Title: Colorss Foundation
Location:
Global
Categories: Education
Health
Media
Status:
In Planning
Timeline:
April 24 08 to April 24 08
Description:
The Foundation works towards the mainstream integration of the marginalized population through psychological, social and professional training and rehabilitation. Through the broad spectrum of its goal, the Foundation handles various disability issues involving physical and mental handicap.
On-going Projects : Project Breathe and Project Iris
Project Breathe : Martial Arts for Better Mental Health
Project Breathe is to empower people with disabilities and make inclusion into mainstream life – with the help of karate training.
Mental health : Mental health is not just the absence of mental disorder. It is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.
Mental Disorder : Mental disorders are health conditions that are characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior (or some combination thereof) associated with distress and/or impaired functioning. This notion of a continuum sees mental health on one end as 'successful mental functioning' compared to mental illness on the other end as 'impaired functioning.'
Disability : Disability as defined by the World Health Organization
* A disability (resulting from an impairment) is a restriction or
* Lack of ability to perform an activity in the manner or
* Within the range considered normal for a human being
The United Nations
Impairment : Any loss of abnormality of psychological, or anatomical structure or function.
It’s important to include people with disability into mainstream life. Project Breathe will identify the skills. Try to develop them and henceforth organize vocational training for them. Because of stigma and discrimination we don’t want erosion and loss of innate skills.
Customized curriculum is designed in such a way that inclusion is possible and both the groups (able-bodied as well disabled) are able to understand each other.
Project Iris : CURRENCY DENOMINATOR Empowering the Visually Challenged Person
Developed and designed at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT G)
Colorss Foundation is behind the national launch of the developed device to empower visually impaired people, better known as 'Project Iris'. Project Iris is a device - a currency denomination identifier - that will empower visually impaired to identify different Indian currency.
It's simple, easy, cheap and mechanical device that will help them identify Indian Currency
Developed and designed at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT G) this device has won many awards;
* Best engineering project nationwide
* Awarded gold medal at Dec 2006 Intel IRIS competition – a national level event by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).
* Among top 5 in IDEAZ IIT Bombay, Pan IIT Alumni Business Idea competition
* Owing to the simplicity and social impact of the product, the interview was aired in third week of October 2007 by NDTV India’s Premier news channel in the program The Next Big Thing
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