kalyan Trust has started the
production of DAISY Digital Talking books at Dhoraji to cater to the demands of
persons with blindness or low vision in Gujarat state in Gujarati, Hindi and
English languages. Once a book is produced as talking book, it takes only 15
rupees to create further copies of this book for distribution. Organization has
engaged readers, proof readers & audio editing persons for talking book
production.
Recording in Digital Access Information System known as (DAISY), provides a
unique navigational system through which a reader can easily and quickly, access
the material not only chapter wise, section wise or subsection wise, but also
page wise. In other words he/she can reach the required heading/page/section
almost effortlessly within no time. This system is economical as well as
portable. These recorded books can be preserved for an unlimited period and can
also be upgraded easily. These books are produced on CDs and can be read on mp3
players, mobile phones or on the computer. These can be transmitted over the
internet too.
RESIDENTIAL CARE CENTRE AT DHORAJI:
The centre for Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and persons with
Multiple Disabilities is designed to provide medical, Therapeutical,
recreational and educational services to the severely disabled children unable
to commute daily. These children stay at the centre round the clock and trained
special educator, therapist provides them these services with care and caution.
At present, 30 No. of such children are given lodging and boarding facilities
along with learning environment at the centre. Both these centers are supported
by the National Trust for the Welfare of persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy,
Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities-Delhi.
COMPUTER TRAINING & EXAMINATION CENTER FOR THE
DISABLED EMPLOYEES
Andhjan Kalyan Trust has been recognized as a computer training and
examination center for the government blind & disabled officer and employees for
the Course on Computer Concept (CCC & CCC+) by the government of Gujarat
resolution dated 29/03/2010 for the Saurastra Region. During this year:
PHYSIOTHERAPY CENTRE:
The physiotherapy center is also run by the trust under the Day Care Centre,
Dhoraji. Physiotherapist is giving the treatment of physiotherapy-exercises etc.
who need it like, C.P. child, paralysis affected children and people. In this
centre, physiotherapist deals with children's treatment with physical modalities
like heat, cold and current for accelerating the beneficiaries' recovery from
injuries and diseases, which have altered his normal way of living. The
different electrical modalities used in this centre are short-wave diathermy,
interventional therapy, electric muscle stimulator, ultra sound, lumber traction
etc. Patients with various problems like muscle-skeletal disorders, nervous
system disorders, cognition and psychomotor disorders and other injuries, mental
health disorders, cerebral palsy, polio, arthritis, hemiplegics patients are
taking the benefits of this centre.
DEAF-BLIND TRAINING & EDUCATION PROJECT:
This project has identified 23 deaf-blind persons. Some children are being
provided direct services at the care centre while the others are provided home
based services. The centre provides need-based training to deaf-blind persons
like speech therapy, sensory training, palm reading, Braille reading and
writing, orientation and mobility, activities of daily living skills etc. The
Project is supported by Sense International (India) and Blind People's
Association, Ahmedabad.
PLACEMENT:
To avail the opportunities of meaningful employment to the disabled, the
organization gives vocational and educational counseling to the clientele and
also helps them to get vocational training in various fields. Such needy persons
are referred to the governmental and non-governmental agencies for the
employment. Efficient disabled are also advised and encouraged to pursue
self-employment.
SPORTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES:
The organization organizes sports meet, musical programs and cultural programs
at regular basis for these purposes. The enthusiastic disable children are
trained in various events and are availed opportunities to show their best at
various competitions. Different types of sports, game equipments are available
for the beneficiaries at the premises of the organization.
COUNSELING:
Disabled children are given counseling with a view to enabling them to provide
effective support and guidance in the upbringing and minimizing the disability
of the child. They are also advised to choose right educational career of the
children. For these purpose, the organization holds a parent-counseling program
every year. In the matters of day to day living and schooling besides parents,
teachers and headmasters of the normal schools are given counseling, family
members of the aged, disabled extremely needy proper guidance and counseling the
organization also makes arrangements for their requirement.
SUPPORT SERVICES:
The organization extends regular guidance and assistance to badly needy disabled
clients who approach the organization for getting the benefit of different
governmental and non-governmental schemes offering them financial assistance,
scholarships and concessions. The organization also provides them educational,
Aids and Appliances like Tape Recorder, Recorded Audio Cassettes, Braille Text
Book, Braille Equipments etc. to the Blinds and Artificial Limbs, Wheel Chair,
Crutches, C.P. Chair, Tri-cycle, Learning Aids etc. to the other needy disabled
people without any discrimination of caste, creed or sex.
ADVOCACY:
Equality and full participation in the socio-economic and political life of the
country is the right of every disabled person with this perspective; the Andhjan
Kalyan Trust-Dhoraji has been engaged in social activism in order to counter
discrimination against the disabled. The organization constantly takes up at all
levels the specific grievances of the disabled people, relating to denial of
opportunities. The issue of discrimination against the disabled has led to the
presentation of petitions to the judiciary bodies like the chief commissioner or
commissioner for disabilities.
We Andhjan Kalyan Trust are determined to build up a discrimination free
environment for the disabled people in society not only through Judicial
Activism but also by enhancing general awareness in the Saurashtra region in
day-to-day life.
We welcome your kind co-operation and active support to the genuine cause of the
welfare of the disabled, as you are our well-wisher friend and donor, we request
you to contribute to our on going efforts in the form of cash, kind and services
for their upliftment and all-round development.
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