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We at Arvind Foundation, a charitable organization for children with special needs, are a registered Non-Profit Organization, founded in 2004 to provide soul care for children with special needs from underprivileged backgrounds through curative education and healing care. The care extends to adolescents and adults with special needs too. Diagnoses ranges from Cerebral palsy, Autism, ADHD, ADD, Down’s syndrome, Muscular dystrophy. Mental Retardation, Epilepsy, Hydrocephalus, Microcephalus, Spina bifida, Chromosomal disorder, Neurological disorder, Dyslexia etc.)
Our Curative Educational structure is based on “Waldorf” curriculum, which helps children to acquire basic education in a stress-free manner and to provide practical hands-on training and experience which would eventually earn them their livelihood.
At our Vocational centers, we inculcate necessary skill sets through creative and stress-free activities and projects to engage our young adults in a productive manner. Job oriented courses like teaching of basics in Computer science, cooking and culinary arts, office assistance training, making of areca nut products, handling and carving woods to make key chains etc. are taught with utmost care.
We as a team, work and focus on prevention, early intervention, rehabilitation and inclusion. This holistic approach is aimed at fostering independence, providing vocational training and creating livelihood opportunities for our special needs individuals.
We have structured curriculum and activities which enables our students to learn and understand by both seeing and doing. With the philosophy of Anthroposophy as the base, gross motor and fine motor activities such as painting, gardening, clay work, carpentry, cooking, etc. are included on a daily basis with a scheduled time table. To sustain interest in our students, a combination of breath-in breath-out activity, indoor and outdoor games are conducted to motivate and engage their spirit of participation.
Similarly, in our vocational centers, adults and adolescents are trained in projects suited to their physical and intellectual abilities. Besides being part of such productive ventures, they also earn an income as a stipend based on their output.
This is a small step but a giant leap in not just building the confidence of our students but also in helping them earn the much-deserved respect from their family members and the society.