AWAKE’08
Cenatarl Zone Cultural Fest For Intellectually Challenged
Inauguration
Most Rev Dr.Pilipose Mar ThomaValiya Metropolitan
On Thurs Day, Sept 25, 2008
This Cultural Fest is Organized Exclusively For the mentally challenged children. Person with disabilities are still not accepted by the society as equal and have to make great effort to realize realize even their most basic right. The obstacles in the path of their development are overcome by the struggles and hard work on the disabled themselves and by others who advocate on their behalf. The Society also has to play a vital rile in the development and rehabilitation of the mentally Challenged. In partial Fulfillment of thos responsibility, ASWEM organizes this cultural fest.
The word AWAKE literally means to wake someone up or to make someone remember something ASWEM really makes an earnest attempt to wake up social conscience toward the physically and mentally challenged children of the world , who are not accepted the society as equals.
An event with the above objectives, Awake’07 has been successfully conducted by the association on 1 th October 2007 which was inaugurated by his Excellency Sri R.L Bhatia, the then Governor Of kerala. Twenty seventh special schools was participated in the competition. The ever rolling trophy was bagged by Sanjose Special School Thavalakuzhy, Ettumanoor. AWAKE ’07 was found damnly successfully to eradicate the stigma toward the intellectually Challenged Awake’08 is a follow on to Awake
