{"id":105391,"date":"2026-10-13T21:18:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/?p=105391"},"modified":"2026-10-13T21:18:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:48:42","slug":"cultural-performances-by-students-with-disabilities-captivate-audience-at-annual-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/?p=105391","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Performances by Students with Disabilities Captivate Audience at Annual Function"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cultural Performances by Students with Disabilities Captivate Audience at Annual Function<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children showcase their talents on the theme \u2018God\u2019s Grace and Protection\u2019; guests encourage and motivate students<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Varanasi, October 13: The annual function of Jeevan Jyoti Divyangarth Sansthan was celebrated with great enthusiasm on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, on the theme \u2018God\u2019s Grace and Protection\u2019. Students with disabilities mesmerised guests and parents with their performances in dance, music, drama and other cultural activities. The action dance presented by students with multiple disabilities and the classical dance performance by visually impaired girls were among the major highlights of the event.
Chief Guest Dr. Eugene Joseph, Bishop of the Diocese of Varanasi, said that the purpose of education is not merely to achieve good marks but also to ensure the all-round development of students. Special Guest R. P. Singh, District Empowerment Officer for Persons with Disabilities, highlighted the importance of self-confidence, discipline and continuous effort as the key foundations of success. Sister Mavel Kanath encouraged the students to become sensitive, responsible and self-reliant individuals.
The programme commenced with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp and a prayer led by the institution\u2019s founder, Sister Irene Gonsalves, and Director, Sister Revata D\u2019Brito. Sister M. Annie Higgins, General Counsellor and CEO of the Apostleship Society, was also present as a distinguished guest. Director Sister Revata D\u2019Brito welcomed the guests. Annual reports of various departments of the institution were also presented during the programme.
The event was conducted by the students, while the vote of thanks was delivered by Sister Anivita, Manager of the school.
Those present on the occasion included Sister Anupama, Course Coordinator of the Human Resources Department; Sister Menika, Principal of Jeevan Jyoti Higher Secondary School; Sister Shobha, Principal of the Special School; Sister Abhilasha; Sister Irene Gonsalves; Sister Revata D\u2019Brito; Sister Mavel Kanath; Sister M. Annie Higgins; teachers, staff members, parents and other distinguished guests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cultural Performances by Students with Disabilities Captivate Audience at Annual Function Children showcase their talents on the theme \u2018God\u2019s Grace and Protection\u2019; guests encourage and motivate students Varanasi, October 13: The annual function of Jeevan Jyoti Divyangarth Sansthan was celebrated with great enthusiasm on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, on the theme \u2018God\u2019s Grace and Protection\u2019. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":105392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20261013-WA26681.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105393,"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105391\/revisions\/105393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/105392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}