Adopt a Child

Adopt a child

How HCI supports disabled children.

Background

Under this program, we invite you to sponsor children with various disabilities between the ages of 6 and 18. This is one of our oldest programs which started in year 1992 and children who were sponsored then at around age 5, are now leading a very successful lives. All are gainfully employed, most are married and raising families.

Sponsorship through the AAC Scheme is done mainly at Amar Seva Sangam, Children at Amar Seva Sangam are separated into two major categories: Home Care and Daycare. See below to learn more.

Handi-Care Intl. is proud to announce that under the “Adopt A Child” program, Handi-Care has sponsored almost 250 disabled children at Amar Seva Sangam, 45 poor children at Maithri Educational & Charitable Trust, and 5 severely mentally challenged at Nesam. We take pride in announcing that close to 300 children have completed this program successfully and have moved on to Vocational / job trainings or to higher studies.

How Do You Sponsor a Child Under This Plan?

There are two ways you can do this:

For Each Disabled / Developmentally Challenged Child

We require 3 (7 Years GRANTs) of $2,500 for each disabled or developmentally challenged child. Each grant will be used up over a 7 year period to achieve the goals under Each segment. The 3 categories viz;

Food and Clothing expenses (Amudasurabhi);
Education and Recreational expenses (Srividhya);
Medical and Rehabilitation expenses (Dhanvanthri).

Please Note

The 7 Years GRANT sponsorships used up over this period to take care of the food, clothing, education, medical and rehabilitation expenses of one child, until the child completes the target for rehab and moved on to vocational training.

Sponsorship through the AAC Scheme is done mainly at Amar Seva Sangam, Children at Amar Seva Sangam are separated into two major categories: Home Care and Daycare. See below to learn more.

Residential Care

Those who stay at Amar Seva Sangam campus (Home) and are provided with accommodation, food, clothing, rehabilitation, and education until they complete grade 12 or otherwise move on to higher studies or vocational training. Almost everyone in this category have predominant physical disabilities along with developmental issues. Generally, children come under home care, who are either very severely affected or their families can not offer adequate care and support in their homes, due to poverty or broken families or these children are orphaned.

Day Care and Special Education

Those who attend the Centre for Special Education or the regular school, but live with their parents. They are bused to the campus and bused back every day. All the schooling, rehab and medical expenses, and meals for the children are covered by Amar Seva Sangam. Each child is given condition specific rehab program suitable to his/her potential.

We are proud to announce that 25 children have been integrated into the regular school system after a few years in the Special Education program.

Another very important initiative is that most of the students are enrolled in the “Sangamam VTC” program, whereby they spend the whole day learning and producing household items that are being marketed.

1. Chalk piece making. All the classrooms at ASSA use these chalk pieces and any excess is sold at the markets.

2. Incense stick making. Most staff members buy them for their uses and any excess is sold at the markets.

3. Disinfectant solution preparation (Phenoil). The entire campus uses this product for daily cleaning and disinfecting and any excess is sold at the markets.

4. Cutting old cloth materials and making household wipes for campus use and sales.

Click to watch this clip to learn more.

Children at ASSA

Children at Maithri

Children at Nesam

Vocational Training Centre and Tailoring Unit at ASSA for children and youth from the Special Education program (Sangamam VTC)

Making Chalk pieces, Incense sticks, Disinfectant solutions, Liquid soap etc.
Training in Tailoring

Amar Seva Sangam established a Tailoring and Garment Making Unit, which tailors school uniform, corporate uniforms, and garments required by other manufacturing units. This unit was inaugurated on 21st Jan, 2000. The Unit provides training for children and youth who are transferred from the “Special Education School” program, under the “Sangamam” VTC project. This also provides employment to differently abled youth and adults and rural people, enabling them to make a living and take care of their medical expenses. The modern tailoring unit has modern machines like SUNA/Juki/Ambarla Power Sewing machines, Overlock machines, Kaja/Button machines, and Cloth Cutting machines.

Apart from tailoring the students learn and make Chalk pieces, liquid soap, Phenyl solutions, incense sticks, and more that are used by the school and for the maintenance of the campus. The excess products are sold to local shops.

The children from the Special Education program continue to benefit from this initiative, as they are kept engaged while learning new skills and generating income for upkeeping of the project.