Visits to rural Community Based Rehabilitation projects and pictures of the Volunteer Management Workshop held in the Spastics Society of South India, Chennai.

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Doctor explaining the sensory stimulus room for autistic children in a rural therapy centre for children with developmental disabilities in Tamil Nadu.  

Volunteer doing manipulation therapy for a child with cerebral palsy at a rural therapy centre for children with developmental disabilities in Tamil Nadu

Volunteers and mothers encourage play for children with developmental disabilities

This mother comforts and reassures her child having just received routine inoculations for childhood diseases from the community nurse on the right. 

Allan and Margaret with the Buddhist monk from Burma who runs a pagoda in rural Tamil Nadu. There is a therapy centre in the grounds of the pagoda. With them is a member of staff from the Spastics Society of South India who support the Community Rehabilitation Projects in this District.

This mother has been trained to maniputate the limbs of her daughter who lives with cerebral palsy. The doctor, care workers and volunteers call regularly to support the family.  She enjoys playing with her beautiful, cheerful and lively sisters

Allan listening in to a group discussion during our workshop on NGO and volunteer management in Chennai. The delegates were Directors and senior managers from NGOs and charities.

Delegates from different South Indian NGOs enjoying the opportunity to network.

Discussion was intense, constructive and always friendly.

The results from the workshop were fantastic.

At the moving closing ceremony the girls sang a haunting Tamil song to celebrate the success of the workshop.