Pictures from the visits to NGOs working with people with developmental disabilities in and around Mumbai. This includes the workshop for NGO managers.

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Managers from NGOs based around Mumbai attending the three day workshop at the Research Society for the Care, Treatment and Training of Children in need of Special Care.

Some of the fifty delegates at the Volunteer Management Workshop.

The Research Society is conducting research into the possible hereditary links to cerebral palsy. Margaret meeting some of the kids.

Classroom and craft workshop in a rural school near Pune dedicated to the care of children with autism, cerebral palsy and mental retardation. Most of the kids live at the school.

Members of the impressive roller skating team. They have become so proficient that the team performs at local fair and festivals.

local fair and festivals Mrs Tehmi Shroff the Director of the Research Society helping Margaret to cut the cake for her 60th Birthday. Chocolate cake being smeared on Margaret’s face, a hilarious Indian tradition.

Margaret and Allan being presented with gifts from the Research Society

Pictures from Volunteer Management Workshop Guwahati Assam

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Delegates at the volunteer management workshop in the Shishu Sarothi Centre in Guwahati, Assam.

Allan sitting with Arman, the Director of the Shishu Sarothi Centre. Margaret and Allan being presented with traditional Assamese Hats and Shawls

Businessman heading off to a meeting in a pedal rickshaw. Piligrim walking through Guwahati.

             Porter carring a bundle on his head.

Blind Musician playing and singing on the long flight of steps up to a temple.

Pictures from the Kaziranga Nature Reserve in Assam India. This is home to the Greater Indian One Horn Rhino.

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The Greater One Horn Indian Rhino after it’s first charge looking for our hidden jeep.

The rhino senses we are in his territory and charges. As he thundered toward us we moved the jeep and he lost us. Bewildered by our apparent disappearance he trotted back.

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Dawn patrol. Our party set off across the Kaziranga plain to look for the shy but bad tempered Indian rhino

Margaret and Allan on their elephant, closely followed by a baby elephant pushing through the long elephant grass.

Margaret plying with a new found friend.

Huge wild water buffalo with enormous horns. We didn’t see any tigers although there were several false alarms.