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Rotary Club of Ambattur (RCA) is running a full-fledged hospital called " Ambattur Rotary Hospital"(ARH) through an independent Trust - Ambattur Rotary Charitable Trust (ARCT) - an NGO, on a non - profit basis at Ambattur Industrial Estate. ARCT has 4 signature long term projects, a School, a full-fledged Hospital, an after school education center and annual distribution of bed kits to needy school children better known as SCAW (Sleeping Children Around the World)
RCA requires funds to continue its existing activity of free treatment of poor and needy children affected by Cerebral Palsy, to increase the number of children & the area of coverage, besides making the centre self sustaining over period of time. Since inception and until date, ARH has carried out the rehab and treatment of poor children afflicted with Cerebral Palsy through donations and by raising funds from philanthropists and through our fund raisers apart from our earlier Global Grant No. GG.1990497.
Through our GG No. 1990497, we have treated about 149 children through 13353 session in a period of about 24 months. The treatment of some of the children are being continued through donations & fund raising. ARH has been carrying on the rehab activities since 2006 through contributions received from philanthropists and through fund raising programs and would like to continue this for the next three years through a fresh Global Grant and in the meantime, Ambattur Rotary Hospital will generate funds through donations, fund raising & through admitting affordable children & charging them, a portion of which help to subidise the
treatment to other children. Though we have envisaged a similar plan before the previous GG No.1990497, we were handicapped by COVID and were unable to take affordable children in our facility due to non availability of capable physiotherpists during COVID period.
The Global Grant is being sought to support us to expand the coverage in terms of geography as well as number of beneficiaries . Free treatment will be given to poor children afflicted with Cerebral Palsy, in and around the city of Chennai and from the state of Tamil Nadu who can afford to come & stay in Chennai for the required period. We will be treating about 20 to 49 children on an average, per year, with each child having to undergo multiple sessions depending on the condition of the child and the nature of the treatment. This is envisaged to be performed during the years 2024 & 2027, totaling about 20 to 49 children per annum involving around 6000 sessions per annum totaling 18000 sessions over a period of 3 years. It is to be noted specifically that the number of sessions each child needs to undergo varies from child to child, from one session to manifold sessions . Each session will
take 1 hour. Apart from treating these children at ARH, they will be provided with some simple equipment to continue their treatment activities in their respective homes during and after the treatment to quicken as well as sustain the effectiveness.
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