Bethania Rehabilitation Centre
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Bethania Rehabilitation Centre is a cetnre for the rehabilitation of the physically disabled women at Kumarapuram, Trivandrum, Kerala
, India
. The centre was started on June 1, 1988. The centre is managed by the Bethany Sisters (Bethany Madhom
)of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
. It is also aided by the Government of India. The objectives of the centre is to: promote community based rehabilitation, impart vocational training, provide residential facilities during training,train in self-employment, and provide corrective physiotherapy. At present nearly 50 physically disabled women of 15-30 age group are getting training in cutting & tailoring, typewriting & short-hand, book binding, candle making, poultry farming, bee keeping, rabbit rearing, handicrafts, hoticulture and home management.
Source
Brochure of Bethania
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The centre was started on June 1, 1988. The centre is managed by the Bethany Sisters (Bethany Madhom
Bethany Madhom
The Congregation of the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ - or Bethany Madhom is a congregation in the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. Bethany Madhom was founded by the Servant of God Archbishop Mar Ivanios in 1925 in the Malankara Orthodox Church...
)of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See...
. It is also aided by the Government of India. The objectives of the centre is to: promote community based rehabilitation, impart vocational training, provide residential facilities during training,train in self-employment, and provide corrective physiotherapy. At present nearly 50 physically disabled women of 15-30 age group are getting training in cutting & tailoring, typewriting & short-hand, book binding, candle making, poultry farming, bee keeping, rabbit rearing, handicrafts, hoticulture and home management.
Source
Brochure of Bethania