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.
