BHABNA - Ananda Niketan

Bhabna

Ananda Niketan

A village project to live peaceful life for parents of persons with Autism. To solve the biggest worry of “What After Us?”

Background

Most persons with autism require lifelong support in significant aspects of their daily life such as self-care, financial or in their vocation and employment. With extended family systems in India fast disappearing, society provides no viable alternative support mechanisms for persons with autism when they lose their caregivers and are on their own. Specialist residential centres, that can provide this support when parents are no longer there or are unwell, are barely existent. The worry of “What after us?” haunts most parents.

Here lies the need of separate and safe Residential facilities. Many studies emphasized on the importance of the learning environment for autistic children, but none have focused on the idea of inclusive and universal design in houses which also plays a vital role in their happy and safe living.

Hence BHABNA has conceived the project ANANDA NIKETAN, an exclusive project for community living which will be gated community starting with 15 independent bungalows (may expand in future) for families living with Autism and a concept of lifelong care for your child and towards this purpose has acquired ~10 acres of land beside Raghunathpur-Malandighi road in Kanksa block, Paschim Bardhaman District.

Goals:

The above goals set forth will be accomplished by undertaking the following activities by BHABNA and it’s Trustee Board to accomplish the aforesaid goals:

Open Space: 60%

Zero pollution with one car parking each family (any additional parking will be at additional cost).

WiFi campus on cost sharing basis.

State of the Art Autism Early Intervention Centre.

Vocational Centre where adults will be encouraged to work in a vocation of their choice.

Computer Learning centre.

Laundry where adults will get supported employment.

Proposed car wash centre where adults will get supported employment.

Shopping centre run by adults with help for various conveniences.

In-house water treatment plant (adults with autism will home deliver with a nominal charge).

10 year time frame for maintenance.

24x7 Security with CCTV.

Ambulance stationed on-campus.

Medical polyclinic in-house.

Housekeeping staff -on call

Walking path

Barber shop / beauty parlour.

Community hall & Clubhouse with food on order basis

Library

Coffee shop

Swimming Pool

Sensory Garden

Common Prayer Hall

Bungalow and plot allotment

Each of the individual parent family will be allotted an individual bungalow of high quality construction of a Three BHK independent bungalow with built-up area of 1100+ sft on a plot area of 3 katha (~2100 sft) to live-in and enjoy during their life time and automatically owned by their child living with autism, after demise of the parents BHABNA will resell the property on behalf of the child/adult with autism to another family living with a child with Autism and arrange the lifelong care of the child/adult with autism in ANANDA ASHRAM and the monthly expenses will be taken care from the sell proceeds and the funds arranged by the deceased parents.

Date of Opening / Inauguration Date of Possession

12th January 2023
Possession will be given with deed of registration only after full payment.

Exit Policy:

Registration will happen only on possession but you can exit any time with no questions asked and paid up money is guaranteed by BHABNA and its authorised officials.

1. Exit before possession:
If you wish to exit before getting possession/registration, BHABNA will pay the money back within six month from the date of written official exit application.

2. Exit after possession/ Transfer of Bungalow:

In the event of a parent exiting the community after possession/registration of the property, they are at liberty to re-sell the bungalow only to a family with a child/adult with autism, with the consent of BHABNA through its authorised officials by paying nominal transfer fee of 2% of sale proceeds. Similarly the new member joining in the community shall pay a transfer fee of 3% to BHABNA which shall be added to the corpus fund to support persons with autism living in the campus.

Or else they can return the property to BHABNA and BHABNA will resell the property to another family with a child/adult with autism and return the money after deducting nominal transfer fee of 2% of sale proceeds within 6 months or so.