With an objective to address the need of Divyangs, the JSPL Foundation launched its flagship initiative ‘Asha-the Hope’ centre here on Saturday.
Angul Collector Manoj Kumar Mohanty, SP Jagmohan Meena and Former National Bal Bhavan Chairperson and JSPL Foundation Chairperson Shallu Jindal attended as guests and launched the initiative.
The centre would work for rehabilitation and empowerment of children with special needs and disabled persons and would provide early intervention services such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, sensory integration therapy, special education for children with intellectually challenged and hearing impaired, audiometry and speech therapy.
Inaugurating the centre, Mohanty said the specialised services provided by the centre would definitely help in making lives of specially-abled children and persons better.
Meena said that such an initiative of the foundation is one such step which can shape up life of the child for a better tomorrow.
Jindal said, “We have started similar initiatives in Jharkhand and Angul in Odisha. We believe that in collaboration with the district administration and the State Government we shall succeed to translate the aspiration of the parents of these Divyang children into reality and mainstream these children to take life in full steam”.