Thane-26 August,2016(abtaknews.com ): 15years
years back, the city of Thane grieved the loss of its gem and favorite leader
DharmaveerAnandDighe in an unfortunate incident. The citizens of Thane came
together on the eve of his death anniversary on 26th August to
organize a seminar for the parents of intellectually challenged children. The
seminar was organized under the able leadership of Shri KedarDighe, President
of DharmaveerAnandDigheYuvaPratishthan along with Vishwas Charitable Trust and
JagrutiPalakSanstha.
JagrutiPalakSanstha
has over 300 parents as members who come together to find solutions for making
life easier for them and their children with intellectual disability. The
seminar was organized in presence Shri KedarDighe, Dr. ShubhaThatte, Dr.
MeenaShiledar,Mrs. ShamashreeBhonsle, Shri. ArvindSule of Vishwas Charitable
Trust which is one of the oldest organization in Thane working for
intellectually challenged kids. “My
uncle, DharmaveerAnandDigheSaheb was instrumental in hearing and solving
problems of the people in Thane. Though we have lost him, I along with other
members of DharmaveerAnandDigheYuvaPratisthan are committed to keep his legacy
alive and keep working selflessly for the people of Thane. In his remembrance,
we recently distributed notebooks to underprivileged kids and today we are here
with eminent doctors to help the parents of intellectually challenged kids and
their parents”, says Shri KedarDighe, President,
DharmaveerAnandDigheYuvaPratishthan. “We
are also proposing an activity centre to be built for these kids and will be
writing to the Government and the Commissioner of Thane” adds Shri
KedarDighe.
A mentally
challenged person is also called PWIDD-Person With Intellectual and
Developmental Disability. There are innumerable difficulties in bringing up and
supporting such a child. Bringing up a mentally deficient child is a big challenge
for any parent, more so if he or she belongs to the financially weaker section
of the society and is a daily wage earner. Some of them may even be single
parents. Though these kids grow up physically, they are not capable of taking
care of themselves due to their mental handicap. This puts the parents to
extreme stress leading to frustration and even suicide. Individually, parents
face insurmountable odds.“There are many
things families can do to help children with psychological disorders. The isolated
child with a disorder, who has some interest or talent, may be helped by taking
part in a special class or art camp,” says Dr. ShubhaThatte.
“We’ve seen parents do some amazing things
with children who are mentally disabled––very moving examples of children who,
because of their parents’ efforts, were able to take part in mainstream
education and other fields,”adds Dr. MeenaShiledar. “We need more and more
such seminars to be organized to make Thane a better place to live.”
DharmaveerAnandDigheYuvaPratishthan
was established in the year 2006 and has since then been involved in number of
activities focused towards the social and economic development of the people of
Thane. The NGO is led by Shri KedarDighe, who istruly a new age leader and
understands the problems of people to provide holistic solutions.
loading...
0 comments: