The International Day of People with Disability was observed on Saturday 22 December 2018 in Sydney at Dar-ul-Islam in Bonnyrigg organised by Seena Incorporated, a not for profit organisation that publishes AMUST.
United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPwD) is observed on 3 December every year to promote an understanding of disability issues and support for the dignity, rights, well-being and the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.
The theme to mark the day in 2018 was “Empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality.”
The event brought together diverse people for networking purposes and included disabled people, their carers and family members, social workers, community leaders and disability service providers.
The program was started with the recitation of Quran by Hafiz Dr Waliullah Bokhari with the following meaning projected on the screen that emphasised the believers to take care of the weaker sections of the society.
Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah , the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakah; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous. (Quran 2:177).
The President of Seena Inc, Mrs Mehar Ahmad during her welcome address listed the objectives of the organisation as follows:
- Render social services to the community at large.
- Develop web media skills among people with disability, women and people from diverse backgrounds.
- Establish multimedia enterprises for the expression of ideas, exchange of information and entertainment.
- Provide a forum for ethical learning and teaching.
- Exchange skilled and experienced personnel in the field of administration, accounting and technology with other organisations.
- Mrs Ahmad during her presentation gave a history IDPwD initiated in 1992 by the UN in order to increase public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability as well as to celebrate their achievements and contributions.
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Mehar Ahmad, President of
Seena Inc.
She said that in Australia, the National Disability Strategy 2010-2020 commits all governments to a nationwide approach aimed at improving the lives of people with disability and provide support to their families and carers.
“The Strategy’s ten-year national framework for reform focuses on better inclusion for people with disability and seeks to create a society that enables people with disability to fulfill their potential as equal citizens,” Mrs Ahmad explained.
The keynote speaker at the event was Mr Waqas Shiraz, the Managing Director of Sydney Health and Care Services (SHCS), an NDIS approved disability service provider for NSW.
Waqas Shiraz, Managing Director of SHCS.
Mr Shiraz said that the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was initiated by the Australian Government for Australians with a disability, including people with intellectual, physical, sensory and psycho-social disabilities.
“The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is an independent statutory agency and its role is to implement the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which will support a better life for hundreds of thousands of Australians with a significant and permanent disability and their families and carers,” he further explained.
While introducing his organisation, Mr Shiraz said, “Sydney Health & Care Services is a disability service provider offering a wide range of disability support services throughout the Sydney Metropolitan as well as rural NSW, with prospects to expand interstate.”
“Our mission is to provide unprecedented quality and flexible “one stop shop” care for our participants, we work hard with third-party organisations and our employees to broaden our service scope to enhance participants lifestyle and choice for maximum inclusion in the community,” he further explained.
Mr Shiraz together with his colleague Mr Rehan Masood fielded questions and comments from the audience.
Mrs Robina Yasmin, a social worker with vast experience in the field commented on the teething issues during the implementation of the scheme while Ms Najla Turk, an experienced community worker and author interrogated Mr Shiraz on the detailed workings of SHCS and offered some valuable advice.
The event ended with dinner, compliments of Mrs Mehar Ahmad followed by Maghreb prayer and dua by Dr Qazi Ashfaq Ahmad, who highly appreciated Seena Inc initiative in organising a highly successful event for the benefit of disabled people, young and old, their carers, family members, experienced community workers as well as service providers.
Dear all
We have started Activity as a Non Government Organization in Afghanistan by the name of Universal Necessity Relief Organization (UNRO) and execute services and Activity in different sections. We are just work for the prosperity and Dignity of Society and people. This organization is not a part of political and religious bounds.
We are serving country, society and people, in Women Improvement, Agriculture,Gender Equality,Peace and Justice,powerity of Human Healthcare and Good health servicess, Education and Social services. especially we want to prepare trainings of capacity building for women and those children who are poor, street walkers, Vulnerable not have food to eat and are not access to school or education. We are hopeful that can provide programs for them in the parts above named to build their future and could manage their future life normally without any distinction with men and other children and could promote their Economy.
We want to upbringing the Talents and build capacities to build Afghanistan and a modern and literate Society. So want to get funds from different Organizations and donors and follow their programs step by step by high circumstances or quality and doing excellent management. And want to give commodious distribution to women that could get a part in development of Economy and rebuild their country together with men and in other aspect make facilities for their life and not needy for cooperation of the men and others. In this way can promote and help with women and children to promote their lives and can restrain them from violence and it would be opportunity to prepare and provide a good life for themselves.
Side of the civil programs we are doing translate magazines and books in most languages in all over the world.For more.
Note: Now we recieve a grant of vitamins and Albendazole from Vatamin angels to be distributed in Afghanistan but we have not had an enough fund to distribute it there for we requist you to kindly provide us a fund for the distribution of a grant to children under age five and to pregnant women so I hope you will consider on my requistition.
Thank and Regards.