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 [...]
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 [...]
First Referral After ANM Training Session
This is exciting news! Two weeks ago, we set out on an ambitious schedule to train 200 Associate Nurse Midwives in five different districts of Uttarakhand. The goal for the sessions is to train [...]
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 [...]
All Staff Meeting Zindabad!
Last week we had our best-ever all-staff meeting. I’m not sure why it took us so long to understand that there’s a good way to have meetings and there is a bad way. Bad: Leave the [...]
We Spell Paradise: K-A-L-H-A-N
Drs Jiten and Indu Kalhan have been friends of the Foundation for as long as we have existed. It was through them that Moy Moy came into our lives and for that alone we owe them a lifetime of [...]
Latika Vihar Talent Show: Rising Stars and the Tried and True!
“So who won?” one of our guests asked. She had arrived late and the show was already over. “Won?” I asked, confused. “I know!” she agreed. “I was [...]
Latika Roy Foundation Wins CNN IBN Real Hero Award!
Late in the day to be announcing this, but I just realized there is no official spot on the site where we’ve shared the great recognition that the Foundation received recently: We were [...]
How New Tax Laws Might Affect The Work of Voluntary Organisations in India
All of us in the voluntary sector need to read this article carefully and with concern. According to new tax laws (passed in 2008 but only now being implemented), the definition of a tax-exempt [...]
Those Amazing Momenta Photographers
Momenta is now an institution here in Dehradun – and certainly at the Latika Roy Foundation. Momenta is an organization of photographers who believe that images can help change the world. [...]
