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About CBR Units

Orientation & Mobility training
Orientation & Mobility training

CBR Unit
CBR Unit
The Association is the first voluntary organization in Karnataka to initiate the Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Project for the rural disabled in Karnataka.

Disabled persons of all categories and age groups are provided services from identification and medical intervention to economic rehabilitation according to their age socio, economic, background and their aptitude.

Presently, the Association is operating 3 CBR Units in Vijayapura, Devanahalli Taluk, Bangalore rural district, and Nagamangala, a remote Taluk in Mandya district and Mandya

The major activities of the CBR project are:
  • Free hostel for disabled children
  • Integrated education for disabled children
  • Orientation and mobility training for the visually-impaired
  • Communication and skill development for hearing and speech-impaired children
  • Vocational training
  • Self-employment
  • Open employment
  • Prevention and cure of disability
  • Community awareness creation
  • Community development
Currently, 60 children are receiving free hostel services, 117 children are receiving education under Integrated Education for the Disabled(I.E.D), above 50 disabled person are receiving vocational training, 75 to 100 are helped for self employment, over 400 persons are helped for special aids and appliances through the CBR units, annually.

 

Bangalore Unit

Sl. No Activity Salary   Maintenance - Per month Per Annum
1 Residential special school for the visually Impaired Children
Salaries:
  1. Teaching Staff
  2. Administration Staff
  3. Hostel Maintenance



Rs.45,000/- pm
Rs.25,000/- pm
Rs.9,900/- pm
Rs.70,000/-
Rs.17,98,800/-
2 Braille Library & Information centre
Rs.13,000/-
Rs. 5,000/-
Rs. 2,16,000/-
3 Placement Project
Rs. 12,000/-
Rs. 5,000/-
Rs. 2,04,000/-
4 Braille Printing Unit
Nil
Rs. 15,000/-
Rs. 15,000/-
5 Residential Integrated High school
Rs.30,000/-
Provided under Residential special school
Rs. 3,60,000/-
6 Computer Lab
Rs. 20,000/-
Rs. 7,500/-
Rs. 3,30,000/-

Vijaypura Unit

CBR Unit
CBR Unit

Sl.No Activity Salary Maintenance - Per month Per Annum
1 Integrated Education for Disabled and CBR staff Salary(coordinator, 2 Resource Teacher, 1 computer instructor, Music teacher, 2 CBR and O&M instructor) Rs. 33,000/-   Rs. 3,96,000/-
2 Administration Staff Rs. 12,000/- Nil Rs. 1,44,000/-
3 General and Hostel Maintenance Nil Rs. 26,000/- Rs. 3,12,000/-
Blind Children Learning Computers
Blind Children Learning Computers

Nagamangala Unit

CBR Unit
CBR Unit

Sl.No Activity Salary Maintenance - Per month Per Annum
1 Residential school for hearing and Speech Staff Salaries (2 Special Teacher, 1part time teacher) Rs. 12,500/-   Rs. 1,50,000/-
2 Tailoring and Dress making Unit for Disabled women and CBR unit (2 instructor, qualified SSLC/PUC 2 units for 6 months duration total No. of Beneficiaries40) Rs. 19,000/- Nil Rs. 2,28,000/-
3 General and Hostel Maintenance   Rs. 18,750/- Rs. 2,25,000/-
4 Administration
(1 Coordinator, office Assistant)
Rs. 11,000/- Nil Rs. 3,12,000/-

Mandya Unit

This unit is to be renewed totally from the scrap Rs.1,80,000/- to be commenced

 
No 69, S.C. Road, Near Kino Theatre,
Sheshadripuram, Bangalore-560020
Karnataka,  INDIA
Phone: +91-80- 23369703 / 23345118
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