ALL INDIA ESSAY COMPETITION FOR DISABLED PERSONS
ON
"EXPECTATIONS OF THE DISABLED PERSONS AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS ON
SUPPORT
SCHEMES"
In the context of the forthcoming world disabled day on 3rd
Dec.2008,
Nandini Voice for the Deprived, a Chennai based NGO, would
organise an
All India essay competition for the disabled persons on the
following
subject.
"EXPECTATIONS OF THE DISABLED PERSONS AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS ON
SUPPORT
SCHEMES"
OBJECTIVE :
More than 2% of the national population constitute disabled
persons,
consisting of orthopaedically disabled, visually impaired,
hearing/speech impaired and mentally ill persons. In the state
of
Tamil Nadu alone ,there are reported to be around 1.7 million
disabled
persons.
More than 90% of the disabled persons belong to lower income
group.
with inadequate income and family support and lack of education
and
skill acquisition opportunities, many disabled persons live in
extremely stressful conditions.
While there are number of governmental schemes and several NGOs
are
extending support measures to disabled persons, still the
solutions
for their problems in full measure are no where in sight.
It is necessary to give an opportunity to the disabled persons
themselves to express their views and suggest solutions, so that
the
policy makers and the concerned NGOs can make their plans to
extend
support to the disabled persons , keeping the ground realities
in
view.
This essay competition is being organised to encourage the
disabled
persons to introspect on their problems and suggest solutions
based on
their own experience and expectations.
ELIGIBILITY :
The essay competition is open for disabled persons all over
India
irrespective of age and educational level.
SIZE OF THE ESSAY :
The essay should not exceed 1000 words and can be written in
English,
Hindi or Tamil.
The visually impaired person can write the essay in braille
language
or can send an audio cassette. Those who have no literacy and can
not
write an essay can send their views in audio cassette.
CASH AWARDS :
Twenty cash awards would be presented to the winners in the All
India
essay competition.
Of this, ten cash awards would be presented to those who have
studied
up to school level education and the remaining ten cash awards
would
be presented to those with higher educational level.
LAST DATE:
The essay should be sent by post or email on or before 15 th
Novermber, 2008 to the following address
N.S.Venkataraman
Trustee
Nandini Voice For the Deprived
M 60/1, 4th Cross Street,
Besant Nagar,
Chennai-600090
Tel:- 24916037 / 24961346
Email:- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks and regards
N.S.Venkataraman
KODAKKAL SHIVAPRASAD,FUWAI
Award Winner & Record Holder-International Biographical Note,
URL:- http://kodakkal.ning.com/
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