DIFFERENT ART CENTRE (DAC)
(www.differentartcentre.com)
Based on the CDC recommendations, Magic Academy and Kerala Social Security Mission, Government of Kerala joined hands to open a Comprehensive Art Centre at Kazhakkuttom, Thiruvananthapuram for differently abled children to explore their artistic talents and promote the overall development of differently abled community. This dream project became a reality with the support of many good hearted minds on 7 November 2019.
The centre aims to empower and educate 100 specially abled children with various disabilities -not just intellectual-and expand the focus of training from concentrating on magic to art forms such as music, dance, drama, cinema making, painting and skills in various musical instruments, all blended with a magical touch. The centre aims to empower these children by recognizing and sharpening their raw talents through special and appropriate methods. The appreciation from the audience, reaching the centre from different parts of the world, increases a sense of confidence and better self-awareness of all participants.
A study on adaptive functioning in these children was carried out by Institute for Communicative and Cognitive Neurosciences (ICCONS) and approximately 18% has shown improvement from their levels in the baseline. In maladaptive behaviour domain too, 17.94% showed a reduction in behavioural issues.
Along with artistic development, Magic Academy has formulated educational programs for the intellectual development of differently abled artistes, thereby ensuring their smooth passage into the mainstream of society. A comprehensive learning centre “Inspira” has been designed at the Different Art Centre premise to acquire the basic functionalities of learning such as Reading, Writing, Simple Mathematics, Language Development, Simple Matching Exercises, Puzzle Exercises, Simple Sequences and Attention through sound as well as behavioural coaching. As an initial measure, children have been provided with smart learning tools like tabs for their education.
| SUPPORT TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT |
| Unimoni Financial services |
| NMC Healthcare LLC |
| Jyothy Labs, Mumbai |
| Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited |
| Federal Bank Hormis Memorial Foundation |
| Indian Oil Corporation Limited |
| Cochin International Airport Limited |
| Cochin Shipyard Limited |
| LIC Golden Jubilee Foundation |
| Joy Alukkas Foundation |
| KGA Group, Kuwait |
| Kitex Garments Ltd |
| Abdul Azeez E |
| Abraham K Joseph |
| Ahamed Saju |
| Ahmed Iqbal |
| All Kerala Gold & Silver merchants Association |
| Aneesh K V |
| Annamma Philip |
| Ashok Kumar |
| Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Valanchery |
| C K Padmakumar |
| C K Shafeek |
| C M Abdul Rahiman |
| Col. Nisar Ahmed Seethi |
| Darwin Cruze Manuel |
| Dr. Sheela Philipose |
| Educational Project, Kalliassery Constituency |
| Geevargheses Yohannan |
| High Range Hospital, Kottayam |
| Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Abu Dhabi Chapter |
| Jafarmanu |
| Jamal Edakunnam |
| Jayakumar |
| Joy Mathew |
| Kadamboor Educational and Charitable Trust |
| Kaladharan K |
| Kerala School Teachers Association |
| Kumar Mahadevan |
| Kuriakose Varkey |
| LSGC Engineer’s Association |
| M A Samad |
| Malayala Manorama |
| Mathrusneha Charitable Trust, Calicut |
| Minar Ispat Pvt. Ltd. |
| Mythri, Dubai |
| Nazeer Veliyil |
| NIARC Bahrain Chapter |
| NIARC Kuwait Chapter |
| NIARC Qatar Chapter |
| NIPMR |
| P T Thomas |
| Prasandan N B |
| Pratheeksha Muscat |
| Priyadarshini Arts & Social Centre, Sharjah |
| Priyanka Balakrishnan |
| R M Unnithan |
| Raja Ravi Varma Girls HSS, Kilimanoor |
| Ramakrishna Babu |
| Reghubal Thengumthundil |
| S Family Foundation |
| Santhosh Kumar K P |
| Sarathi Helpline for Drivers |
| Shailaja Nair Foundation |
| Shajahan M K |
| Shaji George |
| Shaji Mandapam |
| Shalini Krishnadas Nair |
| Share & Care Charitable Society |
| Sharjah friends |
| SMA Abacus India Pvt Ltd., Ernakulam |
| Sneha Dubai Committee |
| Sree Maharshi Vidyalaya, Pattambi |
| Sreenivas Kurup |
| St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Dubai |
| Stephen Samuel |
| Sunil Joseph |
| Suresh Kumar |
| Thanipet Narayanan Krishnan |
| V Karunakaran |
| Vidya Vihar Central School |
| Vinod V |
| Warrier Foundation |
| World Malayalee Federation (WMF) |
| Sponsor’s name | No. of beneficiaries |
| Jyothy Labs | 25 |
| AKA Muscat | 3 |
| Abdul Gafoor O | 2 |
| Aneesh K Babu | 1 |
| Abdurahiman PA | 2 |
| Antonio Goes | 1 |
| Ardra Meletath | 1 |
| Arya Ramesh | 1 |
| Ashique Ahamed P | 1 |
| ATMA Dubai | 1 |
| Baby Varghese | 1 |
| Basheer Ahamed Hajee | 1 |
| Biju C John | 1 |
| Bini Susan | 1 |
| Binu Varghese | 1 |
| Boban M P | 1 |
| Celaeno Trading Pvt. Ltd. | 1 |
| Cochin Empire Lions Club, Dubai | 1 |
| Deepa Manghat | 1 |
| Dr. Roshan Mary George | 1 |
| Dubai Friends | 1 |
| Faisal K P | 1 |
| Farook Memorial charitable Trust | 2 |
| Firozudeen M P | 1 |
| Galaxy Incorporation | 1 |
| Geevarghese John | 1 |
| George Ambookan & Family | 1 |
| Girish Kumar | 1 |
| HLL Infra Tech Services Ltd | 1 |
| J George | 1 |
| Jose Paul | 1 |
| K Sanathanan | 1 |
| Kabeer KPK | 1 |
| KK Ashraf | 1 |
| M V J M Charities | 1 |
| Madhu Krishnan | 1 |
| Malabar Gold & Diamonds | 2 |
| Master Chris Saamuel Sam | 1 |
| Master Shrenik Pramoj | 1 |
| Mohammed Afnas Aboobacker | 1 |
| Mohanachandran | 1 |
| Nikitha Shajahan | 1 |
| Nimmy Varghese | 1 |
| Noushad A V | 2 |
| P M Sunil Kumar | 1 |
| Paul Joshwa & Family | 1 |
| Praveen R S | 1 |
| Prime Toys India Pvt. Ltd. | 1 |
| Ragini Vijayan | 1 |
| Rahmath Basheer | 2 |
| Raja Abdul Khader | 1 |
| Rajendra Manvi | 1 |
| Rajesh Devadas | 1 |
| Ritz Trade links Pvt. Ltd | 1 |
| Saraswathy Amma | 1 |
| Sathyanarayanan K | 1 |
| Shajahan M K | 1 |
| Sidharth Ravi | 1 |
| Sidharth Sasikumar | 1 |
| Smitha Vijayan | 1 |
| Sreedavi | 1 |
| Sudhakaran Kuriya | 1 |
| Sunil Raj M B | 1 |
| Sunsi Augustine | 1 |
| Suresh Kumar S | 1 |
| Suresh Kumar Sukumaran | 1 |
| T K Gopalan | 1 |
| Thanal Salalah | 1 |
| Thara Jayasankar | 1 |
| Timesworld Media and Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd. | 1 |
| Union Bank | 1 |
| V S Boban | 1 |
| Venugopal Menon | 1 |
| Vineesh P K | 1 |
| Vinod V | 1 |
| Wilson V George | 1 |
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