Sparsh - Discover Humanity: February 2012
Sparsh NGO Discover Humanity - Empower Underprivileged Children

Thursday, 23 February 2012

How Dementia Impacts Children?

Majorly found in adults particularly elders, dementia also affects children. Children with dementia show personality changes and unusual or distressing behavior. Further, it leads to memory loss; affects ability to think clearly, creates difficulty in understanding words and recognizing people.

Causes

In children it may result due to several factors like - infection, poisoning, lack of some nutrients, brain injury etc. Also, some unique disorders can also cause dementia. In some cases dementia arises due to genetic factors and often metabolic disorders also that affect brain. In pregnant mothers, insufficient folic acid i.e. Vitamin B9 can also cause underdeveloped infant brain cells resulting in dementia later in child’s life.

Symptoms

The commonest symptom of dementia is memory loss. But just memory loss by itself does not mean that a child has dementia. Other accompanying symptoms are personality and behavior changes, clumsiness, stumbling, or slow learning. Children may also develop mental impairment, progressive loss of motor skills and sight, and seizures. The child may look healthy from outside but, on the inside, their brain is not functioning appropriately.

Problems Faced By Children Afflicted With Dementia

Dementia affects people differently. Children with dementia have significantly impaired intellectual performance and it interferes with their normal activities. Due to increasing forgetfulness, the child may not be able to follow directions and instructions. A child may lose his ability maintain emotional control, and may experience problems such as agitation, delusions, and hallucinations etc. He may repeat the same story over and over, again and ask same questions many times. Also they face difficulty in communicating. He may face difficulty in finding right words or completing sentences. They also have problems with thinking and recognizing people, and will sometimes forget what things are used for.

Coping Dementia In Children

Most importantly parents must always be in contact in with the child and must interact with him frequently. It will give the child an opportunity to ask questions and express his feelings, fear and experiences. Adults around kids affected with dementia must always remember that the child may not be able to take too much information download at one time and so you must always try to keep it simple and respond to their questions at their level.Be in strong coordination with the child’s teacher or school counselor. Let them know about dementia and that child suffering from it requires specialized attention. Visit school from time to time to check if the child has experienced any problems. Encourage learning about dementia in the school environment and with the child’s friends and peer groups.

Friday, 3 February 2012

Fund Raising by Sparsh to Empower the Lives of Underprivileged Children



Validation! Validation of who we are, where we are coming from, and where we are aiming to go forward in life is a driving force for every little task that we do. But have you ever stopped for a moment and thought about those who don’t know where they come from? Whom do they belong to? How and why did they land into an underprivileged set-up?
If not yet, then perhaps it’s about time you paused and thought about this issue, heartily.
An NGO working persistently towards the betterment of these underprivileged people, with an aim to nurture them into an individual who has every right to lead a happy and meaningful life is, SPARSH. Promoted by Marvel Group that comprises of Mother’s Pride, Presidium and Adiva, this organization has a simple vision, embrace and spread compassion.
Three years back, Sparsh Special School was established to give wings to the dreams of these impoverished children, women and most importantly, mentally and physically challenged kids. The school is striving to address every single need of these special children so that one day, they too can walk shoulder to shoulder, with you and me. To work on this cherished dream even more vigorously now, we are seeking support, acknowledgement and love from all sections of the society.
And as they say that “A good deed is never lost”, Sparsh would welcome you to discover humanity by getting associated with it in the following ways:
You can become a patron trustee by donating a sum of Rs. 5 lakh
A life member by donating a sum of Rs. 2 lakh
An executive member by donating a sum of Rs. 1 lakh
An associate trustee by donating a sum of Rs. 50, 000
You can even contribute lesser amounts starting from Rs.250 to Rs. 11,000. Also, people contributing Rs.51, 00 and Rs. 11,000 will get special mementos from the Sparsh family as a token of gratitude.
*Remember that all the contributions are tax exempted u/s-80G
At Sparsh, we try to enlighten the lives of these beloved children by providing them with vocational training, occupational therapy, expert guidance, nutritious food, books and a lot more. But we have just begun! And to keep this effort alive and strong, we would appreciate if you could also lend your hand. Adopting a child, making a contribution monetarily or perhaps in any other way which you think could make a difference, is highly looked forward to and valued.

For further details: Contact: Surbhi Kashyap -7838654060

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