In the "Valley of Gods", discover and follow the progress of the Handimachal programme for special-need children in Kullu (Himachal Pradesh, India).
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Necessity is the mother of invention as the saying goes, how true is that. Need of splinting for the children like Sonali and Sagar was a major necessity to prevent further development of hand deformity. Lack of resources led to difficulty in making the...
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While Samantha, our latest OT volunteer, left Kullu more two weeks ago already to continue her adventure travelling in India, and Denise (speech therapist) has just flown back to Canada, Clarisse (APA volunteer) is now heading back to France. A few days...
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My maiden visit to Kullu back in August 2011 was to begin the mountain biking expedition to Ladakh. Little did I know that Kullu was soon going to be my home. My first impression of "Handimachal" was the beautiful blue house across the busy street of...
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It is hard to believe that I only have a week left at Handimachal. What a wonderful experience it has been…. living in the beautiful Kullu valley, getting to know the lovely families of the children of Handimachal, working with the therapists and Auntie...
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Dear friends and supporters of the Handimachal project, We all have been busy and there were little news posted on our blog but, believe me, there are indeed interesting news we want to share with you, so I propose a quick summary… Our « dream team »...
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Dear friends, For those who can read French, I am happy to communicate the programme of the festival organised by our mother NGO "La maison des Himalayas" for its 20th anniversary. A unique opportunity to discover unknown aspects of life in various communities...
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I am extremely happy to publish today the first pictures received from Samantha, our current OT volunteer in Kullu, of the wooden chairs designed for Aastha and Chanderkiran, two children who have been following rehabilitation therapy sessions in Manali...
Read moreDear friends, I don't usually publish internal reports issued by our team in Kullu, but this time I thought I would, just to let you know where we stand - thanks to you all. Dominique Handimachal - Progress report (April - August 2012) The Handimachal...
Read moreWithin the next week I (Alycia) will finish at the Unit and Samantha shall take over the OT volunteer post. Shruti is due to return to from her mountaineering course a week after Samantha arrives and this will then see a consistent team for 6 months which...
Read moreWhile 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 Lahaul-and-Spiti valleys, Christelle is delivering in the...
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