Rehabilitation for 50 Children with Disabilities

We are very happy to share with you that till today, we have raised $ 16,760 with 181 donations. Patan CBR has been able to provide rehabilitative services to Children with Disabilities only because of your support. We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to all the donors, supporters and well- wishers for their contribution.

We also want to share that we are participating in the biggest fundraising season of the year, "Year-End Fundraising Campaign 2017" organized by GlobalGiving. It started from November 28 and will last till end of December 2017. We want to appeal to all our donors that we need your support for this.

This Time I am going to report about Dance performance by Children with Disabilities. Rotaract club is an international club established under Rotary International with membership of youth -18 to 30. Rotaract club of Lalitpur hosted candle walk and cultural programme on new year eve of Nepal Sambat 1138 (19^th October, 2017).Rotaract club has been organizing this programme since 12 years. The cultural program was organized at Mangalbazar, Patan. In the cultural program, there were dance performances by children with Intellectual Disabilities of Patan CBR Organization. 2 boys and 2 girls with disabilities performed dance in a popular Nepali song.

Children were very happy to give performance in front of the mass. One child who performed said "I like to learn dancing because then I get to perform in public in front of my parents". As we all know that dance is a very good form of therapy for the Children with Disabilities. The dance teacher at Patan CBR says "For children with physical impairment, dance helps to improve function. For children with intellectual disability, dancing helps to improve concentration and memory by serving as good mental exercise".

According to the mother of one participant "My child has performed in few programs. Performing in front of public has enhanced her confidence". Generally, children with disabilities are stigmatized by society, hence they have low self-esteem. The chairperson of the event said "programs like these help to increase acceptance for Children with Disabilities by society. The society will   realize   them as important member of society and that if proper environment is given they flourish like normal children". There is dance class at Patan CBR for children, every two days a week. Children are always eager to learn dancing.