BKS:3122010:9:10:1 17th Oct, 2010
To,
Dear friend,
Bal Kalyan Sanstha, Pune established in 1979, is a Non-Profit organisation which primarily aims at providing recreational and cultural facilities exclusively to the differently-abled children in
the state of Maharashtra. We emphasise on grooming these differently abled children thus enabling them to be self dependent and lead a
mainstream life. The various patrons of the Sanstha include the wife of the Hon’ble Governor of Maharashtra and all other important
officials in Pune city We conceive special programmes every year on 3rd December on the
occasion of World Disabled Day to sensitise and educate the people at large about various issues concerning the disabled who are often considered a burden by their very own. In 2009, we introduced India’s first professional dance theatre group by persons with various disabilities under the leadership of Guru Pasha from New Delhi
entitiled “ ABILITY UNLIMITED” to the artistically inclined Punekars. People turned up in large numbers to cheer the performers and left
enthralled. The performances of “ABILITY UNLIMITED” have been highly
appreciated by President Smt. Pratibha Patil, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Prime Minister Shri Manmohan Singh, Smt. Sonia Gandhi and many more. This year it will be our own kids from the Bal Kalyan Sanstha who will be taking centrestage and enact nothing less than ‘‘RAMAYANA” on stage. Guru Pasha has been coming to Pune on regular intervals to coach the kids in the art form. It is a daunting task indeed but where there is a will, there is always a way. This shall proove that
diasbled children aren’t wholly “unskilled”. We wish to change the apathetic attitude of society towards the disabled and view them in a new light. We also believe many of our students will be able to find work after this exercise which shall establish them at par with other mainstream individuals of their age and instill confidence in them. This mammoth task requires a lot of man power and financial support.
We earnestly look forward to your encouragemnet and monetary support to realise this long nursed dream of ours. We urge you to partner us in this humanitarian cause and contribute
towards the well being of the differently abled lot.
With cultural regards,
Yours sincerely,
Minetta Paatil
Manager.
