Hi Arun, I read your mail to the group. I understand your feelings and feel that you are justified in voicing it. I just wanted to let you know that I am very senior person who comes with a volunteering experience of about 19 years and now i am on the Board of NAB Karnataka. After being in this field after much thinking i launched my NGO Inclusion Beyond Abilities Trust and for the launch i called upon two friends from this community to do the hosting which was so well appreciated and there was a newspaper coverage also about them. The Commissioner for disabilities launched and these two people who did the hosting also got the same coverage. I am putting in my best efforts and working hard to make the society inclusive and the vision of my NGO is also to make recreational and wellness activities inclusive. Art of Living and Ripples of Change Foundation are partnering with us and will soon start taking classes over the weekends.
Hope this work of mine will be appreciated by you and all other friends in this group and i need your support. Thanks, Lakshmi Ravishankar On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:11 PM A K Dua <akdu...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Nation observed the World Day for the Disabled yesterday; while almost > all the States did as well. Awards were given away for outstanding > achievements to the disabled as well as those working for the empowerment > of the disabled. > > The United Nations theme was to promote leadership, provide an inclusive > eco system and give opportunities for contributing to the sustainable > goals. > > All through the media, the V I P’s made promising statements to encourage > the disabled and appreciate their achievements. They included the Vice > President of India, Chief Ministers, Ministers, Principal Secretaries, > Directors and several others. If I remember correctly, the president of > India used to give these awards, earlier. > > In spite of all the honours and the sweet words spoken; it is astonishing > to note that the names of most of the awardees are missing in the media > reports; leave aside a mention of their achievements. It appears, by giving > away these awards; the authorities are just fulfilling their duty towards > the disabled. Similarly, the media seems to cover the occasion to highlight > the efforts of the authorities to empower the Divyangs. Who cares for their > achievements or innovative work done by them. > > At least B B C Hindi had the decency to play an audio clip of interaction > with Nidhi Goyal, on her accessible - Rising Flame website! > > However, here is the link for the list of awardees of 2019 : > > https://ourcivilsociety.com/2019/11/18/winners-of-national-disability-awards-2019/ > > > > · Arun Kumar Dua > Celebrating World Disability Day! > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > Celebrating World Disability Day! Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
