To commemorate the International Day of Disability, Aadhar Centre for Child Development, Psychological and Career Counselling organized an event on Monday at Gandhi Bhavan Bhopal.
Aadhar Centre also celebrated its Inception Day with various cultural activities and events.
The event started with a Saraswati Vandana and to the delight of all, Maa Saraswati was depicted live by a challenged child.
The cultural event included a dance drama Boogie Woogie The Jungle Book by the special children and their siblings.
It was commendable to see the little children whom we as society think as challenged and incapable of anything, performing so beautifully on the stage. A little girl also dedicated her dance to her elder challenged sister.
The programme was followed with performances by a mother and challenged child duo winning the hearts of one and all.
A skit on problems faced by adolescents and youth including depression, suicide was vividly portrayed by The Pitara group which was followed by an interactive session on mental wellbeing between the experts Dr Rama Sharma, Dr Shikha Rastogi, RJ Bani, Ritu, Dr Anupma Maheshwari and Dr Jagmeet Kaur Chawla.
A soul touching dance presented by Apama Soni emphasized the need for an Aadhar in all our lives.
A beautiful ceremony of students graduating from Aadhar and joining mainstream was presented followed by a speech by Anamika which welled up emotional feelings in all and also re-emphasized that self resolve and support or Aadhar is what each one of us needs to become successful.
A souvenier highlighting the journey of Aadhar with its trials tribulations and success in trying to break the barriers of taboos regarding disability and counselling was released by the Chief Guest Jaisliree Kivawat Commissioner Public Instruction.