Every year we celebrate independance day with our supporters and well wishers. Prizes and Sweets have been to the participants of the sports events conducted on the occasion.
.Abhayakshethram students participates in the different Sports meet and were given certificates of Merit.
The students of our Abhayakshethram were taken to film festival and they have enjoyed the films.
A number of NGO Products, Products made by mentally challenged children, Material prepared by mentally handicapped children were exhibited in the exhibition. Our mentally handicapped / challenged students prepared products like greeting cards, craft items, sceneries, phenyl etc. A stall was allotted to our Abhayakshethram Institute by the Exhibition authorities. Some of the Vocational Materials made by our students of Abhayakshethram were put on show at the Exhibition. There was a good response from the visitors.
Our students took part in the entertainment programmes held on the day in connection with Silver Jubilee year and International Day for the Disabled.
In connection with World Day for Disabled, the students of our Institution have performed “Group Dance” at S.V university auditorium organized by different college students .
A large number of N.G.O’s and Disabled persons have participated in the said programmes.
The students of our “Abhayakshethram have participated in A.P. Special Olympics” held at R.R.C grounds and NIMH from 19th to 21st December. Our students have bagged a number of Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.
Our Abhayakshethram has conducted an Awareness Rally on Pulse Polio on the even of II term Pulse Polio on 5th January, 2009. The rally was flagged off by renigunta Surpanch, MRo, CI of Police. The rally went through Renigunta town.. We have displayed banners of immunization schedule, and about Pulse Polio. The related pamphlets have been distributed to the general public, who were impressed by the rally.
An educational and recreational excursion trip was organized for the children of Abhayakshethram on 9th October, 2009. The students and the Staff were taken to Zoo park, local temples and Tirumala.
During the year under review, Abhayakshethram a residential institute for mentally handicapped has organized a total of two (2) training programmes for the benefit of the parents of Children with M.R. below 12 years of age and another for below 15 years for parents and both the programmes have been completed with success.
The Training and Rehabilitation activities at Abhayakshethram came into bring during 1996. This has become possible due to the continuous interest shown by our management to recruit the professional staff to meet the challenges in the field of development of mentally handicapped children and to elevate the status of our organization.
This is an orientation programme relating to the children with behavioural problems. The psychiatrist, Dr. laxmi Prasanna of our organsation has conducted this programme and discussed about bed-wetting, self biting, thumb sucking, self injurious and other related problems which usually confront with the disabled children. The duration of the said programme is for one day.
The parents with special children have attended the training programme as per our instructions. Dr. Sujatha and Dr. laxmi Prasanna. They advised the parents about the activities of the disabled children regarding their daily living skills like eating, drinking, toileting, dressing and grooming etc. they advised the parents to help their children in these aspects so that they can become independent in their daily routine.
Library is essential and an indispensable unit of any organization and documentation services is also considered an important part, as it serves the growing academic needs of the students, parents, siblings, professionals and the staff of our organization. Our organization, being a teaching and training institute is in the need of a sizable collection of books, journals and other literature relating to the disabled persons.
As already noted, our institution was established in 1996, and since then a number of visitors used to visit our organization for consultancy services, and to get suitable advice for various aspects of mental retardation. We have added some more books for the use of such enthusiastic visitors.
We have been making efforts to collect the needed literature by way of gifts or as donations from the interested people of our region.
