LIFESKILLS TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

RASA’s work on empowerment through the theatre arts experience saw six more months of fruitful application from April till November 2021 . The structured classes for life skills training continued in the online mode and the specific training given for the festivals and Events that happened in this period were the added inputs given .
The young adults and adults with differing abilities were trained by the expert staff . The areas of life skills training covered included communication skills , creative expression, motor skills , emotion identification abd expression and the like .

Events :
A series of programmes were conducted to celebrate events such as
1. Independence Day
2. Vinayakar Chaturthi
3. Krishna Jayanti
4. Gandhi Jayanti
5. Navaratri (Dushera) and
6. Deepavali

Stories, songs, and art work were taught based on the above themes and the students had an opportunity to show case their talent online - which was streamed on YouTube / other social media platforms for the parents and other well wishers to savour and enjoy.

The students emerged confident and the parents were content with the progress of their children in independently handling the technology era .

The students were trained to make products which would be sold at our store - Anbudan.

They made mask chains, necklaces and gift envelopes , and they were trained in embroidery and paper bag making. The craft kits are sent to their homes by RASA and the students are now handling this mode of communication with ease .

Links:

• Independence Day Celebrations
• RASA's Newsletter

As India went  through the second wave of the pandemic and people started to quarantine in their homes to combat the spread of the virus, RASA used  Art as one way for everyone to keep their spirits positive and also cope with the difficulties and uncertainty of the situation.  RASA took the initiative to bring art directly to everyone's home.   

RASA's special individuals took up projects of creating awareness about Covid 19 amongst the general public. They have enacted how important it is to wear masks. They have talked about the importance of vaccinations. In different ways, they have expressed their solidarity towards each other, the community and the world at large, just by being the beautiful individuals they are.  RASA offers its prayers for every single being in this world to remain healthy and joyous forever.

RASA opened up  open the portals yet again, to let in scope for new energies to flow in and new sharing to take forth.  Admissions were open for online training sessions for young adults and adults with differing abilities for the coming academic year. Many new students from different parts of India enrolled for their Online training in Indian Theatre Arts for Life Skills and Holistic empowerment. 

RASA opened up the classes to different special schools across the city and offered training in Indian Theatre Arts through the virtual mode. 

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