Special children show their football skills at Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, October 29

The Punjab chapter of the Special Olympics, in association with S Ajit Singh Foundation Society Hans Raj, organised games for the special children at Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya (HMV) here on Thursday.

Around 250 participants working under the National Child Labour Project and special athletes along with 100 sports girls of HMV participated in the event. Special educators Navjot Kaur and Rekha Kashyap from the Special Olympics spoke on the special children and the need of unified sports meet.

The participants demonstrated their football skills. They did not compete for the games but only played to understand one another and develop the spirit of sportsmanship.

Ramanpreet Kaur, president, S Ajit Singh Foundation Society, said the children with disabilities and special needs should be treated as normal children in society. They needed love more than sympathies. The sports department of HMV played an active role in arranging the sports meet along with members of S Ajit Singh Foundation Society.

Principal Prof Ajay Sareen welcomed the guests, including Himanshu Jain, ADC, Urban Development, Major Amit Sareen, Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, and Deepak Bali, Adviser, Art, Culture and Languages, Government of Delhi, and consultant, Punjabi Academy, New Delhi.

Principal Prof Sareen expressed that the college, which is hailed as a ‘Nursery of Olympians’, felt honoured to host the unified sports meet. Paramjit Singh Sachdeva, MD, Sachdeva Stocks Pvt Ltd, remarked that it was a remarkable initiative on the part of the college to host this event.