Empower 120 differently abled kids in Tamil Nadu

Greetings from VOICE Trust.

Thank you all for your continued support until now, with your help we have reached 25+ children and hopefully together along with you we will give sustainable lives for differently abled kids.

India has 20.42 lakh disabled children aged between 0 and 6 years. Around 71% of them - 14.52 lakh children - are in rural areas. There are 5.9 lakh disabled children in cities. Of them, 11.04 lakh are male and 9.38 lakh are female children. Among them, 1.49 lakh children have multiple disabilities.

Children with hearing and eyesight disabilities form the lion's share among them. All age groups put together, there are more than 41 lakh children with eyesight problems and 47 lakh children with hearing disabilities in the country, says the latest report on 2011 Census released on Monday.

There are more than 5.80 lakh children in this age group with other disabilities like autism and cerebal palsy. Uttar Pradesh has the maximum number of children with disabilities. Bihar is next on the list with 2.90 lakh children. Maharashtra has 2.17 lakh children with disabilities. In the south, undivided Andhra Pradesh has 1.27 lakh children, followed by Karnataka - 92,853 - Tamil Nadu - 62,538 - and Kerala - 26,242.

In India, a majority of the disabled resides in rural areas where accessibility, availability, and utilization of rehabilitation services and its cost-effectiveness are the major issues to be considered.

Being the second child of dailywage farmer, Logeswari is doing her 6th grade and was identified issues in balancing at the age of 3, the family was not able to afford for proper treatment as they were struggling for food, she needs someone to take care of her while walking because she often falls down due to lack of balance in her hip bone. The family sufferred a lot and VOICE Team gave pysiotheraphy initially but that was not a permanent solution. Somedays, she was not able to go to school if there were no one to accompany her. Being a good student in academics, she missed classes. Because of you help we gifted her belt for her hips, calipher for her legs and walker to practice maintaining balance. Until this activity has begun, we have spent the maximum money for Logeswari and that's worth it. Her face glows when she said I am able to walk alone and independent. Though initially she faced discomfort and pain and being a child she expressed unwilligness to wear the belt, but as she started practicing she accepted it and regular theraphy and practice will make her more stronger.

Thank you once again for transforming Logeswari's life and making her independent..!!

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