Rehabilitation for 50 Children with Disabilities

We are thankful to all the donors for providing continuous support to needy children with disabilities in Nepal. Till date, you gave us more than $38024 with 348 donors. We hope for your support during the days to come.

The zoo excursion which allows children with disabilities to go on an outing with friends and family is the most eagerly awaited and happy day for the students at CBR.A total of 942 different mammal, bird, fish and reptile 127 species are housed in the central zoo. For the guests it also functions as a relaxation area. For many groups of people the central zoo plays the distinctive role of a historical landmark.

On 10 July, we visited zoo with parents and children with disabilities. This visit was organized in coordination with central zoo office. Ticket and lunch was freely provided by the central zoo. Around 33 people gather to visit zoo, where 14 were children with disabilities and other parents and staff. Around 10:00 am, we set out on our excursion after meeting up at our designated place.

Everyone was really happy when we arrived at our destination, especially our children with disabilities. We divided into two groups after taking attendance. Children and their parents had a good time at zoo. In the zoo, we observed a variety of animals, we take some pictures with animals. We observed a hippo, rhino, monkeys, tiger, etc.

When we asked one of our children how they felt about visiting the zoo, he responded that he found it more fascinating to see the animals in their natural habitat rather than just reading about them in a book. Everyone was delighted to be there. We almost see every kind of animal at the zoo. We ate our snacks at 1:00 pm our break is enjoyable.

Children were playing games with one another while parents were exchanging stories about their visits to the zoo. We started visiting the bird’s area after spending some time playing games. There were numerous birds’ species that might be heard or read about in books. Everyone was having a good time with their loved ones. We wanted to see smiles on everyone's faces when we achieved in our mission to make them happy. Since the beginning, we have a true relationship with the parents of CBR's children with disabilities, and today time has further strengthened that bond.

Today was a fantastic day. We adore the outdoors on this day. We wanted to see smiles on everyone’s faces when we achieved in our mission to make them happy. Since the beginning, we had a real relationship with the parents of CBR’s specially children with disabilities. We appreciate everyone for contributing to the joy of our day. Without our CBR family, we wouldn’t have the memories we cherish today. I hope we’ll produce more in the future.

At least we would like to extend our heartly thanks to all our donors without support from them. We would not have been lucky enough to manage these activities.

Great thanks to all Donors

We are thankful to all the donors for providing continuous support to needy children with disabilities in Nepal. Till date, you gave us more than $37644 with 340 donors. We hope for your support during the days to come. Even in the COVID-19 worse situation, we are successful in providing the necessary support to the children. This is because of your support. GREAT THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN!

The most anticipated and joyful day for the students in CBR is the picnic day, which gives children with disabilities a chance to embark on outing with close friends and family members. On March 25 2023, the picnic for this year took place in Godawori some 11km far from the central office which is wonderful natural place to visit. The major reason we organized this event was to travel to new location with CBR members to explore the nature and share wonderful experience with kids.

The picnic was open to all CBR members including the parents, family, staff, volunteers and board members. The picnic was attended by 115 people in which 35 were children with disabilities and remaining were family, staff, and board members. In order to make it easier to take bus from a nearby stop two buses were allocated for that day. Once everyone had arrived in Godawori around 10 am, they helped in loading things into place. All of us were hungry after an hour of travel. For everyone's benefit, the catering staff was able to resolve all issues and provide the meal at 9:30 am. For the sake of the kids who can't sit properly in chairs, carpets were placed on the floor so they could rest and feel comfortable.

After completing breakfast, we headed to the botanical gardens. An official collection of living plants is kept in a botanical garden for the purposes of scientific study, conservation, display, and education. That location was lovely and serene. We all appreciate nature's beauty. The botanical gardens offered a wide variety of places to explore the lovely garden with water features. Everyone starts taking pictures and videos of the flowers and fountains as long as we were there. Following our tour to the garden, we returned to the picnic area.

At 12:56 in the morning, we started playing games with the parents of the students. We begin the game "BOCCIA." Children with disabilities were given instructions on how to play this game and enjoyed it a lot. Members of the contestants' families and friends cheered them on as they competed. Watching them smile makes us feel fantastic. We then begin our next game, which was designed for parents. The game's theme was "wearing sari," and we called on our participants. Mother needs to dress appropriately for this game. Mothers competing in the contest were fierce competitors. Others were having fun while others were becoming anxious. Our charming and attractive parents participated in the funniest game with us. The following game involved hanging balloons and candies. The balloons must be popped, and the students must consume the hanging chocolate. Our game begins with students running toward the balloon to explode it, then they must jump high to get to the chocolate which was hung from a rope. In that game, they performed at their peak. Some people had troubled jumping and nearly quit. Some had a lot of energy and consumed large amounts of chocolate.

After having fun with the students and parents, we took a break for lunch and then rested. After that, parents, children, and staff participated in a game of "pot hitting," in which a pot is fastened in place and a blindfolded person is given a stick to hold. Once the person is blinded, they must make a few rounds and tire to hit the pot with a stick. That match was won by one of our lovely dads. We gave prizes to each player after our game session is over. Our members gave out the reward. Yes, it was a day the children appeared to have a lovely day because of how well they had spent their time and how happy they were. We ate dinner at about 4:00 p.m. After dinner, we begin dancing. Everyone was singing along and dancing to the music. Our students are very animated and love to sing and dance.

For us, a picnic is about spending quality time and creating many memories with our loved ones, not about eating or exploring new places. Our goal was to make them happy, and we wanted to see grins on everyone's faces when we succeeded. Since the beginning, we have maintained a sincere relationship with the parents of children with disabilities of CBR, and thanks to the wonderful picnic, that relationship has become even stronger. We looked at how we may help children with disabilities and their guardians form cohesive social groupings to help them advance in receiving protection and feel secure in society.

We are thankful to all the donors for providing continuous support to needy children with disabilities in Nepal. Till date, you gave us more than $37229 with 329 donors. We hope for your support during the days to come. Even in the COVID-19 worse situation, we are successful in providing the necessary support to the children. This is because of your support. GREAT THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN!

Here is a brief description of the support programs:

Disability Days Celebration

At 10 am, the rally started from Bhukutimandap, Kathmandu, and around 11 am the rally ended in Bhikutimandap, Kathmandu. The special guests who attended the program. The program was very well organized. Immediately as the rally ended, the participants were advised to be seated. It started with a short introduction to the importance of the program and thank all the people present over there for their love and support. During the announcements and also during the performance, sign language was used for the audience who cannot hear. It started with the national anthem by the children unable to see and hear. The event was quite successful in conveying the message that disability cannot be overlooked. It has to be addressed and discussed to fulfill the demand for improving their living conditions.

Clothes distribution to Children with Disabilities 

This time clothes are distributed to children with disabilities of all the Patan CBR students. Altogether we provided 50 Children with Disabilities with school dress and Nepali Celebrity, Actor Nikhil Upreti came as a chief guest to motivate the children and hand over the clothes to students. Clothes are distributed to make them warm and safe from cold weather. Motherland Nepal and Patan Community-based Rehabilitation collaborated to organize this clothes distribution program.   

Education Materials Distribution

Education materials are distributed to children with disabilities of all the Patan CBR students. Altogether we provided 50 Children with Disabilities with education materials. Education materials like bags, copies, pencils, and colored pencils have also been distributed to the children. Nepal Ireland Society and Patan Community-based Rehabilitation collaborated to organize this education materials distribution program.   

We are very happy to let you know that we coordinated with persons and other organizations to provide these services to needy children. All these works are possible due to support from different organizations and GlobalGiving. 

Thank you very much for your continuous support to the needy children of Nepal through Patan CBR Organization. Till date you have given more than $37000 with more than 180 donations, Awesome Contribution!. I Hope this support will continue during the days to come

• On 20 August 2022, Patan CBR had Annual General Meeting (AGM). All the Patan CBR staff, board members, students with disabilities with their parents and volunteers attended the AGM. The guests were welcomed by the students with handmade fabric flower bouquets. Those bouquets were made by Patan CBR students with disability in our ‘skill development’ unit. The bouquets were admired and appreciated by the recipients.

Besides this some developments in Patan CBR are described below;

• The ground floor classroom, which is designated for students with severe disability who cannot climb the stair, was damaged by storm and heavy rain during COVID -19 lockdown. This room has now been renovated and re-painted. Similarly, other class rooms are also freshly painted.

 Patan CBR provided 7 students with regular medicine and 4 students with diapers. 

• The products such as beaded necklaces, earrings, and candles etc. that were produced in skill development unit by children with disability were displayed for sale for the visitors of Patan CBR. 

• In Nepal, Carers are not recognised in constitution and hence there is no social security payment for them. They are unpaid, invisible, unrecognized and unappreciated. Patan CBR along with other 16 agencies serving in disability sector has joined hands to advocate for Carers to be recognised in Nepalese constitution. The agencies have collaborated to provide a toll free line service for carer to call where they can get information on various Government schemes provided by the government to the disabilities, single women, senior citizens, the referral information; advice to right treatment at right place and connecting the carers, services provided by the partner organization; supporting the carer through expert level of counselling to motivate them spiritually, mentally and emotionally.  

• Many Patan CBR students have been coming to its day-care for many years and they do not have anywhere else to go due to lack of employment opportunity for them even they are eager to work. Patan CBR is planning to start a social enterprise employing youth/people with intellectual disability by training and starting a bakery to bake cookies and to sell them at the stores in a supported employment setting. Patan CBR is greatly motivated by a successful Japanese social enterprise called “Palette International Japan” where people with intellectual disability are working to make cookies and cake and the business is running successfully since 1985. Patan CBR is working to raise funds to initiate this project and your support is much appreciated.

We are grateful to all of the donors who have continued to support Nepal's needy children with disabilities. With 306 donations, you have given us more than $36,000 to date. We look forward to your continued support in the days ahead. Even in the worst case scenario of COVID-19, we are able to provide the essential support to the children. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN! 

RE-OPENING SCHOOL WITH BUS

The school was closed from April 2020 to January 2021 due to COVID-19. Students were unable to attend school in that situation. We were able to include a few people via video chat, but we were unable to run online classes due to the state of the students. During discussions with parents about the school's opening in February 2021, some parents stated that they would not send their children to school and only a few parents agreed to send their children who took COVID vaccination. After that, we began to run a school before COVID, but only a small number of students attended.

On April 19, 2022 we held a short meeting with parents of disabled children. We talked about how to start class after COVID and make it more beneficial for the children. We talk about how to run the bus safely. In addition, parents committed to send their children to school. The number of students attending school has increased. They tell how they feel when they return to school after a lengthy absence and are delighted to see their friends. We started working on fine motor abilities in our new class session. Children can access so many more things and become more confident and capable as their fine motor skills improves. They gain independence in a variety of tasks, including as eating, writing, and speaking. We encourage children to participate in extracurricular activities such as singing, dance, and art. They appreciate being a part of such activities and have a lot of fun.

"I enjoy to come to school every day," one of our kids, told us. She enjoys new experiences and enjoys playing with her buddies. She couldn't share anything with her classmates during lockdown, so when she returned, she was delighted to see her old friends."

We are happy to write you that now those children come from bus are also attending school now and hope, with the low incidence rate of COVID-19, we will be able to operate our school in full capacity in near future.

Corporate Social Responsibility Support

On the occasion of their company's anniversary, ASIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY supports the needy children of Patan CBR. They provided food as well as stationery items such as rice, dal, sugar, bitten rice, noodles, biscuits, pencils, and copies under CSR support. We give it to a total of ten children. We appreciate Asian life insurance's affection and support for us.

GREAT THANK YOU TO ALL THE DONORS.WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM WHOM THESE ACTIVITES AND SERVICES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.