A day at Prabhat

A group of five students from Gandhinagar Institute of Techonology spent a day with Prabhat’s children at the Danilimda Centre in Ahmedabad. Sharing their experience:

Zarna Palera
When I came here I did not have any idea of how to handle a special child or how to deal with them. Initially I was very afraid to talk to them but as I started conversing with them my fears were gone. Special children are very difficult to handle but once you extend a friendly gesture they become comfortable and open up more with you. I realized we really should care for them that is why they are called special because they need our special love, care and attention. It is good if we give them our time, it feels like we are contributing to the society and which is good feeling to have!

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An experience in Danilimda ward, Ahmedabad

Danilimda Ward in eastern Ahmedabad is challenged by poverty, poor living conditions and, inadequate services. Prabhat started its Community-based Rehabilitation (CBR) effort in this area with support and guidance from donors and partner organisations in 2011. This followed a survey of persons with disabilities in this area, and with a particular focus on children with special needs.

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A mass media experience

How much do we know our city? How much do we know about the people co-existing with us in the same geographical expanse? How much do we know about the issues gripping our fellow Ahmedavadis? How much are we ready to do for pressing problems affecting the people in our city? To address a very specific but not a small issue – ‘disability’ in the above context a fifteen day campaign was conducted with a commercial radio channel in collaboration with Prabhat Education Foundation. Prabhat works for the cause of disability in the western part of Ahmedabad in areas which most of us would not even have heard of. They serve children and people with special needs by providing rehabilitation facilities (therapy, academic) and aids and appliances. They also address a very important component of counselling and guiding parents, families and local communities of children/people with disability to accept them as a respectable part of the household and the society at large.

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