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InklusiFest 2020: Raising disability awareness via interactive learning and fun
Inclusiveness, interaction, inspiration are just some of the "ins" of the inaugural InklusiFest 2020, which draws together participants living with and without disabilities in virtual events aimed to share and learn – and a chance at breaking a national record together.
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(Illustration of a wheelchair user) The Helping Hands Foundation has launched the inaugural InklusiFest, which runs from Dec. 1-5 to commemorate the 2020 International Day of Persons with Disabilities. (Courtesy of Shutterstock /Virinaflora)
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he inaugural InklusiFest 2020 is commemorating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls each year on Dec. 3, in a five-day online event through Dec. 5.
Run by Helping Hands Foundation, the inaugural festival celebrates inclusiveness by featuring a wide array of programs, interactive workshops and webinars via Zoom and YouTube Live. Focusing on education, wellness and the arts, notable workshops include Blind Adventure, Blind Makeup and Standup Comedy, as well as the Sign Language Class.
Helping Hands executive director Wendy Kusumowidagdo said in a statement that the new festival aimed to raise public awareness about people living with disabilities.
“We’re also trying to make an MURI record for ‘400 hours of inclusive interaction’,” said Wendy, referring to the Indonesian Museum of Records. “[This means] that we will be bringing together 400 disabled and non-disabled individuals in intensive one-on-one dialogues for an hour.”
Wendy said she hoped that participants would gain educational, inclusive and fun experiences from the festival.
“Hopefully, every individual involved in this event will leave with memorable experiences and new knowledge and inspiration through ‘InterAksi Inklusif’,” she said.
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Open to the public, participants can register online to take part in the festival, which offers programs from Rp 50,000 (US$3.54) up to Rp 150,000 as well as free programs broadcast on YouTube Live.
All proceeds from the event will go toward funding the foundation’s programs for people with disabilities, including educational scholarships for special needs students.
Based in Jakarta, Helping Hands Foundation aims to promote inclusive values in Indonesia through character-building programs that bring together disabled and non-disabled people. (wir/wng)
