Sivabakkiyam Trust

Welcome to Sivabakkiam Trust

Sivabakkiam Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Person is an Organization registered under The Non-Profitable Public Charitable Indian Trust Act 1882 (Register No-113/2003, Dated- 11-12-2003) at Namakkal, Tamilnadu. Our Organization has an Acre of Land to the destitute Girl and Boy children (Children Home), Adult Student (After Care Home), Elders (Old Age Home), Destitute Person with Physically and Mentally Challenged Person (Special School for Mentally Challenged), with all facilities like separate dormitory, separate dining, medical, gym, play ground, library and etc…

Sivabakkiam Special School for the Mentally Challenged:

SIVABAKKIAM SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR MENTALLY CHALLENGED AND REHABILITATION CENTER is run by our Trust. This School has instituted tie-ups with the Namakkal District Collector, the Nutrition Dieticians and Village Health Nurses (VHNs) to create awareness and educate on preventive and rehabilitative measures for various categories of the handicapped. The School also associates with the Self-Help-Group of the handicapped persons in Namakkal District for supporting them in permanent rehabilitation. The day-to-day administration and management of the various activities are geared towards ensuring total support and rehabilitation services for the mentally retarded and handicapped boys.

• Currently the School has afforded 41 boys and girls who are mentally retarded and handicapped.
• The School offers free boarding and lodging for all its students in the Hostel. The School gets Feeding Grant from the Special Commissioner for Disabled, Chennai.
• All the day-to-day activities are guided, supervised and supported by the staff members who are given free boarding and lodging facilities in the Hostel run by the School.
• The School management has arranged for weekly visits of a Physiotherapist, Psychiatrist and general physician for periodic check-up and medical advice for the benefit of the students.
• There are special educators who impart guidance and training on Speech therapy, Sign language, Daily Living Skills like how to eat, dress and undress, caring teeth, face, hair, nails, toilet training, take care of his/her clothing, appearance and personal belonging and Vocational skill training which include basic skills to enable the retarded/handicapped students to live normal lives.
• There is a separate guidance and counselling wing which gives necessary support depending on the requirements of the handicapped children.
• The School management closely liaison with the District Disabled and Rehabilitation office of the State Government so as to apply for and take the benefit of special schemes meant for this disadvantaged category of children.

Education for all is also one of the objectives of the Centre. The School organizes educational programmes for mentally retarded children such as Language development, Motor development, Social development, Physical health, Daily living skills, Recreational and creative expression skill training, Yoga therapy and Work habits and skills. The School has also initiated job placement and community based rehabilitation programmes by imparting pre-vocational training in identified trades like weaving, handicrafts, goat rearing, diary farm, power loom weaving, and production of bio-fertilizers through on-the-job training and provision of placement services. Community based rehabilitation programmes are also being conducted with the support of qualified and trained staff.

Sivabakkiam Mentally Challenged Adult Home:

Our organization adult home inspired by a conviction regardless of caste, creed or disposition is capable of making a positive contribution to society. Our adult home afford with much compassion for those young adults with intellectual disabilities (mental retardation), who have no place to turn to once they complete their schooling and have to leave their special schools due to age limit.
At our adult home, we give vocational training to these students with detailed personal care and attention. They learn card making and printing, candle making, stationary items, wrapping items and needlework. Special training is imparted in the areas of floor-mat making, Phenol manufacture, Soap oil production and making of Agarbathis. After the training is completed, the School provides raw materials for manufacturing these items to the equivalent of Rs.500 per person so that they can produce the same and sell it in the market thereby recycling the revenue.
In this home, our talented students create precious merchandise painstakingly crafted and decorated products with a great amount of love and attention. These products hold a place of pride at various retail outlets under our Trust banner and are also sold through periodic exhibitions. The humble earnings make its way to our students’ wallets as stipends, which in turn goes a long way in making them feel constructive and valuable.
Along with imparting such skills which provides them to be financially capacitated, they are also equipped with essential life skills like basic reading, writing, working and independent travel.

LOCAL LEVEL COMMITTEE

We are the member of the local level committee (NGO) in Namakkal District appointed under section 13 of the National Trust Act 1999, for the legal guardian and welfare of persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities.
Our Role
Our LLC Role to screen, appoint and monitor legal guardian, promote activities such as awareness generation and mainstreaming and ensure inclusion and convergence of different schemes of Govt. to the disabled.
Statutory Member
As per the NT Act, Our LLCs in Namakkal District is a Representative from an organization registered with the National Trust.
Our Duty
The duty of our LLC in Namakkal District is providing help to achieve the National Trust objectives of affordable Health Insurance to persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities. Our LLC also encourage health services given to the persons with disability and improve the general health condition and quality of life of persons with disability.

OLD AGE HOMEE

Our free type Old Age Home is helping for the destitute old people who have no one else to care for them by given shelter, food, clothing and medical care. In India, the number of people above 60 will increase to 100 million in 2013 and to 198 million in 2030. India shall soon be a home to the second largest number of older persons in the world. About 50% of population is women and a large percentage (30%) of the elderly are below poverty line. The sorry feature is most of the aged poor are merely existing, without proper food, shelter or medical care. It is very common to see many elderly living as beggars in the big cities. Many die of hunger.
Even at well affluent homes many elderly are neglected and of loneliness they starve to death. The sorry state of elderly living with Middle class and affluent siblings is due to change in our value system. Hence, there is a need of alternative provisions of homes for the aged such as eye-care, walkers and other aids, day-care centres, health-care, mobile Medicare vans etc.,
In this view the dedicated staffs of our old age home provide a unique caring environment where each person’s choices and interests are given priority, accommodate people from all religion, creed and caste. We promote independence and recognize spiritual needs. We ensure that old age people get familiar surroundings.
We provide both vegetable and non-vegetable meals cooked to a very high standard. We also provide snacks, tea, coffee and milk in morning and the evening regularly.
Our old age home is well maintained and is equipped with washing machines, geyser, refrigerator etc. There is prayer hall and common dining hall. The entertainment room is equipped with colour television set. Old aged can make telephone calls, read newspapers and magazines.
Each room has a wide range of specially equipped bathrooms to enable those who are frail or disabled to bathe either alone or with staff assistance Volunteers make regular visit to our old age home and spend time with old aged. We also welcome visitors, who can share their precious time with the elderly here, and offer a walk to the park or temple.
Khadi training is based on the principal of self reliance of Mahatma Gandhi. The center provides training as well as production of floor mat weaving and handicrafts etc. It provides livelihood support to 100 families. In the future, community based khadi projects are proposed to be open.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES

MAKE A GREEN ENVIRONMENT
Make a green environment is the way to protect globe has committed a special project by the following tree plantation measures of Our Trust.
• Each one has been appreciated to plant a tree in our campus
• Encourage Massive tree plantation programme in and around the campus
Rewarding and recognizing people who promote tree plantation in any where

COUNSELLING SERVICE TO PARENTS

The Chairman and Members of the Trust do counselling service to the parents of the students directly
(i) to train their children at home;
(ii) to give timely assistance during crisis period;
(iii) to give anticipatory guidance;
(iv) to provide genetic counselling and
(v) to provide information and guidance to other members of the family in adjusting the children and managing them.

Help us with your Donation

Transfers can also by made directly to our INDIAN BANK SB Account (Domestic)

ACCOUNT NAME : SIVABAKKIAM REHABILITATION CENTRE FOR DISABLED PERSON
ACCOUNT NUMBER : 547189798
ACCOUNT TYPE : SAVINGS ACCOUNT (SB)
IFSC CODE : IDIB000V014
BANK : INDIAN BANK
BRANCH : VELAGOUNDANPATTI
MICR CODE : 636019054

Transfers can also by made directly to our ICICI SB Account (Domestic)

ACCOUNT NAME : SIVABAKKIAM REHABILITATION CENTRE FOR DISABLED PERSON
ACCOUNT NUMBER : 243201000855
ACCOUNT TYPE : SAVINGS ACCOUNT (SB)
IFSC CODE : ICIC0002432
BANK : ICICI BANK
BRANCH : THUDIYALUR
MICR CODE : 641229020

Transfers can also by made directly to our SBI Account (Foreign Contribution Only)

ACCOUNT NAME : SIVABAKKIAM REHABILITATION CENTRE FOR DISABLED PERSON
ACCOUNT NUMBER : 40091073177
ACCOUNT TYPE : FCRA SAVINGS ACCOUNT (SB)
IFSC CODE : SBIN0000691
BANK : SBI BANK
BRANCH : NEW DELHI MAIN BRANCH

Chairman Message

The Chairman of the Trust, Thiru. K. Kasirajan, has acquired specialized qualifications in the field of Special Education is designing and formulating rehabilitation strategies for the Disabled with a strong commitment to societal welfare and with deep empathy for the under privileged. He is a dynamic and diverse learner to help disabled that inspires innovation, creativity and collaboration from all spheres of our country. His academics are anchored by his distinguished service and support by providing cutting-edge facilities to disabled.

His voice: whatever path you’ve chosen for yourself here to help to the disabled you can be sure that such opportunities await you. Your job is to seek out those opportunities and take full advantage of them. In fact it might be the way to reach the god’s pervasiveness.