On 3rd March, 2023 the
Annual Day of Daya Special School was celebrated at CKSK premise at
10.30 AM. The celebration was started with the prayer dance of the
school children. Rev. Fr. Dr. Paul Melwyn D’Souza, Vice Provincial
presided over the program. Fr. Vinod Mascarenhas, the Director Daya
Special School, Fr. Rohan Lobo, the Assistant Director, CKSK
Belthangady, Sri. Veerupakshappa, Block Education Officer
Belthangady, Ms. Lavina Furtado, former secretary Kuwait Canara
Welfare Association, Sri. Padmanabh Nayak, Chief Manager of SBI
Belthangady Branch, Mr. Lancy Rodrigues, Ex cultural secretary, KCWA
and an active member of KCWA, Sri. Ashok Bangera and staffs Muliya
Keshava Bhat Jewellery Belthangady, Mr. Sudhakar Parent
representative and Master Mahammad Shahid children representative
were on the dais.
Fr. Vinod Mascarenhas, Director CKSK Belthangady in his introductory
speech has congratulated the children and the staffs of Daya Special
School for successfully completing six years. He remembered the days
when the school was started with only 10-15 children in the initial
stage and reached up to 150 children in the six years. He thanked
the staffs, parents and the children for their cooperation in these
years. He said the Organization is trying to do the best for these
needy, deprived and excluded children of the society by motivating
their parents and caretakers and by setting up full-fledged
therapeutic centres for physiotherapy, speech and hearing therapy,
vocational courses and by appointing qualified special teachers,
dedicated ayas and drivers. The service which we provide these
children is far better than we just perform any poojas, rituals and
other forms of practices to please the God. As human beings the
first and prime most preference is to respond to these children who
are in need and who still are waiting for the opportunities to come
to the main stream of the society. He remembered and thanked the
good hearted members of KCWA and the project MANOS UNIDAS and the
local donors without whom the Organization would never provide this
opportunity to these children.
Ms. Divya Head Mistress of Daya Special School presented the Annual
Report of 2022-2023 and explained all the treatment, therapeutic,
academic and co-curricular activities carried out in the school for
the year. The improvements of the children in terms of academic,
physiotherapy, speech and hearing therapy, vocational therapy etc
were put forwarded to the audience.
Mr. Lancy Rodrigues, inaugurated the program and in his inaugural
speech, he thanked Fr. Vinod Mascarenhas for providing the
opportunity to these children to recognize themselves in the society
and the staffs of the school for their selfless work towards these
children and their parents. He also thanked the Organization for
providing the opportunity for KCWA for participating in the event
and for remembering and honouring the KCWA. He said, KCWA has
completed its 34 years of its establishment and had supported for
lot many causes, mainly related to the children and their education.
The members of KCWA believe in the ideology of contributing 1% of
their income towards the needy people of the society and thus
providing opportunity to them to improve their living standards. And
as a member of KCWA he has the strong belief that the real rights
holders of these help are these children of Daya School and he
appreciated the parents for sending these children to the centre and
make use of all the facilities available in the school.
Mr. Padmanabh Nayak, Chief Manager of State Bank of India
Belthangady Branch congratulated Fr. Vinod Mascarenhas and the
Organization for initiating the work towards these special need
children. He said it is not important to perform any poojas and
rituals to please the God instead we have to do follow the works of
Daya which is more valuable in the eyes of God. We really have to
appreciate the teachers of these children for constantly motivating
children and for providing them the opportunity to grow up. Each
child has very unique and special talent in them and it is the prime
responsibility of the parents and the teachers to identify them and
nurture them to become successful in their life. We are very proud
for being a part of this Organization and we will also be with you
in your future endeavours.
Sri. Sudhakar, the Parent representative appreciated the school
endeavours and congratulated for completing the six years of its
service. He said, we can imagine how difficult to organize these
events in this type of school. The teachers, Ayas and bus drivers
are very much responsible towards our children. This school had
started with very minimum strength and now it has 150 children and
it is very commendable. So as parents we have to think about our
children’s ability and capacity and we should not force them to
attend the normal schools or hostels where they have to compete with
many children with high capacity and intellectual ability and it
will definitely affect our children’s confidence level. This school
has provided very good opportunity to our children. We can keep our
children with our family and can give better education rather
sending them to any hostels. So we have to utilize this opportunity
for our children and we assure our full support towards the
development of the school in the future.
The representatives of Muliya Keshava Bhat Jewellery, Mr. Ashok
Bangera and staffs distributed the mementoes to all the children of
the school and wished all the success to the Management and the
staffs in their future endeavours.
Rev. Fr. Dr. Paul Melwyn D’Souza, the vice Provincial distributed
the certificates to the children along with their parents for
completing their S.S.L.C exam.
Rev. Fr. Dr. Paul Melwyn D’Souza, the vice Provincial appreciated
director Fr. Vinod Mascarenhas, Assistant Director, Fr. Rohan Lobo
and all the staffs of the Organization for their immense help
towards these needy children. He said; let us appreciate them for
their sacrifices, service and efforts. We can consider with special
needs as the children with special talent, special strength and
special spirit. We have to appreciate the motivation, attitude,
acknowledgement and contributions. While doing the survey in the
initial stage Fr. Vinod Mascarenhas has got many cases in
Belthangady Taluka and for uplifting the interest of the children
and helping their parents he established the Daya School with the
support of innumerable donors. As we know we had only 15 children in
the initial stage and now it has 150 children and this will show us
the improvements that the school made till now. The government has
also acknowledged the school and the marks card which the children
get is valuable. We have done tremendous work during COVID for these
children and all were able to pass their SSLC exam. The school is
running through the support of various donors and I pray for you all
and especially kind hearted donors, supports and well wishers and
may Jesus Christ help you in all your future endeavours.
Sri. Veerupakshappa, Block Education Officer Belthangady, by
congratulating for successfully completing the six years of journey,
said that last year we have supported six children by providing the
children to support the special children to appear for their SSLC
exam. This year also we are supporting five children to completing
their SSLC and we appreciate the efforts that the School has taken
to improve the living standards of the children by training them in
various vocational courses which help them to lead their life by
earning their livelihood and I wish them that they become successful
in their life.
Later Fr. Vinod Mascarenhas, Fr. Rohan Lobo and Ms. Divya, Head
Mistress honoured Rev. Fr. Dr. Paul Melwyn D’Souza. All the guests
on the dais were provided the mementoes prepared by the children and
thanked for their support towards the school.
Ms. Dhanya K V thanked the gathering and Ms. Rashmi done M C and
managed the program. Children exhibited their talents by performing
various cultural activities. By providing the lunch for the children
and parents the program was concluded.
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