WITH PRAGATHI'S 11TH ANNIVERSARY IN HYDERABAD

Dear All

Continuation to my networking with the NGOs working in general and particularly in the Disability Area, i have been with PRAGATHI who celebrated its 11th Anniversary on 11th March 2012 in Hyderabad. The evening was very good with the skills show of the children with developmental disabilities. It was quite colourful and every one enjoyed the show of these children. It reflects their abilities contrary to the general assumption that they do not have any skills and cannot fit into the mainstream. The children proved it wrong and given clear message that they can do and wants to be with the family and community. 

While addressing the parents and other invitees, my points were very specific such as:

• These children have got skills and shown to us that they can be like their normal counter parts
• As indicated, their world is beautiful than the normal's
• Parents play key role and they should be part of the rehabilitation
• We all can work for their better living with better access 
• We should work for their empowerment both socially and economically
• Challenges of disability sector are in increasing trend
• Recent survey indicate the disability population around 14% against 2% in 2001
• We all needs to be prepared to face all these challenges
• Resources is the major constraint in DR
• UNCRPD and amendment of Indian Disability Acts & Policies are going to be right based powerful tool  to work in this area 
• Towards this, evidence based strategies, interventions, results and documentation is the need of the hour
• In addition to Government, there exist several sources both in India and outside  for mobilizing resources. 
• In spite of all the barriers, still opportunities were there to move forward to reach more such  children with right based strategies and interventions 
• Prgathi made a good beginning and progress and we all needs to travel a long journey   to achieve our targeted goal of mainstreaming these children with dignity and equality as a RIGHT..............................

It was ended with high spirit to move forward with lot of energy......

Looking forward for better networking with dynamic linkages...

All the Best