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‘FLY’ for those who
1. Unexpectedly fall or get trapped in tragic physical conditions while leading a normal life
2. Suffer from physical restrictions for leading an independent living
3. Feel emotional and mental stress due to limitations.
4. Face family constraints in understanding and supporting.
5. Feel sidelined or face societal ostracism and social alienation by a variety of challenges.
6. Feel Dependency to or depend on others for their daily routine
7. Suffer from low self-esteem, inferiority complex, physical seclusion and mental inwardness.
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Principal Objectives
1. To encourage and make use of the creativity of physically or otherway challenged people so as to enable them to generate an income with their own resources and to lead an independent life.
2. To conduct get-together camps for their sharing of expereinces, aspirations, issues related with health and familial life, over all well being and mental relaxation.
3. To work for seeking justice to their rights.
4. To create a recreation centre and a get-together facility for the paralyzed, bedridden and physically challenged.
5. To provide the infrastructure and other facilities to enable them to come out to the main stream of worthy life.
6. To enlighten and educate the general public in order to erase the age old notions and misunderstandings and to bring about welcome changes in their perception through seminars, family counseling, voluntary works and through get-together camps.
7. To research, design and develop suitable assistive devices and equipments such as wheelchairs, Trolleys etc. in accordance with the individual requirements of each physically challenged person.
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*********************************************************************************************************************************The genesis and growth of FLY
FLY began through a series of interactions of likeminded people on the problems and impediments felt by physically challenged people and friends. At the very outset, they came to an understanding of founding an organisation, which shall be informal, humane and multi-faceted to address the special needs, diversity and aspirations of the above-mentioned people. FLY (Freedom for Limitated Youth) has been registered as a PUBLIC CHARITABLE TRUST on the 20th day of September 2006.
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2. A three day rejuvenation camp for differently abled (physically challenged persons/youth) from 30th December 2006 to 1st January 2007 at Prakrithi Jeevana Kendram, Payyanur. The camp included the elements of Yoga, Physiotherapy, Reading sessions, Interactive session- Activating the body, mind, feelings and attitudes, Activities of personal choice and hobbies, Hands-on session on occupational skills, Multiple intelligence games and entertainment- songs, poetry, skit, theatre games. Sri. P.K. Gopi, Sri. Philip Jackson Divera (M.D, Kerala State Handicapped persons Welfare Corporation), Sri. Simon Britto M.L.A, Sri. Joseph John (Human Resource Consultant) and Dr. Habib conducted various sessions in the camp.
3. Designing of an innovative wheelchair, made flexible enough by folding and extension of parts. A prototype model was demonstrated in the camp.
4. Search for identification of a conducive site for construction of a permanent rejuvenation centre with building facilities, infra structural facilities, equipments, tools/instruments and other facilities like physiotherapy centre, library, media room, housing quarters etc.
5. House visits of physically challenged persons, providing emotional support to them, making available the services of physicians, technicians and physiotherapists.
6. Conduct of two month get-together camp named 'Souhrida Veedu' (Friendly Home) from Decemeber 10, 2007 to 10th February 2008 at Payyanur. The camp provided opportunitites for Yoga, Physiotherapy, Reading sessions and personal reading, Interactive sessions-Activating the body, mind, feelings and attitudes, Activities of personal choice and hobbies, Hands-on session on occupational skills training, Entertainment- songs, poetry, skit, theatre games, Film show of well-acclaimed films, Every day discussions, health check up, Yoga and physiotherapy sessions, Get-together of families and short tours.
7. Conduct of three day camp from 26-28th December 2008 focussing on the adaptation of Theatre games and Multiple intelligence of particpants at Vellore, Payyanur.
8. Conduct one-day camp for physically challenged persons named 'Oasis' at Bekal Club, Kanhangad in collaboration with HOPE Charitable Trust and TSS Society.
9. Conduct of short tours and outings to neighbouring places and events.
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*********************************************************************************************************************************Operationalising 'The Creative Living Centre'To overcome the limitations of institutionalized rehabilitation Centers, an alternative is visualized through establishing the ‘FLY’ Creative Living Centre. The FLY would not stipulate permanent residence (which is considered natural and compulsory at Rehabilitation centers) at the center by all the inmates once they are enrolled. Brief residential camps and workshops stretching over three to four weeks would be the setting for co-living, experience sharing, mutual encouragement, fetching brand new avenues for exploration in thinking and creative efforts. These camps will be structured in such a manner that it would create a natural urge to over come the conditioned helplessness towards barriers, bodily, mental and physical. Since there is an emerging and urgent need for bringing together home and the FLY for addressing the needs of physically challenged, the FLY would initiate and conduct awareness and empowerment programmers for family members and others. FLY intends to provide house-extension service of facilities and services so that the challenged ones can acquire the basic skills, capacities and mental strength for independent and self reliant living.
'The Creative Living Centre' should be positioned in a calm, pleasant and open atmosphere, preferably with trees and natural vegetation. The buildings shouldn’t have physical barriers in terms of steps, staircase etc and have ramps, open halls, private rest rooms and bathrooms where movement is easier. The FLY shall have basic amenities in terms of rest rooms, toilets, bathrooms, conference hall, kitchen, dining room, electricity, equipments, first aid and emergency medical equipments, support equipments and a library. The FLY should also provide necessary medical support and medicines in addition to food and refreshments. All these facilities would be become operational only if dedicated personnel, support team and friends become an integral part of FLY in planning, designing and implementing the Vision.
We invite you to join with us for realising this vision.
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For FLY
co-ordinator,
Ganesh kumar Kunhimangalam,
call : 04985 280145,09446311408
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site: www.flywithoutwings.weebly.com
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