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Provide opportunities to disabled: trust

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HONOUR: Tamil Nadu Handicapped Federation Charitable Trust president G. Chidambaranathan (right) and Head (Chennai Operations) of Ascendas Lee Fu Nyap present an excellence award to a differently-abled achiever in Chennai on Sunday.

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Handicapped Federation Charitable Trust president G. Chidambaranathan on Sunday underlined the significance of providing opportunities and assistance to physically challenged persons. This was necessary as the physically challenged could achieve anything if given opportunities and provided assistance, he said.

Mr. Chidambaranathan was speaking at a function here, in which excellence awards were presented to 20 persons with disability for their achievements in different fields. The programme was organised by Ascendas, a space provider for IT companies, and the Trust. Each of the awardees received an award, a certificate and a cash prize.

Men and women with different physical disabilities received the awards for achievements in art, sports, academics and music. One of the recipients, J. Uma Maheshwari, has completed three degrees by writing her examinations with her feet. Another awardee, Gopi Kannan, has won over 32 gold medals in the javelin competition at the Para-Olympics.

Singapore Consul-General Ajit Singh gave away some of the awards, while the rest were presented by Lee Fu Nyap, Head (Chennai Operations) of Ascendas. Mr. Nyap said the ceremony was an inspirational event and that it was a celebration of the triumph of the human spirit.

The ceremony began with a light music show by Gangai Maran and the troupe of the movie Chennai – 600028. Comedy King Vivek added mirth and humour to the show.

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