{"id":1375,"date":"2020-06-17T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poliochildren.org\/?page_id=1375"},"modified":"2020-12-20T16:16:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T16:16:02","slug":"united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/poliochildren.org\/united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"United Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE UNITED KINGDOM<\/h1>\n

Our Locations<\/h3>\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/a>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
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London<\/h2>\n

In 2017 and in 2018, Polio and Children in Need Charity (PACINC) supported the work of <\/strong>Ourmala<\/em>, a UK registered charity, by funding education and rehabilitation projects for 120 children of refugees, ten percent of whom had physical disabilities. Severely disadvantaged children of refugees and asylum-seekers learn to read, socialise, and practice trauma-informed yoga with their mothers under the direction of Ourmala’s staff.<\/p>\n

\"Yoga<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Yoga time!<\/p>\n

\"Teaching<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Teaching reading to a refugee child<\/p>\n

\"Refugee<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Refugee child’s first exposure to a picture book<\/p>\n

In 2018, Polio and Children in Need Charity, provided grants to Community Heart (London)<\/em>, another UK based charity, to help run programs for children living below the poverty line. The programs are geared towards instilling self-discipline, building confidence, and acquiring general life skills that can help young folks lift themselves out of negative and destructive lifestyles and make a positive contribution in society as role-model citizens.<\/p>\n

To date Polio and Children in Need Charity’s support of this program has benefitted more than 200 children and young adults.<\/p>\n

\"Young<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Young kids famamiliarizing themselves with boxing gear<\/p>\n

\"Kids<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Kids posing in a boxing ring after a class in self-defense<\/p>\n

Oxford<\/h2>\n

\"Learning<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Learning how to care for a horse<\/p>\n

\"Learning<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Learning horse-riding<\/p>\n

In 2017, PACINC provided grants to Inside Out<\/em>, a charity dedicated to improving the wellbeing of all primary school children. The funding helped train eight teachers and\u202feducate 50 children with special educational needs.<\/p>\n

Stratford, London<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Manoj<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Manoj Soma, Founder, Choice International (standing) donating a wheelchair<\/p>\n

\"At<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

At a polio and children in need charity-sponsored tennis tournament for wheelchair athletes<\/p>\n

In 2019, Polio and Children in Need Charity supported the efforts of Choice International<\/em>, a non-profit UK based international development organization whose mission is to promote equality for disabled youngsters in sports and public places. Funds were utilized to purchase two wheelchairs for disabled athletes in India that enabled them to participate in local wheelchair tennis tournaments. In\u202faddition, the money secured provided the financing needed to, conduct tennis workshops for over 15 physically handicapped youth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE UNITED KINGDOM Our Locations London In 2017 and in 2018, Polio and Children in Need Charity (PACINC) supported the work of Ourmala, a UK registered charity, by funding education and rehabilitation projects for 120 children of refugees, ten percent of whom had physical disabilities. Severely disadvantaged children of refugees and asylum-seekers learn to read, socialise, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poliochildren.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poliochildren.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poliochildren.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poliochildren.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poliochildren.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poliochildren.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poliochildren.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}