About NGO:

The vision of Amar Seva Sangam is to establish a 'Valley for the disabled', whereby physically/mentally challenged persons live in a pro-active society where equality prevails irrespective of physical, mental or other challenged with the rest of the society. It is a futuristic vision whereby Amar Seva Sangam plays the role of an enabling agent to get the physically/mentally challenged "equality of status, equality in opportunities and equality in access". It is a society where people are identified as differentially abled.Amar Seva Sangam with the motto "live to serve" is engaged in the task of empowering disabled citizens by establishing a rehabilitation and development centre for the region and developing models for self-help initiatives by integrating the disabled individuals with the society for improved living conditions in the village.

Fund Usage:

Patients with spinal cord injury require special care and attention to lead their day to day life. Amar Seva Sangam had set up the post acute care center in its premises at Ayikydy, Tamilnadu, which is one of the few centres in India, catering to the rehabilitation needs of the spinal cord injured people. Rehabilitation after the initial hospitalization period is called post acute care and is very important for the development of independent living skills of such persons. Their needs vary from person to person depending upon the nature of injury. Amar Seva Sangam is presently rehabilitating 15 spinal cord injured patients. It could not take more patients because of limited infrastructure. Amar Seva Sangam has a long waiting list of more than 50 spinal injured patients who are keen to get admitted at ASSA. But due to lack of infrastructure we have to restrict our intake to 15 patients. We are planning to expand the present infrastructure and admit some more patients for rehabilitation and training. The total budget of the project is expected to be around Rs.40 lakhs including additional rooms with facilities besides equipment.

Impact:

25 year old, Mr. C. Kennady, was admitted to Amar Seva Sangam with a case of traumatic paraplegia with deformed left knee joint and multiple bedsore all over body in a critical condition. But for his admission he would not have been alive. He was in an emaciated condition. His economic condition was so poor that he could not even meet normal health requirements resulting in his present condition.

With effective treatment and good nursing care, the patient started showing signs of improvement in his health within a month. Expert advice was obtained from specialist doctors and treatment was based as per their advice. Now his general condition is much improved and bedsores have healed except on his right hip. Now he has been referred to govt. Rajaji hospital, Madurai for plastic surgery of his right hip. He was operated successfully and discharged.

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Founded Year: 1981

Cause category: Disability

Our Supporters

• Ramani Sankara Raman
• Sankara Raman S