SOB-ODISHA - OLS Sports Centre supported by Z Estates Pvt Ltd inaugurated at Saintala
Bhubaneswar(01/11/2024): The much-awaited first Special Olympics Bharat-Odisha Sports Centre was inaugurated on 29th October 2024 at Redcross School for Disabled, Saintala in Balangir district with the support of CSR of Z Estates Pvt Ltd through Open Learning Systems, Bhubaneswar.
The Block Development Officer, Saintala and Secretary of RSD, Binay Kumar Bhoi, inaugurated the Sports Centre by cutting the ribbon along with ABO, Narayan Bhoi, Head Master of the School for the Visually Impaired, BKR Satpathy, Head Master of the School for the Speech and Hearing Impaired, Santosh Jena.
Debananda Sahoo, Principal, School for the Intellectually Impaired presided over the meeting.
National Trainer and Vice President of SOB-Odisha spoke about the need for the Sports Centre for the development of the sportspersons with and without disability of the district.
He exhorted the staff, the public and the administration to lend their helping hand in the development and sustainability of the Centre and to develop it into a Centre of Excellence.
The Chief Guest, Binay Kumar Bhoi gave assurance of development of the playground and other infrastructure of the Centre. The inauguration led to the opening of a 4 days camp for students of various schools of the district.
International Special Olympics Athlete, Baishnab Rajpalia has been appointed as the Trainer of the Centre to be assisted by Special Educators, Banishree Mishra and Sanoj Dehuri. Around 200 students of 3 schools of the district are participating in the event.
The guests and the main stakeholders expressed their gratitude to Tapan Kumar Mohanty, MD, Z Estates Pvt Ltd for his support without which the Centre would not have materialised and to Prakash Rath, Area Director, SOB-Odisha & CEO, Open Learning Systems for his relentless pursuit which bore fruit.
