There are many young children who have stopped their education in the middle due to their own limitations. Especially in rural area, there are no facilities to continue their Education. For instance, there are colleges for higher Education in this area but there are no ramps for wheel chair dependents, class rooms are on the upstairs. Even there are no colleges nearby for Hearing impaired children.
Campus Challenge guides the young specially abled children to determine their goals and stand up by their own. There are certain courses offering them to choose by their own interest and learn.
Proficiency in computers is an absolute requirement for success in today's technology-driven environment. However, many disabled youth simply do not know how to use a computer. This training is helping them with basic computer training, access to computer equipment, office applications and Internet etc. This essential training is in great demand, providing a much-needed foundation and equipping them for future success. They are now able to secure better jobs.
Girl children with disability from the rural background often simply stay at home. They are worst affected when it comes to unemployment and poverty. Without any income of their own, they need to depend on family for everything. If nobody is employed in that family, the matter gets worse. Tailoring is something which youngsters can immediately start right from their homes upon completion of their course. This training helps them to start up something of their own or take- up a job.
Print shop trains the youngsters with physical disabilities in Screen printing, Offset Printing, Book Binding, master printing and troubleshooting of the machines. Part of this training, we took work orders from the nearby companies and generating income to run the equipment. In the Year 2019, 8 differently abled youngsters have been trained and looking for the job.
Carpentry Work shop trains youngsters with physical disabilities, in traditional wood works like making wooden furniture, toys, finishing, polishing and painting etc. After training they can made Office furniture, home furniture, toys and repairs etc.
This training program has different objectives.
At Campus, 150 children and youngsters and 55 staff live. It means the kitchen cooks every year 200.000 meals! It will help a lot when there is a big vegetable and fruit garden. Also, it means we can start a new vocational training: horticulture and floriculture with also therapeutic values. And even the Campus kids see how nice it is to have a garden, help with the watering etc.
The joint efforts of Mr. Bert Holvast and the garden team finally made a good model. The area was plotted in to small platforms joined with path ways (wheel chair friendly) covered with fertile soil and planted spices, seasonal vegetables and medicinal plants. There are two green roofs big and small for growing baby plants, for keeping potteries and a social place. There is shed constructed at temple field for propagation, soil mix and for growing baby plants. There is a class room under the big green roof attached with tool shed for theory lessons. The temple field was converted in to mass production garden. During the year 2019 the horticulture garden produced 10 tons of vegetables and fruits in organic manner. Without cattle farm we couldn’t make the sense of Organic farming. There our donors supported with two of them. The kitchen waste, cow dung and the garden waste producing good quality manure for the garden.