The Project is to benefit Three Hundred (300) pupils/students. A total amount of $ 15000) Would be needed to help sponsor the education of handicapped children at: Jammu District to Help & improve the incomes of 50 needy parents of Children with Disabilities in Income Generating Activities to enhance their socio economic development. 1. Comb through villages to identify, enroll and sponsor poor disabled children of school going age into their special schools.
DESCRIPTION OF FOCAL PROBLEM There exist negative attitudes and social taboos against PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (PWD) in many parts of the World and that includes Jammu and Kashmir. This leads to the neglect of these vulnerable people hampering the development of their God-given potentials. To many parents, 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. These children are usually marginalized. Some
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT Kashmir Humanity Foundation (KHF) Educational Development Programme will enhance the on-going CWD Sponsorship Project in some selected Handicapped Schools in the country. 15.1 Identify needy children in all the three schools and facilitate their schooling with educational materials such as Clothing (school uniforms and footwear), School bags, Textbooks, Stationery, e.t.c. 15.2 Provide learning materials for the training of children in textiles, carpentry,
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 restrictions. Disability is the interaction between individuals with a health condition (e.g. cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and depression) and personal and environmental factors
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