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54th Founders Day at Raphael celebrated

News Desk — Wed, 02 May 2012 06:31:43 +0000

Raphael celebrated its 54^th Founders day on the 5^th of April 2012 with Mr Subhash Kumar, Chief Secretary, Government of Uttarakhand gracing the occasion as the Chief Guest.

The celebrations included a short cultural programme by Raphael children followed by visit to different stalls by the audience. The stalls depicted different activities carried out at Raphael under the aegis of Special Education Wing.

Chairman Raphael, Air Marshal B. D. Jayal highlighted the multifaceted activities in which Raphael is engaged. He thanked all the loyal donors and supporters for strengthening Raphael’s mission of providing relief to those suffering. The Chief Guest too commended the work done by Raphael and urged other individuals and organizations to come forward and do their bit to help the less privileged.

The International Award for the Young People (IAYP)

News Desk — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:38:17 +0000

The award is an exciting self development programme and encompasses different activities such as development of personal interest and practical life skills, encouraging a sense of responsibility towards the peer group and family members, Physical Recreation and an Adventure tour. It is interesting to note that in India, whilst the programme has long been running in main stream schools, this is the attempt by Raphael and the IAYP first management to extend this to special children. Presently, 30 of the special children and 29 of the Little White House children at Raphael have joined this programme.

MIF-Partnership Month

News Desk — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:36:38 +0000

An immunization and health check camp was held on 15th March 2012 in Raphael Campus sponsored by MAX India Foundation for under privileged children living in colonies adjacent to Raphael and a similar camp was held on the 16th March 2012 for children at Mussoorie with the assistance of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. The camp in Dehradun was inaugurated by Mrs. Mohini Daljeet Singh, Chief Executive, MIF and in Mussoorie by Mr. Padamvir Singh, Director LBSNAA. In all around 500 children were immunized against Hepatitis B and a thorough Pediatric, Eye and ENT check up has been carried out . In addition a General Health check was also carried out. For all of the above checks, Doctors came from MAX Health Care.

Newsletter Jan 2012

News Desk — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:06:39 +0000

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RAPHAEL CONDUCTS A TWO DAYS WORKSHOP ON UNCRPD

News Desk — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 05:49:50 +0000

The UN Convention on the Rights of persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) is the first international treaty to have been signed in this millennium to protect and promote the rights of persons with disabilities. The Convention was ratified in May 2008 and India is a signatory to it. Raphael, in its capacity as the State Nodal Agency Centre in Uttarakhand, for the National Trust conducted a two days workshop on “Understanding the UNCRPD” on 18th and 19th January, 2012 at Raphael. The resource person for the workshop was Mrs. Radhika Alkazi, Managing Trustee & Director Aarth-Astha, New Delhi.

OBITUARY

News Desk — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:43:17 +0000

With deep regret we inform that our senior most Governing Council Member Mr NN Goel passed away on 12^th January 2012. Mr Goel had been associated with Raphael since its inception and joined the Governing Council on 18^th October 1976.

DISABLED EMPLOYEES OF RAPHAEL FELICIATED

News Desk — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:16:24 +0000

On the occasion of World Disability Day on 3^rd of December 2011, three of our employees with disability namely Gurinder Kaur, an Office Assistance, Geeta, a resident of Raphael working as an Office Assistant and Bharat another resident working as an Office Peon were honoured by the Government of Uttarakhand. A Gurinder is disabled below the waist and is wheel chair bound. Geeta also suffers from physical disability and uses crutches fro movement whereas Bharat has cerebral palsy and is a very efficient office peon. Honorable Mr Balwant Singh, Minister Social Welfare presented an award to each of the employees in recognisation of their sincere and dedicated service.

Badhte Kadam – III

News Desk — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:03:09 +0000

Badhte Kadam-III was flagged off from Raphael amidst much fanfare on the 17^th of Nov 2011. This year marks the third year of Badhte Kadam. The programme was designed to raise awareness about the disability sector. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Mr S.Raju, Principal Secretary Social Welfare, Government of Uttarakhand. The ceremony included a cultural programme put up by special children form Raphael and a few other organizations working in the field of disability. The Chief Guest appreciated the efforts of Raphael, which has been working in the field of disability for last 53 years with the mission of ‘Providing Relief to the suffering’.

The volunteers selected far conducting the awareness camp in various districts disseminated information on disability through films, skits and success stories.

News Desk — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:56:36 +0000

On 21^st October, 2011 an interactive session was held in Ava Vihar with all the parents. The Chairman addressed the parents and informed them about the services being provided at Raphael. Approximately 90 parents attended the session. Feedback from the parents has been very encouraging. It was decided that a parents training programme be organized so as to help the parents manage their special children in a better manner. The first such parent training programme is scheduled for 23^rd December 2011.

Newsletter July 2011

sidd_admin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 06:19:47 +0000

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The July 2011 issue is out now.

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