HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2010.

Dear ALL

Hope we are all happy with the events happened during the year 2009. We are at the end of 2009 and planning to complete the left out in the last two days. Best of luck. At the same time, we all might be planning the year calender for the coming on 2010.

HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2010.

Looking forward for better networking to enhance our capacities and thus to reach the needy with matching resources / services suiting to their challenges, skills, needs and living circumstances ......

Best of luck and hope to see you all................

Amendements in the Disability Acts

Dear ALL

In the Disability Sector, there exists several Acts for the empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. With time and development, there is a need to amend these Acts suiting to the dynamic needs of these people and their surrounding environment.

In view of the recent UNCRPD, it is mandatory to amend the existing Acts. All the stakeholders do accept for this and interested to contribute for the same. In the process of development or upgradation the existing benefits / facilities should not be ignored.

National Trust Act 1999 is one such Act works for the persons with autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation & multiple disabilities. The draft copy of the amendment is kept in the website of the National Trust and invited comments / suggestions / recommendations etc. All the concerned needs to contribute for this.

The specific items needs to be mentioned hear like:

1. Prevention should be part of the Act only.

2. Legal Guardianship should be retained.

3. Support Decision Making (SDM) should be the option on need based in addition to the Legal
Guardianship.

Interactions with the parents and other stakeholders is going on to find better solutions for the questions raised by the people with special needs and their family members. This includes "what will happen after us?" and "nothing about us without us".

Please contribute in this direction so that these persons with special needs will be part of the community in an inclusive environment with equality & dignity as a RIGHT.

Hope for the best in creating an INCLUSIVE SOCIETY

Happy NEW YEAR 2010

Best of luck

Parents (of children with mental retardation) Meet in Dec at Kakinada on 5 & 6th Dec. 2009

Dear Stakeholders,

The parents of children with mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities living in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Yanam (UT of Pondicherry) are going to meet at kakinada on 5th & 6th December 2009. Professionals, experts and other stakeholders are going to join this event which is going to discuss various aspects like: challenges, needs, skills, acts, policies, schemes, resources etc., which are meant and needed by the children with special needs.

This event is supported by the National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped (National Institute under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, New Delhi) Secunderabad,. A.P. ,PARIVAAR, the National Federation of Parents Associations, and PARIVAAR CCH, the AP state federation of the Parents Associations.

Locally this event is going to be organized by the Vijetha, Parents Association and Umamanovikas Kendaram, an NGO working for these disabilities. Understanding the needs of the rural persons with disability (more than 70% lives in the rural area), this event was planned to organize in the rural area (which is the turning point) to be near to the individuals who is in need of services / rehabilitation.

I am associated with this event and will be posting more info after the completion of the event.

Looking forward to see some of you .......

with thanks
N.LAKSHMI NARAYANA

24 X 7 WATER SUPPLY

Dear All,

As indicated in the blog, WATER plays significant role in controlling the development of any area or the nation. In spite of several challenges both at micro and macro level, still people are struggling to have sustainable development so the basic needs of the people can met. In this direction the professionals, service provider, government, funding agencies and other stakeholders are putting their best efforts in developing the novel strategies with the upto date technology.

Under these circumstances, reading or listening the novel concept of 24 X 7 water supply is the real boon to the people who need it and who don't need it. In India the pilot projects have shown several limitations and several barriers exists to put it in to the reality. In spite of the ground reality, still it is the hot topic and people are investing time and space to convince the stakeholders.

As a professional, i will be going on posting information with ground reality. In the mean time, i invite the readers to post their comments / advice / suggestions / recommendations etc., so that we all put together can consolidate the info on the issues.

Looking forward for better networking and sharing the info......

with thanks

CSR towards the Community Development

Dear ALL

In the process of development in view of LPG, India is achieving development on one side and another side worsening the situation. The consequence of this development is widening the gap between the rich and poor. This further results for poor access and connectivity. On the whole India reflects good development with technology which is a good sign for some one and for others who are still victims of poverty faces the negative version of this so called development. Due to this the funding agencies are changing their priorities for the most needy living in other parts. This is creating barriers for the organizations in the service sector to reach the targeted people with better service delivery system matching to their challenges, skills, needs and living circumstances. Further they are facing limitations in empowering the people for leading an independent living with better sustainability and quality of life on the basis of equality and dignity.

To get the needy support, the concerned sector need to establish system with structure so that supports can come forward with better support. The best option towards this is to be part of the NETWORKING which certainly helps for enhancing the capacities of the people and the organization.

In addition to this the other option is to go for CSR which stands for Corporate Social Responsibility. Under this it is mandatory for the Corporates to return some thing for the development of the community which has given resources for their growth and development. The NGOs can work with Corporates to get the support and thus to provide quality services with better sustainability. I will be posting more and more info on this blog so that we all can work to reach our targeted people / area.

Looking forward for better networking with the technology....

Best of luck

Model for Training & Rehabilitaiton of PWD

Dear ALL

Empowerment of Youth with Disability

Dear ALL

Goodmorning.

During 17th & 18th Sep, RGNIYD University has organized National Colloquium on Strategies for Youth Empowerment. It is the most needy and grand success to get the concerned stakeholders on to the same platform. It helped to understand the challenges, GAP, requirement, followup action etc. Also passed the resolution to request for the Review & Amendment of the National Policy.

I have got an opportunity to participate in the event and present a paper on the most needy targeted group i.e., "Empowerment of Youth with Disability - A Model". In fact this group has got priority in Policy itself.

The process is going on to reach the needy individuals and looking forward to get the support from all the concerned stakeholders.

I will be happy to share the proposed model both for Rehabilitation and Prevention.

with thanks