WELCOME TO CSI REHABILITATION CENTRE

The C.S.I REHABILITATION CENTRE, started in 1992, situated in Kodaikanal in South India, a hill station at 2133 metres above sea level, is a service organization catering to the needs of children and young adults with disabilities like Polio, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, Speech and Hearing Impairment, Visual Impairment and other Developmental Disabilities. This centre, which is one of the programs of the Church of South India, Madurai-Ramnad Diocese, serves every differently abled person irrespective of personality, background, religion, caste and physical appearance as it believes that every person has a right to live and to make practical choices to grow.

All the children come from very low economic background – children of single parents, widows, and destitute women or below poverty line. All services like education, uniforms, food, medical facilities transport, mobility aids, hearing aids and learning aids for the blind are provided free of cost.

The programs of Polio Home, Orthotic workshop and Pre-School program for Visually, Speech and Hearing Impaired children are carried out in partnership with cbm (Formerly Christoffel BlindenMission, Germany) and the Diagnostic Day Care Centre interventions are carried out in partnership with Bethania Ministries, U.S.A.

The aims and objectives of the centre is to offer appropriate services both in community based and campus centered settings for education, vocational training, resettlement and rehabilitation of disabled children and adults in Kodaikanal hills area.