The Sightsavers Team Comes Calling
Eighteen months ago, we won a prestigious grant from Sightsavers, a major UK based organization. Of 477 proposals for its Innovation Fund, ours was one of only 13 selected. The idea we had was to provide community-based followup care for children with developmental disabilities whom we had assessed at Gubbara. Our goal was to empower parents […]
On The Inside | Anuradha Pandey 4
The Home Management Program at Karuna Vihar is for families who live too far away from Dehradun for their children to attend every day, or for whom there is no vacancy at the moment. These families come once a month and are given a tailor-made program to follow at home. Each month when they […]
On The Inside | Anuradha Pandey 3
Reading time! Kids love stories and picture books are the perfect “hook” to introduce them to the world of reading. It’s a gradual process as children begin to understand a story first visually, and later conceptually. Lavanya, a Karuna Vihar student, is fascinated by the pictures in her story book. There’s plenty of […]
On The Inside | Anuradha Pandey 2
Another reflection from Anuradha Pandey. Kritika Rawat spends time by herself at the end of a class drawing a beautiful picture of a butterfly on a flower. This is when the kids express their thoughts and feelings through paint, clay and craft. This is the time when kids should not be disturbed because this […]
On The Inside | Anuradha Pandey
Anuradha Pandey is interning with the Foundation from November through mid-December. A student at Symbiosis in Pune, she is studying Media, Design and Communication. For her own documentation, she is taking a series of photos and doing a little story to go with each one. I have edited the text slightly. The photo credits are […]
On The Inside | A New Series
“On The Inside” is a new series we are starting for volunteers, interns and consultants to share their experiences while at the Foundation. These stories will be featured here on the News page and you can expect a wide range of interesting glimpses behind the scenes at all of our centres. Watch this space! The […]
A Gift for Gubbara!
Ajay Mehrotra is an optician and audiologist who runs a thriving business (Eye and Ear Care Centre) in the heart of Dehradun. In an earlier post, I described how we went to him for a hearing aid for 96 year old Mummy, a stubborn patient if ever there was one. She was (still is to […]
ASHA Trainings Complete and Shining!
Our pilot project to follow up on children whom we assessed at Gubbara is nearing completion. A vital part of the program is training a group of ASHA workers who in turn are training the ASHAs they supervise. Yesterday, 18 of them came to the Resource Centre for a session. Next up: Home Visits! One […]
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 […]
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 […]