Improve community awareness. Set up a vocational training unit at Kempapura Agrahara – form parent group being a registered organisation, leading to self  sustainability of the project.                                     

    Develop community participation of the community do a Pilot study in the villages to be covered to persue medical rehabilitation is very important               

How much longer is funding required:   
In the overall rehabilitation of a person with disability.                                                         

Kempapura Agrahara – We aim to self sustainability by 5 year from now                         

      Yelahanka – As the project is young atleast 10 year period may be required.  In Kempapura Agrahara as the community is cosmopolitan in nature and there is no county bonding. Our aim of self sustainability has chances of not fulfilling by the target date.                                                       

      current total budge Rs. 40 Lakhs approx                            

Current total income of your project and details of funds from other sources.  

      Grant from Government aid      -     Rs.1.2 lakhs                     

      CBR Forum fund            -      Rs. 2.5 lakhs                     

       Concern India Trust         -      Rs.10,000/-                  

      Asha Seattle              -     Rs. 1.45 Lakhs             

            Sponsorship & donations local/extension to  cover the remaining part of the budget

Percentage of funds being sponsored by Asha.

                              3.625 %                             

Description of current school facilities (building, equipment etc)

Kempapura : Agrahara 8’x12’ Room with toilet attached electricity & water available, fan, steel cupboards mattress, carpet, cut out tables with coverseat, Rolletor w/c
Yelahanka : Single bedroom accommodation, bedroom and as class room size of plot 30’x40’. Building on rent (Rs.2,500/-) pm. Steelcupboard matters 2 Tables + 6 petochairs.                                                                                                                 

Describe the potential improvements required in facilities

      Kempapura Agrahara: Vocational training unit to be started in another building with splint making to be included has been not done so far as space is not enough.                                                                           

      Yelahanka – Addition of two village units would help rural children to get quality rehabilitation and the help given to the yelahanka town would be helpful for having a base from where we can work.                                  

What are the perceived improvements seen for the last year?

      Kempapura Agrahara:                                                  .

      Awareness has improved, number of children has improved, the needs have increased, more space is requested for vocational training program. Shows the improvement of the demand, local people are empowered.                  

      Yelhanka: Spastic society develops on needs,  Yelahanka was started with intentions of helping few children in Yelahanka New town.  Since the last year the  number has  increased form 4 Nos. to 14 Nos. and also children from near by villages has been covered on a 1/7 visits and are wanting to start some thing in their villages hence the new project envisaged.                                      

What are the problems you have faced last year?

      The major problem in Agrahara is now ‘space’ with the involvement of Asha funding we are able to give quality management and increase awareness. The  number has shot up remarkably well and we had problems of including all the children. As there are few older children who need vocational training we did start it in a small way of doing plastic bags (hand woven) garla nds  are  door  mats  using  waste  cloth.                                                                                                                                 

      Yelahanka:  Sustenance of the unit to start with, was space. As they are in a rented accommodation they needed to shift in the last year.  Luckily space was found with out problems last year but this could be / may be a problem in future. But the           optimism of the parents there makes it look like that this programme will continue forever.                                                

What do you think is the overall effectiveness of this project over the past year?

      As the Yelahanka project is new, awareness and acceptance of the community for a programme as the project has become visible now. Community support has developed.                                                        

Anything you would like to say to us:

      We at spastic society are quite happy about the support from Asha Seattle as it is helping us to support programs.                                       

      The above programs are directly under SSK Administration as well as financial support are from SSK                                        

      Staff identification in Yelahanka New town has been done. A staff in one of the villages has been already identified. 3 staff are yet to be identified will be done by July. At present 18 children + 6 children in the villages will be benefiting from this programme. Premises has been identified at Yalahanka new town. It has been running  for 2 years with a lot of hiccups. At present the children are young Screen Printing and phenyl making  has been  envisaged.