‘Special Children’ of Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan organize Awareness Campaign on ‘International Day of Persons with Disabilities’
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> § The ‘specially-abled’ children distributed colourful balloons and clicked ‘selfies’ with people
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> § Children visited leading Corporate, Schools, Universities, Malls, Markets to reach out to people
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> Noida, December 03, 2016: Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan, a charitable school for ‘children with special needs’ under the aegis of The Ponty Chadha Foundation organized an awareness campaign on account of ‘International Day Persons with Disabilities. The event was organized with an aim to sensitize the community towards the needs of differently-abled children and create a positive attitude towards them.
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> Observed throughout the world, this UN-sanctioned day acted as a platform for these ‘children with special needs’ to propagate the message that it is their right to lead a life with dignity. Like other children, these ‘special children’, too, dream for a better world where they can touch lives of others through spreading smiles and love.
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> With an endeavour to spread the message of empathy and care, the ‘children with special needs’, reached out to people at various locations like leading Corporates, Schools, Universities, Malls and Markets – DLF Mall of India, TGIP Mall, Express Trade Tower, ITS University, NTPC, D. S. Group, Wave Mall, etc. to apprise people about the issues and concerns the differently-abled persons face in the society.
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> The children distributed an array of balloons with smileys on them, and clicked selfies with people they met. They requested people to share these selfies on their social network pages with the hash tag #BeyondDisability to spread this thought further. These ‘special children’ were received with great warmth and love as they presented a sapling to the head of these respective institutions and offices, asking them to “Support our Right to Breathe”. The sapling played the role of an allegory spreading the message of ‘Plant the tree and save environment for us’. As an exclusive enterprise, the ‘special children’ (staff members )of MBCN also performed a Nukkad Natak titled ‘Viklang Kaun’, at Wave Mall, Noida, narrating the daily struggles of the disabled people in various fields of life, including employment, education, etc.
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> The celebrations of the occasion aimed at improving the understanding of the people worldwide, towards the people with disability issues and get together to support them to improve their well-being and rights in the society. The focus is also to break the myths, stereotypes and prejudices associated with disability.
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> Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Vandana Sharma, Director, Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan School said, “We wish to change people’s perception about these children and the notion that circles around disability. With this awareness campaign we are trying to reach out to people and make them understand that with the right attitude and support, these special children can also live their lives with pride and dignity and feel like an accepted part of the community. We aim at breaking the attitudinal barriers with this campaign.”
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> About Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan
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> With the vision of enabling the disabled, Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan, an initiative of Late Mr. Ponty Chadha, WAVE Group was established for the differently-abled children in the society. The institution was founded in 1999, with a special endeavor to educate and equip special children to live within the community. The school is one of the very few private rehabilitation institutions, which provides gratuitous service to over 1000 students (free of cost), subjugating the cash-strapped society.
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> Spread over a huge expanse of 2 acres, MBCN is the largest day-care special school. Students are endowed with free hearing aids, wheel chairs, crutches, uniform, stationary and bus-transport, fostering independence for daily living skills in real life settings.
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> About The Ponty Chadha Foundation
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> The Ponty Chadha Foundation was set-up in the memory of Late Chairman Mr. Gurdeep (Ponty) Singh Chadha of the WAVE Group, led by his wife Mrs. Jatinder Kaur Chadha, to work for the general welfare of the society. The Foundation aims to channelize its capabilities towards social and economic development of the society at large and help the needy, underprivileged and weaker sections of the society irrespective of differences in caste, creed, colour, sex or religion. Its endeavour is to impart education, medical relief and food to the deprived through food bank.
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> The Ponty Chadha Foundation keeps community service in the forefront and is committed to work for alleviating the common social challenges faced by the poor and the otherwise neglected sections. It is dedicatedly working towards uplifting of the society, by regularly conducting free medical check-up camps and food drives. The most remarkable contribution by The Ponty Chadha Foundation is establishment of MBCN – Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan, the school for the differently-abled.
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