Holistic Development of Youths with Disabilities

Summary

The Project is to benefited One Hundred Fifty (150) pupils/students. A total amount of $ 10,000 would be needed to help sponsor the education of handicapped children at Kurigram District in Bangladesh to Help & improve the incomes of 100 needy parents of Children with Disabilities in Income Generating Activities to enhance their socio economic development. The project aim to conduct Skill Development Training could be the best resort of turning the inner potentialities into formal workforces of the Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). Deploying the PwDs in the skill development training and building competency could enhance their productivity significantly which in some extent exceeds even persons with non-disabilities. However, some reasonable adjustments, including building ramp, accessible washroom, experienced instructors, disable friendly teaching learning aids, special attention, community awareness building, and incentives, should be arranged for the active participation of the PwDs in the operation of project.

Objectives:

    To create social awareness about disability

    To ensure equal rights in society for the disabled

    Increased and more appropriate support for disabled persons and their families

    Increased social interaction between families with disabled in villages in the area.

    Integration of disabled children and young adults into the wider community

    To create a skilled work force within the disabled community by taking different sustainable projects, empowering youth and women.

Major Project Interventions

Established School for Education:

Considering the underlying factors and having analyzed data depicting educational level of the People with disability since there is no government school for disabled children or special needs children. Therefore, the project established 02 (two) special school in the project areas. The project deployed trained professional teachers to operate the school.  

Livelihood Engagement:

It is seen that most People with disability with physical, multiple or intellectual disabilities do not work at all. On the other hand most People with disability with hearing/speech disability work in livestock and as barbers. On the whole, however, the data reflects on the need for providing the People with disability with opportunities to earn livelihood options. This way not only benefited the person with disabilities but also to be benefited their families, most importantly, they will feel good about themselves giving them the required boost of self-confidence and self-assurance.

Personal with disabilities negligence in proper health care facilities:

There is no sufficient health service for persons with disabilities, including persons with psychosocial disabilities. There is discrimination against persons with disabilities in the health sector. Doctors, nurses and health workers do not have enough knowledge about prevention of secondary disability, early intervention, or rehabilitation. To meet the gaps the project introduced community health services in support with local government Community Health Clinics aimed to ensure health services as CWD needed.

Challenge

There exist negative attitudes and social taboos against Peoples with disabilities (PWD) in many parts of the District in country. This leads to the neglect of these vulnerable people hampering the development of their God-given potentials. Many parents thinks that, it is a waste of resources and an unnecessary bother to send the physically challenged such as the deaf, the blind or the cripple to school or for engaging Income Generation. These children are usually marginalized from vulnerable communities in rural areas. To change their attitude the project are streaming them in the development process the project needs to advocate at all levels stakeholders in communities.

Solution

Village Initiative for Empowerment of Women (VIEW) will enhance the on-going Children with Disabilities Sponsorship Project in some selected Handicapped Schools in the areas. We have already identified needy children in the project areas and to facilitate their schooling with educational materials such as Clothing (school uniforms and footwear), School bags, Textbooks, Stationery, as a whole the project aims to provide learning materials for deserved children .Further the project will provide live skills training for sustainable income and employment generation.

Long-Term Impact

We love the disabled just as they are. We care for their well-being and are concerned for their development DEFINITION of DISABILITY The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) defines disability as an umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations and participation

Expected Outcome and output of the Project:

v  100 Children with Disabilities enrolled in main stream education

v  150 Children with Disabilities received health services

v  50 out of 100 engaged with income generating activities to earn monies

v  Livelihood status have been improved

v  Self-confidence and family integration functional

v  People’s perception have been positively changed

Concluding remarks:

The project interventions we have been started from early November, 2022 and continued according to project plan. Some activities have been just started and while others activities will also be taken into consideration to implement. Budgetary funding is necessary to implement the programmes. This project would not have been possible without the kind support and help of donors, friends and any individuals. To support the project fund raising is continued under GlobalGiving and we hope that all the people who are willingly would like to extend their support for the project is highly appreciated.Their generosity will makes a huge difference in the lives of many targeted children with disabilities.