Imparting early sensory motor developmental therapy and academic training, it has many success stories to its credit. In the last 9 years alone, around 52 of its students left Adarsh to pursue their studies in mainstream schools, with their disability factor considerably reduced and confidence and social interaction ability levels built up. A very welcome feature in the growth pattern of Adarsh is
the increased enrolment of young children, below 6 years, every year. Today out of over 214 children, around 35 constitute such an "Early Intervention Group". In the matter of rehabilitation, the earlier the intervention, the better. Adarsh has 7 vans, which pick up over 130 ( September 2011) children from within a radius of about 30-40 Kms and drop them back at the end of the school session. This is, no doubt, a great facility; in fact, it is a great blessing to the children and their parents. The present institution can grow further, taking in about 30 more children. Beyond that, it is preferable to establish many more such schools, each to cater to neighboring areas. Community Based Rehabilitation projects
Buoyed by the success of Adarsh, the Trust had been able to motivate others interested in the problems of differently abled children. 13 such schools have come up at different places in Kerala, the Southern most in Venganoor near Trivandrum and the Northern most at Palakkad, together training over 300 children. Some of the other programs of Adarsh include:
>>Special School for CP, AUTISM, & DOWN SYNDROME
>> Remedial teaching for children with Learning Disorders
>> Awareness campaigns on child brain damage and its effect on
child development
>>Early identification
>>Early Sensory stimulation
>>Mobility training to develop motor areas
>>Visual stimulation
>>Visual Stimulation
>>Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention
>>Screening of Babies at Risk and Intervention
>>Play School- Readiness programme
>>Medical support
>>Parent counselling
>>Home based training for those who cannot attend even a special school.
>>Conducting motivation campaigns to spread awareness and medical camps to facilitate identification. At Adarsh Speical School, Kureekkad, total number of students is 217 (January 2012). At Adarsh CDEIRC, total number of students is 78 (January 2012). Organization
Trust and Trustees
A public charitable trust in the name of Adarsh Charitable Trust was registered in April 1998 with 12 trustees including three 'settlers'. The objects of the Trust were as follows:
1. For helping physically handicapped and mentally retarded persons.
2. To rehabilitate persons with Cerebral Palsy and persons with
other disabilities
3. To give medical assistance and relief to those who are poor and have become mentally and physically retarded through accidents or other calamities.
4. To establish and/ or construct, run and aid institutions, medical relief
centers for this purpose
5. To promote research in the field of community based rehabilitation programs
6. To do any and all other lawful things as the trust may deem fit for
the attainment of all or any of its objectives
Keeping in view the in adequate availability of financial and technical resources, in the beginning the trustees decided to set up a school for a rehabilitation institute only for children with Cerebral Palsy. This school started functioning under the name Adarsh from June 1998. With more experience and better availability of resources, in July 2003 a separate section for children with Autism was started. In 2008, sections for Down syndrome and Learning Disorders were also added. At present there are around 100 children with CP and over 70 children with Autism, 15 children with Down Syndrome & around 30 children with Learning Disoders undergoing training in Adarsh. The overall administration, management and control of the affairs of the Trust and its properties vest in a Board of Trustees, constituted for this purpose from out of the present 36 trustees. The Board of Trustees meets once a year at an Annual General body Meeting held before the end of July every year. At this meeting , the performance of the Trust is reviewed. To facilitate a meaningful review, the Secretary presents a detailed report of its activities at every meeting and the audited income and expenditure statement pertaining to the year under review. List of Trust Members
Executive Committee
To monitor the working of the institutes set up by this Trust, an Executive committee consisting of :
>> A Chairman/Vice Chairman
>> A Secretary
>> A Treasurer and
>> A few more members, total number not exceeding 7
has been formed by electing them from among the trustees. The Executive Committee meets once a month and more often when conditions demand it. This committee normally reviews appointment of staff, purchase of equipment for the school, and all matters relating to the day to day running of the school as well as planning for the future. List of ExecutiveCommittee Members
Governing Council
A Governing Council, as the top representative body is elected by the Board of Trustees. The Governing Council consists of persons from all walks of life, of good stature and high standing in society. The Governing Council meets once in three months and gives necessary directions to the Executive Committee. List of Governing Council Members
Funding
Among the children that get trained in Adarsh, the majority are from economically weaker sections of society. The cost of running such an institution is high on account of the very high faculty-student ratio, which is today about 1:5 Provision of transportation arrangements increases the cost. Obviously, it is not possible to recover the full cost from all the parents. What a parent accepts as the level of fee that he can bear is alone levied. Thus there is normally a gap of about Rs. 2 lac (US $4500-5000)per month, between the expenditure and income from fees. This gap is met by sponsorship of children, Grant in Aid and reimbursement from Local Self Govt. bodies of Kerala and private donations. However, continuous effort is needed to fill this gap. To help donors, two steps have been taken by adarsh. Donations to in all forms enjoy the benefit of exemption under section 80G of the Income Tax Act 1961 . This exemption is now available upto March 2012. Adarsh has also been registered by the Ministry of Home Affairs Govt. of India under section6(1) of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976, with Registration number 052850473 and can now, therefore receive foreign contributions.
