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| Askwith School for the Visually Handicapped |
| The Askwith
School for the Visually Handicapped at Palayamkottai had a strange beginning.
Miss Askwith, C.M.S. Missionary was the Manager of the Sarah Tucker Institutions
at Palayamkottai. One day in 1888 a blind boy came to the compound
to beg. When he found that he had come into a school, he began to
beg for education instead of for alms. Pondering his need, Miss Askwith |
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dreamed
of a school for the blind children. She went home to study how to
teach the blind, and in 1890 the first class for the blind children was
opened. After carefully and affectionately tending the tree for 18
years in the Sarah Tucker Campus, this noble lady transplanted it to its
present place, 'Tharisanamanai' in 1908; and it has steadily |
grown
to be one of the biggest of its kind in India, providing general education
and vocational training to its inmates, who number 400 at present.
Since 1981 - the International Year for the Disabled
Persons - much emphasis is being laid on Integrated, Educational Programme
for the Visually Handicapped, which is being
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carried
out by specially trained teachers in 13 Centres in this Diocese, benefiting
103 visually handicapped persons.
Programs
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Pre-School
for the Visually Handicapped - About 20 toddlers are being looked after. |
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Residential High
School for the Visually Handicapped - Standard I to X. Government
syllabus is being followed. 179 students are benefited. |
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Industrial Training
Centre for the Visually Handicapped - Visually Handicapped are trained
along with Polio affected and Hearing impaired persons and they bind
notebooks. |
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Binding |
Weaving |
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Workshop for the
Visually Handicapped - 30 young adult Visually Handicapped women
and men are weaving handloom clothes like Bed Sheets, Sarongs, Towels
and Hand Towels. |
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Computer Braille
Press - This is in an infant stage. The visually handicapped persons
print some of their school books, guides and also Psalms. |
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Home for the Aged
Visually Handicapped Women - About 30 Aged Visually Handicapped
women are nurtured and cared for in this home. |
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Sales Room Counter
- The finished products like Bed Sheets, Towels, Sarongs are sold out
to the public through this Counter. |
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Aged Home |
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Guidance and Counseling
- Mental, moral, spiritual and academic guidance and counseling
is provided for those in need of it. |
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Rehabilitation -
In some cases the Visually Handicapped persons are rehabilitated
according to their needs. |
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Referral Services
- The Visually Handicapped people are referred to other Centres
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Your Participation
To run these programs we are in need of your support - prayers, money and
material. We invite your participation. Whenever you celebrate your
Birthday, Anniversaries or any Festivals in your family, please continue
to remember these Poor Visually Handicapped Children and help us.
Please introduce this unique Ministry to your friends and relatives.
The Third Sunday in Lent is observed as the "Sunday for the Visually Handicapped".
On that Special Day please collect "SPECIAL OFFERINGS" for the welfare
of Visually Handicapped in the local Churches and send these offerings
to our School. And please remember us in your prayers for all the programs
that are being performed in the School and for the welfare works.
A Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind has been opened at Muthur to train
the blind in rurally based rehabilitation programmes. A Centre for
the Elderly Blind has been set up to provide residential care for its
25 inmates.A Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind has been opened at Muthur
to train the blind in rurally based rehabilitation programmes. A
Centre for the Elderly Blind has been set up to provide residential care
for its 25 inmates.
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