Why Everyone Needs an Aadhaar

Couple holding a small child and displaying a printed disability identity certificate document.

The Latika Roy Foundation Awareness Team is continuing to raise awareness about the importance of Aadhaar – an essential identification document for all Indian citizens – through virtual workshops for our parents. At the Foundation, we insist that every child enrolled with us has it. If they don’t, we help them get it through camps […]

An Evening of Stories and Poems

Smiling woman in red and gold sari seated indoors with floral decor and lit oil lamp.

On September 8, World Literacy Day, we were delighted to have Lovleen Misra in association with The Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival, conduct an interactive poetry and storytelling session in Hindi for all our children, their families and anyone else wanted to join. Lovleen Misra is an actor, writer and storyteller Lovleen is an actor, screenplay […]

Our Children and their Families – Short Video

Hindi animated still showing a multigenerational family including a girl in a wheelchair beside text on COVID.

It’s been a busy time for us at the Foundation, with the team working closely — but differently — with our number one focus: our children and their families. With time, we realise that if families come together and work with their child, miracles can happen. Here’s a little video on our message. We hope […]

Interning at LRF: Rito’s Story

Stock image of a wooden gavel resting on law books beside a brass scale of justice.

Ritoban Maitra, a first year student at Symbiosis Law School, Symbiosis International University, Pune, did a month-long online internship with us recently. His project was a present day assessment of the right to education and related opportunities for disabled kids in India with respect to policy and legislation available in 2020. Here’s what he has […]

Chhoti Charcha Bade Fayde

Latika Roy Foundation Choti Charcha Bade Fayde webinar schedule listing dates, presenters and topics.

Chhoti Charcha Bade Fayde/ Small Discussions, Big Benefits: Our webinar series on helping developmentally disabled kids thrive! NEW Visit link: https://forms.gle/bgYgXjbdfCZksmpw5

Time for Nature on World Environment Day

Young woman in a purple scarf with a backpack stands smiling in a snow-capped Himalayan valley.

We’re barely halfway into 2020, and it’s already been one of the hardest years for the planet in recent history, with bushfires, heatwaves, locust invasions, super cyclones and a global pandemic that’s brought people and countries to their knees. UN chief Antonio Guterres said that “nature is sending us a clear message. We are harming […]

Busting Period Myths on Global Menstrual Hygiene Day

Group of female students in blue uniforms posing on a staircase with thumbs up at a Latika visit.

Yesterday, May 28, was Menstrual Hygiene Day, celebrated to break the silence that surrounds menstruation, raise awareness, change negative social norms, and catalyse political action around menstrual hygiene. Above all, it’s to empower girls to menstruate safely, hygienically, with confidence and without shame about a normal, natural process. Managing periods can be challenging for physically […]