Support Abandoned Intellectually Disabled Children

On February 26, 2019, we celebrated Founder’s Day. This makes 17 years of dedicated service to abandoned children with intellectual disability (ID). When it comes to the children’s welfare, we make no compromise. They are extremely vulnerable, and we are entrusted with the honourable duty of nurturing them into the incredible persons that they are, while enabling an environment that they can truly call ‘home’.   Programs and services aimed at their personal development have always retained their position at the very top of our organizational goals. Although moving us out of our comfort zone, the two large-scale projects we are undertaking this year (i.e. building a new home to shelter and rehabilitate an additional 100 little girls, and setting up a dedicated Early Intervention Center for toddlers and children (0-8 years old)) are in direct response to the critical need in our country for safe havens for abandoned children.

Founder’s Day this year was celebrated a little differently. On the 26th we held our Annual Sports Day at Good Shepherd Convent, Nungambakkam, followed by a lovely lunch for our children, staff and benefactors. On the 27th, we held a Cultural Day at our home. It was a great time to take stock of our journey – documenting what works and what doesn’t, and setting a new roadmap for the year ahead. Each of our major Departments (Special Education, Physiotherapy, Medical, and Vocational Training) made short presentations on their Department journeys since 2003. Taking stock is vital in helping us understand where we are now and how that compares to where we would like to be. It also focuses the spotlight back on the children - our raison d'être. Our special thanks to the 50 benefactors who took time out of their busy schedules to be with us on these days. We deeply appreciate it.

Read our March 2019 newsletter for a quick roundup of activities over the past month.