The World Vision India group recently organized an awareness campaign as part of the global action week for education with special emphasis on inclusive education for children with disabilities in Assam's Jorhat district.
India has around 12 million children living with disabilities. These children often face a variety of problems in getting equal access to various facilities, especially education.
In order to address these issues, World Vision India in collaboration with many partners across India is observing "Global Action Week for Education" with special focus on inclusive education for children with disabilities.
As a part of the program, an awareness campaign was organized in Jorhat's Basbari area recently.
The daylong event was attended by many disabled children and parents.
" Representatives of children with disabilities from 18 states of India had a meeting recently in New Delhi and they have come up with a 15 charter of demands. Through this campaign they want to present this to the government officials in the regional, state and national level to take it up for implementation," said N Renchamo Kithan, Chief Coordinator of Disability, World Vision, NE Region
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Several students of the Bosco institute performed a play to encourage people to give equal treatment and stop discrimination against differently- abled people.
This campaign also gives a chance to the children to put forward their concerns and demands in a charter of demands to various policy makers at different levels.
Equal access to education and better facilities will enable these children to realize their true potential.