To commemorate the International Day of People with a Disability, Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) joined hands with city-based NGO Swarga Foundation and launched the Accessible India Campaign in our city.
This campaign aims to make the corporation schools accessible to the differently-abled children by providing them with accessible infrastructure which comprises of ramps to classrooms and toilets. This campaign also aims at enabling children with disability to right to education, thus making them future-ready. As a part of this campaign, a disabled-friendly toilet was also inaugurated in a corporation school in Ramanathapuram, this morning.
This facility was inaugurated in the presence Uma, Corporation Education Officer, Pamela Suresh, Principal, Vasan Institute of Ophthalmology and Research, Rema Ramesh of Veeraghavan & Co.
Speaking to SimpliCity, Swarnalatha J, Managing Trustee, Swarga Foundation said “There are totally 82 corporation school in the city. So as an initial phase building of disable- friendly toilet was started today at Corporation Higher Secondary School at Ramanathapuram. About five more schools will get disabled-friendly toilets. Two differently-abled kids who were studying here dropped out of school as the school did not have toilets for them. So after the construction of this toilet, we are hoping that they come to school.”
A workshop on the subject ‘Disability and Inclusion’ was hosted for school children as a part of this campaign. Through this workshop, the school kids were sensitized about the hardships that the differently-abled children face. Through the workshop, the participants were also instructed to empathise with the needs of the differently abled and also to provide them with adequate support.
Over 26-million people in India are affected with disability, of which around 20% of them are mobility-impaired. Such people are often found having low-paying or low-level jobs that do not create a sense of satisfaction.
The future of the country lies in how these young minds are in touch with reality and their ability to empathise will make them better citizens, planners and architects who would look into the needs of the lesser privileged.
This campaign aims to make the corporation schools accessible to the differently-abled children by providing them with accessible infrastructure which comprises of ramps to classrooms and toilets. This campaign also aims at enabling children with disability to right to education, thus making them future-ready. As a part of this campaign, a disabled-friendly toilet was also inaugurated in a corporation school in Ramanathapuram, this morning.
This facility was inaugurated in the presence Uma, Corporation Education Officer, Pamela Suresh, Principal, Vasan Institute of Ophthalmology and Research, Rema Ramesh of Veeraghavan & Co.
Speaking to SimpliCity, Swarnalatha J, Managing Trustee, Swarga Foundation said “There are totally 82 corporation school in the city. So as an initial phase building of disable- friendly toilet was started today at Corporation Higher Secondary School at Ramanathapuram. About five more schools will get disabled-friendly toilets. Two differently-abled kids who were studying here dropped out of school as the school did not have toilets for them. So after the construction of this toilet, we are hoping that they come to school.”
A workshop on the subject ‘Disability and Inclusion’ was hosted for school children as a part of this campaign. Through this workshop, the school kids were sensitized about the hardships that the differently-abled children face. Through the workshop, the participants were also instructed to empathise with the needs of the differently abled and also to provide them with adequate support.
Over 26-million people in India are affected with disability, of which around 20% of them are mobility-impaired. Such people are often found having low-paying or low-level jobs that do not create a sense of satisfaction.
The future of the country lies in how these young minds are in touch with reality and their ability to empathise will make them better citizens, planners and architects who would look into the needs of the lesser privileged.