Pingla ghar-Awareness event on 25th February 2022

APAAR visit and interaction with Pinglaghar residents was 25 Feb 2022. Our goal was introducing the concept of autonomy and enhancing the residents’ right to self- fulfilment .through changing staff language and behavior. We want to start tilting the hierarchical pyramid – the less able should NOT be at the bottom of the pyramid but right at the top to enhance their capacity for self-fulfilment, which ought to be every human being’s journey. The moment we opened APAAR’s sheltered workshop products ( earrings, door hangings, bird house), there was a scramble for them as seen in one of the pictures . Women loved our earrings. Some men wore our wall hangings on their necks. Papu wanted a karha so badly he kept pointing to his wrist for most of our hour spent with them . The residents do not have any opportunity to shop. Nor go for outings. There are other challenges we want to partner to better. We took small gifts- knitting needles, playing cards, drawing books. APAAR will collaborate with their management to change the top down approach to a humanistic approach- to see the residents as a whole, not just eye or focus on what they lack.. In the photos , faces of residents have been blurred for privacy.