URGENT IMPORTANT!!! |
MASSIVE RALLY IN DELHI ON DECEMBER 3RD WORLD DISABILITY DAY |
|
The issue that is today burning in our hearts is the issue of the implementation of the 11th plan. The issue of the deaf which had been for so long neglected has finally been addressed to a degree I had not thought possible even 5 years ago. It was a dream to achieve this level of support in a govt. document. My friends the dream to have the support in writing of the Govt has come true. There is a specific paragraph in the section on disability in the 11th plan which specifically addresses the needs of the deaf and proposed measures to resolve long standing issues. Education, sign language, TV Captioning, Colleges being the key issues mentioned.
The only thing left now is the implementation. You all know far better than me how there is “many a slip between cup and lip” and, for all that it has been written down, it may never see fruition and never come to pass. It is this that we wish to ensure and in fact enforce.
The implementation of the 11th Plan and its provisions are the ONE POINT DEMAND on which we wish to storm Delhi on the World Disability Day. We want and need and wish to claim your support.
Watch Movie
Letters from MSJE to Ministries
NAD demands
Advocacy with the Ministry:
The Secretary of NAD and Dr. Madan Vasishta were able to share the concerns of the NAD with Mr Ashish Kumar, JT Sec MSJE. We shared our concerns with him and asked him to support the deaf community by enacting and implementing the provisions in the 11th 5 year plan. He has taken up the issues we have raised with him and as such has issued letters to Secretaries of all States and also other Central Govt ministries.
Copies of the letters are available for download.
(click images to see in high resolution)
The 51st International Day of the Deaf was celebrated on 28th September 2008 in Delhi. A large gathering of 300 deaf persons met at the Indian Social Institute under the leadership of the President Zorin Singha and Secretary A.S. Narayanan. The work of NAD over the past year was shared with the assembled deaf persons. The new passage of the 11th Plan 2007-2012 and the provisions that are shared therein. The new NAD website was also shared with the group.
Mr. T. Raghava, Secretary, All India Deaf Bank Employees Association was honored with the NAD “Life Time Achievement Award”. His life of service to the deaf community in terms of preparing deaf persons to work in banks and creating training modules for the current deaf bank employees to work in their posts in a more efficient manner. He was a charter member of the DAD, AIFD and AISCD and set up AIDBEA after his selection by Indian Bank.
