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 […]
A New Song for Anshuman
In 2020, Anshuman, 7, was getting into trouble at school for his aggressive behaviour and language. Diagnosed with autism at Gubbara, our assessment center, he began after-school remedial lessons four afternoons a week at our Child Development Center (CDC). In addition to academics, we worked on helping him express himself constructively. In the ‘chit game’, […]
Dhamaka on International Day of People with Disabilities 2022
Over 250 students, trainees, parents, staff and supporters of the Latika Roy Foundation (LRF) commemorated the International Day of People with Disabilities on December 3 with a 2-km walk from the Vasant Vihar market area. The participants covered the distance on foot, in wheelchairs and a motorcade of four vans, five e-rickshaws festooned with balloons, […]
Asad and Umar: From Tears to Triumph
As a young bride, Ruhinisha’s dream was to give her future children a good education. A graduate in Urdu from Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi, she believed in the power of education to change lives and turn weakness into strength. When her first, long-awaited child Md. Asad was born she had no idea how much life […]
Siblings Club Launches at LRF
For most parents, the birth a child heralds the lifelong feeling of their hearts walking about outside them. If the child is disabled, that feeling often goes hand in hand with fear, especially as the children grow into adulthood and the parents age. “What will become of my child after I’m gone?” is the most […]
“Sachin, Tu Jah Yahan Se” – The Long Road to Inclusion
Photo for representational purposes only. Inclusion in mainstream education is an extended process that begins with acknowledging that all children have the right to education, interaction with others their age, and participation in every aspect of community life. At the Latika Roy Foundation (LRF), our Wabi-Sabi Inclusion Program helps prepare our children academically, socially and […]
Himanshu and the Art of Sitting
Five-year-old Himanshu was a little tornado when he enrolled at the Latika Roy Foundation’s Early Intervention Center at the age of three. Diagnosed with autism and hyperactivity, all he wanted to do was run around the playground from the moment he entered until he left. Over the past two years, our multidisciplinary team of special […]