Amar Seva Sangam (ASSA), a highly reputed, totally committed registered charity in India, run by the disabled for the disabled. ASSA was envisioned, created and successfully run by two visionaries, the president Mr.Ramakrishnan, a quadriplegic with total paralysis from neck down and the dynamic architect and the secretary cum master mind of the organization Mr.Sankara Raman C.A, confined to a wheel chair with Muscular Dystrophy. Both render honorary services to ASSA.

ASSA Facilities include:

Inside this elegant entrance, there is a whole new world. ASSA is situated at the foothills of a small mountain range, at the outskirts of a village called Ayikudy, in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. ASSA now owns the 20 acre land where several buildings have propped up. The land was bought over a 12 year period, the money coming from private donations. With plenty of clean air to breathe, good spring water to drink , lots of home grown vegetables to eat and a beautiful flower garden to inspire, not to mention the loving care the children receive, it is no wonder that the disabled children who come in as emaciated, neglected and spiritless individuals are totally transformed in a matter of months to happy, playful, spirited children who are so self confident that they are now walking, studying in a school and being taken care of medically and emotionally.

ASSA offers:

1. Home care to feed and shelter.

2. Quality medical Care, including surgery and palliative care.
3. State of the art Rehabilitation Centre, with well trained rehabilitation workers & physiotherapists.
       (a) Extension 1: Prosthetic Aids
       (b) Extension 2: Community Rehabilitation                       Program
       (c) Extension 3: Prevention and Early                                           Detection
       (d) Extension 4: Physiotherapy Center and                                           Hostel
       (e) Extension 5: Spastic Center
4. A state government approved School offering quality education.
5. Vocational Training to incorporate job oriented skills.

Trained counsellors counsel the people of the community and an infrastructure is in place to educate & motivate the villagers on various aspects of improving their economic situation as well as to provide education on prevention and care of disabling diseases. The rehabilitation would be incomplete without the successful implementation of programs in all the above 6 areas. ASSA has proved itself by succeeding in their endeavour and continuing to do so.

Funding for the Projects:

HomeCare                                                                                                  The Home shelters around 100 disabled children spilt into 3 categories:  HOME CARE (Those who live in the Home), DAY CARE (those transported from their homes to ASSA on a daily basis, attending the school and receiving all other rehab. benefits) and OUTREACH - VILLAGE BASED REHABILITATION - programs (VBR).   The Live-in children are severely disabled and require more care.  They are given all the medical care needed, receive 3 healthy meals a day, given Physiotherapy and exercises twice a day, attend the School and will be given Vocational Training when they finish High school. The Day Care children receive all the care that the Live-in children do except for living in their respective homes.  They are less severely disabled and are bussed to ASSA every morning and dropped back at night. The VBR children may or may not attend the ASSA School, yet benefit from all the programs offered including Medical care.

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