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 September 2015 , October 2015 & November 2015.
September 2015
On 1st September, a training on sign language, language building and maintenance of hearing aids was conducted for 25 parents of hearing impaired children. Teacher's day was celebrated on 5th September by the students who organized various cultural programmes and honored the teachers. Ganesh Chaturthi was celebrated in the school with great fanfare and the Ganesha Idol was kept in the school from 14th to 16th September. Pooja was done and prasad was offered to the students.
October 2015
On 13th October, Summative assessment started for 198 students. The teachers organised a Chaat corner for the students as part of the Dussera celebrations on 21st October and the school closed for Dussera holidays on 22nd October 2015.
November 2015
School re-opened on 2nd November and NDTV did some filming in the school as part of its coverage on inclusive education. On 3rd & 4th November, 15 children participated in a painting and dance competition organized by IRP in Basavanagudi. On 6th November, Karnataka Rajyotsava was celebrated with various cultural programmes being held. On 7th November, 10 children participated in a Painting competition that was organized by the Rotary Club. On the same day, 2 Teachers attended a training programme in RV College of Education on Awareness and Importance of Intervention in early years.
We need your help to spread the word! Please share this opportunity with your friends and contacts, especially those who are USA tax payers . Post a link to our project page on your Facebook page asking your friends to donate . For further details please feel free to write to me shanigar@apd-india.org or call me on *Mob: +91- 9972450655*
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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