Category: Activities

Day care programme

There are up to 30 children and youth attending our day care programme. This group is very mixed, ranging from five to over forty years old with varying special needs. Many of them have intellectual challenges, often combined with a poor concentration span and hyperactivity. Some have multiple impairments and require diverse therapeutic interventions and […]

Students under our day care programme

Outpatients come for treatment

Babies and small children come with their parents for physio-, occupational- and / or speech therapy. Some of them come daily or several times per week, others irregularly as they come from further away. We expect their parents to participate and cooperate to achieve the maximum result. This individual care is very time intensive and […]

Outings and field-trips

Many of our children come from poor families and they are often not taken out of the house. Once a year we have a full day outing when we rent a big bus and leave in the early morning. Often as early as 4am, some of our team members come to Deepam to prepare a […]

Celebrations & events

These are important events which bring us together even more. There are many occasions such as birthdays or farewells for volunteers. We do celebrate Christmas which is usually not celebrated at the homes of our children, as most of them originate from “Hindu” families. The meaning of Christmas is explained to them the same as […]