Making Lives Dignified for Intellectually Challenged Children.
The idea is to modify their houses with construction of a bathroom-attached differently-abled friendly room. The project will be financially supported by the public, mostly from among the audience of the ongoing Pos Poss Talk Show, an online flagship programme of MBT.
Children eligible for support under the scheme will be identified with the help of institutions and individuals already working with these children. Selected beneficiaries will be visited by a team of architects to prepare the design and evaluate the project cost. These technical details will be presented during episodes of Pos Poss as individual projects. Identity of the beneficiary will be protected.
Those interested to help can volunteer to take up the projects by offering support using the online form. Details of individual projects will be directly discussed with sponsors before transfer of money.
A unique project by Mission Better Tomorrow to improve the quality of life for intellectually-challenged children from economically backward families.
District: Kozhikode
Beneficiary: A 17-year-old boy with 50% mental retardation and heart ailments He is under the care of his widowed and unemployed mother. Father died four months back due to cancer. The family is staying in a dilapidated house, burdened with the medical expenses for treatment of father and son.
Project: Construction of a differently abled friendly room + improving the safety of the house
Status of Project: Construction work on progress.
Project Cost: INR 2.6 lakh
Sponsor: Babu Panicker, Panicker Travels, New Delhi & Dileep, USA
District: Kottayam
Beneficiary: A 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy. Her mother died of snakebite in the house she is staying with her father.
Project: Construction of a differently abled friendly room + improving the safety of the house
Status of Project: Work to begin, paper works on progress
Project Cost: 1,80,000
District: Thrissur
Beneficiary: A 4-year-old child with cerebral palsy. Parents have no regular income. The family is staying in a dilapidated house.
Project: Construction of a differently abled friendly room + improving the safety of the house
Funding Status: Partially
Status of Project: Construction work on progress.
Project Cost: 2,30,000
District: Malappuram
Beneficiary: A 12-year-old girl with 40% loco-motor disability. She is taken care by her father and has no other support. They are staying in a 600 sq.ft. uninhabitable house.
Project: Construction of a differently abled friendly room + reconstructing the house to make it habitable. A local group has promised to support the restructuring (INR 5,00,000). Project need to take care of the construction of the special room only.
Status of Project: Construction work on progress.
Project Cost: 2,75,000
District: Palakkad
Beneficiary: A 14-year-old boy with 50% intellectual disability. Got a brother with mental retardation. Both under the care of father with no regular income. The family is staying in a 250 sq.ft. mud house.
Project: Construction of a differently abled friendly room + restructuring the house to make it habitable
Status of Project: Construction work on progress.
Project Cost: 2,80,000
District: Kasargod
Beneficiary: A 16-year-old boy with 70% intellectual disability under the care of a mother as a single parent.
Project: Construction of a differently abled friendly room + improving the safety of the house
Status of Project: Work to begin, paper works on progress.
Project Cost: 3,05,000
District: Alappuzha
Beneficiary: A 18-year-old orphaned girl under the care of her grandmother. The girl has 65% mental retardation. A 23-year-old male cousin with mental retardation is also staying with them in the 700 sq.ft. house with no bathroom inside.
Project: Construction of a differently abled friendly room + improving the safety of the house
Status of Project: 80% of the work completed so far
Project Cost: Estimate being prepared
District: Kollam
Beneficiary: A 13-year-old girl under the care of parents with no regular income. She is suffering from 100% cerebral palsy with loco-motor and mental retardation issues. The family is staying in a 250 sq.ft. temporary shed.
Project: Repair and reconstructing the entire house
Project Cost: 1,80,000
District: Thiruvananthapuram
Beneficiary: A 12-year-old girl with 65% mental retardation. Under the care of single parent, after her parents separated. She lives with mother and her twin brother.
Project: Construction of a differently abled friendly room + improving the safety of the house
Project Cost: Rs. 2.5 Lakh
Funding Status: Full
Status of Project: Construction Completed
Sponsor: Brilliant Study Centre, Pala, Kerala
A unique project by Mission Better Tomorrow to improve the quality of life for intellectually-challenged children from economically backward families.
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