A Delighted Face with an Aching Past

Look at her childish innocent face. Her name is Aleeza, belonging to a poor family. She is a profound deaf. But was not always like this. 

When she was born, she was just like us, could hear the singing of birds, the laughter of her mother, scolding of her father, noise of her siblings but everything changed as the time passed. As she grew up, she got indulged in a bad habit of inserting sticks in her ear. That habit, once damaged her ear, but her family ignored her. As the time passed, the wound got even worse. When her family realized to medicate her, poverty stood in their way. They went to a normal doctor in their colony, but couldn’t cure the wound properly. A time came her ear became unresponsive.

Now she is just 7 years old. We have tested the level of hear by audiometer and tympanogram. She is categorized as a profound dumb, hearing at 90 dB+ at one ear and no response at the other one. At this stage of her life, she can be operated with cochlea treatment which will place her once again in a normal category. Marghzar wants to help such pity children, but cannot due to lack of much resources. Support us in this cause. Help them to be normal, help them to be a part of this society once again.

                                                        

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MARGHZAR WEFLARE SOCIETY FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN 

Marghzar Welfare Society for Special Children was established in 1995 with a mission to promote inclusive education and rehabilitation of PWD’s. From its establishment, Marghzar has gone through thick and thin to reach its milestones. Marghzar reached its 1^st milestone in 2005 by establishing a school for special children at Mughalpura, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. A backward area where people send their children for work rather than at school. So Marghzar initiated free inclusive education program to help the special children along with the poor needy children.

Marghzar reached its 2^nd milestone in 2011 and established a rehabilitation school in PCSIR Phase 3, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Again the same kind of area with same kind of people living below the poverty line. The secondary mission of Marghzar is to decrease the child labor. The more the children go to school, the less the child labor. It is very heart breaking to see small beautiful children working under harsh environmental conditions.

Apart from inclusive education program, Marghzar also aims to provide rehabilitation to these children. To provide rehabilitation, a vocational center is to build in future comprising of knitting and sewing machines along with the skilled workers, to teach the relevant skill to special children so they can live their life on their own.

Special children are very different from the normal ones. Several types of special children are present at our campus, which include

1.    Hearing impaired(Mild and Profound)
2.     Slow learner
3.     Autistic
4.     Mentally retarded (Mild and Severe)
5.     Physically Disabled

All of these children are unique. Their interest specifies their mind set. Some of them like painting, computer operations, mathematics. While on other hand, some like to play outdoor games, indoor games, watch movies and see animals. They can be taught different skills by only providing them with the tools they like. No one can enforce them to study or acquire the skill set which lacks their interest. So to make them work, the first task is to keep them happy. Once they are set with the teacher, they are good to go.

Everyone thinks that special children have the same emotions as normal people, but the fact is that they have more feelings than normal ones. Once scolded by any teacher, they will not be coming to the school for the next week or even more. So at Marghzar, teachers keep this in mind and treat special children with love and care.  

Marghzar was nothing when it was started but now has around 300 children in which 100 are special; with two campuses and around 25 staff members. The inclusive education, boost their morale and make them realize that they are not much different from the normal ones. This all is due to efforts of people like you. Support our cause, promote inclusive education in your area and make the world realize, they are one of us.

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