Fun times at the Pediatric Unit in Leh!

1) Lex climbing in the window after Carey tried to lock her out- OT outsmarts the doc again!

2) Carey expressing his artistic side- painting a butterfly to make the unit kid-friendly.

3) Ta-da! Beth welcomes people to the new unit!

As-Salamu Alaykum (Peace be with you),

The team that went to Kargil has been back for a week where they completed a needs assessment for children with disabilities in 2 remote villages. Working with local staff, they assessed 47 children and had a great time hosted by Dr. Khan, who we met last year at the International Ladakh Studies Conference.

Here are a few photos of the time spent in Kargil...

1) Eileen singing a song to students Asha School (army school) for children with disabilities

2) The Canadian and Kargil teams with some students at Asha School

3) On the road to Kargil- Janice strikes a pose!

4) The Canadian and Kargil teams at the hospital in Sankoo- note the welcome sign!

More photos on the way...

2010 Team

more photos!

1) Janice & Ross try out the plinths in the physio room at the new unit- it takes two to work these things don't you know ;)

2) Maureen assesses a sweet little girl with hemiplegia at the unit

3) How many Canadians (& 1 Brit) fit into the Chief Medical Officer's vehicle?? Answer: 9!!

Julley,

the 2010 team

Photos from 2010!

Julley again,

We have wireless internet at our guesthouse! ... for the moment so here are some pics for viewing pleasure. More to come as the Kargil team also just returned and they have some great pics too...

1) most of the Canadian-Ladakhi team at the new pediatric disability unit at SNM Hospital

2) view of Leh palace from the tourist-taxi mecca of central Leh

3) annual view from the flight Delhi to Leh- incredible views!

2010- 1st Post

Julley everyone,

It is already week 2 and we have some great pics to show but alas, internet is intermittent at best so it may be some time before we these get posted.

Half of the team is in Kargil (about a day's drive from Leh) doing a needs assessment in some villages for children with disabilities. Kargil is a Muslim area of Ladakh and they do not get many NGOs or resources there, so our team is working with local staff for all assessments.

The other half of us have been in Leh working with the hospital here on their new "pediatric disabled unit". It is slow work, but we are making some progress. The work culture here differs a lot from home so it is challenging to say the least. We are learning how to be directive and respectful at the same time.

This is just a quick note to say hello and we will work on photos a.s.a.p.

Hope you are all having a good start to July,

2010 team (Lexy, Eileen, Beth, Marlene, Carey, Janice, Doug, Ross & Maureen)

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Last post for this year...(unless we find some more great pics on our camera searches ;)

Julley! 

Team 2009- Lex, Izzy, Norma, Deb & Eric

1) Dr. Thinles seeing patients in Hanu.

2) Cynthia, our team, Dr. Thinles and our two little helpers- the health worker's kids!

3) Spalzes and her Api (grandmother) waiting for the bus- we took Spalzes to Khaltsi hospital for updated x-rays in support of our letter and the doctor's letter to get her into school.

4) Our excellent ride in the back of a TATA truck! The bus was broken and we had to get to Hanu! 

5) Izzy helping Tashi and his older brother, Thinles, learn to use his new walker.

 

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Hi everyone,

We are home now or en route home from family visits out east.

Thanks for tuning in while we were away on this 3rd year- here are a few more pics from the last couple of weeks in Ladakh- the internet was just too unpredictable to blog from India.

Happy summer,

     The 2009 Team

1) Lex outside the Grand Dragon Hotel where we presented our research at the International Association of Ladakh Studies Conference- it was such a fancy hotel and the presentation was really well received!

2) Deb in action editing the mental health movie with 2 of the guys- Rinchen and Tomchos 

3) Presenting a workshop at the hospital for the new "pediatric handicapped unit"- we helped them with planning the space, their vision, goals and ideas for the new ward.

4) Celebrating the arrival of Sage Karuna- Norma's new grandson- with cheesecake!

5) Angmo @ Chuchot Hostel who we meet every year- she is so great and full of spunk!