Sensory Style!
Moy Moy was a beautiful young woman: she had black eyes, like the deepest pools, and the most wonderful hair: thick, dark, glossy and straight. But cutting it was always difficult – both for her and for us. Moy hated anything happening around her face. She would bob her head frantically from one side to […]
A Dhamakedar World Disability Day
World Disability Day on 3 December was extra special this year, thanks to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), who let us have the use of their ground for the occasion. We got to celebrate the second Sports Day in our history, the first being in 2018, at the Doon School — it’s not every day […]
Our 31st Annual General Meeting
Mamta Govil, President of Latika’s Board, called the 31st Annual General Meeting to order on 16 November, and welcomed those in attendance. The General Body mourned the passing of Meenu Jolly, long-time friend and volunteer at Latika. We lost Meenu suddenly in May of this year – she had been connected with Latika from its […]
Building Capacities at the Wipro Education Forum 2024
Sumita Nanda, Chief Operating Officer, and Aarti Nair, Director, Services, represented Latika at the Wipro Education Forum, 4—6 December 2024. The theme, ‘Capacity Building for and by Civil Society Organizations’, resonated with our mission to provide specialized, localized services to disabled children and their families, and help others do the same. As an organization that […]
Celebrating Inclusion with Dehradun’s School Leaders
Inclusion and advocacy form an important part of our work at Latika. The Latika Wabi-Sabi team works with children, parents and schools to enable disabled kids to learn and grow alongside their abled peers in mainstream schools. The goal is participation – for many children, academic achievement is less important than the opportunity learn, play […]