About Us: The Beginning…..

The PARAPLEGIC FOUNDATION   was started in 1968 by a group of social workers and doctors, in the barracks of LTMG Municipal Hospital located at Sion , Mumbai, India, to rehabilitate, and provide total health care facilities for paraplegics and the severely orthopedically disabled.

Who is a Paraplegic ?

A PARAPLEGIC is a person whose lower extremities are affected and has usually no control over his bladder and bowel movements and little or no sensation in his lower extremities. This usually occurs due to a fall, injury or infection of the spinal cord.    

The Mission:

The aim & mission of the foundation is to work for the paraplegics, to provide facilities in total health care, to encourage & motivate them to be self-confident, self-reliant and self-sufficient.

The Motto:  " I CAN, I WILL ! " 

Paraplegic Foundation Today.

The foundation has expanded the scope of its activities by also working towards the total rehabilitation of differently abled children and youth at its Sanjeevan Deep Centre established in the year 1996.

The Foundation has two centres;

Centre 1. Sanjeevan Deep Total Education & Health, Personnel training & Research Centre, Airoli, Navi Mumbai .

Centre 2. Kantaben Shah Comprehensive Care Centre, Sion, Mumbai.

A MISSION ON WHEELS

Current Activities:

1. Sanjeevan Deep.    Centre for health care and education of Differently Abled children and youth.

2. Sathi-Manch. Support Group & Forum for Paraplegics & the Locomotor Disabled.

3. Shramsafalya. The Training Cum Sheltered Workshop.

4. Sweekar. Residential and outpatient health care.

5. Suruchi. Home cooked Free Food.

6. Sahayya. Rehabilitation Aids & Appliances

7. Jigar. Sports activities.

8. Cultural & Recreational Activities.

9. Training & Awareness Programmes.

VISION beyond WHEELS

(Our Future Plans & Vision)

Our ambiton is to make the paraplegic foundation an exclusive centre with 'state of art facilities' for paraplegics  by modernizing the various departments to suit the need for total rehabilitation and provide for the latest facilities & equipments, modern skills & technological training to suit the demands of industry and society.

Vocational Training

* To provide a professional work space & training in a variety of skills like -Computer savvy techniques for office operations, personality grooming, intrapersonal & communicational skills to meet modernization & global standards of work culture                                   *To provide modernized facililities like -Reading room/library, gymnasium, meditation centre & children play area & garden 

Total health rehabilitation:

*To provide latest facilities with modern medical & health related equipments & patient friendly gymnasium for patients *To modernize the patients wards with patient friendly ambience, bell,electric kettle,jugs,trolleys                             *To provide modern consulting & therapy rooms                                   *Family/visiting room for visitors    *Media/entertainment room

Sheltered workshop: Shram safalya     - A pay packet of Joy

To provide modernized workspace with modern worktables &infrastructure

To provide uniforms/equipments/lights/ventilation & ambience 

Jigar sports: Wellness & Beyond

*To provide sports facilities: training & sports equipments &customized play areas

*To provide modern training skills in sports at national & international levels

*To provide sports kits &uniform to encourage the beneficiaries

*To provide customized wheelchairs for sports

Talent Promotion: Kala se kalakar tak

*Training for stage presentations in arts/crafts/performances/other talents

*A hall with centre stage with lights/sounds/acoustics & seating capacity.

*A green room/changing room

Environment & Landscape:

Modern facilities like rain water harvesting/solar lighting & garden landscaping is our dream .

Garden with play area for children of beneficiaries & seating for senior citizens of family members of patients

Mrs Sulabha Warde , Founder, Trustee, President Emeritus and author of “Dhyas aani Pravaas “a  book penned by her on Paraplegics says :

Our futuristic vision is :To House Total Wellness ,Share Wealth of Happiness, and give  a  Pay-packet  of Joy .

Want to know more about us.....

Call: Mrs.Hema Gandhi, Head, Communications

Call : 91-9223549042