Focus Areas:
- Empowering the hearing impaired
- Personal Counselling
- Family Counselling
- Life Management Programmes
- Motivational Workshops
- Equal Opportunity Programmes for underprivileged children
WHAT'S NEW
Vocational Training Center for the Deaf in Biza, Punjab.
Our Vocational Training Center for deaf youth in Biza, Punjab has completed nearly one year of service to hearing impaired youth in Punjab. This Center offers computer vocational training, English language classes, orientation programmes for job placements and personality development programmes.
In our ongoing endeavour to improve the quality of primary school education, The Family India, through the kindness of concerned sponsors, recently supplied school kits to over 400 orphans/underprivileged children in and around Chennai. This kit consists of a high quality school bag, geometry set, hygiene kit, towel and chappals. 
A day of carnival games, prizes, food and fun for over 500 orphaned and underprivileged children was recently organized, thanks to the kind sponsorship of local friends in the business community.
The Kelambakkam school caters to deaf and mentally retarded Children from the rural areas of Tamil Nadu. The Family India has been closely associated with this school for more than a decade. Since The Family India also provides personality development training to hearing impaired youth in Chennai, these youth form an integral part of our work with the deaf children at Kelambakkam School. Over the past year, we have:
While it is true that the global economic situation is grim, we also need to remember that…“He who loses money loses much, but he who loses faith loses all.” - Faith defined as “that wonderful assurance that God will help us through every circumstance of our lives.” It is important to keep our faith and sense of optimism strong in trying times and that is something that we at The Family India are committed to helping others to do. We do this by conducting motivational seminars and workshops on the subject of staying positive despite the gathering gloom enfolding the world. Our seminars help attendees learn to adopt a positive outlook even in the midst of difficult circumstances and become forces of positive change in a negative world.
On September 4th, 2009 our team provided an exciting opportunity for fun and frolic for about 300 deaf children from Madurai by taking them to 'Black Thunder', Asia’s largest water theme park at the foothills of Ooty. The children had a gala day enjoying water rides, games and snacks.
Over the month of September, our Deaf Empowerment team conducted day-long Leadership Training Seminars in Mysore, Madurai and Coimbatore for 350 deaf youth from Mysore, Madurai and Coimbatore during the month of September. “Overcoming Difficulties” is our programme theme for 2009-2010 and these seminars consisted of skits, powerpoint slideshows and stories of the world's great achievers who overcame great physical challenges.
In June 2009 Family Care conducted 2-day Inter State Cricket Tournament for deaf from 6 cities of Tamilnadu & Karnataka. Over 100 deaf players took part and 4 matches were scheduled on day 1 and 2 matches on day 2 to determine the final players. Mysore and Chennai were the final teams and Mysore emerged as winners to receive the trophy and the all round performer of the team, the “Man of the Match” award.
Ashritha is a Home for 60 orphans & children between the ages of 8-14 from very poor backgrounds. Members of The Family India adopted the management of this institution in July 2008 and have been running it ever since.
It was a joy to see the unity and brotherhood displayed by one and all as even the visitor’s joined in the fun. The same afternoon, there was a meeting on the importance and need of abolishing Child labour which was presided by the area's MLA. He was very happy with the progress and the care that the children being given at Ashritha. He also distributed some sponsored sports uniforms to all the children. . Finally, to make it a memorable experience, the children got to see a telugu film and it was the highlight of the day as they got to see it on an LCD TV. 
From the 4th to the 8th of July, we helped to organize the South Regional Leadership Seminar for the Deaf in Goa at a scenic hillside. About 25 young deaf leaders from three Southern states participated in the Seminar. Topics covered included:
