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Mrs. Zubaida Jalal, Federal Minister for Special Education and
Social Welfare, visited rehabilitation center here in Hyderabad,
Hunza on April 12, 2007. Her visit was aimed at to see the
progress of the construction site financed by Minsitry and also
to see the ground realities of the people with special needs and
to meet the local organization KADO that is engaged in imparting
rehabilitation services in Hunza.
Representatives of KADO and community gave her warm welcome and
escorted to the new and old building. She attended a small but
smart ceremony, which was arranged, in the honor of the guest.
KADO chairman welcomed and explained the motive behind the
volunteer struggle to mainstream and to increase the dignity of
special people through skill enhancement, therapy and
socialization.
Speaking to the gathering, Mrs Zubaida Jalal appreciated the
self-help initiative of KADO to help the challenged people in
the society. She said the it reminds me of the volunteer in my
own village. She highlighted the importance of civil society and
explained the objective of the Ministry of Special Education in
constructing the building in Hunza and promised to provide
assistance to help the women business group, to provide
transportation and daily allowance and to provide drinking water
to inhabitant of Hyderabad. She showed her commitment to provide
20-30 scholarships, pick and drop facility and a monthly stipend
to the people with challenges.
She also visited ‘gems cutting and polishing center’ at
Karimabad, one of the centers in KADO and was pleased to see the
quality work in gems cutting and polishing.
Rehabilitation center is one of the projects of KADO where more
than 50 special people are given physiotherapy, skills and
enabling environment to socialize and enable them to earn their
livelihood from off-farm activities like wool carding, thread
making, Sharma carpet weaving and finishing.
Ministry for social welfare and special education, government of
Pakistan has financed this project for construction of building
which is in progress. According to one of the surveys conducted
by KADO with financial support from World Bank there are 1130
special people in whole Hunza valley.
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