India South

Rehabilitation Centre for Blind Women

The Rehabilitation Centre for Blind Women is located in Trichy, Tamilnadu. This is one of India’s very few projects exclusively for women with disabilities. It is a project of an independent society where young blind women from rural areas are trained in vocational trades such as bakery, tailoring or candle making, amongst other trades. The women are placed in gainful economic occupations in their communities after the training. Recently, the project has begun community based rehabilitation work.

National Association for the Blind Teachers Training Programme

National Association for the Blind is a reputed NGO providing infrastructure and equipment for the successful preparation of primary school teachers to teach visually impaired children in Mumbai, Maharashtra. They also make efforts to motivate the government to appoint the teachers in schools. The duration of the courses conducted by them is one year and annually trains up to 20 students.

Department of Orthopaedics, MOSC Medical Mission Hospital

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) Medical Mission Hospital is a general hospital with an Orthopaedic Department. It is situated in Kolencherry, 40 km east of Cochin, Ernakulam District, Kerala. The orthopaedic department, with the help of the Department of Community Medicine, is involved in the rehabilitation of children and adults with orthopaedic disability. They are involved in school screening, mobile outreach camps and distribution of orthotic and prosthetic aids.

St. John's Hospital

St. John's Hospital in Kattapanna, Kerala is a general hospital situated 90 km northeast of Kottayam run by the Catholic Medical Brothers. Mobile eye camps are organized by the hospital wherein a team of doctors, refractionists, nurses and other field workers go into the village/community to screen patients with eye problems and bring them to the hospital for surgeries. The hospital's catchment area includes Kottayam, the Idukki District and Theni District in Tamil Nadu, reaching a population of 700,000 people living in a hilly terrain.

The Clarke School for the Deaf

The Clarke School for the Deaf is located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The school provides educational services to children with hearing impairment, mental retardation and deaf-blindness through secondary levels. The different levels of education include pre-primary, primary and secondary. Vocational training is provided for students in the senior level. The school’s catchment is a population of approximately 4.2 million in Chennai and in rural areas through their outreach programmes. In the outreach programme, non-formal education and therapeutic services like speech therapy, special education and pre-primary schooling are provided.

Madonna High School for the Deaf

Madonna High School for the Deaf, located in the outskirts of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh run by Immaculate Heart of Mary Society - a Catholic congregation. This school provides quality education, mostly to children with hearing impairment from slums and nearby villages. It also has a residential facility for those in need. Education is provided from pre-school through to college level. Senior students are taught a vocational training during their schooling. New initiatives like training in fashion designing and computers are planned. Campus is spacious with good infrastructure.

SAMUHA Community Based Rehabilitation

Samuha-Samarthya is situated in Raichur District, Karnataka. The project provides cross disability Community Based Rehabilitation to the rural population. The primary focus is to promote awareness on disabilities issues and providing rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities. Formation and promotion of Self Help Groups and Disabled Persons Organisations ensure persons with disabilities and their families can work together to achieve their goals/needs are part of their activities.