WORLD HERITAGE DAY

CELEBRATING

WORLD HERITAGE DAY 2012

With ASI and ITIHAAS

An inclusive programme for children with Disabilities.

18^th April, 2012

Purana Quila, New Delhi

To take our commitment to Heritage Education forward, ITIHAAS organized a special study tour for 500 children with disability on the World Heritage Day, 2012. This was the first ever such visit of the Purana Quila organized by The Archaeological Survey of India and ITIHAAS.

ITIHAAS, an educational trust active in the area of heritage education and working with school students since 2004, conducted a study tour of the Purana Quila for children with special needs. This was the first such Heritage Education programme in the country which reached out to the Hearing impaired, those with Visual impairment, autistic children as well as those with special needs. Nine students from Sanskriti School, Chanakyapuri participated as ITIHAAS volunteers and helped in group movement and activities. The study tour brought alive the dead past for these children by making them active participants in taking our heritage forward.

 The program began with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp by senior ASI officials, Dr. Gautam Sengupta, Director-General (ASI), Mr. Mohammed K.K., Regional Director (North Zone), Dr. D.N. Dimri, Superintending Archaeologist (Delhi Circle) and Ms Smita Vats (Founder-Director, ITIHAAS). Address by the guests was followed by a song, composed and sung by one of the ASI officials from Mysore.

 The event ended with the children getting certificates of appreciation from the ASI, study material and worksheets by ITIHAAS and refreshments. The children enjoyed the programme thoroughly and it was equally appreciated by their teachers, guardians and facilitators.

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