{"id":24799,"date":"2025-04-29T09:07:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/?p=24799"},"modified":"2025-05-06T06:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T06:15:16","slug":"bombay-cuffe-parade-lions-club-gifts-mobility-to-sec-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/bombay-cuffe-parade-lions-club-gifts-mobility-to-sec-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombay Cuffe Parade Lions Club Gifts Mobility To SEC Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24799\" class=\"elementor elementor-24799\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1468087 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1468087\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a69c7cb\" data-id=\"a69c7cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95dcf07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"95dcf07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250326-WA0053-1024x775.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24804\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250326-WA0053-1024x775.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250326-WA0053-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250326-WA0053-768x581.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250326-WA0053.jpg 1074w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34727cc\" data-id=\"34727cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5400d89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5400d89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Society for the Education of the Challenged (SEC) was founded by Fathema Ismail in 1958 after her personal journey with a polio-affected daughter. What began with a personal investment of Rs.40,000 has today evolved into a vital resource for both children and adults with physical challenges across Mumbai.<\/p><p>On March 26, 2025, members of Bombay Cuffe Parade Lions Club, District 3231-A1 visited the Society\u2019s Day School in Agripada, an area in South Mumbai. Among other things, they brought with them the gift of mobility: leg braces and mobility aids for wheelchair-bound children. For many of these children from economically challenged families, this Rs.2.6 lakh project represented newfound independence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a84e6fa elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a84e6fa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27c3e95\" data-id=\"27c3e95\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa43fc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa43fc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Lions were warmly welcomed by the children, the school principal and trustees. Grateful for the gifts they had just received, the children treated their visitors to a musical performance. Sporting large smiles and accompanied by their teacher on a harmonium, the children sang with emotion: \u201cMana apne jeb se fakeer hain, phir bhi yaaro dil ke hum ameer hain.\u201d The Lions could not help but join them in the song that seemed to capture the feelings of the children so beautifully; for they were indeed rich in spirit. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cc14ac\" data-id=\"8cc14ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ba7b1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"6ba7b1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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participating with beaming smiles that proved contagious to everyone watching.<\/p><p>The club&#8217;s support extends beyond prosthetics to ensure these children can access education regularly, by sponsoring their transportation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c348988\" data-id=\"c348988\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e30ff05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e30ff05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/md3231-legbraces-711x1024.png\" 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