Future Programs

 The Centre’s anticipated plans are to increase the number of children to at least one hundred, to initiate a Family Support Service to teach pregnant women techniques of health care,  and to actively work for legislative action on behalf of the mentally handicapped.   Under the Family Support Service, the Centre personnel will visit homes of the mentally disabled and educate parents and siblings on the nature and treatment/training of such children at home, sort of family-based delivery. Teaching pregnant women on the techniques of proper reproductive health care, thereby safeguarding against potential for the birth of a mentally handicapped child will be another part of the Service.  To augment these attempts, the magazine Punerjeni can create public awareness of the problems of the disabled, and developments in other parts of the world; this  periodical will also bring the families of disabled children together and make the parents partners in education.  The Centre has plans to take lead in achieving Legislative Action on behalf of the mentally disabled, to fight for their rights as other individuals in the society.  Another major ambitious project under serious consideration is the establish-ment of a Residential Program.
 
    Exchange Program
Janey Centre proposes an Exchange Program with foreign universities which has Special Education and related programs like Speech Therapy, Vocational Education, Physical Therapy, Special Education etc.  The proposal is for an internship when the students before graduation, at their own expense, will undergo  six months at Janey Centre.
  Present / Future Needs The Centre’s present pressing needs are: funds for operating expenses, an inverter (electricity back-up), a UPS for the computer, a vehicle for the Early-Intervention Program, a spiral stair case, recreational items like slides, swings and see-saws, a bus shed, P. A. system, renovation of the school building, -funding for the Residential Program when started, and more. Besides Fr. Varghese’s own funds, his Kerala friends in the United States have been financially supporting the Centre so far; that support has naturally been slowly eroding with Fr. Varghese away in Kerala.  Governments of Kerala and India have not provided any financial help yet.  Donations are tax exempt both in the United States and India.