Speech by the representative of PBA
300 participants in the hall
Short Drama
The international day of persons with disabilities was celebrated in Abbottabad, in collaboration with two Disabled Peoples Organizations (DPOs), SEWA(Social Welfare Energetic Association) and PBA(Pakistan Blind Association, Abbottabad) Same as the ceremony held las year, planning, preparing and organizing are done by these two DPOs. The president of the former organization is the ex-staff of A STAR Project and the Projeject Steering Team (PST) member at present. The president of the later organization is the PST member.
Some of A STAR PST members, staff and the leadership trainees supported them to give speeches, preside the ceremony and joined as drama actor/actress. All A STAR staff who joined in the ceremony, took a day off. It means that there was no financial input for the ceremony from A STAR Project. The cost for the rent of the ceremony hall, sound system and the refreshment was covered by the fund raised by SEWA.
The program included the welcome note of the PST member (Executive Director of Pak-Irish Rehabilitation Center), the local songs by the guest and his students with visual disabilities from Mansehra, speeches by the presidents, SEWA and PBA, the songs by the PST member (famous singer), the short drama, "Clothes Shop" by the president, SEWA and actor, and the speeches by the KPK Provincial Minister of Food and A STAR Project Director (DCO, Abbottabad).
In the short drama, president of SEWA as the shop keeper with his collegue had a conversation with three persons with hearing, visual and physical disabilities, who were A STAR staff and leadership trainee. The drama showed the current situation and problem in disability issue and tried to rise the awareness through the funy drama. Finally the Minister and Project Director gave their speeched that we try to make efforts to achieve the job quota.
Cake cutting by A STAR staff, whose birthday is Dec. 3.
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