UN Resident Coordinator unveils `Ability village` foundation stone at CCPur

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    IMPHAL, July 27: United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Lise Granade today unveiled the foundation stone for Ability Village, an empowerment centre for differently abled persons at Pearsonmun, Lamka, Churachandpur.

    Many dignitaries from the district as well as the state attended the function.

    She was accompanied on her maiden visit to this part of the country by Hardiv Singh, CEO and Founder of Salwan Media, his wife and other UN officials.

    Lise Grande  as the chief guest of the occasion lauded the initiative taken by the  Ability Village authorities  and said “The UN   fundamental  founding principle is to protect the dignity of human, which had been approve by the more than 194 UN  member countries plus the occupied Palestine.

    She added, “Principle must be put into practice or else its useless/nothing”.

    The  Ability Village is a product of the  Centre for Community Initiative ( a center for those children  who are  mentally and physical challenge), which had been establish in 2002 by P Tonsing and his wife Douching  in a land donated by the proprietor of Lalpuithluaii Foundation School  T Vunglallian  at Pearsonmun .

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