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Please Educate Us Mentally challenged
children take their talents to the stage with a plea to support for their education By THAKUR AMGAI A huge mass of audience at the city hall
was visibly moved when an eight-year-old child with intellectual disability sang
“mero gaun jyamire.” The audience could not resist the urge to sing and
clap in unison, when Deena Gauchan, who could not even stand on her own sang like a gifted
child singer. Along with renowned celebrities, students
from Shringeri Primary School and Sisneri High School, both in Lamatar, Shuvatara School
and Jeevan Kalyan Kendra (JKK) participated at the show. The show was jointly organized by
JKK and Shuvatara School, to raise funds to help the JKK, which provides informal
education to special children. It was amazing to see mentally challenged children,
surviving amid social stigma, perform at various dance and song sequences just like normal
children. Popular celebrity singers including
Yogeshwore Amatya, Nalina Chitrakar, Bimala Rai, Samday Sherpa, Nima Rumba and Nirnaya
Shrestha also performed at the show. The hall cheered with liveliness when Yogeshwore
Amatya, known for his different style of rock music, sang his popular song “kya bore
bhayo.’ Likewise, Samday Sherpa, a comedian, showed his caricatures and incisive
sarcasms on Nepali politics. All the artistes, including the Master of
Ceremonies Rita Limbu and Chirag Bangdel performed free of cost at the show.
“We have performed at this show for free, because we love children,” they said. JKK is a special school for the mentally
challenged children. The school was established in 1997. The school has 50 students. The
school is running in a grave financial situation. It is supported by only the nominal fees
paid by a limited number of parents. Most of the children come from poor financial
background and cannot pay their fees. Shuvatara School, which has adopted JKK as its
sister school, has been supporting JKK in various ways including financial, technical,
moral, by providing teachers and others. The charity show is expected give the school a
sigh of relief albeit for a short term. |
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