Deepshikha organises workshop on disability and development sector : Ranchi

Deepshikha, an NGO working for children with mental disability, organised a state level workshop on the convergence of disability and development sector at Institute for Child Development and Mental Health, Namkum on Friday.

 The workshop was sponsored by the National Trust, New Delhi. The key objective of the workshop was to ensure that all development projects include a disability perspective and are fully accessible to all ‘People with Disability’ (PwD).

 The workshop was attended by 42 participants representing the National Trust in order to share working experiences with persons with disabilities in their disability specific and disability-inclusive projects. Resource persons were invited from both development sectors as well from disability sectors.

Sudha Lhila, Executive Director, Deepshikha stated that development sector should take initiative to include ‘People with Disability’ in their programs. She emphasized on the need for sharing of information and expertise for the empowerment of people with disability. Director Academic, Deepshikha Dr. Alka Nizamie explained the objectives of the workshop. Later, an introductory session of participants was started by her. In the workshop, resource person presented on lessons-learned from the cross cutting issues.

One of our resource person Binay Pattanayak, Educational Specialist, UNICEF, Jharkhand briefly discussed on the importance of ‘Child with Disability’ in their family and how ‘Children with Disability’ are focused and honest in their work environment.

The participants articulated that the workshop was really useful for them. They have received a lot of tips for empowering the ‘People with Disability’.

In the closing remarks Nizamie highlighted the need to address identified areas of the convergence and to develop a clear mechanism to monitor and implement policies on the ground for empowering of people with disability in disability specific and disability inclusive projects.


Source : The Pioneer , Ranchi ( 9th march 2013 )