Thanks to Media

The 5th December event received good media support in spreading the message and letting the world know about Cheshire Homes Chandigarh.  Our special thanks to them.

Check out media reports here. 

Photo Gallery Updated

The blog is constantly under upgradation and new features are being added.
You can now see the slide show of 5th December photos on the home page of the blog itself.

Click on the Photo Gallery to see some of the photographs of the 5th December function.

We shall welcome suggestions and contributions from the members. 

Need to Empower People with Disability: Advisor

Cheshire Homes commemorates World Disability Day

Cheshire Homes Chandigarh handed over equipments and accessories to 14 physically challenged persons here today.

At a function organized here at Cheshire Homes to commemorate the International Day of the Persons with Disabilities, the chief guest, Mr. K.K. Sharma, Advisor to the Administrator UT Chandigarh, commended the efforts of Cheshire Homes Chandigarh for empowering the physically challenged persons and making them self-reliant.

Mr Sharma called upon all sections of the civil society, government and other non-government organizations to work with persons with disabilities to achieve inclusive, sustainable, and equitable development.

Later he handed over six tricycles, one wheel chair, one bicycle, and six sewing machines to the needy.

Chairman of the Cheshire Homes Chandigarh, Gurdip Singh Deep informed that the Home was established in the city on 5th November 2002 in Sector 15 and was later shifted to a two-canal house in Sector 21A, provided by the Chandigarh Administration.

There are 19 inmates in this Home, and 17 of them have been gainfully employed and are able to lead independent life, Deep informed.

However, Cheshire Homes has identified nearly 600 physically challenged individuals belonging to the economically poor strata of the society, who are helped through the outreach programme, he added.

Dr. V.J.S. Vohra informed that Cheshire Homes which is a part of the international charity to help the disabled, was founded in 1948 by Lord Leonard Cheshire, and is spread over 55 countries of the world today.  In India the first Cheshire Home was established in Mumbai in 1955, and today there are 22 Homes across the country, including in Chandigarh.

Mrs. Raminder Panag also spoke on the occasion.

The Trauma of Disability in India

This video gives a glimpse about the correlation between poverty and disability in India. Especially, when disabled people are being exploited by gangs to generate sympathy and to make more money as beggars.

International Day of People with Disability

Cheshire Homes Chandigarh is commemorating the 'International Day of People with Disability' at its premises on 5th December 2011 at 4:30pm.

The Advisor to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Mr. K.K. Sharma, shall be the chief guest.  On this occasion, as a part of our Out-Reach Program, tricycles, wheelchairs, bicycle, sewing machine, etc, would be handed over to 15 physically challenged persons. 

Let's join together and share the way we can make the mission of Cheshire Homes much more meaningful and sustainable, as supporters, as friends, as volunteers...as human beings!

International Day of People with Disability (December 3) is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992. It has been celebrated with varying degrees of success around the planet. The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. It also seeks to increase awareness of gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life. It was originally called "International Day of Disabled Persons".  Each year the day focuses on a different issue.

Theme for 2011: “Together for a better world for all:
Including persons with disabilities in development”