Surjeet and Archana Qualify as CDAs
At Latika, our incredibly dedicated staff are at the heart of all our operations. We take pride in their enduring investment in our organization and commit to their ongoing success by empowering them to take on increasingly challenging tasks through continuous development in a culture of learning. Surjeet Negi, a member of our support staff, […]
Training for Physiotherapy Students from Local Institutes
The WHO estimates that about 2.4 billion people worldwide live with a health condition that can benefit from rehabilitation, a process that helps people whose ability to be independent in their day-to-day activities is compromised due to illness, disease, surgery, disability or just old age. Despite the critical need for rehab services, such as physiotherapy, […]
Dr Anand Kumar Presents Red Balloon: The 5th Moy Moy Memorial Lecture
The annual Moy Moy Memorial Lecture honors the memory of Moy Moy Chopra-McGowan, the inspiration for our pioneering work in disability. We celebrate her life and pay tribute to the incredible force for good she was by reflecting on new ways to move toward the better world we are committed to creating. The series is […]
A Different Kind of Sunday with Cushman & Wakefield
3 December – World Disability Day – is a huge day for us because it’s that one day a year the world dedicates to thinking and talking about what we’ve made our life’s purpose: disability rights and the wellbeing of disabled children and their families. This year, it was made extra special by the presence […]
Six Degrees of Separation: Arshad Returns Home After Six Months
A few months ago, five-year-old Arshad left his home in Muzaffarnagar to visit his Dadi, carrying nothing with him but the eagerness and impulsiveness of his years. Not once did it cross his mind that Dadi lived all the way in Dehradun, much further than his little legs could possibly carry him. On 8 May, […]
Say Our (New) Name: LATIKA
Our new identity – Latika – was revealed to our community at two jam-packed events on 21 August. The morning event – one of our proudest, most emotional, ever – took place at a jampacked ICFRE Auditorium at the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. With performances by our children and trainees, the show was attended by […]
Consultation on Inclusion in the North Region
On May 19, 2023, a consultation on disability inclusion in the North Region was hosted by the National Centre for Promotion of Employment of Disabled People (NCPEDP), Latika Roy Foundation (LRF), and Disability Rights Advocacy Group (DRAG). Attendees included NGOs, disabled people’s organizations, disability rights professionals, state commissioners for the disabled and other government representatives. […]
“An Ethos of Acceptance, No Matter What”
With doctors’ waiting rooms across the country packed, often with very ill children, pediatricians usually have neither the time nor the specialized training to conduct developmental assessments. Disabled children suffer needlessly from preventable diseases and deficiencies in addition to the problems associated with their disability. Our experience from back when we had full-time doctors on […]
CFHI Interns at LRF
Zhilian Huang, a research associate in Population Health Epidemiology at Singapore University; Sixtus Akinlosotu, an undergrad at Drexel University College of Medicine; and Daniel Szabo, a graduate student of Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center, were with us over April 17–18 as part of a program organized by Child Family Health […]
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 […]