Family Care Coimbatore
Project Managers: Renuka and Kodandapani Rameshan
Family Care Coimbatore, incorporated as a Trust in 2001, is an autonomous unit with programs for the deaf and hearing impaired in the Indian States of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. (Throughout all of India there are an estimated 60 million deaf persons.)
The various programs that Family Care Coimbatore undertakes include:
- On-going programs for hearing impaired
- Leadership Training Seminars for deaf youth
- Marriage counseling / Youth counseling
- Personality enhancement programs for deaf women
- Self-employment programs
- Training in computer technology / education
- International Week for the Deaf school programs (Aug-October)
- Regional Conference for South India Deaf Leadership (March-May)
- Seminars for business units, teachers and students
- AIDS Awareness workshop for the deaf
- Counseling programs for parents and executives
- Distribution of educational and motivational material for young and old
- Seminars for business units, teachers and students
- Personality enrichment program for youth
- Relief work in areas affected by natural disasters
Coimbatore, India
Family Care Coimbatore participated in a fundraising drive to generate income for a new Deaf Teachers' Training Center, and encouraged building contractors to construct rooms for the facility. Deaf Reach and its benefactors were honored with a special award ceremony hosted by Hyderabad’s Governor at the Governor's mansion, Raj Bhavan.
Each month Family Care Coimbatore hosts seminars throughout the States of Tamil Nadu and Kerala using the medium of power point slide shows, skits, and stories presented by a core group of deaf leaders.