Empowering 140 disabled children in Toba Tek Singh

The support for the disable community is one of the main priorities of Joy Foundation. We have been working closely with this group and our interactions with them brought us to a conclusion that people often ignore them and consider them not important to be looked after. This behaviour causes a lifetime of trauma for the persons with disabilities. In order to overcome this barrier Joy Foundation focuses not only on the persons with disbilities but their close circle as well. We target them and often conduct seminars and meetings so that people can understand the importance and the need to be supportive of PWDs.

The Rehabilitation training program is for both groups of people to create awareness on the rights of Persons with Disabilities. We brought together normal and disable people together to understand better that disable people are no less than the normal people and have the right to live & enjoy life equally. Joy Foundation targets the rural and under-developed areas for this program as disable people there often lack the right treatment and care that they need and deserve. In urban areas it is a little better as people recognize and are well aware of the rights of PWDs but it is the opposite in rural areas. Through this program we will uplift the disable people in rural areas.

Joy Foundation started its works for the benefit of persons with disability. A community center was established for the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities. The center served as a source of enjoyment and activity for the persons with disability. The parents who sent their children to the center were very content, as they saw their children and their personalities changing to lively persons. The center was a great success and was appreciated by the communities Joy Foundation was working with. From there on Joy Foundation started supporting disable people for their skill training and the disable children for their education.

At the present Joy Foundation is supporting disable children to get adopted into Inclusive Education facilities. We are not only encouraging children but also managing to motivate the teachers and school administrations to promote Inclusive education and children with disabilities so that they can also have a lively and energetic future just as other normal children. The aim here is to provide the best and equal facilities for all children regardless of any kind of barriers. Joy Foundation has always made the disable community a priority and always will be.