ACCENTURE TEAM: GIFTING SMILES TO UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS

It was an eventful afternoon on 27^th February, with the Accenture personnel visiting Mobility India. The visit presented a great opportunity to orient them about the activities carried out by Mobility India, especially on the education component.

The team interacted with 25 children from Mobility India’s community projects, to get more insight on how the educational initiatives are impacting these students’ lives, who otherwise would have never got a chance to attain education.

The students beamed with joy while receiving the in-kind gifts and the much needed school essentials. The satisfaction which came through the contribution was also substantially visible on the faces of the Accenture team. 

COGNIZANT FOUNDATION SPONSORED EQUIPMENT TO MOBILITY INDIA

Cognizant Foundation sponsored various equipment and machineries to augment the capacity of Prosthetic & Orthotic workshop at Mobility India.

It was an opportune moment for Mobility India, to have Mr. Kalyan Mohan, Executive-Vice President, Cognizant Technology Solutions and Mr. Jayatirtha Rao for the inaugural ceremony of the equipment. The technical team briefed about each and every equipment, how it will be helpful for the rehabilitation services rendered by Mobility India.

In his feedback, Mr. Kalyan Mohan cited “Truly outstanding work. Amazed with the passion of the people. I wish you all the very best in all truly amazing endeavours”. 

WHEELCHAIR SERVICE & TRAINING DELIVERY WORKSHOP AT JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN

Mahatma Gandhi Occupational Therapy College and Rajasthan Association of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists in collaboration with Mobility India organised the workshop. The 4 credit hours of training was planned with theoretical as well as practical illustrations to benefit the participants the most.

The workshop turned out to be a huge success, with 198 participants form various domains of General Medicine, Nursing, Physio & Occupational Therapy as well as Prosthetics & Orthotics.

Ms. Nirmala Danu, Occupational Therapist and Mr. G Sudhakar, Physiotherapist from Mobility India were the master trainers for the workshop.

Ms. Sneha Bhola, Occupational Therapist from Jaipur was a co-trainer during the practical sessions. She was a participant in the Wheelchair Service Training Package-Basic Level organised during 8^th-13^th February, 2016 at Mobility India. She is the perfect exemplary of putting the learnings to implementation as well as disseminating the same. 

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ORTHOTICS & PROSTHETICS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (OPAI) ORGANISED TWENTY SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Orthotics & Prosthetics Association of India (OPAI) organised the Twenty Second National Conference, scheduled on 12th-14th February, 2016 at Talkatora Indoor Stadium, New Delhi.

The theme of the conference being ‘ABILITATE ASSOCIATE HABILITATE’, it aims at providing a platform for exchange of technology, views and expertise among the Prosthetists & Orthotists and allied Rehabilitation Professionals.

Mobility India presented 8 papers during the conference. Ms. Krishnaveni and Mr. Sanyam, final year students of the Bachelor in Prosthetics & Orthotics (BPO) course awarded the first prize for their scientific paper presentations. Mr. Madesh Naik and Mr. Yeti Raj received the best student awards for BPO course for 2014 and 2015 respectively. Ms. Sangita Naik received the best student award for Masters in Prosthetics & Orthotics (MPO) course from AIIPMR for the year 2015.

The conference brought extreme proud moments as well as presented a great learning and exposure platform for the professionals and students from the rehabilitation, prosthetics & orthotics and allied domains. 

SUCCESSFULLY ROLLED OUT 4TH BATCH OF WHEELCHAIR SERVICE TRAINING PACKAGE-BASIC LEVEL, 8TH-12TH FEBRUARY, 2016

The workshop was altogether a vivid and enriching experience, with 24 participants carrying immense knowledge and expertise in their respective professions. Evidence based training delivery enhanced the dynamism of the workshop many folds.

The interactive sessions were quite beneficial to the trainees and the trainers too. 14 people with disabilities, in the need of wheelchairs, were assessed and fitted with the same tailored according to their needs. Participant’s involvement with the service users went beyond the disability, wheelchair service delivery, encompassing other functional, social aspects and also their participation in all the aspects and strata of society.

When asked upon their feedbacks, most of the participants were congruous making the statement “the practical sessions illustrating referral, assessment, prescription and fabrication of various wheelchair components were quite helpful. Working closely with service users has enhanced our confidence level as well as our knowledge”.

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Rapid assessment of DISABILITY (RAD) SURVEY TRAINING at Guwahati, 8^th-13^th February, 2016

Mobility India (MI) and Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) are collaborating to conduct a Rapid Assessment of Disability Survey to be carried out in Dimoria Block of Kamrup Metropolitan District of Assam. This project is funded by CBM.

For carrying out this survey, a training course was organised in MI office in Guwahati from 8th to 13th February, 2016, presided by Mrs Bridgetta Mary from CBM and Mrs Albina Shankar, Director, MI. The training was coordinated by Dr Sri Krishna and Mr Hira Ballabh Pant from PHFI along with Dr Sunil Deepak, Mr Anand and Mr Robi Kishore Dutta from MI.

Seven participants with experience in community development activities from Dimoria Block took part in the training.

The initial three days of training touched on basic concepts of disability and went through the different components of the RAD questionnaires. This part of the training concluded with mock exercises in using the questionnaires among the training participants. After the mock exercises, the challenges and doubts regarding specific questions were discussed.

Participants visited Sonapur village in Dimoria block for the field testing of the RAD questionnaires. Later all the training participants and resource persons met in Sonapur village to discuss the experience of conducting the survey in the pilot area of Sonapur village and the difficulties they had faced. Feedback was collected regarding specific questions about which clarifications were needed.

Part of the training was devoted to explaining the online data entry process on the RAD survey website set up by PHFI. The entered date will be examined regularly by PHFI.  

One day Orientation workshop on INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH (ICF), 20^th February, 2016

The workshop was conducted at Mobility India in collaboration with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) along with accreditation from Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI). It was specifically designed for healthcare professionals, health administrators, educators, researchers as well as policy makers to gain an understanding about the ICF conception of disability, the framework and classifications of functioning and disability.

The Course Facilitator, Ms. Catherine Sykes, holds eminent positions in World Confederation of Physical Therapy (WCPT) as a Professional Policy Consultant as well as Co-chairs WHO Functioning and Disability Reference Group. The objective of the workshop was ultimately realized with the interactive and potential sessions from the facilitator and the 75 target audience representing 5 states of India, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. 

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