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`Help mentally challenged children'

By Our Staff Correspondent

UDUPI JULY 12. The President of the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC), Chittaranjandas Hegde, has said that parents and teachers should help mentally challenged children realise their potential.

Speaking at a function here on Friday to felicitate Yashodha Ramachandran, a student of Asha Nilaya School for the Mentally Challenged, for winning a silver medal in the five km. cycling competition and a bronze medal in the one km. cycling competition at the International Special Olympics in Dublin, Ireland, he said mentally challenged children had immense potential. It was essential for the Government and voluntary organisations to support such children, he said. Presiding over the function, the Bishop of CSI-KSD, C.L. Furtado, said the function was held to instil self-confidence among mentally challenged children. The Basel Mission had set up hospitals, schools, and special homes to serve the people.

Yashodha thanked her mother and her teachers for helping her win the medals at Dublin.

Ms. Bhagirathi, Yashodha's mother, urged the Government and the voluntary organisations to help mentally challenged children. S. Ramananda Bhat, Leader of the Opposition in the Udupi CMC, welcomed the gathering. Suvarna proposed a vote of thanks. U.M. Vaidya, District Surgeon, Vasanth Kumar, Special Olympics Area Director, K. Muralidhar, Udupi Tahsildar, Sam Daniel, Principal of Silas International School, and Pradeep John of Asha Nilaya were present.

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