By Sha Nigar | Senior Manager
Dear Donors, Friends and Well-wishers of The Association of People with Disability (APD).
We are glad to submit to you the quarterly report of our Education Program for Children with Disability.
Thanks to GlobalGiving community for your generous support for educating the children with disability. The donation raised through GlobalGiving website helped us to provide mid-day meals, books, uniforms, healthcare, transportation, Hearing aids and special coaching supplement to children with disability. Their medical rehabilitation, an integral part of their development, is ensured through regular medical check ups, physiotherapy and use of mobility aids.
The Education Programme at APD aims at promoting inclusive education through focused institutional and district programs and networking with government agencies, NGOs, special and mainstream schools
The Shradhanjali Integrated School (SIS) of APD has 203 children on roll, for the Academic Year 2015-2016. These children are from under privileged segment .The school aims in helping these children join mainstream schools after giving the support required. This is a day school and we have two buses that pick up children every morning and drops them back home. The focus at SIS is on activity-oriented learning. The school offers a good resource center and library. Co – curricular activities like painting, quiz competitions, sports, cultural festivals, and arts and crafts ensure all round development.
Some of the major activities during the last three months are given below for your kind information.
Key Highlights for the month of June 2015 , July 2015 & August 2015.
June 2015
The school re-opened on 1st June 2015 after summer vacation and there were 56 new students who joined the school. Environment day was celebrated on 5th June by the students who organized skits had a slogan writing competition and several other activities to bring about awareness. On 12th June, a meeting was organised for the parents with the transportation team to discuss bus routes and any other transport related issues.
With the start of the new academic year, elections had to be held to elect the new school and house leaders. A session was held on 23rd June to not only conduct the elections but also explain the election process to the children. This was followed on 25th June with a meeting regarding Therapy which was attended by 25 parents.
July 2015
On 4th of July, a Mangalika Medical Camp was organised and 20 children were provided medical support. On 11th July an Essay writing Competition was held for the Children from Grade I to VII to improve their English writing skills.
A Mobility Aids Training was held on 23rd and 24th July for the Staff of the school to equip them to help the children better. On 24th July, an Eye camp was conducted by Vasan Eye Clinic and 120 children had a routine eye check-up. On 31st July, 31 children from the Nursery Class were taken for a visit to the Aquarium as part of their curriculum.
August 2015
The Indian Independance Day celebrations started early with a Inter House Skit competition organised as part of the celebrations with a theme of "Freedom Fighters". This was followed on 7th August with a Rangoli competition with a theme of "National Symbols". On 13th August, 20 children participated in a Sports competition organised by a leading college in the city - Jyoti Nivas College and 6 of the children were able to excel and win prizes in the event. On 15th August, Indian Independence Day, various cultural performances were done by the children during a special event where Mr. Ganesh Reddy was the Chief guest. On 25th August, a Development Training programme was conducted which was attended by 25 parents.
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Our sincere thanks to all of our Donors for their kind donations and love. We shall submit to you more news in the next report.
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