Howrah News Service -  Latest news and headlines on Howrah,West Bengal and World: Exploiting creative side of disabled in Kolkata

Exploiting creative side of disabled in Kolkata
================================================================================
NewsByte on 04 May, 2008 06:45:00
 
Kolkata: To instill a boost of confidence, graphic designers from as far apart
as Mauritius, Seychelles, Costa Rica and Philippines were in the city to conduct
a week-long workshop for hearing and speech impaired children.
The workshop that was concluded on Saturday was organised by Arena Animation,
the multimedia training wing of Aptech Global Learning Solutions Limited, for
Udayan, a non-government organisation.
"Being physically challenged does not mean one has run out of creativity. We
are trying to exploit the creative side of these children so that they too can
start an independent career," said, Aptech's chief executive officer and
managing director Pramod Khera.
The workshop attended by around 100 children dealt with computer fundamentals,
graphic designing, sketching and cartooning. French author Dominique Lapierre
and Australian cricketer Steve Waugh are the chief patrons of Udayan that was
founded by J G Stevens. (IANS)