Mysore/Mysuru: Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM) is a development organisation engaged in building a new civil society in India through its grassroots to policy level action in Health, Education, Socio-economic Empowerment and Training & Research sectors since 1984. 

With one of its initiatives, SVYM started working for the “Specially-abled” persons from 1996  and is currently running a “Comprehensive Care, Support and Treatment for Persons with Disabilities’’ (CCST-PWDs), an Institution and Community-based rehabilitation programme focusing on all 21 types of disabilities in Mysuru and Kodagu districts of Karnataka in collaboration with community, various Government Departments and like-minded NGOs/ Corporates. 

Through this programme, around 22 lakh population are being sensitised so far and nearly 40,000 PWDs are directly benefited.

As part of creating awareness about “Amazing Ability” of Specially-Abled and a “Welcoming” environment for all in the community,  SVYM has initiated a monthly webinar series since Dec. 3, 2020. Of the several issues that People With Disability (PWD) face a few that are prominent include: accessibility, choice of leading a barrier-free life and inclusion. 

The seventh webinar in this series is scheduled between 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm tomorrow (July 22), featuring achiever Shekar Naik, who has pushed the boundaries of what is possible and has not allowed anything to come in the way of achieving his dreams. Shekar is the former captain of Indian blind cricket team.

 During his time as a cricketer, Shekar has scored 32 centuries besides other remarkable achievements. He has proved that through grit, determination and a never-say-die attitude, life’s most difficult times can become vehicles of personal growth and professional development. Shekar at present works as a Programme Coordinator at IIM-B.

Interested can register on this link : https://forms.gle/rLsgNvHTwGYX7Sxo8

For details contact Mamatha on Mob: 95900-91177 or Bhavya Dinakar on Mob: 96114-33300, according to a press release.