Ahmed Shafeek

About the Poet

Shafeek is 21 years old individual with Dyslexia. He has completed grade 9 with NIOS (National open school curriculum). He has just started working with ENBD as a CSR coordinator.

Shafeek likes to paint and dance to popular bollywood songs.

Seven

Ronaldo wears 7.

And a little boy somewhere in Portugal wears a numberless t-shirt.

Do they have the same luck?

Is luck really defined by a digit? A number?

A mathematical expression?

Does adding 6 to 7, make it any less magical?

Can you count on a number to work for you?

Can it cause you misfortune? Mischance?

All said and done,

Any number that makes you believe, is surely a lucky one.

About the School

Our Mission is to actively promote inclusion by providing a professional learning environment for persons with disability to nurture their potential & develop the requisite self help, social, educational & vocational skills that are required to function in society.

Why are we unique? At Manzil we work towards shaping an inclusive society. Inclusion is recognizing our universal ‘oneness’ and interdependence; that we are ‘one’ even though we are not the ‘same’. While researchers define inclusion within an educational concept, to us inclusion is more than merely studying together. It is about having equal opportunities for all, being accepted for what one is, being together, working together, living together…

The strong focus towards inclusion gives Manzil students a chance to learn academic, social & vocational skills in a mainstream environment. It also gives society the opportunity to be exposed to different abilities and challenges faced by our students. At a young age this opportunity can shape minds and personalities of both those with and without disabilities in an inclusive & positive manner.