Art Therapy for Parents at the CVT
Sharmi Guha, art therapist, and aunt of our trainee Sayan Choudhary conducted an art therapy workshop for a compact group of eight parents from our Center for Vocational Training (CVT) on April 12. Sharmi’s forte lies in helping children and adults cope with difficult emotions using art as a release. The first half of the […]
LRF GROUNDBREAKING: HERE WE COME, INDIA!
The ground-breaking for the Latika Roy Foundation’s new campus took place on March 17 in Niranjanpur, Dehradun. Set for completion in 2025, our fully accessible premises will be a green, earthquake-safe, energy efficient construction with customized lighting, wide doorways and dedicated spaces for activities, therapy, counseling, movement arts, training, sensory integration and more. Our new […]
On Valentine’s Day, a Gift of Friendship
Our friends –the ones who brighten our day, just because – are the family we choose, the siblings we never had. Friendships can be underrated but there’s a considerable amount of research to show how important childhood friendships are for successful adult relationships later. Preschool friendships are helpful in developing social and emotional skills, increasing […]
US Med Students Intern at LRF
Allegra Garcia and Sarah Olson, senior undergraduates studying Global Health at Luther College, and Rebekah McAdam, a final year student at the Kansas School of Medicine, interned at the Latika Roy Foundation from January 30 to February 3, 2023. Allegra, who plans to complete a graduate degree in Public Health and Policy and eventually work […]
“LRF Has Given My Family Hope”: EIC Mother
It’s that time of year when children transition across centers at the Latika Roy Foundation (LRF). At the Early Intervention Center (EIC), we had 11 children move up to Karuna Vihar Special School. “With the children, we had to bid farewell to their mothers as well,” says Pooja Panwar, Project Head, EIC about the bittersweet […]