PROJECT ENHANCE AND OUTCOMES

Colorss Foundation is currently operating Project Enhance, a one-of-a-kind project

for disabled children, with the goal to enhance their physical and mental health, as
well as to reduce the negative social stigma and discrimination towards people with
disabilities.
 
This project currently provides therapy sessions to eight children with disabilities
through the use of martial arts and creative arts. The physical and mental benefits
on these types of therapies have been well studied in developed countries, which
include: improving physical strength, muscle control, coordination, discipline, self-
esteem, self-confidence, and reducing stress and anxiety, and so on. We plan to run
the project for at least one year, as these improvements are gradual but long lasting.
 
The objective of Project Enhance is to empower children with disabilities by
training participants in martial arts and encouraging them to express themselves
through creative arts, while educating the general public about disabilities.
Project Enhance is a one of its kind project in India aiming to improve the lives of
children with mental and physical disabilities. With the assistance of a karate
expert, artist, and psychologists, Project Enhance uses karate and creative arts as
tools to promote the physical and mental well-being on children with various types
of disabilities, as well as to create a safe environment for disabled and non-disabled
children to interact with each other.
Project Evaluation and Outcomes

 It is expected that all eight participants of Project Enhance will

have gradual improvements in their physical and mental
capabilities over time. In particular, the project aims to achieve the
following results in one year:
  
 1.      Noticeable improvements in the participants' level of energy,
focus and concentration; body and muscle control; flexibility;
stamina; breath control; aggression control; and eye and hand
coordination;
 2.      Increase in the participants' self-confidence and self-esteem;
 3.      Increase in mutual understanding and respects through direct
interactions with disabled and non-disabled children in the karate
lessons;
 Appendix A – Project Enhance Participant Progress
No. Name Grade Disability Comments
 
1 Rupesh 1 grade Cerebral palsy Good control on body parts and taking efforts to use them, coordination of body
st

Gaikwad has improved.

2 Vishal 1st grade Cerebral Palsy, Good changes → Body control has improved, grip has improved, attention to
Shinde Ataxia certain task has improved, very active and performs eye-body-hand coordination
games/task with perfection.

3 Ashwini 1st grade Cerebral Palsy, Moderate → Lack of attention when it comes to Subjects, concentration in group
Babu ataxia, speech discipline Notable changes in her body movements, grip and eye-hand
Bhandari problem coordination.

4 Ayesha 3rd grade Cerebral Palsy Recently joined the group, need some more time. However in this short phase of
time she is enjoying herself and is motivated.

5 Bhavesh 1st grade Cerebral Palsy Need to spend time on toning his body, due to weakness he doest do the
Jaganath exercises properly. Improved eye hand coordination, grip and always ready to
Hake draw.

6 Sahil Jadhav 4th grade Resistance Very good and motivated child. Takes the lead from front and makes everyone
Rickets perform exercise.
7 Pranjal 1st grade Cerebral Palsy, Fairly at times he is difficult. This is when the sessions are focused on
Vikas Ghule ADD concentration. Will take a lot of time

8 Kunal 1st grade Cerebral Palsy, Performance is fairly good, due to weak body structure it will take him time to
Ramesh speech problem explore his entire body. Eye hand coordination has improved, body balancing
Kante has improved, back muscles are now getting support due to exercises and other
games. Art and craft helps him release his stress and frustration. He is
submissive and this behavior needs attention. One of the reasons for this is his
weak body structure.
 Appendix B – Colors of Life Participant Progress
No. Name Age Disability Comments
1 Swarvesh 13 Polio Bilateral Fair improvements
Prajapati

2 Vijay Gore 17 Cerebral Palsy, eye Good improvements

sight problem

3 Sagar 15 Cerebral Palsy, Due to his sickness he is not regular in the project.
Parab walks with elbow
crutches

4 Jagdeesh 12 Cerebral Palsy Very good improvements. The way he has shown his confidence built up is
Dalvi outstanding. His motivation and dedication is commendable. His confidence level
has increased. This has also helped in shaping his body language on a positive
side. He was a dull child before, however now he has shown the gut to improve
himself, his personality and attitude. Impressive changes.

5 Mehtab 15 Polio Improved command on English. Making efforts on expressing himself.

Pathan
6 Praveen 17  Cerebral Palsy Outstanding progress, He has shown changes that are worth noting. There is a
Raskar glare on his face, the confidence that he now displays should be seen. He was
super shy when it came to English. However now he has developed the
confidence and zeal to learn. This can be seen with his efforts in the class. He
now tries to read English, which previously he never did.

7 Swapnil 14 Resistance Rickets Good

Jadhav
8 Yogesh 18 Mentally disabled Good. His confidence in English has increased and has shown great signs of
psychological changes.
Colors of Life aims to achieve the following
results by the end of the first year:

 All participants continue to remain in school until they complete

their schooling;
 Produce six issues of Colors of Life e-magazines and print 500
copies for each issue;
 Enhance the computer and software skills for each participant;
 Improve the participants’ self-confidence and self-esteem;
 Develop the participants’ interpersonal and communication skills;
 Increase mutual understanding and respects through direct
interactions with disabled and non-disabled children;
 Raise public awareness of the benefits of using technology and
creative arts to improve the lives of people with disabilities
through a series of traditional and viral media campaigns.