Rehabilitation for 50 Children with Disabilities

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.