On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Evara Foundation organised an all India drawing/painting competition. It was aimed at increasing awareness about disability and persons with disabilities among the school students. The event was open for students of sixth to 10th standards from all schools of India.
Lalit Kumar ‘Samyak Lalit,’ Chairman of Evara Foundation said that a virtual exhibition of selected paintings shall be set up on www.evara.org. The subject of this competition was ‘Inclusion of Students with Disabilities’ and the event was titled ‘Samadhan 2020.’
Announcing the results, the project coordinators Sharda Sumand and Madhuram Aparajita said that Adya Singh and Arjun Pratap Singh from class six; Neelanjana Maggo and Akshayanshi Singh from class seven; Kiran from class eight; Kratika Pandey, Avishi Bansal from class nine and Gaurav, Simran, Pinky, and Manan Jain from class ten were selected as winners of the competition. Detailed results will be available on the Evara website. The students will be provided with certificates and gift hampers.
There are some paintings showing problems faced by persons with disabilities and then some other artworks depict the solutions for these problems. It is heartening to see that the sensitivity is developing among students for all sections of society.