Meet Alphia a 14-year-old girl, one of five siblings. She has cerebral palsy and affected on her right side. She is able to walk and talk. She cannot eat with her right hand, she has to use her left hand. She is extremely shy. I noticed that whenever I asked her questions her mother would ...
Over the last 10 weeks, our physiotherapy unit has been a bustle of activity. Between weekly visits to the local government home for mentally challenged boys, frequent trips to assist with group and individual therapy at a school for special needs children, multiple house visits, and daily physio therapy patients our interns have been a ...
Normal’ is such a nonsense word, Yet, so often is our aim. An abstract concept so absurd Our efforts but in vain. Today, to teach children the importance, Each created person claims, We creatively took a glance How all are different yet the same. Lessons were taught through many means Through story, sport, and songs ...
Primo Levy was an Italian Jew who was sent to Auschwitz in the final year of World War II. While there, he risked his life to keep a diary. If the Nazis had caught him recording his experiences and thoughts, they would have killed him, but he was willing to take the risk because he ...
On Tuesday the 12th of July, most of the office staff went to two separate schools in nearby villages to screen the students for wheelchairs, walkers, or crutches. At the first school the staff and fellow interns were busy helping Esther, the physiotherapist, screen the new clients. Obviously, because of physical limitations, I couldn’t hop in this ...
This is my third trip to India to work with proVISION ASIA. It is great to be back in my niche. Just like the first two trips, this trip presents its own set of challenges, but in general I look at challenges as obstacles to be overcome. Sometimes they take just a few minutes to ...
When something has always been present, it is not noticed, but when we experience something for the first time, it is remarkable. This phenomenon is clear when traveling to foreign lands. The locals do not notice what is unique about them, whereas visitors do. On Saturday, I bought two books by S. Radhakrishnan about Western ...
As I looked around the house at which we Americans are now staying here in Bangalore, I found a book comparing Mohandas Gandhi and Winston Churchill. These two men, enemies for forty years, both failed to completely realize their dreams. Gandhi wanted a non-violent India, but what he got was an India divided into three countries ...
Monday, June 27,th commemorated a joint initiative of proVISION ASIA and the Bangalore City Police Department. ProVISION ASIA distributed over 50 wheelchairs for the use of the physically challenged in Bangalore Police Stations. The Director General of Police, Mr. S.T Ramesh, spoke about the need for the police to be friendly to all individuals. He stressed the ...