Day Care Centre
Title of the Project:
Day Care Centre Support for the Disabled & Cerebral Palsy Children in the Districts of South 24 Parganas.
Day Care Centre Project:
The Day Care Centre provides comprehensive care for the physical and mental well-being of 100 poor and marginalized cerebral palsy and other children with disability for improving their health and education towards self-reliance and dignity in their lives. These children with disabilities belong to very poor and marginalized family, they usually remain at home without proper care as because their family unable to bear the expenses for medical treatments. This project covers across 9 Blocks in the District of South 24 Parganas.
Project Description
| Project Location : | Blocks: 9 Blocks (Sonarpur, Baruipur, Joynagar I & II, Magrahat I & II, Bishnupur I, Mothurapur I and Mandirbazar |
| Total staff : | Project Coordinator: 1, Physiotherapist: 1 & Animators: 2 |
| Beneficiaries : | 100 Cerebral Palsy and Disable children belongs to most backward families |
Beneficiaries :
100 disabled children, The project provide medical, Physiotherapy, educational and vocational support for inclusive development of 100 Children with Disabilities in the District of South 24 Parganas.
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SL No.
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Type of Appliances Received
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Total |
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1
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Wheel Chair
|
08 |
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2
|
Sitting Chair
|
07 |
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3
|
Walker
|
09 |
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4
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Standing Frame
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03 |
|
5
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Tricycle
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02 |
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6
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Knee Extension
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01 |
| Total | 30 |
Objective
To support physiotherapy, exercise and daily activities to 100 children with disabilities towards improving the physical fitness, decent life, ensure dignity, promote self-reliance of the disabled and CP children from underprivileged families in the districts of South 24 Parganas
Support Provided Two Days in a Week
| Physiotherapy and Medication as per doctor’s Prescription | Teaching Daily Learning activities (Toileting, Bathing, Dressing, Combing, Eating, playing etc.) and also teaching Physical Exercise so that the parent can practice at home |
| Nutritional diet and Travelling expenses to carry the children at DCC as it is very expensive to the parents. | Counselling and referral service and linkage with Government Hospital, NGOs and social welfare department. |
Achievement:
- 60% of the children has improved their Physical and mental fitness with the physiotherapy, medication and games.
- 70% of mothers practicing physical exercise and daily learning activities at home.
- 75% mothers of the DCC children follow the counseling properly for the physical and mental improvement of their children.
- They have adopted good personal hygiene and special exercise at home for the betterment of their children.
- 30 children accessed orthopedic appliances and also access Government facilities.
- The mothers are Practicing Daily Learning Activities at home regularly.
- The mothers follow the counseling properly and they are going to hospital for medical checkup.
- 70% of the children have obtained a disability certificate and access Government schemes.
