Aiding awareness The department of preventive and social medicine of the Armed Forces Medical College is holding an inter-school health quiz. The finals will be held on AIDS Day, December 1 at the Dhanvantri Auditorium, AFMC premises, at 10 am. The preliminary round was on November 26 and of the 14 teams which participated, six have been selected for the finals. The team which stands first will get the rolling trophy and a cash prize of Rs 500 for each of the participants while the runners-up will get a cash prize of Rs 250 each. The audience will have school children and there are some prizes to be won by them as well. The Chief Guest will be the Commandant of AFMC, Lt General B B Dutta. Wing Commander Mandeep Singh says, ``This is the second year that the quiz is being conducted. Last year, St Vincent High School won the trophy''.Helping Spastic Kids Children with disabilities need extra care, but can we provide that? Till such time that their parents are alive, it's alright, but what happens to a spastic child whose parents die? Often they are left to their own devices. At Sarva Seva Sangh an NGO that helps the downtrodden, the need to help such children was greatly felt. Father Felix, director SSS, recently set up a home for spastic orphans at Wadgaon Sheri. Says he, ``We have hired a bungalow and so far have seven children with us from the ages of two to eight.'' These children have been referred to them from Sassoon hospital, and since such children always need specialised care, SSS has brought two trained nuns from South India to look after them. More than care, these children can now hope for a decent life at least.
