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ANNUAL REPORT PRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
ADARSH CHARITABLE TRUST AT ITS 20TH ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING AT
VARMA AND VARMA CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, VYTTILA, COCHIN ON30/05/2018
AT 6 PM TO 7.30 PM.
1. Introduction
Friends,
It is with immense pleasure that I am presenting this report before you. This is
our 20th anniversary year and I feel myself very fortunate and proud to have
been presented all these 20 reports continuously for you. It's a very are honour
and I am thankful to all of you for giving me this opportunity. It was a long and
tiresome journey for Adarsh since its inception. Starting with 7 kids we now stand
to extend our services to, more than 400 kids. Starting with just a couple of part
time special educators and a Physio therapist, we now stand where the
programmes are imparted through a strong 140 odd members of staff. Most
importantly over these period 75 children have been sent to normal scheme. A
rare feet to cherish with and we all should feel proud for that. Over these period
more than 60 small, and large projects befitting to the children and society have
been implemented. Barring a few all of then achieved their desired result. It is to
be noted that till date right from the date of inception not even a single rupee
has been spent on any extra cost as reimbursement for any Trustees, may be as
their travelling cost, or remuneration of any sort and for that matter nothing has
been sanctioned and nothing has been requested by any of our Trustee. A very
rare feet in which we all can be really proud off where every single rupee
received as donations are spent only for the benefit of the children we are taking
care off. And on, behalf of all of you I can guarantee the same in the coming
years also. For your immediate reference a small details of the projects we have
undertaken over this period is shown as a part of my report.
Friends, as usually it has been a pleasure for me to report the activities of Adarsh
which is as usual studded with activities. We have this much of, activities to
report that I have compressed all into a couple of sentences. Hence I may be
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pardoned if I have not provided adequate space for many of the projects and
activities as I should have. In case if any of our member wish to know more
about any of the activities or projects I will be more than happy to provide you
with the same. With this few words let me go deep into my report for the year
2017-18 of Adarsh Charitable Trust.
2. Adarsh Charitable Trust
‘Adarsh’, a charitable Trust, an NGO registered under the Registration Act, 1908, was
established in 1998 with an objective to Rehabilitate Persons with Mental and Physical
challenges. Since then the Trust has been providing rehabilitation services to children
affected by Cerebral Palsy, later extended to those affected by other challenges like
Autism, Down syndrome and Learning Disorders also.
a. Registration details of the Trust:
Charitable Trust Registration Act
1908
78/IV 22/04/1998 Permanently valid
National Trust National Trust Act 1457/CP-MD/2004 To be renewed
Rehabilitation
Centre
PWD Act 265/12/2017 Valid till
30/11/2020
12 A & 80 G Income Tax Act CIT/CHN/12A/Tech.11/98-
99
Permanently valid
Foreign
Contribution
Foreign
Contribution
(Regulation) Act,
1976
052850473 Valid till
18/11/2021
Food Safety Food Safety and
Standard Act 2006
21314053002707 Valid till 19.10.2018
b. TheTrust has its registered office at X/548 B, Opp. Agasthya Ashram, Kureekkad P.
O., Ernakulam. It is in ChottanikkaraPanchayat (13 Kms from Ernakulam Town) of
Ernakulam District in Kerala State. It owns a land of 40 cents and a disabled friendly
building of around 20000 sq.ft, for the rehabilitation of children with challenges.
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3. OBJECTIVES, VISION, MISSION and MOTTO
a. OBJECTIVES
i. For helping physically handicapped and mentallychallengedpersons;
ii. To rehabilitate persons with Cerebral Palsy and persons with other disabilities;
iii. To give medical assistance and relief to those who are poor and have become
mentally and physically challenged through accidents or other calamities;
iv. To establish and/or construct, run and aid institutions, medical relief centres for
this purpose;
v. To promote research in the field for Community Based Rehabilitation
programmes; and
vi. To do any and all other lawful things as the Trust may deem fit for the
attainment of all or any of its objectives, make rules and bylaws, amend, vary or
rescind from time to time.
b. Vision, Mission and Motto:
VISION
To become an institution par excellence, providing comprehensive habilitation measures and
pioneering efforts for enriching the lives of challenged individuals.
MISSION
To help every challenged child by
• Reaching medical and therapeutic assistance
• Imparting academic training appropriate to specific needs
• Equipping with appropriate Vocational skills
• Creating necessary social and physical support infrastructure that empowers the child to
lead a life of independence and dignity in adulthood.
MOTTO
A man is never as tall as when he kneels to help a child
4. GOVERNANCE
a. Adarsh Charitable Trust has a Board of Trustees with 26 members. The main office
bearers of the Trust are
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Chairman Emeritus : Shri. K Neelakantan
Chairman : Shri. K P Padmakumar
Vice Chairman : Shri. V Sathyanarayanan
Secretary : Shri. P R Mahadevan
Treasurer : Shri. N Satheesh Kumar
Chief Patron : Shri. C K Menon
Patron : Shri. N Krishnan
b. Governance of the Trust is entrusted to two bodies, namely Governing Council and
Executive Committee. Governing Council (GC) has 12 members. The council generally
meets once in 2 months. Executive Committee (EC) has 6 members, out of these, 3 of
them are also members of the Governing council. During 2017-18 both the Governing
Council and Executive Committee met 4 times.
c. Remunerations and re-imbursements to Board Members
No. Name Gross Remuneration PER ANNUM
(Rs.) 1 K.P.Padmakumar
Zero
2 V.Sathyanarayan Zero
3 P.R.Mahadevan Zero
4 N. Satheesh Kumar Zero
5 Dr.Abraham K Paul Zero
6 Dinesh P. Thampi Zero
7 P.I.Gopinath Zero
8 M.A.Mohammed Ali Zero
9 Riaz Ahmed Zero
10 Dr.SachidanandaKamath Zero
11 Simon John Zero
12 K.Vijayan Zero
13 O.M. Mahadevan Zero
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d. Total cost of international & national travel by all Board Members
1 International Travel Rs. 0
2 Domestic Travel Rs. 0
5. Operations Report
a. Structure of the organization
In line with its objective, Adarsh Charitable Trust has both centre based as well as
community based programmes. Started with 7 children affected by Cerebral Palsy,
the main rehabilitation centre has now over 270 children. In December 2007,
another centre for comprehensive evaluation of all developmental disorders was
started under the name Child Development Evaluation Intervention and Research
Centre(CDEIRC). The first community activity was started in 2003. Now under this
head there are 2 projects, a Risk Baby Unit and Home Based Rehabilitation
programme. Over all administration of these projects are controlled by Executive
Secretary. The main rehabilitation centre has a Principal, Vice Principal,
Coordinator and 140 staff members to take care of day to day activities.
14 K. Venugopal Zero
15 K.G. Unnikrishnan Zero
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ACT- Adarsh Charitable Trust, CDEIRC- Child Development Evaluation
Intervention and Research Centre, HBR- Home Based Rehabilitation, RBU- Risk
Baby Unit
ACT
CENTRE BASED PROGRAMME
MAIN CENTRE CDEIRC
COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMME
HBR RBU
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Reporting Structure
CBR- Community Based Rehabilitation, CDEIRC- Child Development Evaluation
Intervention and Research Centre, RBU- Risk Baby Unit, HBR- Home Based
Rehabilitation
CHAIRMAN
SECRETARY
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY/PRINCIPAL
VICE PRINCIPAL
UNIT HEADS
CBR COORDINATOR
RBU HEAD
HBR HEAD
CDEIRC COORDINATOR ADMINISTRATION
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b. Human Resources
i. Organization Staff structure
Staff structure of Adarsh is the most important factor which influences the quality
of its various rehabilitation programmes. Among the special schools in the State,
probably Adarsh is the one which has the best student staff ratio. As already
mentioned, the main rehabilitation centre has a Principal and Vice Principal to
supervise all activities. The centre has140 Staff members which include teaching,
non-teaching and voluntary staff. The entire activities are segregated into 8 major
units. This is based on the type of children, their disability and their functional
abilities. In addition there are technical units and a unit for extracurricular
activities. All these units put together have 109 staff. This we maintain a student
teacher ratio of 2-3:1. Each class has around 8-10 children and to look after them
there is a full time special educator and an assistant. A unit of such 28 classes,
with each unit have a head teacher and 13 such head teachers report to Vice
Principal, who in turn reports to the Principal. The principal will report to
Secretary and the Secretary to the Trust. In addition, the centre has 4drivers and
8 bus assistants. At Child Development Evaluation Intervention and Research
Centre, a Coordinator supervises 5 staff members and their activities. In the
community projects, we have a Developmental therapist who solely manages Risk
Baby Unit and 15 staff members for 4 Home Based Rehabilitation units. They all
in turn report to Executive Secretary and he to the Secretary. All the staff
members are adequately trained and experienced in their field of expertise which
is considered very important in rehabilitation of children with challenges.
ii. Categories of staff – The list is given below
Category Number of staff and other supporting
members as on
30.04.2017 01-06-2018
Medical Doctors (Consultants) 1 1
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Psychologist 3 3
Developmental Therapist 1 1
Physiotherapist 9 12
Speech Therapist 3 4
Occupational Therapist 1 -
Social Worker 1 1
Dietician 1 1
Special Educators 33 37
Teachers 7 8
Teacher Assistants 42 43
Bus In Charge 9 8
Drivers 4 4
Office Staff 13 14
Kitchen 2 1
Voluntary Staff 3 2
TOTAL 133 140
iii. New appointments and resignations
During the reporting period 7 new staff members were appointed to the main
rehabilitation centre. Among them, 2 were new appointments that includes a
Behaviour Therapist and Specialist English Teacher. Rest of the appointments
were 3 to Home Based Rehabilitation programme and 1 for office.
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iv. Retirement
Smt. Thankam Gopalakrishnan, Teacher Assistant retired from her service in
Adarsh on 30th April 2018.
v. Appreciation and reward
• 2 staff members namely Smt. Saralamma, Teacher of Senior Secondary class
and Smt. Vasanthy Unni, Cleaning Staff were awarded “Visishta Sewa
Puraskaram” for completing 10 years of selfless service in Adarsh Charitable
Trust.
• Bhavana 2018, a cultural event organized by Rotary Cochin International gave
meritorious award to Smt. Manjula Jayakumar for her exemplary work in the
field of rehabilitation.
vi. Distribution of staff according to salary levels and gender break up
Slab of gross salary (in Rs.)
including benefits paid to staff
(per month).
Male
staff
Female
staff
Total staff
Less than 5000 3 13 16
5,000 – 10,000 5 80 85
10,000 – 30,000 5 32 36
TOTAL 13 125 138
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c. Beneficiary details
i. Types of children
Right from the inception and even now Adarsh has a focus on children with
Cerebral Palsy. Now apart from Cerebral Palsy, Adarsh admits children with
Autism, Down syndrome and Multiple Disability.
ii. Disability wise date of children in Adarsh:
Project CP ASD DS MD LD OTHERS TOTAL
Main
Centre
85 46 24 106 - 5 266
CDEIRC - - - - 45 15 60
HBR 35 6 30 60 131
RBU - - - - - 601 601
iii. Achievements of the year
As far Adarsh is concerned, the main goal of the rehabilitation is to make the
children independent in their life so as to equip them to lead a dignified life.
During the academic year 2017-18, Adarsh could send 5 children to normal
school after their successful training. A brief note on each child is noted in the
following paragraph.
iv. Success stories
a. Mary Ann Christel
Mary Ann Christel joined Adarsh at the age of 1 year. She was a premature
child with delay in all her developmental milestones. She had only good social
smile at the time of admission. With the help of intensive Early Intervention
training programmes, she has achieved all the major motor milestones. She is
a child with Spastic Cerebral Palsy. With the help of the training, spasticity is
found to be reduced very well. Now she is able to walk with slight support.
She is very active and has normal intelligence level. She got admission in
Rajagiri Christhu Jayanthi School, Vypin.
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b. AdhidevArun
Adhidev Arun came to Adarsh at 9 months. All his developmental milestones
were delayed. With 2 years of intensive training programme he has achieved
all his developmental milestones. Now he is going an Angnawaadi near to his
house. He is able to walk independently.
c. Asna
Asna joined Adarsh with mild delay in her walking. She achieved the skill of
independent walking within 6 months of intensive developmental therapy
programmes. She is attending an Anganwaadi near to her house.
d. Andrews
Unlike other children, Andrews was a child with flaccid Cerebral Palsy. All his
muscles were weak and floppy. He came to Adarsh at the age of 1 year. He
too achieved all the delayed milestones with the help of intensive
physiotherapy and supportive training programmes.
e. Abhiram
Abhirama child with Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy was assessed at the age
of 1 ½ years. At the time of admission, he had attained all his developmental
milestones except independent standing and walking. It was also difficult for
him to stand from sitting position. In 6 month, he attained all the delayed
milestones. He started walking independently at the age of 2 years.
6. Major projects/activities of the year.
6.1. Main Rehabilitation Centre
The main rehabilitation centre is the pillar of the Trust. Started with 7 children in
1998, today the main centre has over 270 children. Focused and scientific
rehabilitation measures, experienced and dedicated staff members, cooperation
from the parents are some of the vital elements which helped Adarsh to grow to
this level in the last 20 years of relentless journey in the field of rehabilitation.
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Last year, 68 children took admission and 56 children discontinued their training
due to various technical as well as personal reasons. To take care of these
children Adarsh has a team of 109 trained and experienced staff members at the
main centre. That team includes Special Educators, Physio, Occupational, Speech
and Psychotherapists, Medical doctors, and other non-teaching staff members.
All the children were adequately provided with necessary therapy and training
programmes. Parents of around 80% of children accompany their wards during
their rehabilitation programme in Adarsh. Staff members were regularly provided
with hands on training programmes, opportunities to attend workshops and
seminars to upgrade their technical and training expertise. Last year they
attended the following seminars and workshops.
i. On Learning Disability organized by KE College Mannanam, Kottayam.
ii. On Behavioural Therapy organized by Prayatna Rehabilitation Centre,
Palarivattom, Ernakulam.
iii. On Oral Placement Therapy organized by National Institute of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation at Kellettumkara, Irinjalakkuda, Thrissur.
iv. On Vocational in house training programme at Adarsh.
v. Special Curriculum Training organized by Education Department, Govt. of
Kerala.
The centre has an initial comprehensive evaluation process followed by
prescribed training and therapies on a classroom basis. During the academic year
apart from the initial evaluation, each child was assessed twice and parents were
called on for analysis of evaluation report.
6.1.1. National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
NIOS scheme, though has a tough syllabus, is really useful for children with
challenges especially those with mild, moderate and normal level of intelligence.
Mainly children with Cerebral Palsy and to a certain extent children with Autism
and children with Down syndrome are pursuing this scheme at various level.
Being an accredited centre of NIOS for its Open Basic Education programme,
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children from other school can register with Adarsh and appear examination.
Apart from OBE programme, Adarsh has facility for Secondary and Senior
Secondary level schooling. In 2017-18, 140 children from different special schools
attended examination under OBE programme of which only 34 are from Adarsh.
6.1.2. Vocational Rehabilitation Programmes
Chappathi Making Unit
This unit was started in 2016. Initially it was managed by staff members and
parents of challenged children. But in the reporting period, we could make the
unit managed entirely by children of vocational unit. 5 children from the unit
make chappathi and earn a good remuneration. One of them is paying his
transportation fees through the income from the unit. On an average 200-
300chappathees are made a day.
Cake making Unit
This was started in December 2017. The unit is now managed by 2 staff members
and a parent. From the coming year we intend children from vocational unit to
be included. The feedback on this unit is excellent and we see a bright future for
this project.
Candle Making Unit.
Almost all the children from the vocational unit of Adarsh are capable of making
candles independently and they are making a good income from the unit. They
are getting regular orders from nearby churches and shops.
6.1.3. Sensory Integration Therapy Room.
This is an advanced therapy programmes for challenged children especially for
children with Autism and Cerebral Palsy. A separate room is set up with all
sensory inputs for 5 common senses and 2 extra senses like Proprioceptive and
vestibular senses. This room was installed with the help of HDFC Ltd Ernakulam.
6.1.4. Virtual Realty Programme.
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With the help of TATA Consultancy Services, Adarsh has set up a room for Virtual
Realty programme. It gives a real life experience for the children with the help of
a software. Since it is worked in a game mode, the audio and video components
of the programme encourage children to improve their attention and focus. This
unit focuses on adult children with Cerebral Palsy and is mainly to improve their
coordination and balance which are otherwise difficult to gain with normal physio
and occupational therapy programmes. As of now 12 children are using this
programme regularly and almost all of them showed remarkable improvements in
their functional skills. Moreover, it helps them to get motivated and thus to
enhance their self-esteem. Now gross motor functions are the main focus, but
gradually fine motor skills also will be covered.
6.2. Child Development Evaluation Intervention and Research Centre.
Started with an objective to provide a one stop centre for comprehensive
evaluation and assessment of all development disorders in children, now the
centre also provides remedial intervention programmes for children with Learning
Disability and need based therapy programmes to children with other disabilities
like Cerebral Palsy, Autism and Down syndrome. During the reporting period, on
an average 50-60 children attended the centre every month. This is in addition to
5-10 children who came for evaluation. There are 7 regular staff members and 2
consultants at the centre. It is still operating in a rented building at Vennala
(present location).
6.3. Risk Baby Unit
Started in 2005, Risk Baby Unit is one of the special community based activities
that the Trust does. Started in 2 Hospitals, now the unit functions in 5 Hospitals
in town. It is managed by a Developmental Therapist who is trained and
specialized in dealing small babies who are born with any risk like Low Birth
Weight, Prematurity, etc. The unit is working under close supervision of a
Neonatologist of respective hospital. Each new born baby, born with risk, is
thoroughly screened and assessed with the help of scientific evaluation tools to
identify potential delay or deviation from normal development and if something
unusual is noted, the baby is given regular stimulation and therapies right from
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the beginning until a change is developed. In 2017-18, in 5 hospitals, where we
work 601 babies were assessed and among them around 20 have had delay in
developments.
6.4. Home Based Rehabilitation Programme (HBR)
This was a very innovative programme of the Trust. The programme was started
in 2010 with the help of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. A Home Based
Rehabilitation Unit, consist of a Physiotherapist, a Special Educator and an
Assistant Teacher goes to selected children’s home and provide them with
necessary therapy and training. The selected children generally are from
financially poor background and they are otherwise not in a position to bring
their child to any special centre like Adarsh due to technical, financial as well as
logistic problems. An exclusive vehicle is deployed for this service for each unit.
We have such 4 HBR units functioning in Adarsh. The fourth one was started in
2017-18 with the help of Kanco rIngradients Ltd., Kalamasserry. The other 3 units
are supported by BPCL. With these 4 units, we could help 131 children last year
covering 15 Panchayats and Muncipalities of Ernakulam District. New proposal
has been submitted to BPCL to form 2 more units so that more such children are
brought under this umbrella.
7. School activities in 2017-18
a. ‘Pravesanotsavam 2017’ was inaugurated by Shri. Mathews Varghese,
Associate Editor Malayala Manorama, Kottayam. The function also witnessed
by Shri. Sunilkumar, MD of Asset Homes, Shri. M.N.S. Nair, President, Rotary
Club of Mulanthuruthy and Shri. V.C. Varghese, President Elect. On the day
Rotary Club donated 4 special chairs and 1 cupboard for keeping the
documents of children safely.
b. Important days and their observations.
1. World Environmental day was observed on 5th June 2017. Under the
leadership of Shri. Liju mon, Psychologist of Adarsh, selected parents were
given saplings of plants and planted medicinal plants at the premises of
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Adarsh with an objective to educate the children as well as to get them
nourishment.
2. Yoga Day was observed on 21st June with a presentation on Yoga and its
effect on children with challenges.
3. “Vayanavaaram” was observed with reading and quiz competition for both
children and staff members.
4. Ramayana month was observed with concert by students of Adarsh led by Ms.
Sarala Sasi, Music Teacher.
5. On 15th August, part of Independence Day, Shri. P.R. Mahadevan, Secretary of
Adarsh hoisted Indian National Flag at the premises of Adarsh and distributed
sweets to children, staff and parents who attended the function.
6. On 2nd October, Gandhi Jayanthi day 7th family meet of Home Based
Rehabilitation programme was organized. Around 50 families attended the
function and shared their experience in the programme. Apart from members
of Adarsh, representatives from BPCL also attended the function.
7. World Cerebral Palsy Day was observed on 7th October 2017. The official
colour of the day was green. All children with Cerebral Palsy came wearing
green dress and they performed various cultural programmes.
8. Children’s day was celebrated on 14th November 2017. It was a week long
programme including fancy dress competition, drawing and colouring
competition, dance and music competition etc.
9. Adarsh observed Kerala Piravi on 1st November 2017. All the staff members
appeared in traditional Kerala dress and there were some performances of
parents and children as a part of the day’s celebration.
10. World Disability Day was on 3rd December 2017. Shri. Gopinath Muthukad
visited Adarsh and announced his plan of starting a magic academy in Adarsh
for the children.
11. World Down syndrome day was observed on 21st March 2018 with befitting
programmes by the children with Down syndrome.
12. World Autism Awareness Day was observed on 6th April 2018. On the day, a
book written by Shri. Chandrashekahar D., a student of Adarsh was released
by Dr Gopinath Panangad, a music CD containing 8 songs sung by students
of Autism Department was also released, Ms Sameera Saneesh, a
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documentary on Prajeesh P., a student who became independent in all areas
of his daily life was also launched. A product from our Autism Department,
AVIVA- a bath soap, was also introduced. Ms. Sameera Saneesh was the chief
guest of the day.
13. Women’s day was observed on 8th March 2018. Dr. Kanchana, Assistant
Medical Director, Giridhar Eye Hospital was the Chief Guest of the day. A
group of staff members presented a street play based on the theme ‘Women
Empowerment’.
c. Festivals and celebrations
1. Onam 2017 was a memorable one as usual. The real celebrations started with
famous Tripunithura Athachamayam. Last year too Adarsh got a chance to
showcase the talents of children at Layam Koothambalam. All the
performances were well appreciated by the public and Muncipality authorities
presented mementos to each child. Onam celebration at school was on 30th
August 2017. Smt. Lakshmi Narayanan, President, Rotary Club of Tripunithura
and Smt. Indu Panickar, Principal, Global Public School, Chottanikkara were
the guest of honors. The day was filled with different cultural programmes by
children, parents and staff members. Thanks to Shri. Halim who sponsored
delicious feast for the children.
2. Christmas was celebrated on 22nd December 2017. Cine Actors, Ms. Meera
Vasudev and Shri. Manikandan Achaari were the Chief Guests. As usual
children, parents and staff members showed their talents in music, dance and
skits.
3. Adarsh also celebrated Ramadan befittingly with various programmes by the
children, staff and parents.
d. Enjoyment and Entertainment.
1. Children of Adarsh were taken to Kochi Metro and they enjoyed the ride on
18th June 2018.
2. Children of Adarsh were taken for 2 movies in 2017-18, namely Udhaharanam
Sujatha and Hey Jude.
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3. All India Radio Kochi FM selected children of Adarsh to perform in their
programme called “Vidarunna Mottukal”. 15 children performed which was
broadcast on 3rd December 2017 as part of their World Disability
Dayprogramme.
4. Staff members and parents of Adarsh organized an exhibition of old classic
items which were commonly used by old generation people. It was a
wonderful experience for all in Adarsh and Ms. Ambily K. was appreciated for
her diligent effort in coordinating the programme.3 neighboring schools with
their children visited the stall and appreciated.
5. Part of Children’s day, on 14th November 2017 CEFEE organized a celebration
at Fine Arts Hall. A group of children from Adarsh attended the function and
they enjoyed the day with dance and music with their favorite cine stars.
Another group of children on the same day went to Rajagiri Christhu Jayanthi
School and performed.
6. Part of the cultural fest of Sacred Heart College, children of Adarsh got an
invitation to perform at the College and they performed well and got good
appreciation. These are really motivating experiences for the children.
7. 24 young people from “Ship of World Youth Programme 2017” visited
Adarsh on 13th February 2018 as part of their cultural exchange
programme. The programme was organized by Ministry of Youth and
Sports Govt. of India in association with Consulate of Japan Chennai.
Selected people from Adarsh have also been invited for a reception on
board at Cochin Port.
8. Shri. Sarath Mohan, singer of Adarsh was selected in Comedy Utsavam a well-
known programme in Flowers TV which showcases talents of people like him.
The programme was telecast on 10th April 2018 and he got wide range of
appreciation from all part of world.
e. Events and Competitions
1. Adarsh Charitable Trust in association with National Institute of Open
Schooling organized Music Splash and Drawing competition at Adarsh
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Rehabilitation Centre Kureekkad. Children from other special schools also
participated in the competition. Children of Adarsh won many prizes.
2. Annual Day of Adarsh Charitable Trust was celebrated on 22nd December
2017. Ms. Meera Vasudev and Shri. Manikandan Achaari were the Chief
Guests of the day. Children, staff and parents performed with their talents in
music and dance.
3. Annual Sports of Adarsh Charitable Trust was organized in January 2018.
There were events for staff, children and parents. Almost all the staff members
and parents participated and made the programme a grand success.
4. Children of Adarsh participated in Bhavana Cultural Fest organized by Rotary
Cochin International. In the Physically challenged category, Adarsh won the
Overall Champions Trophy and stood as runners up in the Mentally
Challenged category.
5. 19 children participated in a Special Olympics organized by Association of
Intellectually Disabled, Social Justice Department, and Education Department,
Govt. of Kerala. All the children won prizes in different items.
6. Part of Autism Awareness Programme, Autism affected children from Adarsh
participated in various competitions organized by Indian Academy of
Pediatrics at IMA Hall, Ernakulam on 2nd April 2018. Another event was
organized by Sunrise Hospital and there too children from Adarsh won many
prizes.
7. An Exhibition was organized at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd to
show case the vocational talents of children. Products made by the
children of Adarsh exhibited there. We got good appreciation from the
people who visited our stall.
f. Seminar and Training
1. Shri. Krishnakumar, Assistant Employment Officer, Kakkanad, Ernakulam
conducted an awareness class on employment opportunities for
challenged children above 18 on 14th July 2017
2. PTA of Adarsh Charitable Trust organized a medical camp for the
parents and staff members of Adarsh with the help of VKM Hospital
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Tripunithura. Dr. Venugopal, Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Jayasree
Venugopal, Gynecologist led the camp. Around 60 people attended the
camp.
3. Ernakulam Local Level Committee of National Trust organized a sitting at
Collectorate to issue Legal Guardianship Certificate. Around 80 children from
Adarsh attended the camp.
4. In association with Craft Hospital, Kodungallur, Adarsh Charitable Trust
organized a Genetic Disorder Awareness and Screening camp for the
parents of Adarsh. Around 24 parents were consulted by eminent
doctors from Craft Hospital including Dr. Rithu and Dr. Sankalp Singh.
This was one of the 3 camps which were mutually agreed between
Adarsh and Craft Hospital.
5. Ms. Sherine Susan and Ms. Mini Dwivethi from Bangalore visited Adarsh
and took a class on oral Placement Therapy. Feedback of the
programme was excellent.
g. Important visitors of the year and their comments
1. “Visited Adarsh today. My heartfelt appreciation to the trustees, the
staff and others who have contributed/ contributing for betterment of
quality of life of these marginalized group of people/children here.
Their service will be remembered for ever by the citizens of this state.
My wishes to all and our support to this good laudable institute.”
-Shri. Biju Prabhakar IAS., Social Justice Department, Govt. of
Kerala.
2. “It was truly an inspirational visit. We doctors think we are doing a
good social service but today I realized how much we missed out!
Humbling to see the care and services provided by Adarsh institute.
Please continue the great work and inspire others to have a wider
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availability. We will put our best possible efforts to add to the great
work you all are doing. Thank you being in this noble work.”
- Dr. Praveen Bhardwaj, Ganga Hospital Coimbatore
3. “A great privilege to see the inspiring, young, dynamic, courageous and
beautiful Adarsh family. Thank you for making my day bright and
cheerful.”
- Ms. Meera Vasudev, Cine Actress.
4. “Happy to be a part of this institute where in differently challenged and
abled were taken care by a sincere and genuine management and
dedicated staff. Keep up the good work. Happy to see such a well-
known school.”
- Shri. Prem Varghese, President, Rotary Cochin East.
5. “It is an awesome experience to visit your institution. A model
habilitation centre for differently abled children. Propagate this
ideology to all other institutions in the state. Best wishes for your
future endevour.”
- Prof. Ambadi, Assistant Professor, NCERT.
7.1. Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
PTA is an essential body in any school. Similarly Adarsh also has a dynamic
and very active PTA. The present PTA with 13 members led by Shri. Kaloor
Unnikrishnan joined Adarsh in all its activities and projects. In 2017-18 PTA
organized useful programme for the children, parents and staff members.
Medical Camp by VKM Hospital was one of them. PTA day was celebrated on
23rd February 2018. Cine Actor and famous Anchor Shri. Govind Padmasurya
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was the chief guest of the function. Almost all the parents and staff members
participated in the cultural programmes.
7.2. Major achievements of 2017-18
1. Virtual Reality Programme
Virtual Reality is a very new word in the technology field. As the name says,
a virtual environment is created using a software where people get a feeling
that the environment is real. Recently studies show that it has an effect on
children with challenges especially to improve their confidence and self-
esteem. Finding these benefits, Adarsh in association with TATA Consultancy
Service introduced a Virtual Reality Lab in Adarsh. In the initial phase only 5
children were selected and later 7 more were added. Now the system is being
used by 12 children regularly. According to our Therapist it produces
remarkable changes in children mainly improving balance and coordination.
Parents are also very happy with the programme. In the second phase, more
fine motor activities will be included using leap motion technics. We take this
opportunity to extend our thanks to Shri. Robin Tommy, who coordinated the
entire project. Our thanks are also to Shri. Dinesh P Thampi who initiated this
programme and of course to all team members of TCS.
2. 10th Anniversary of CDEIRC
On the 10thAnniversary of CDEIRC, the centre selected 5 normal UP schools
nearby and identified children with learning performance with the help of
their teachers. These children were given reading and writing competition to
understand their difficulties in learning. It was really shocking to see the
result. A good number of children, being affected with some kind of learning
issues, do not get sufficient training to solve their problems. CDEIRC gave
prizes to children with best performance and best schools. In the next phase,
if the school Management is willing, CDEIRC plans to do a detailed evaluation
of selected children and help them to overcome their learning issues.
3. Family Counseling programme
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This is a special programme started in 2017-18. The intention was to provide
family counseling and child guidance. But gradually it was found that more
than parents, staff members are using this service. As far as the organization
is concerned, staff members are the pillars. In this context, this counseling
programme really helped a good number of staff to overcome their mental
stress and related family issues.
4. Bubbles – Adarsh Supermarket
With the help of His Highness Super Market, Tripunithura, Adarsh set up
a Mini Super Market called “Bubbles” as part of its vocational
rehabilitation programme with an objective to help children to earn
something so that they get a feeling of independence and dignity in
life. It was officially inaugurated on 9th March by Shri. Nooh IAS.,
Director, Social Justice Department, Govt. of Kerala. Initial results are
highly encouraging.
5. 16th December programme
On 16th December 2017 at BTH Hotel Ernakulam a special function was
organized to announce the future projects of Adarsh Charitable Trust.
Shri. P. Raveendran, Chairman Port Trust inaugurated the function.
Shri. Madhu S. Nair, Chairman and Managing Director Cochin Shipyard
Ltd., Shri. George Thomas, Chief Manager of Public Relation BPCL, Shri.
M. D. Varghese, General Manager (HR), Cochin Shipyard Ltd., Shri. Sunil
Kumar, MD of Asset Homes were other guests of honors. On the day
the following programmes were officially announced and launched.
i. Tie up with Aster Medcity for Orthopedic and Neurological
medical assistance.
Their consultation started in January 2018. Consultation day is 2nd
Tuesday of every month. So far Dr. Imthiaz, Orthepedician and Dr.
Akbar, Pediatric Neurologist have screened 100 and 80 children
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respectively. Based on that, 3 children underwent orthopedic
corrective surgery at Aster Medicity. This project still continues and
we take this opportunity to extend our thanks to Dr. Imthiaz, Dr.
Akbar and all the team members who are part of this project.
ii. Tie up with Giridhar Eye Hospital for Neuro Visual Rehabilitation
Under the leadership of Dr. Neena Pediatric Ophthalmologist, a
Team from Giridhar Eye institute consulted 105 children since January
2018. The Neuro Visual Rehabilitation part is not yet started, but the
project still continuous. We express our sincere thanks to Dr. Giridhar
and Dr. Kanchana Giridhar who initiated this project and our thanks also
to Dr. Neena and her team who coordinated the project.
iii. Teaching children magic – an innovative rehabilitation measure
Shri. Gopinath Muthukad, a well-known magician and a Philanthropist, is
famous for his empathetic approach to challenged children. Under his
initiative, his magic academy at Trivandrum taught magic to selected
children and gave them employment in his firm. Similarly he started an
academy in Adarsh. Around 15 children were selected and are studying
magic and all are found to be very enthusiastic and interested. Ultimate
aim is to give magic as a source of income as well as a method of
rehabilitation. We take this opportunity to extend our sincere thanks to
Shri. Gopinath Muthukad, Adv. Hari Raj and Shri Sreekumar for their
support.
iv. Residential Project with Asset Homes
On this day we announced a big and ambitious project called: a
residential village for challenged children associating with Asset
Homes one of the leading builders in India. It is a dream project of
Adarsh where children above 18 can live with their family. The
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project also aims to provide lifelong rehabilitation and this is
ensured even after their parents’ demise. The projects is still in its
initial stage of implementation. We take this opportunity to extend
our sincere thanks to Shri. Sunil Kumar, MD of Asset Homes for this
partnership.
v. A new colourful official brochure of Adarsh was released. Thanks
to Dr. C. Mohammed Ashraf, Chairman and Medical Director of Craft
Hospital and Research Centre Kodungallur who financially helped
Adarsh to bring out the brochure and Shri. Sleeba Varghese who
designed the brochure in a very subsidized rate. It came out really
nice.
vi. A corporate calendar of Cochin Shipyard Ltd which has the pictures
drawn by Shri. Anjan Satheesh a person affected with Cerebral Palsy
and a staff member of Adarsh, was released on the day by Shri.
Madhu S. Nair, Chairman and Managing Director Cochin Shipyard
Ltd.
6. Hand Surgery.
Dr. Raja Sabhapathy a famous Plastic surgeon from Ganga Hospital offered full
support to Adarsh in helping its children to undergo special hand surgery for
children with Cerebral Palsy. A team from Adarsh, Including Shri. Aswany Kumar
and Dr. Sachidananda Kamath made a visit to Ganga Hospital and analysed the
potential of this new technic. On request, a team from Ganga Hospital, Dr.
Praveen Bharadwaj, Orthopedic Surgeon, Shri. Gopinath, Senior Physiotherapist
visited Adarsh and screened around 24 children and found 8 among them will be
benefitted with the surgery. We are in search of sponsors to support this projects.
We express our sincere thanks to Dr. Raja Sabhapathy for this initiative. Our
thanks are also to Dr. Praveen Bharadwaj, Shri. Gopinath and other team
members for their support.
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7. Support from Rotary Club of Cochin Central.
This is a big project for strengthening the technical infrastructure as well as
therapeutic measures of Adarsh Charitable Trust. The main objectives are:
i. Setting up smart classrooms
ii. Procure advanced therapeutic equipment to strengthen the therapeutic
services
iii. Assisting Home Based Rehabilitation programme
iv. Digitalization of training and therapy evaluation and monitoring services
The project cost is Rs.35 Lakhs. The project is officially sanctioned and it will be
implemented in June 2018. Thanks to Shri. Narayanan kutty and his team for all
the support.
7.3. Projects for 2018-19
1. Organic Farming
Though tried several times in the past, nothing concrete has happened in this
area. Shri. Binoy Chelur, a Philanthropist and an expert in this field has promised
all the help to do this project plugging the lacunas we had in practical
implementation. We are planning this in this year.
2. Sheltered Workshop
The objective is to set up a sheltered workshop for challenged children above 18
years to make them independent in their life through suitable vocation so that
they can a lead a dignified adult life. A proposal from Adarsh has been
sanctioned by Social Justice Department of Kerala Govt. and the Department had
released sum of Rs.7.1 Lakhs as 1st installment. The programme will be officially
started by June 2018.
3. Neuro Visual Rehabilitation
This is one area where we need to have more inputs from Giridhar Eye Institute.
Basic evaluation of children are over. This year hopefully with the help of Dr.
Neena and team we would be able to start an effective Neuro Visual
rehabilitation programme. They promised all help to take this forward.
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4. The Breakfast Revolution- a Project to decrease malnutrition
Relatively a new concept in the field of rehabilitation. On examination, our
medical doctors identified a good number of children are malnourished. To help
them, Adarsh with the help of The Breakfast revolution, an NGO based in
Mumbai is planning to introduce vitamin and mineral rich food items to the
identified children to improve their health condition. We need to find a donor to
support this programme. Approximately the programme may cost around 3 Lakhs
per annum.
5. Cerebral Palsy Research & Development
Being a full-fledged rehabilitation centre for children with Cerebral Palsy, Adarsh
is quite a well-known Special School among the public. In order to make it a
centre of excellence, a Cerebral Palsy Research and Development wing is
envisaged. The intention is to give the Cerebral Palsy affected children a one stop
remedy centre for their primary as well as associated issues.
8. Financial Report
a. Basic Financial Analysis
Audited Financial Report is already distributed among the members. Total annual
expenditure of the Trust for the FY 2017-18 is 222.21 Lakhs. The total income
collected was Rs. 325.88 Lakhs. This includes a single donation of Rs.1.5 Crores from
Sarojini Trilok Nath Trust, New Delhi. That resulted a net surplus of Rs. 102.66 Lakhs.
A graphical representation of income and expenses of the Trust for the FY 2017-18is
shown below. When comparing the financial status of previous year, there was a dip
of over Rs.10 Lakhs on the donation received. But on the other hand there is hike of
Rs. 22 Lakhs on the expenditure side. On analysis it is found that all the main
projects like Risk Baby Unit, Home Based Rehabilitation Unit, CDEIRC etc. are running
as usual without much deficit. The main highlight of the reporting period is the
receipt of Rs.1.5 Crores from Sarojini Trilok Nath Trust. The Trust is thankful to Shri.
K. Neelakantan for his sincere and dedicated service to the Trust for garnering this
donation. We realize that only with Shri. Neelakantan’s effort we could get the
support from this Trust. We appreciate the effort taken by him for this. On behalf of
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the Trust, he made a presentation to Trustees of Sarojini Trilok Nath Trust on the
nature and activities of Adarsh. Thanks to Shri Rajiv Kohli, a Trustee of the Sarojini
Trilok Nath Trust who was instrumental in getting this big help. It was reported
that32members attended the presentation. We need to appreciate the efforts taken
by Shri. N. Krishnan (one of the patrons of Adarsh) and Smt. Padmaja Alaganandan
for arranging this programme at Delhi. It was a very big function by its size and cross
section of personal who attended this.
INCOME
REHAB CHARGES (15%)
GOVT HELP (9%)
DONATION (68%)
PROJECT (8%)
EXPENSES
Main Centre (51%)
CDEIRC (4%)
HBR & RBU (10%)
VEHICLE (19%)
Administration (8%)
Depreciation (8%)
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b. Audited Financial Statements
i. Income and Expenditure
ABRIDGED INCOME& EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR 2017-18
INCOME AMOUNT EXPENSES AMOUNT
FROM
BENEFICIARIES 5146170
REHABILITATION
CENTRE 11434489
FRM GOVT OF
KERALA 2779030
CHILD
DEVELOPENT
EVALUATION
INTERVENTION &
RESEARCH CENTRE 844049
COMMUNITY
BASED
REHABILITATION 2197027
COMMUNITY
BASED
REHABILITATION 2271481
DONATIONS 19043655 VEHICLE EXPENSES 4102724
GIVE INDIA 648057
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSE 1777696
INTEREST FROM
BANKS 625675
INTEREST & BANK
CHARGE 121950
OTHER INCOME 2149058
MISCELLANEOUS
EXPENSES 66429
DEPRECIATION 1703141
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ii. Abridged Balance Sheet
Abridged Balance Sheet 2017-18
PARTICULARS AMOUNT
Fixed Assets 1,69,40,954
Current Assets 1,13,39,574
Corpus Fund 3,00,000
Current Liabilities 6,65,704
Loans & Advances 10,23,793
Cash & Bank Balance 1,01,87,731
c. Major future financial implications – An overview
1. Salary and allowances is the major financial implication for the Trust. Apart from the
main rehabilitation centre all other projects are self-sustained. As usual vehicle
service is incurring a huge burden for the Trust. Last year alone, there was a deficit of
over 20 Lakhs under this head.
2. Association with The Breakfast Revolution for decreasing the incidences of
malnutrition among the children of Adarsh will cost around 3 Lakhs a year.
3. In order to stop the leakage issue and adding more space to the rehabilitation
centre, construction work is due and this may cost around 18.5 Lakhs
4. Installing Solar system to run the entire rehabilitation centre and CDEIRC., a proposal
for 20 KV Solar Panel is suggested. This will cost Adarsh around 15-17 Lakhs
5. If the residential project comes out well, Adarsh might need another 1 Crore for
constructing a Vocational rehabilitation centre at the premises.
TOTAL 32588672 22321959
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d. Accounts of the organization are constructed on Accrual Basis.
9. Acknowledgement of donors
a. SarojiniTrilok Nath Trust (STNT), New Dlehi.
A trust based in New Delhi donated Rs.1.5 Crores became the single largest donor of
Adarsh. It was a non-corpus donation. Shri. Rajiv Kohli, Trustee of STNT was instrumental
in getting this help. Shri. J.N. Kohli, father of Shri. Rajiv Kohli, was a regular benefactor till
he passed away in 2016. But even after that Shri. Rajiv Kohli continued the help that his
father was extending to Adarsh. The Trust on behalf of all the children, their parents, staff
and the Management extends its deep felt gratitude to Shri. Rajiv Kohli, his family and
Shri. K. Neelakantan, who was instrumental in bringing up this help. The Trust puts on
records its sincere thanks to all of them.
b. Care and Share USA
Care and Share became a regular benefactor of Adarsh since 2016. The president, Shri.
Tony Devassy, Vice President, Shri. Ashley Elennjickal and Shri. Santhosh Nair, etc. all have
very close association with Adarsh. They came and visited more than once and were very
happy with the activities that Adarsh does for the children. Last year too they have raised
close to 10 Lakhs for Adarsh through various programmes like Seattle To Portland (STP)
Cycle Rally, Music Programme etc. Trust is always grateful to Care and Share.
c. Esquire Multiplast Pvt. Ltd.
There is no word to express thanks to Shri. Nelson, Managing Director of Esquire
Thermoplast for the help he is extending to Adarsh. Since January 2012, his company has
been giving Rs.35, 000/- every month till date without any break. All the members of the
Trust are indebted to Shri. Nelson and his family.
d. Teejan Food Pvt. Ltd
Teejan Food also has been extending their help to Adarsh for the last several years.
Starting with Rs.4000/- a month, now the company gives Rs.18000/- a month. Shri. Simon
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John is instrumental in channelizing this help to Adarsh. The Trust extends special thanks
to Shri. Simon John.
e. Craft Hospital
Shri. Mohammed Ashraf, MD of Craft Hospital helped us in bringing out our new
brochure. Shri. Sleeba Varghese, a well-wisher of Adarsh was instrumental to this. As
promised Craft hospital contributed Rs.3 Lakhs to Adarsh towards printing the brochure
of Adarsh. The Trust is always thankful to Dr. Ashraf and Shri. Sleeba for their help.
f. Krishnan Neelakantan
Being a patron of Adarsh, Shri. N. Krishnan has been a regular source of help to Adarsh.
Not only financial, Shri. N. Krishnan is also interested in introducing new projects in
Adarsh. Adarsh’s latest project with The Breakfast Revolution” came through him. The
Trust remembers always with gratitude Shri. N. Krishnan and his family for their
continuous support.
g. Central Marketing Syndicate
Shri. P. S. Raman, Managing Director of Central Marketing Syndicate Ltd is a regular
benefactor of Adarsh. All the members are thankful to him for this regular and generous
help.
h. Abad Hotels Pvt. Ltd.
Shri. Riaz Ahmed, Trustee and member of Governing Council of Adarsh Charitable Trust
donated Rs.1 Lakh. On behalf of all the members we extend sincere thanks to him and
his family.
i. Shri. Abdul Hamid, Attingal.
A retired railway officer and a colleague of Shri. K. Neelakanatan was a regular benefactor
of Adarsh financially. Last year he visited Adarsh and was very happy with the work
Adarsh does for the challenged children. He donated Rs.1 Lakh. We thank you Sir.
j. Smt. Padmaja Alaganandan.
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Smt. Padmaja Alaganandan is based in Banagalore has been a regular well-wisher right
from the start of Adarsh. Last year she contribute Rs.96, 000/- towards 4 child month
sponsorships. The Trust thanks Smt. Padmaja Alaganandan for the help.
k. Shri. P. R. Shivasankara.
Shri. P.R. Shivasankara, a retired railway officer and a colleague of Shri. K. Neelakanatan is
also a regular benefactor of Adarsh. As in every year he had donated Rs.50,000/- this year
also. The Trust always remembers him for this help.
l. Shri. George and Ms. Leena
On behalf of all the members I extend our heart full of gratitude to you for helping 3
children for meeting their rehabilitation expenses.
m. Shri.Venkitachalam.
Shri. Venkitachalam supports children of Adarsh with contributing R.5000/- every month
for the last 2 years. We are thankful to him.
n. Shri. P.N. Narayanan.
Shri. P.N. Narayanan has been extending this help for the last several years. Now the
5000/- rupees he gives every month is being utilized for extending medical assistance to
around 10 children a month with Rs.500/- each. This is a great help from Shri. P.N.
Narayanan. The Trust on behalf of all expresses its sincere thanks to him and his family.
………………………………….The list thus goes on. The names mentioned above only are a few
among a large number of donors. We are indebted to all of our benefactors for their help
and are looking forward to getting the same in future too.
On our part we can guarantee that every single pie will be utilized with utmost care and
judiciously and only for the benefit of these kids.
10. The projects undertaken by Adarsh– at a glance:
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Adarsh is celebrating its 20th year of existence. During this period we have introduced
several small and big projects. Naturally all will be interested to evaluate the fate of the
same. On this 20th year we are presenting in a nutshell all about the major projects we
undertook since our inception. It is to be noted that we have selected only major
projects.
Sl.No Year Project Title Purpose of the Project Starting
Date
Rermarks
1 2018 The Bubbles- Mini
Supermarket
Vocational
Rehabilitation
Mar/18 We have identified 6 children for
this project and have been giving
training. Initially It has monthly
sales upto Rs. 20000 We are
hopeful in this project. This is a
continuous project.
2 Desktop Computers Computer training for
children
Rotary club of cochin central
donated 18
desktop computers. It is in
implementation stage.
3 Residential Project with
Asset Homes
To provide residential
life-long care for
differently abled
children
In implementation stage.
4 Project with Aster
Medicity
To provide orthopedic
and neuro consultation
for children
Jan/18 Till now 37 students consulted
neurologist and 48 consulted
orthopedic surgeon. 8 students
are advised for Ortho surgery. 1
student underwent
surgery last month. Project
ongoing.
5 Project with Giridhar Eye
Hospital
Neuro visual
Rehabilitation
Jan/18 Completed visual screening of 181
students and advised spectacles
for some students and squint
surgery for 1 girl child. Project
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ongoing.
6 Project with Magic
Academy
Vocational
Rehabilitation
Jan/18 15 students are selected for magic
training and 3 of them can
perform various tricks
independently with 3 months
training. It really boosted the self-
confidence of these children.
Project ongoing.
7 2017 Virtual Rehabilitation
Programme
To improve Balance and
Co-ordination of
children with physical
problems
Jul/17 14 students are undergoing VR
training regularly and its feebback
is really encouraging. 3 students
have shown remarkable
improvement in their balance and
co-ordination. Project
implementation completed.
8 4 th Phase of HBR Extending HBR
programme to more
children with
Challenges
Jul/17 4th phase of HBR, supported by
Kancor Ingredients Limited, now
serves around 25 children from
Thrikkakara and Thripunithura
muncipality. 4 phase completed.
Ongoing project.
9 Chappati Making Unit Vocational
Rehabilitation
Jun/17 7 students are undergoing training
in this unit and 4 students can
independently do this. They make
1000 chappattis per week.
Ongoing project.
10 2016 Agro Based Rehabilitation Agriculture based
training for children
Jun/16 In the first phase, we could
harvest around 6kg of lady finger
and used in Adrash kitchen. Later
added tomoto, spinach, brinjal. It
has to pick up in a more better
way. Needs to work with them.
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11 Library A room to read Aug/16 Library has a collection of 500
books. Children, parents and staff
members use library regularly and
they have good interest. Need
more books.
12 Sensory Integration
Therapy
To rectify the sensory
issues of children
Dec/16 Around 100 children make use of
this therapy regularly, on weekly
basis and many of them have
shown improvement in attention,
sitting behaviour etc. Nice going.
Project implementation
completed.
13 My sweet Home To make children
conversant with
various activities in
home
Apr/16 32 children from autism unit and
20 from other units are
undergoing training. They
conducted a food court on autism
awareness day in 2017 and all the
food items were prepared by the
children with minimal support.
Nice going. Need to improve
facilities.
14 2015 Hydrotherapy Pool For reducing
hyperactivity
and enhancing mobility
Dec/15 10 students from each unit had
been using
this facility for 2 years. Need a
total revamping
as sewage water creates hygiene
problem.
Will solve with permanent work
15 Stitching Unit Income generation for
parents
Jan/15 15 parents or care takers were
employed in this unit. Ongoing
project.
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16 Candle Making, Sandwich
making, jewelry paper bag
and fie
Vocational
rehabilitation for
children
16 students of vocational unit
make candles. Out of 16, 10 are
independent and 2 students doing
it at their homes also and earn
extra income. We use around
30kg wax per month and average
monthly income is nearly 6000. 20
students are doing jewelry
making. 13 students are
independent in file making and 10
are good at paper bag making.
Good going
17 Shop To purchase stationery
items for parents and
teachers
Jan/15 This will substituted by the
"bubbles project'
18 2014 Association with
Kudumbasree- 'Buds'
For Extending
Community basd
rehabilitation
Jun/14 We provided technical support for
starting Buds school and this
project still going on smoothly.
The project completed.
19 2013 I- Pad training Advanced training
method for children
Jun/13 Now 132 children are undergoing I
pad training; they do puzzles and
games also using in academic
classes and in speech therapy.
20 2012 New Lift by Thomas
Chittilappilly foundation
To carry children easily
to different floors
Sep/12 Project completed.
21 2011 Neuro Visual Unit To improve visual
functions
Dec/11 Around 15 children were
undergoing neuro
visual therapy and some
undergone squint surgery.
Installation completed. Project
ongoing
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22 Scientific Learning-
software based
programme
To provide additional
training to improve
learning skills for
children with learning
problems
Aug/11 19 students were using this facility
at CDEIRC but could not continue
due to technical issues. Project
terminated.
23 2010 Therapy equipment &
Solar power system
Supported by Kerala
govt.
Aug/10 Going well
24 2009 Nammude Veedu To provide adequate
training for children to
become independent in
daily life
Jan/09 Started with 6 children in 1 batch,
the project went off well with 20
children in 3 batches. Project
discontinued.
25 Fire safety system Safety measure Jun/09 Project Installation completed.
26 2008 Music therapy To reduce hyperactivity
and to improve
attention span
Jan/08 26 students are undergoing music
therapy regularly. Ongoing
project.
27 EMG biofeedback &
Hippotherapy
To strengthen muscles
and to improve mobility
Aug/08 15 children were using EMG to
improve muscle strength. But
hippotherapy has been doing
regularly in both physio
department and in Early
Intervention unit. Ongoing
project.
28 Dental Check-ups in
association with J&S
Dental Care
For correction of dental
problems
Jun/08 Almost all children from Adarsh
consulted
dentist on weekly basis and 50 of
them had
regular follow ups. Ongoing
project.
29 Home Based
Rehabilitation
To provide training and
therapy for children
with severe disability
and to those who are in
remote areas
Nov/08 Together with 4 phases, HBR
programme serves 140 children in
15 panchayats and in 2
muncipalities. 2 more phases to
start shortly.
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30 2007 CDEIRC To provide
comprehensive
evaluation and training
for children with all kind
of developmental
disorders.
Dec/07 Monthly, 70-80 children are
coming to the centre and
undergoing required therapies.
Nice going.
31 Audio Visual Unit To rectify problems
related to audio and
vision
Sep/07 Substituted by new sensory
integration therapy.
32 2006 Association with World
Malayalee
Council
For spreading
awareness at the grass
root levels and
panchayats
Jun/06 Discontinued due to lack of
financial and material support.
33 Online evaluation through
website (TCS)
To do evaluation of a
child anywhere in the
world
Nov/06 Project discontinued.
34 Noon Meal Scheme To provide every day
lunch supported
by govt. of Kerala
Jun/06 Now 259 students are registered
under this scheme. Through this
they are getting everyday lunch,
milk for 2 days, egg and banana
weekly once. Ongoing project.
35 Implementation of Bio gas
plant
For waste disposal Dec/06 Discontinued due to lack of space.
36 Computer lab For computer training Jun/06 62 students are undergoing
computer training through 6 usual
computers, track ball, head
mouse, big and colour keyboards.
Among this 2 are writing NIOS
exams thro' computer. Ongoing
project.
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37 APOSA To work as a mediator
between Adarsh and
students who are
mainstreamed.
Jun/06 All Parents of mainstreamed
students are
members of this group and they
meet once in year. Adarsh
provided required therapies for
these children on every Saturdays.
Need more attention.
38 Rain water Harvesting
System supported by
Rotary club of Cochin
To use rain water for
various school activities
Jul/06 Going very nice we have good
storage.
39 Satellite Education
Programme in association
with ISRO & CDAC
To spread information
to various special
schools in Kerala
Nov/06 Many teachers and therapists
from Adarsh have taken classes
under this project
and it was telecasted to different
special schools. Discontinued by
GOVT
40 Email Club For regular
communication with
sponsors
Oct/06 Email club is expanding day by day
with new well-wishers and
sponsors. To make it easy we have
divided it into different groups like
friends of Adarsh, Adarsh visitors,
HDFC group etc. Together with all
we have around 1000 contacts.
Need more active participation.
41 Kitex Bag Project Vocational
Rehabilitation and
income for mothers
Dec/06 Discontinued as it was not viable
and sustainable.
42 Paper bag making nit Vocational
Rehabilitation and
income for mothers
Dec/06 Discontinued as it was not
financially viable
and sustainable.
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43 New born hearing unit To screen hearing of
newborn babies
Aug/06 Audiologist worked in 6 different
hospitals
and screened around 6000 new
born babies.
Discontinued as IMA took more
active steps in
this project.
44 Visual Stimulation lab To rectify visual
problems of children
Nov/06 Around 20 children with visual
problems were attending this
project to correct visual problems.
45 2005 Orthopedic Surgery by Dr.
Deepak Saran
Surgical correction for
better functioning
Aug/05 Discontinued as the dr. became
too busy to
attend to us. But now the same is
started with aster medicity.
46 Publication of Periodicals ;
Adarsh Dhwani
Publication of
Newsletters; Aspire to
grow
To spread news about
Adarsh to more people
Aug/05 Yet to start. May be we can think
of one.
47 Starting of NIOS To provide academic
training to children
Jun/05 Now around 75 students are
registered under NIOS OBE level.
Out of 75, 50 students are from 7
other schools. In addition, 24
students are registered and
undergoing training in secondary
and senior secondary level(10th
and 12th respectively)
48 Risk Baby Unit To do neonatal
screening of children
Nov/05 Developmental therapist works in
5 hospitals in Ernakulam. Till now
she has consulted around 9000
new born babies.
49 Self Help Groups Team work by staff
members and parents
Dec/05 Now doing with vocational unit
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50 Friends of Adarsh Group To expand Adarsh's
data base
In addition to regular sponsors
now FOA is expanding with new
visitors and well- wishers of
Adarsh. Recently started a
watsapp group in the name FOA
and it has nearly 250 contacts.
51 2004 Milk for children Sponsored by Sri. P N
Narayanan
Jun/04 Nice going with both government
and trust support.
52 2003 Vocational training for
mothers
To find a source of
income for mothers
Jun/03 Around 10 mothers were
empolyed in this
project with adequate staff
support.
53 2001 CBR - Starting up of new
special schools
Nov/01 CBR team provided technical
support for starting 13 special
schools in different districts. All
these schools are running well and
serves differently abled children in
their locality. We terminated this
project as our focus shifted to
HBR.
11. Conclusion
Friends it has been an eventful year as far as Adarsh is concerned. The coming
year is going to be very important for us. As reported we have envisaged many
programmes for next year. Our residential programme, 20th year celebrations,
improving our infrastructure are some of the important ones. For any
organization twenty years is not a very big period. But for us it was all eventful.
The efforts we have made to build an institution of this kind is something
unparalleled. We realize that there are countless individuals and organizations
who are our well-wishers. We realize that it is only because of their selfless
support and motivation that we are today where we are. We also realize that this
is going to be there for our organization in abundance in the coming years also.
At this juncture I cannot remember any single name to specifically mention. But I
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do remember many many names and pictures flashing through my mind. I am
sure you also will have the same feeling. So on behalf of all of you, on behalf of
our children and parents let me put on record our heart-felt and sincere thanks
for all the good deed these millions of individuals and corporate have done for
us and who stood with us in our tiring days. The Trust salutes all of them.
Friends, I cannot conclude my report without mentioning a few lines about of
members of staff. As reported in all my previous annual reports, I do firmly
believe that the one factor which separates Adarsh with other institutions is the
number and quality of staff we maintain. The result which we produce has a
direct implication on this. We are fortunate that we are having the best among
the peer groups and it's our fortune that we could maintain them. On behalf of
all of you I put on record my sincere thanks to all members of staff of Adarsh.
I put on record my special thanks to Shri K Neelakantan, Chairman Emeritus and
Shri K P Padmakumar, Chairman of Adarsh Charitable Trust for all the support
and guidance. Friends, if we are today where we are, I am sure is only because of
the support you all have been extending to me and to our team. I am sure this
will continue in a more vigorous manner in the coming years also. As noted in
the beginning, I know that this is privilege bestowed on me by the grace of God.
Almighty have been and is very kind to me and I am obeying his order with
folding hands. I realize that I am only an instrument in his hands.
Thank is for all your support and with warm regards,
P R Mahadevan
Secretary 30/05/2018
