Month: February 2011
Manzil celebrates it’s 6th Birthday – 7th February 2011
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Need to inculcate reading habit in children – Community Report – GULF NEWS – Dt. 05.02.2011
Community Report – GULF NEWS – Dt. 05.02.2011 – Need to inculcate reading habit in children
Need to inculcate reading habit in children
Youngsters from school for challenged set example as they take part in book festival to help promote reading among students.
During my childhood days in Kerala, India, we had very few options when it came to reading. The library was our main source of information.
So whatever printed material we were able to receive had great value. Often, it included old newspapers used as wrapping paper, or magazines brought by visitors.
But as the years have progressed, the new generation is now flooded with various options for information — mainly from paperless sources.
Children have become addicted to electronic games. Words have dropped from their vocabulary. For those who love to read, books are a costly expense, making it all the more difficult.
However, I found a different group of children recently. At the recently held 29th Sharjah International Book Fair, I came across a group of students from the Manzil Centre for Challenged Individuals.
They were there to enjoy the wonderful world of books. They moved from shelf to shelf, excitedly scanning through the displays.
However, they did not want to give away the momentum gained from the book fair. The Fourth Used Book Festival organised by Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services is scheduled to be held in Palm Oasis, Buheira Corniche from March 1-4. This event is meant to promote reading among students, give them an opportunity to acquire books for a small fee and enable them to raise funds for the more vulnerable in our community.
Manzil and its students are taking part in this book festival with a view to create more reading opportunities and literary awareness among children and adults alike.
It is now our turn to help them sustain their interest for reading through donating our old books.
Those who are interested in donating second-hand books that can be reused may contact the management of Manzil at admin@manzil.ae without any further delay.
— The reader is a technical officer in Abu Dhabi and a volunteer at Manzil
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Short Take – GULF TODAY – Dt. 05.02.2011 – Sweet life lessons
Short Take – GULF TODAY – Dt. 05.02.2011 – Sweet life lessons
Thursday being the week-end here, normally turns out to be hectic. However, there is one task which finds time slot somehow and that is writing a few words or thoughts for Short Take.
I am sure it has become a routine come Saturday for many readers, and contributors like me too.
It has also become a routine to run through the names of regular writers and not seeing some of them for a week or two create curious thoughts about their absence. It is similar to that of going for regular walks and meeting and missing some faces occasionally.
Recently, I was thinking of this fact more seriously, why not people who get a chance to mingle well do not get along. I have a parrot at home, which has been with us for about seven years. It came to us at a small age and by now, somehow, has picked up the art of repeating whatever we prompt it to. Once we identified its interest, we encouraged it and by now, it whistles whatever way we do and calls out in the same tune.
It is an interesting and integral part of our home and specially for friends and visitors.
However, we do have a regular visitor who always ignored its effort to get his attention whenever he passed by. I was hoping one day he too became a fan and friend of our pet.
It was waiting to happen and it happened. A few days ago, he came to our house, knocked at the door and also rang the bell. We were in the balcony and did not hear him.
Our parrot, Mittu, has special ways and means to alert us and hearing the bell and not seeing us, it started to whistle in the tone which sounds like “who is it!” It is special and by the tone we know it is someone who is not in his favorite or known friend list.
Not seeing anyone answering and hearing our parrot’s meaningful sound, he changed his mind and started whistling repeatedly as if answering his question. It too repeated in its own style.
We understood by then that there’s someone at the door and came rushing to see the “I don’t care for you” guest becoming a good friend of our parrot. Inside home, we found him taking a special interest in him.
Leaving our home that day, he said, how come I ignored such a wonderful living being all this time. In a way, through his words and interactions with our pet that day, I realised we have serious misconceptions about what we see around resulting in antagonising actions towards them.
A smile, hello or any respectful gesture can do wonders. After all, we live in this world only once. Why not live harmoniously each day?
Ramesh Menon
To read it in original, please visit GULF TODAY online.
Manzil – celebrating 6th birthday on 7th February 2010
Manzil – celebrating 6th birthday on 7th February 2010
Manzil is a non-profit organization supported by friends like you who want to productively change the lives of individuals with special needs. The Centre seeks to apply educational, therapeutic and creative experiences to encourage and empower the physical, emotional and social development of its students. Going forward, Manzil increasingly seeks to integrate individuals with disabilities into the social, educational and vocational mainstream, and to be a role model for more broad based efforts along these lines across the UAE.
As a non-profit centre, we rely on voluntary support to help make a difference to the lives of children and young adults with special needs. It is through community service that we can provide the opportunity for every student to learn and to have the chance to give back.We have currently 40 students who are benefiting from our organisation,
We are happy to inform you that Manzil is celebrating it’s 6th Birthday on the 7th February 2011.
We look forward to your support and good wishes.
Staff Coordinator
Manzil
Ph.9716 5347663
Fax:9716 5347664
Email:management@manzil.ae
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