Follow-up at Raiwala
This article is by Theo Demolder, a volunteer from Cambridge University. Theo approached us to draw on his experience in journalism and studying politics to “contribute to the work of the Foundation to push for the fair, dignified treatment of people with disabilities”.
We’re at Your Doorstep Now!
As part of our family-centred approach where families’ needs are foremost, we’ve been organising outreach camps in neighbourhoods, villages and towns around Dehradun for years. On July 21, we expanded that service to go to the homes of children whose parents who find it difficult to travel with their children for any reason.
Just Launched – Doorstep Therapy and Special Education Services
Snapshots from Vani Vihar, Shanti Vihar and Vidhya Vihar, Dehradun, where our just-launched doorstep therapy and special education services for kids with special needs are going on.
Law Students Intern at the Foundation
7 interns at our annual law #internships will work with our legal expert on focussed, hands-on projects on the rights and issues of #PWDs. Last year, an intern helped enable a #rape survivor get her compensation in record time.
We’re moving to a bigger space
We’re moving to a bigger space for our old kids and new! Here’s some of us setting up. Come visit! — 113/1 Vasant Vihar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Art Is Alive at the CVT
When CVT invited us for an art exhibition last week, we dropped everything to get over there to see it. The CVT team has long been famous for its creative approach to life: from making mouthwatering food (cookies, chaat, pakoras – you name it) to stitching cushion covers, aprons and custom design anything; from candles […]
Shaurya Shows Up (and makes a movie!)
Young kids are the ones to watch nowadays. When Shaurya, age 14, or possibly 16, offered to do a film for us, we leaped. He arrived with an I-phone and a tripod and suddenly it was “lights, camera, action.” I asked a bunch of our faithfuls to come in on a Saturday and (how lucky […]
Storytelling at Latika Vihar!
Stories have always been a big part of the daily round at Latika Vihar. We tell them in assembly, we read them out loud in the library and we encourage the children to share their own. But John Marsh took it to another level in his storytelling workshop this week. He began by telling us […]
Autism Conference in Delhi
Latika Roy Foundation was well represented at the recent International Autism conference in Delhi – organized by Action for Autism and featuring a wide range of world-class speakers including friends like Vibha Krishnamurthy and Koyeli Sen Gupta of Ummeed. Shubha Nagesh attended the pre-conference workshop on Research Methods while Rashmi Rangarajan, Rashi Bhatnagar, Charanpreet Sachdev […]
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 […]