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- This is not Rohtang tunnel yet…!
- A new OT volunteer and a Twister in Kullu!
- Time of change... (post by Siobhan and Christelle)
- Don't worry, it's holi!
- Five weeks in Kullu already (Siobhan O'Connor)
- Handimachal in the Indian national press...
- Incredible India!
- 9 December 2011, first rainy day of winter - April Knight
- Think positive! Nice news from Kullu
- Welcome to Naveen !
The Handimachal calendar
Photo Albums
- August & September 2011 in the Unit
- A-visit-of-the-Handimachal-blue-house
- Awareness-Camp-in-Bagan
- Awareness-Camp-in-Bhuntar
- Awareness-Camp-in-Chauparsa
- Awareness camps April-May 2011
- Evert's farewell party
- Home visits April-May 2011
- Inauguration
- May 2010
- October 2010
- Spring 2010
- Spring 2011
- Success-stories
- WDD-3-December-2009
- WDD 3 December 2010
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- January 2011 (1)
- December 2010 (4)
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- August 2010 (1)
- June 2010 (3)
- May 2010 (2)
- April 2010 (3)
- March 2010 (1)
- February 2010 (3)
- January 2010 (3)
- November 2009 (3)
- September 2009 (1)
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This is not Rohtang tunnel yet…!
(17/05/2012
posted in: Handimachal news
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While BRO teams are striving to complete the excavation and tunnelling works which will allow (in 2015 ?) to avoid the dangerous road over Rohtang pass and create an all-weather route to Leh and ... -
A new OT volunteer and a Twister in Kullu!
(06/05/2012
posted in: Handimachal news
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Below are two messages received this week from Alycia Walker, our new OT volunteer from England, and from Christelle Pettazzi, introducing a new APA activity in Kullu. On arriving in Kullu and I ... -
Time of change... (post by Siobhan and Christelle)
(22/04/2012
posted in: Handimachal news
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My last days in the Handimachal Unit have come far sooner then I imagined. The last few weeks have been a time of change and growth for the Unit and the increased numbers of children attending ... -
Don't worry, it's holi!
(11/03/2012
posted in: Handimachal news
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Last Thursday was Holi in India, the religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus, also known as "festival of colours". As the Wikipedia encyclopedia states: “One of Holi’s biggest customs is ... -
Five weeks in Kullu already (Siobhan O'Connor)
(11/03/2012
posted in: Handimachal news
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It is hard to believe that almost five weeks have passed since I arrived in my adopted ‘home town’ of Kullu. Since the beginning of February I have been learning about the great work done in the ... -
Handimachal in the Indian national press...
(18/02/2012
posted in: Handimachal news
)
The Handimachal project for disabled children is quite often introduced in the local press in Kullu, which is essential to publicise our services to families in the valley and raise awareness on ... -
Incredible India!
(13/02/2012
posted in: Handimachal news
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After welcoming Naveen, our local OT, in our team on 1st December, we had the surprise to learn from him that he needed several weeks off in February and April, and even more, when everybody came ... -
9 December 2011, first rainy day of winter - April Knight
(10/12/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
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I am writing this blog on the first rainy day of winter, which also happens to be Disability Day at the Unit. Balloons and streamers decorate the Unit and now we wait for children, though it’s ... -
Think positive! Nice news from Kullu
(08/12/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
)
Dear friends, I have received nice pictures from our team in Kullu, and I have organised them in short slideshows to share with you such positive moments. Take a look, I hope they will help you ... -
Welcome to Naveen !
(01/12/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
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After months of discussions, exchange of emails, Skype interviews, missed arrival, doubts, I am happy to announce that the Handimachal team now counts an Indian permanent occupational therapist. ... -
25 November 2011: Annual sports day for differently-abled children
(29/11/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
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This morning, the Handimachal team gathered on the Dhalpur ground in Kullu to attend the annual Sports Day for disabled children. Sport was not the only program of the day. This day was also the ... -
URGENT: looking for an OT volunteer for our project
(16/11/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
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URGENT - Our association is urgently looking for an experienced occupational therapist liable to volunteer for a 2 to 5 month period, as soon as possible after 15 January 2012. The volunteer will ... -
By the look on her face...
(03/09/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
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No need to add much comments to this post, you will see from the sequence of Sanwi's pictures below how simple stimulation activities properly planned by our OT can enlighten a CP child' face ... -
Meeting Tavleen, a true sense of happiness...
(03/09/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
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Here I am again, back in Kullu valley since one week now. As usual I have set my “base camp” in a small cottage on the edge of the deodar cedar forest inhabited by the exquisite and holly temple ... -
August in Kullu
(16/08/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
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Three important facts should be highlighted this month: The level of attendance has been quite good lately, during the summer holiday, with 7 to 9 children receiving treatment every day in the ... -
This smile is for you, Eric
(26/06/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
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Last Thursday I received this photograph of Vaishali, a 7 year old CP girl we have been taking care of since December 2009 (Evert, you will like this picture, I am sure!). I love Vaishali's ... -
Work in the Handimachal Unit (June 2011)
(19/06/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
)
In order to give you a glimpse of what happens in the Handimachal Unit on a daily basis, I have requested Mayur, our new physiotherapist, to introduce part of his activity in relation to some ... -
Special thanks
(09/06/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
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On 20 April, I published a post on the French blog to relate the generous and altruistic initiative organised by one of my French friends, Jacques Crespy (whom I met during my first visit in the ... -
What's up in Kullu ? (June 2011)
(08/06/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
)
This title may strike you as familiar: just one year ago I used the same phrase to introduce the post published on this blog in May... No news has been posted since my visit to Kullu in March ... -
Spring in Himachal (March 2011)
(01/04/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
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This is a (late) translation of a text posted on the French blog on 21 March 2011 28 February, around 5 am, the night is black and freezing cold… The night bus between Delhi and Kullu just broke a ... -
Emotional Farewells and Cherished Memories (Catriona)
(18/03/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
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At the time I am posting this text, Catriona Helliwell's six month mission as a volunteering occupational therapist in the Handimachal Kullu Therapy Unit is already over since more than two weeks, ... -
First impressions, by Sara
(18/03/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
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Our new OT volunteer, Sara Vinther Fredslund, who has agreed to give six months of her life to the Handimachal project, joined our team on 1st March. As you will see her perception of local life ... -
Saarika: good news but a sad story…
(13/01/2011
posted in: Handimachal news
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Kanica, our physiotherapist in the Handimachal Kullu Therapy Unit, sent me a message a few days ago, giving good news about Saarika, a 15 year old girl from a nearby village. Saarika lost both ... -
For a positive and constructive year 2011
(31/12/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
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To all the friends and supporters of the Handimachal project, I wish you a very happy, healthy and prosperous life in 2011, may all your dreams and projects become reality in this world. All my ... -
Progress made in Nav-Chetna (Catriona)
(14/12/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
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I could never have anticipated the level of improvements made in Nav-Chetna over the past two months. While conditions are still far from perfect; with next door’s leaking water tank and the ... -
A huge thank you to all on the Isle of Eigg!!!
(13/12/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
)
On behalf of the team in the Handimachal Kullu Therapy Unit and children who are registered with us, I'd like to say a huge thank you to all those on the tiny Isle of Eigg (Scotland), for your ... -
2010 WDD in Kullu: meeting with families
(03/12/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
)
On 3 December, the team of the Handimachal Kullu Therapy Unit organized a gathering of children families who are registered in the Unit and their families. This was a very successful event with ... -
A concert for Handimachal, 9 December 2010 in Paris
(20/11/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
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I am delighted to inform you that the Handimachal project for disabled children will get the lucky support from the musicians of the French association « Note et Bien », who will offer their ... -
Nav-Chetna School - the challenges of change
(13/11/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
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Since Severine returned from her travels I have been focusing on developing the work started by the previous volunteer Emma Angebaud, in Nav-Chetna School. I will be returning to work in the Unit ... -
Six Months with Handimachal – Initial Impressions of Life and Work in Kullu
(11/10/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
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As Severine wrote in her last post, we are lucky to have in our team an additional OT volunteer, Catriona Helliwell, who will work together with Severine until mid-December, then on her own until ... -
One month gone already! Severine’s first impressions
(14/08/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
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One month gone already! How time flies! To find my place in a new team, to get used to a new environment, a new life style and a new language: quite some challenges to me! Luckily, seriousness of ... -
All the best!
(22/06/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
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Dear friends of the Handimachal project! Field work in India and “blogging” are not always compatible – I really experienced this reality this summer, when, further to my delayed return from ... -
Handimachal by video
(15/06/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
)
Sophie, an active member of our association La maison des Himalayas, was in Kullu and Manali in May, she took photographs and made video clips on various projects we are managing or sponsoring. I ... -
Home visits: first impressions
(05/06/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
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I am very lucky to be able to do home visits every Wednesday in Kullu area. This is a very enriching experience for an occupational therapist, as the approach is so different to what we usually do ... -
My first days in the Handimachal Kullu Therapy Unit
(30/05/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
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This is already my second week of work in the Handimachal Unit, and already these few days have been rich in discoveries and prospectives... I began my volunteer mission by working with a young ... -
What's up in Kullu? (May 2010)
(29/05/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
)
Since I came back to France one month ago, the daily routine of life and work in Paris has taken back its rights and leave less time for blog writing. Nevertheless, far away from us, in Kullu, our ... -
A day in Lahashni: experience the real Himachal!
(21/04/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
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Last year I could not honor Yuv Raj’s invitation to visit his village and family house in Lahashni village: this time, in spite of my very tight schedule, no way to refuse! So here we are, after ... -
11 April : the Handimachal team in Manali
(12/04/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
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This Sunday 11 April was probably one of the most memorable days of my short stay in the valley as the Handimachal team held its monthly awareness camp in Manali, in the main playing ground of the ... -
Spring in Kullu, disappointment and new hopes
(09/04/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
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On 1st April early morning, I landed on the tiny airport of Bhuntar, 10 km South of Kullu town, after a breathtaking flight from Delhi: along the mighty Himalayan range, above the futuristic town ... -
"Before" and "after" pictures
(09/03/2010
posted in: Handimachal news
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His name is Bhupinder, he is 13 years old. Five months ago he fell from the balcony of his house (unfortunately a very common accident for children in local villages). As a result from this 11 ...
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