JULY
Workshop on Communicating with children with Cerebral Palsy
We offered a specific workshop on 'Communicating with children with Cerebral Palsy' to parents/carers and teachers at the Dream Centre in Wattala. The workshop covered different modes of communication, including non-verbal communication and stressed the importance of valuing all forms of communication.
JUNE
Entertainment Day
We celebrated 'Movie Month' with a screening of RIO I at the Prithipura children's home and at the Child Development Centre, Ragama.
APRIL
Guest Speech & Celebrating 'Aurudu'
Together with CBM and Wheels in Motion, we had the great privilege of a visit to the Faculty by Mr. Javed Abidi, Chairperson of Disabled People's International.
Mr. Abidi's inspiring talk was on 'Disability advocacy and mobilization in the Global South: Lessons from India and held on 01st of April '2014 in Main auditorium of the Faculty of Medicine, Ragama from 3.00pm to 5.00pm.
'Aurudu' celebration: With regard to Communication Project '2014, April was celebrated with its significant cultural event to celebrate Sinhala-Hindu New Year. The New Year festival was held on 22nd of April '2014 including many of the traditional and cultural events and rituals related to Sinhala-Hindu New Year with the participation of clients of DDS clinic and their families.
MAY
Awareness Raising Campaign
Our awareness raising campaign was strengthened by our second year students' disability-related posters, which we displayed at our departmental clinic for parents and members of the community. The posters were under the themes of:
- Inclusive Education
- Community Participation
- The Rights-Based Approach
- Advocacy
The aim was to provide a holistic view of people with disabilities and to encourage rights- based approach to inclusion of persons with disabilities into all spheres of life, including education, politics, sports and leisure. We also noted the importance and social responsibility we all share to use appropriate terminology with regard to 'disability'.
MARCH
Art Camp
The inclusive art camp was held on 26th of March '2014 from 9am to 1pm in the main examination hall of the Faculty of Medicine, Ragama. Children from speech & language therapy clinic at DDS, child development centre, Ragama, Supipi preschool, Dream centre, Wattala and Prithipura children's home participated for the event. It was a fabulous campaign with many artistic events including art work, wall painting, face painting and art exhibition.
