KARACHI, March 31: Over 100 handicapped children from a number of educational institutions had fun for three hours at an entertainment programme at a seaside restaurant on Monday.

The children from Ida Rieu School and College for the Deaf and Blind, Darul Sukoon, Darul Khushnood, Asra Special School, Burhani Blood Bank, Madawa Welfare Society, participated in the function.

Students of the Ida Rieu School and College for the Deaf — Musliha, Rahat, Rubab, Komal, Sadaf, Sohail, Ikram, Imran, Shahid and others led by their music teacher Master Riaz Hussain — enthralled their colleagues with national and folk songs. Many other special children danced through the music-cum-song presentation of their colleagues.

Jimmy engineer, who organized the programme, urged the parents of special children not to hide them but to take them out so that the children had an opportunity to mingle with normal children. He urged the philanthropists to come forward and assist the organizations serving the special people.

Shakeel Ahmad of the Salt and Pepper Village also spoke.