Media Release
Bengaluru, Mar 10: Don Bosco Church organized a programme for the disabled persons in and around the city which was named ‘Differently Abled Day’ at the parish located at Lingarajapuram, Bengaluru, recently. ‘We care so we share’ was chosen as the theme of the day. The jointly-initiated mission had focused on the empowerment of persons with disabilities for inclusive, equitable and sustainable development. They also pledged to leave no one behind.
The entire scheme of 'Differently Abled Day', was planned and executed in association with the Commission for Differently Abled Persons of the archdiocese of Bengaluru, Good Sam Foundation, Lions Club International Pyramid, Birds Paradise, Maruthi Sevanagar, Kumara Park, Bhartiya Seva Charitable Trust, LCB Phoenix and Godson Memorial. The aims and objectives of the dynamism are to promote the rights and well-being of people with disabilities in all spheres of society and areas of development.
The planners of the project had done it with a view to increasing awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in every aspect of spiritual, political, social, economic and cultural life. One of the members of the organizing team of the programme said, “We would like to say to them that we are there to care for them, share the little we have with them related to education, growth and employment." Their agenda included supplying wheelchairs artificial limbs, providing them with pension available with the government, job placement for the blind, providing hearing aid to the deaf and assuring them that they are part of their family. The supporters of the scheme also leave an impression on the disabled that they love and care for them. With means of this creative move, they want to assure 'we are for them in all circumstances.'
The archbishop Peter Machado of Bengaluru graced the occasion and imparted a concluding message. The programme was blessed with the presence of Lion Deepak Suman MJF first VDG, Lion Raju Chandrasekhar member secretary, DDRC Bangalore Urban, DC for Specially Challenged People, LCI-District-317F, state awardee. Nelly Prichard, Good Sam Foundation and Estelle D’Souza joint secretary Disabled Commission, archdiocese of Bengaluru. Fr Aloysius Santiago parish priest, other parish clergy of Don Bosco Church and lay leaders of the parish also volunteered to support the cause of the disabled.