Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) are women selected by their own community to be trained and supported to function in their villages to improve the community’s general health. There is approximately one ASHA per thousand people in the rural areas. In the usual cascade-training approach the government employs, there is another group called ASHA facilitators Continue Reading →
Sumita Nanda Takes The Cake!!!
What a pleasure, what a joy to announce the great news that our own Sumita Nanda has been appointed Director, Human Resources at the Latika Roy Foundation. Everyone who has ever come in to the Foundation – be it as a neighbor, a landlord, a volunteer, a consultant, a vendor, a donor, a funder, a Continue Reading →
Keshav Desiraju Becomes India’s Health Secretary
We got lucky yesterday. And by “we”, I mean the country. Keshav Desiraju has been appointed Health Secretary, Government of India. I’ve heard him described as a visionary, a person of impeccable honesty and total integrity, a man of action and a dedicated public servant. All true. Add sense of humor, sense of the absurd, Continue Reading →
Calendar Fan!
My friend Peter Phun is a friend I’ve never met. Several years ago, I thought I had lost all the photos I took at my niece’s wedding. I posted my anguish on an online forum and he responded and rescued me, patiently, carefully and with clear, step-by-step instructions. I can never forget his kindness. We Continue Reading →
CVT Does Fundraising
While everyone else was busy organising melas and eating golgappas, bhel puri and cake, the adults at the College for Vocational Training were concentrating on the bottom line. Tirelessly, they hit every school function, craft fair and mela in town – selling candles, bags, folders and pouches, all of which they made themselves at the Continue Reading →
Diwali Mela at Mama EIC
The Mama EIC team rocks! For weeks they have been planning and preparing for their Diwali mela and as with everything they do, the results were amazing. Parents, grandparents and children of all ages flocked to the gates, and it seemed there was something exciting round every corner that day: Every centre in the Foundation Continue Reading →
Diwali at Latika Vihar!
Our first Diwali in Latika Vihar’s new premises . . . one of the great things about this new place is that it has a long paved driveway (our old place was all gravel). Paving is the perfect showcase for our children’s Rangoli: It’s wonderful to watch the concentration and care the children bring to Continue Reading →
Latika Roy Foundation Named NGO of the Year!
We are so proud to announce that the Latika Roy Foundation has been honored with the NGO of the Year Award by the National Trust. The Trust is an autonomous group within the Government of India’s Ministry of Social Welfare and Empowerment and was established to address the concerns of people with autism, cerebral palsy, Continue Reading →
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