Special Event of Myanmar Disabled People

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Dear Sir/Madam

Good Evening. I would like to share the report on Special Event of Disabled People in Myanmar done in April.

Please kindly read in following detailed messages.

Best regards,

Nay Lin Soe

Network for Myanmar Disabled People (NMDP)

Yangon, Myanmar

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E-mail: nmdpm...@gmail.com

Report on Special Event of Disabled People in Myanmar

April is the special month of Myanmar New Year. In this period all the people in whole country used to enjoy with long holidays and welcome the New Year celebrating the “Water Festival” every year. This Festival is a traditional social activity and also very famous sign of Myanmar New Year. Every citizen regardless ethnicity, age, gender, class, or religious belief participate in the festival with the enjoyable activities of pouring & playing water each other, singing, dancing and acting funny performances, cooking and having traditional foods & snacks together and visiting to pagodas, etc. However, majority of persons with disabilities didn’t get this kind of opportunity to involve as others due to negative attitude of families, inaccessible transportation and lack of initiator who encouraged them.

In this situation, Network for Myanmar Disabled People (NMDP) organized “The First Biggest Water Festival of Myanmar Disabled People” at Yangon in this New Year and created the opportunity for 150-Persons with disabilities to participate in the festival as others with the collaboration of Department of social welfare, government blind school, 6-DPOs, 6-NGOs and 7-business sectors.

The purposes of the activity were;

i) To create opportunity for persons with disabilities to play water and participate in New Year festival

ii) To show the strength contribution and donation of disabled persons and

iii) To promote public awareness on the participation of disabled people

The opening ceremony of the festival was celebrated in the beautiful morning of April 14^th and continued the activities for three days. Director General, Directors and Deputy Directors, Principals of disabled institutions and Reporters from different media were also attended. During festival, persons with disabilities including women and severely disabled persons were spent their time participating in enjoyable activities such as playing water at coconut pavilion beside the road together with public people, singing, dancing and performing happily on the wooden stage, helping and donating elderly persons and cooking and having traditional snacks and foods together. The organizer arranged the vehicles for transportation of all disabled participants.

Conclusion, this is not only a social movement for inclusion of Myanmar disabled people but also a joint-collaboration effort of DPOs, NGOs, Business sectors and Department of social welfare. Network for Myanmar Disabled People (NMDP) has decided to carry out this kind of activity every year.

Reported by

Nay Lin Soe (Mr.)
Chairman
Network for Myanmar Disabled People (NMDP)

CBR Project Manager
Association for Aid and Relief - JAPAN
No. 65, Kyaik-wine Pagoda Road,
Mayan-gone Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Mobile: 09-512-9799
Email: nay.li...@gmail.com