This project was initiated with the help of the General Curia through annual campaign of Prior General for the year 2020. Thanks to the General Curia and the contribution of various Provinces of the Order and Association of France, the campaign raised 3,80,000 Euro for the construction.

The main purpose of the new autism block is to provide service to the children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The new facility will enable early detection and intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder. According to the experts in the field, one can identify autism spectrum disorder children, at the age of two. We see in the society, the number of children with autism spectrum disorder increases year by ear. If one can identify ASD children at their early age, one can give necessary therapy immediately and prevent the severity of symptoms of the autism spectrum disorder. This is the purpose of starting this new project

This is a project of an extension service provides at the St. John of God Centre at Velloor. At the center there is already a special school with 200 differently abled children. There are around 150 residential care and 50-day care children at the Centre.

Unfortunately, due to covid Pandemic, it took some time to start the construction. End of year 2022 only, the necessary permission was given by the local authority to start the construction. We had to get the approval from the fire safety department and town planning departments and finally from the local panchayath. Finally, the work started in March 2023. Happy to say that the construction work is completed at the end of August this year. Now the management is recruiting necessary professionals and experts to run the center. As soon as we identified them the centre will start functioning. The official inauguration is planned in the month of January 2025.  

Residents, co-workers and Brothers of St, John of God centre, wish to express their gratitude to General curia and all provinces and people who contributed money for the completion of the project.