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As a first concrete step in
providing continued care, ACT is in the process of setting
up a charity village in a
nine-acre plot in Palakkad,
Kerala, India,
(Nearest airports are
Kozhikode Kerala, Coimbatore Tamilnadu),
as a home to young orphans and the elderly who are rejected
as superfluous by society. In addition, girls rescued from
forced prostitution would be given formal training in
geriatric nursing which would enable them to care for the
older residents of the village. This, it is hoped, would
rehabilitate them by providing a locus for them to restore
dignity and self esteem to an otherwise disheartening
future. ACT's emphasis
would be on extending a helping hand to effect upliftment
through self-empowerment.
The
proposed Ammucare village, to
be built on the lines of a hermitage,
will focus on the all round
development of its young residents and ensure total care for
the senior members. ACT's emphasis on 'over-all' development
has as its rationale the conviction that a humane nurturing
and right guidance can turn the bleakest instance into an
opportune beginning to chart out a better tomorrow for these
children maimed by the callousness and indifference of
society at large.
The village would have
proximity to the nearest city, Palakkad and is intended to
house about 200 people. To meet the needs of its residents
and to help them grow into self-reliant adults, the village
will have educational facilities such as a library, computer
centre and would impart vocational skills in carpentry,
tailoring, masonry etc.
Instilling overall well being
in growing children and rehabilitating the socially
ostracised being the primary goals of the mission at hand,
an encouraging and therapeutic setting can also be of
crucial importance. Hence, the village is envisaged as a
sanctuary or a hermitage, the buildings of which would merge
into its verdant and lush milieu. As part of our holistic
approach, residents are assured of proper medical
facilities, inclusive of Ayurvedic and Homeopathic clinics
offering alternative remedies and indigenous therapies. To
garner and ensure local support, the villagers around the
enclave would be offered access to ACT's medical facilities
and ambulance service. The serene ambience of the village is
to be enhanced by an effective use of the in-house Yoga and
meditation centres, and prayer halls. Additionally,
recreation centres and sports facilities are to be set up to
foster healthy physical well-being. The development of the
village is to be done in a phased manner, even as efforts
would be made to open up/ initiate proceedings to start
similar villages in different locations, once the current
one is successfully established. Eventually, ACT may, if
required, support resourceful efforts to undertake
related/similar ventures by even non ACT members, provided
that they agree to ACT's guidelines.
Mission Statement
* Ammucare stands to spread unconditional love and care
beyond all man made barriers.
* Ammucare aspires to bring to all its volunteers, peace,
happiness and higher evolution, by expanding their personal
world to encompass the entire universe and they transforming
into an integral part of the universe.
* Ammucare wishes to spread positiveness and wipe the tears
of the abandoned and destitute masses of our neighbourhood.
* Ammucare wishes to spread this neighbourhood to contain
the whole world. |