Sparsh Centre opened at Cantt

Jalandhar: Sparsh, a centre for the specially-abled children, was inaugurated on Wednesday at Jalandhar Cantonment. The objective of Sparsh Centre will be to empower the specially-abled children, instil confidence and prepare them to face all the challenges of life with elan. The centre has an enhanced capacity to look after 60 specially-abled children. This project is funded by the Ministry of Defence and is open for defence persons, defence civilians and other civilians. The centre will have a special educator as well as a speech therapist, who will carry out counselling, speech training, physiotherapy as well as pre-vocational and vocational skill training to make the children socially-independent. TNS

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