Annual Report 2010-2011 - National Trust

Annual Report 2010-2011
development of new technology and innovation for persons with disabilities. An
amount of Rs. 50000 was sanctioned and released to ISAAC – India Chapter for
convening 2 nd National Conference on Alternative Communication and Assistive
Technology for persons with disabilities held in Chennai on 9 -10 July, 2010.
18.3 Media
To sensitize society about the schemes, programmes and activities of the National
Trust different modes are adopted such as planners, table calendars and wall calendars
featuring role models and achievers with developmental disabilities besides
advertisements in newspapers, articles in magazines.
For creating awareness among families having persons with disabilities to get them
counted during the Census 2011, a 30 seconds film was made by National Trust and
was telecast by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Government of India
on Doordarshan.
18.4 9 th Anjali National Children’s Festival
National Trust supported the endeavour of Swabhiman – an NGO in organizing
‘Anjali’ an Inclusive Children Festival held annually in Bhubaneswar to encourage
children to come together and participate in various creative activities. This year,
the programme was held during 10 th – 14 th November, 2010, in which around 1000
children, escorts and volunteers participated. An amount of Rs. 3.0 lakh has been
sanctioned, out of which Rs. 1.50 lakh has been released.
18.5 International Conference/Workshop on Autism
National Trust has also supported Tamana Association, New Delhi in organizing
International Conference/ Workshop on Autism from 8-11 April, 2010. An amount of
Rs. 1.0 lakh has been released for this purpose.
18.6 Awareness camp on World Autism Day
‘World Autism Day’ is celebrated by National Trust and its registered organizations
across the country on 2nd April, 2011, National Trust in collaboration with St.
Stephen’s Hospital, the mother NGO dealing with Homeless population in Delhi,
organized mobile awareness campaign at 40 places of Delhi, being conducted by
homeless people with disabilities on tricycles at strategic locations. The campaign
proved to be a good success specially in the resettlement colonies.
18.7 We Care Filmfest 2010
We Care Film Fest is an annual international festival of documentary films on
disability issues. It is organized by Brotherhood with the support of National Trust
and in association with the United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan
(UNIC), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) and the Asian Academy of Film and Television (AAFT).
The Festival is an advocacy tool that seeks to bring about attitudinal and behavioural
changes on approaches to disability, promote the inclusion of people with disabilities,
and rid people of misconceptions, myths and prejudices surrounding disability issues.
The Festival seeks to promote the rights of persons with disabilities as set out in the
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)
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