35 million people in Tamil Nadu live on around £1 a day
SCAD and VITOL help differently-abled
Posted by: admin
Tags:
care, community based rehabilitation, Development, differently-abled, disabilities, health, SCADcharity, social change and development, support in the community
Posted date:
April 13, 2012 |
No comment
April 13, 2012
The Indian charity 'The Association of People with Disabilities' claims 17 million people with disabilities in India do not receive support such as mobility aids. SCAD is working with VOTOL to help support young people with physical and mental disabilities. So far in the last six months we have been very busy with this mission and managed to organise 5 Orthopaedic and assessment camps attended by a total of 310children with physical and/or learning difficulties. a total of 490 children with physical and/or learning difficulties received treatment. 56 parents received training and support...
Read More
Occupational therapists work with our SCAD staff
Posted by: admin
Tags:
children, community based rehabilitation, community empowerment, community organisation, differently-abled, disabled, education, empowerment, health, holistic healthcare, occupational therapists, physiotherapy, SCADcharity, schooling, social change and development, Tamil Nadu
Posted date:
February 16, 2012 |
No comment
February 16, 2012
We are fortunate enough to have two Belgium OT (Occupational Therapist) students completing 3 month internships at SCAD working with differently-abled students at the residential school and in the community. SCAD have built up an invaluable relationship with the KHBO University in Brugge, Belgium and have OT students come every year to SCAD. This ensures that there is sustainability in the OT support given to our staff. The current two Belgium OT students, Lise & Phaedra, will provide support and training to the CBR (Community Based Rehabilitation) staff on current practice and possible areas...
Read More