Support
Whose responsibility?
Taking care of the mentally handicapped is the collective responsibility of families concerned, professionals committed and government elected. Everyone in the society should shoulder the responsibility and work together for the overall development without leaving them to their fate. If considerable care is taken, appropriate attention is paid and proper activities are planned suitable to their potential, no wonder these people with mental retardation can be converted into useful contributors of the society. Lebenshilfe has accepted this responsibility as a social commitment.
Imparting free training - Lebenshile's policy
It is Lebenshilfe's policy to impart free training to the mentally handicapped and basing on this, ever since its inception, it started embracing retarded people, hailing from poorer sections of the society , no matter whatever caste, creed, religion they belong to. Parents are not burdened financially and their children are safe and comfortable in the hands of Lebenshilfe.
In-sufficient Resources - greater challenges
Getting started with the initial financial support from a few Lebenshilfe organizations of the then West Germany to maintain 3 staff members to train 12 mentally handicapped children which continued for 7 years, a sense of confidence in the parents was established. When Government of India, the then Ministry of Welfare stretched its supporting hand in the form of partial grant-in-aid to meet the running costs, Lebenshilfe's working hands were strengthened to some extent to continue its services to the poor, needy and deserving people with mental retardation. As the institution has grown from 12 M.R. Children to 454 people of all ages in its strength, the needs of this growing institution have also grown up leaving Lebenshilfe in severe financial set backs.
Meeting the expenditure for classroom activities, residential facility expenditure, paying salaries to essential service providers like ayahs, helpers and sweepers, serving severely mentally handicapped, turned into a greater challenge.
Why Lebenshilfe Looks at You?
In this situation Lebenshilfe looks at you for your hearty support. Unless some rich hearted people and philanthropic organizations come forward to support Lebenshilfe, which is carrying a great Human Yagna, it's sustaining efforts being done over 24 years will go waste. Your positive response and generous donations will help 454 'Hidden Sprouts (mentally handicapped) to giving them a life with quality and dignity.
How can you support us?
1. Adopting a Mentally handicapped person. ($ 40 per month per child) to meet the living costs ( includes nutritious food, reasonable clothing, periodical medical assistance, material for classroom activities etc day to day necessities for hostel living )
2. Adopting essential service personnel such as Ayah, Helper, sweeper, cook etc..($50 per month per person)
3. Through liberal donations to Corpus Fund.
4. Arranging Cultural Shows of Lebenshilfe kids as part of fund raising programs.
5. Support to equip the physiotherapy, speech therapy , kitchen, dining hall, dormitories with suitable cots and cupboards (hostel) leading to modernization of Lebenshilfe.
6. To equip the theatre with costumes, jewelry, makeup material such as wigs, beards etc.
7. Machinery to the vocational wing for carpentry, book binding, and leaf-plate making activities
8. placing an order for the wooden vegetables and products made by the mentally handicapped kids.
9. Construction of Lebenshilfe complex for rural and tribal retarded.
Lebenshilfe, which carries the social responsibility as a 'HUMAN YAGNA' deserves your generous donations to continue its sustaining efforts. . SUPPORT OUR HANDS TO SERVE THESE DESERVING CHILDREN IN WHOSE HEARTS GOD LIVES PERMANENTLY.
All the donations to Lebenshilfe are exempted from income tax under section 80 G of Income tax act of Govt. Of India.
Your Doantions are greatly appreciated either by cheque/DD on the name: LEBENSHILFE and can be sent to the following address
Lebenshilfe for the Mentally Handicapped
C/O T.Saraswathi Devi
26, Lawson's bay
Visakhapatnam, 530017
A.P, India
