Toybank – Development through Play is enabling disabled kids to discover the power of play – Newz Hook | Disability News – Changing Attitudes towards Disability
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Toybank – Development through Play is enabling disabled kids to discover the power of play
Accessibility January 14, 2019
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For most children, playing with toys is an important way to learn and develop. For children with disabilities, it can also help support specific challenges. Toys have been known to encourage better communication and improve mobility and of course can be lots of fun.
However, access to toys is a luxury for many children in India, a gap that Toybank – Development through Play has been working to fill for the last 15 years.
Toybank does this by recycling toys, meaning it collects used toys, fixes them and gives them away to schools and homes for unprivileged children across India.
In Maharashtra, Toybank also reaches out to over 950 children with disabilities.
Toybank reaches out to around 955 children with disability through 30 play centers. This is specific to Maharashtra, and specific to children with disability, we have 13 urban and three rural centers. We have been working [...]
