Dawn welfare
(Regtd) is a non-government organization, basically for the rehabilitation of
disabled children. And it is doing its duties since 2002. And also Registered
according to the Control Ordinance 1961. According to the rule and regulation
its accounts are being audited every year.
In 2002 a group of
enthusiastic individuals decided to work for
disabled children. The main aim was to
rehabilitate them and to help them become a
useful member of the society. Keeping in view
the basic aim a survey was conducted in the
remote area of central Punjab, mainly the
surroundings of the Gujar khan, the biggest
tehsil of Punjab. Survey revealed shocking
results about the miserable life of the
disabled children.
A vast majority of the
people of Pakistan is poor, they have limited financial resources, and lack of
education and no basic health education makes the life of these disabled
children more miserable. Due to the financial problems most of these disabled
children go into the hands of a mafia of people who use them as "baggers" to
fulfill their own vested interests-they become just a mere tools in the hands
of the cruel people. Those disabled children who belong to the well off
families face different problems then the one mentioned above. In the remote
areas there are no basic education institutions that can cope with the needs
of these special children. Even the big cities lack such facilities.
These are a few problem
faced by this segment of society. Other social problems also need to be
addressed like how to educate people to deal with special people. There are
two types of attitudes towards special children in our society. First kind is
people make fun of them, laugh at them, or call them names. Second type is of
those people who are too sympathetic towards them. We think both these kinds
needs to be educated so we made this part as an essential part of our
struggle.
So our work was
classified into different segments. First part of our struggle was to get
those children out of the grasp of the baggers mafia who are being forced to
become baggers. Return them back to their parents of guardians and if they are
not ready to accept them find other means for their rehabilitation
The second part was to
provide means for them to get the basic needs of life- food and medical
treatment.
The third and most
important part was to educate them. In this
regard we emphasize on basic education and
skill development. Our aim was to develop such
skills in them that they not only learn to
live on their own.Do everyday cores
independently, and at then end they become a
useful member of the family. Skill development
also included the program of making them
financially self-dependent.
When these efforts were
going on our team of councilors held public
seminars to educate general masses how to
interact with these special children. They
educate the people how to first become a part
of their world and then make them an essential
part of their world.
After a long struggle of
almost five years we have changed the life of
188 children and helped them become normal
individuals. In other sections of this website
you will find more about them and the results
our struggle generated