About Us

Association for Rehabilitation of Village and Impairment (ARVI)

We strongly believe that an end to poverty and injustice can be achieved through purposeful individual and collective action, led by the active agency of people living in poverty.

1. Special School for the Intellectually Disabled We are implementing 3 special schools for the Intellectual Disabled. There are 120 Intellectual Disabled Children between the age group of 5-18 years in Pre-Primary, Primary, Secondary, and Pre-vocational with vocational 11 Specially Trained teachers to Teach and Train them as per the guidelines given by the Govt. The classroom teachings include the following Activities of Daily Living skills and basic Concepts. Functional and academic Skills, Speech Therapy, Physiotherapy, Behavioural Modification and Skill Training. This wing of the special school consists of 2 classes with 2 special teachers and one Physiotherapist to take care of them in teaching the daily living activities and small easy lessons with the help of toys, models, and charts depending upon their intellectual ability and learning capacity. These Intellectual Special children are exposed to practical and demonstration classes like Bathing, brushing, use of toilets, washing clothes, cooking, Tea preparation and prayer, etc. Every effort is being made to achieve the Goal. A Holistic approach is adapted to each and trains a child catering not only to the needs of the Special child but also its entire family. Parents' meetings are conducted at regular intervals. Parents are encouraged to seek help from special educators/Special Teachers for any of their problems. 2. Disha Early Intervention program ARVI started the Disha Centre for the welfare of school-age Intellectually Special Children under the age of 10 years. In this daycare center, we are providing physiotherapy, Special Education, and other necessary activities. There are 20 infants and children between the age group of 0 to 10 years with delayed development and disability in the Disha center. In this section, the emphasis is given to pre-school training of these children to make them fit for the special school. Daily we pick them up from their doorstep and drop them back again after the training classes. We trained the students to develop their general motor skills, to improve their listening skills, oral comprehension, Reading, Writing, Speaking, copying, drawing, Playing, Number work comments of others who are around them, etc. In the same way, we trained the students to try to speak routine sentences that they use in their day-to-day life, how to express their thoughts in simple sentences, and then, how to interact with other students, and anybody else around them. The child is provided with an enabling environment to develop speech. Efforts are made to integrate the children mainstream into school. 3. Eklavya Open School Eklavya Open School (recognized by NIOS* and BOSSE**) provides special coaching for Learning Disabled (slow learners), and dropouts, who need special help because of their poor school performance or social difficulties. Thus, they are enabled to take up, continue, and successfully complete education by means of the assistance provided parallel to their study or training. So, any person can join and complete his studies under NIOS/BOSSE without daily attendance and there is more flexibility in choosing the papers and selection of Languages. We provide opportunities for interested learners to choose the courses/programs through open and distance learning modes. Eklavya Open School conducts 8th standard, 10th standard, and 12th standard courses through the Open Schooling System with Regular Mode or irregular Mode. Over 200+ students have passed out in the last 2 years who were mainly dropouts, underprivileged, and working women. 4. Early Intervention Programme for Hearing Impaired: Prevent and guide the affected children from their hearing and speech deficiency. This Programme is Supported by the State Commissioner for Differently Abled, Chennai. ARVI was given allocations by the State Government to implement the program in the Theni district. At present 74 children are getting training through center-based and home-based schools in the Theni district. Under this new approach, all the affected children from the age of 0 to 06 years were taken into consideration. The holistic development approach was implemented towards the children. The focus will be mainstreaming the same children into the main regular schools after six years. After the EI training, we are admitting children to the nearby normal schools. Until last year we mainstreamed 51 students. Also, We were providing Early Intervention for young hearing-impaired children, Therapy, and other support services at the doorsteps of special children Those who are unable to attend the EIC due to the distance, transport, and any other problems. 5. Mobile Therapy Service (MoTS) With the support of Mr. Srikanth, Advisor of ARVI Trust, in memory of his dearest friend Mr. Mots, the Mobile Therapy Service (MoTS) project was launched in October 2022. Through this project, two electric scooters are used to visit the severely affected PwDs at their doorsteps and provide special education, Therapy services, and other support services to those who are unable to attend school due to illness, distance, and no access. The whole team of ARVI thanks Mr. Srikanth for giving us the opportunity. 6. AMBA for Life – Data Entry Programme We are Providing Data Entry training to the ID children studying in Dindigul and Theni Centers with the support of AMBA, Bangalore. 32 students actively participated in This training. Also, our staff and Students are getting training online. We are using the AMBA Concept and Learning Curriculum. With the support of AMBA, we work towards building an ecosystem of learning and earning for these individuals using Information Technology, giving them dignity and independent life. 7. Disabled Welfare - Rehab On Wheels According to a survey, 54 severely affected Intellectually Disabled students in the Sanarpatty Block and Natham Block of Dindigul District. We planned to take care of the above, severe ID students with the support of United Way Chennai. Now, we are providing training to handle several ID persons, in Daily Living skills and other basic activities. The Special students are getting Home-based training. Through HBT, ARVI provides the following services. ¬ Activities of Daily Living Skills ¬ Mobility skills to needed persons ¬ Develop the basic Communication skills ¬ Awareness to Parents, Guardians ¬ Physiotherapy and other therapeutic services. ¬ Special Educational service ¬ Mainstreaming after training. ¬ Periodical academic assessment. ¬ Convergence. 8. The Integrated Farm Training Program -IFT In the celebration of National Farmers Day, our team thanked the Farmers of the nation. The Integrated FarmTraining program. IFT was launched for the livelihood of Persons with Disabilities. It will be an Inclusive Self-Sustaining and Eco-Friendly Farm for People with Intellectual Disabilities. In this event, Mr. Anantha Krishnan, Advisor of the ARVI TRUST, and special school students participated and planted saplings. We are also happy to announce that the Integrated Farm Training program has started in memory of National Farmers Day. The main aim of IFT is the Inclusive Self-Sustaining and Eco-Friendly Farm for People with Intellectual Disabilities. • Promote Integrated Farm with daily, weekly, monthly, Quarterly, and yearly income methods. • Beneficiaries will be above 16 years with the required basic skills. 9. Multi-Model Therapy Programme Nowadays Autism Spectrum Disorder is also the most common disabled in the world. We are providing Special Education, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Developmental Therapy, Multimodal Therapy, and Psychological Services for ASD persons. In Dindigul and Theni, ours is the first enriched center for Multi-Model therapy for Autism. We are treating more than 40 every month. 10. Niramaya Insurance Life security is one of the essential ones for all people. Having these words ARVI tied up all the eligible differently abled persons into the NIRAMAYA INSURANCE Scheme which was 100% supported by the National Trust. Under this scheme, beneficiaries are eligible to get medical treatment and accident claims. This program was launched by the Central Government. To enjoy these benefits the special Group members must submit a copy of their income and national identity card. Also, they are all provided with separate identity cards for insurance claims. So far 132 people have registered. 11. Staff Welfare Programme This scheme was brought by the employees of our ARVI TRUST to get the urgent cash needs of the employees who have been working for more than three years to provide interest-free loans to our staff for their unexpected and urgent cash needs with the support of Caring friends. And also, staff can repay the amount from their salary so that may not be more burdens to them. This new welfare scheme is very useful for our employees. We strongly feel that our staff would be glad and get motivated to serve the specially-abled with more interest with this small recognition with a stress-free mind.

Our Vision

Ensuring empowerment and equality of people with disability.

Our Mission

To improve the ability of differently-abled persons through their involvement and participation in the development process, by promoting their Rights & Rehabilitation. Providing resource and training agencies to build the capacity of rehabilitation professionals, CBR workers & differently-abled people, providing special education, communication skills, and daily living activities with physiotherapy and speech therapy with appropriate educational techniques. Providing skill training and awareness education to persons with disabilities and stakeholders, volunteers, teachers, and community leaders.

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Our Team

Meet the masterminds behind the revolution

Board Members

 Mr.A. Ramachandran

Mr.A. Ramachandran

(Chief Functionary)
Mr. Kathiresan

Mr. Kathiresan

(Trustee)
V. Amirtham

V. Amirtham

(Trustee)
Advisory Members

Mr. V. N. Srikanth

Mr. V. N. Srikanth

(Advisory Board Member)
Mr. Arun Ragavan

Mr. Arun Ragavan

(Advisory Board Member)
Dr. M. P. Boraian

Dr. M. P. Boraian

(Advisory Board Member)
Team Members

 Dr A. Ramachandran

Dr A. Ramachandran

Chief Functionary
Mr. Kathiresan

Mr. Kathiresan

Trustee
V. Amirtham

V. Amirtham

Trustee
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