SANKALP-IN AID OF DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLE CHILDREN

Dear Kind Hearts

Greetings from team SANKALP

As we write this progress report in May 2021, we in India are going through a very severe second wave of the COVID-19. We hope that YOU, the caring community who are our strength, are safe and healthy while facing these challenging times.

During the first quarter of the year, the Centre remained closed as per the government advice. However, our teachers are continuously giving online special education and training to the children. Our physiotherapist also continues to give physiotherapy lessons on phone. Our “Toy Library” continues to provide special educational toys to the children during the lockdown.

Creativity doesn't wait for that perfect moment at ANKALP...!!!

Festival of Uttarayan 2021 @ Sankalp

To celebrate the annual Kite festival, we conducted an online kite making workshop from old newspapers with a message to follow COV-D-19 protocols during first week of January.

Our teachers taught children how to make a kite from paper & children tried it at their home. So this Uttarayan festival was celebrated with a difference.

Children enjoyed craftwork and Making kites and flying it together with family members was also full of fun.

Republic Day 2021 Celebration @ Sankalp

As the entire Nation was lit up in tri-color to celebrate the 72nd Republic Day of our country at Sankalp also our Children did various art craft activities like making tri-color paper flags and paper flowers, Palm printing etc. at their homes under online guidance of our teachers. They enjoyed these craft activities very much. Teachers explained them about importance of our national flag & our Republic Day.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the world has seriously threatened working conditions and opportunities for current and future education. The situation has changed, but not the spirit of at Sankalp.

We called some children one by one at Centre and while maintaining social distancing gave training for creative activities while some children were given online training. Children made beautiful pieces of gift articles.

Very shortly we plan to organize an online Exhibition cum Sale of various articles made by children & Teachers.

World Sparrow Day 2021

Sankalp Team made birdbaths and feeders from recycled tin cans on the “World Sparrow Day” on 20^th March, 2021. This created an opening for the birds and a shallow well in the middle for water.

The baths were hung under trees to prevent them from heating up as the day got warmer.

Besides these activities we continue helping the needy parents with a ration kit regularly.

Let’s share with you what one of our parents has to say about their experience with Sankalp during the pandemic:

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