May
15, 2011
Anna,
Kathi and Chokla
On
7th 05 2011, Rewa Disability team (3 physical therapist- 2 German
volunteer physical therapist namely Kathi and Anna, a locall physical
therapist namely S.Chokla) reached Kargil from Leh, as the Rewa disability
Team have a plan of opening a centre in Kargil for the disability
children of Kargil. Sunday the 8th 2011 they had a meeting with Mr
Gulzar (the head of the Kargil centre which is a branch of the Rewa
Society Leh) and the local girls from Kargil namely Biques Fatima
Senior, Bilques and Hamida (these 3 Kargil Girls have spend 6 months
in Leh Rewa society centre, as a part of their learning process and
experiences for working with disabled children).
Kargil
Monday the 9th 2011 the team (3 Physical therapist and the 3 local
girls) had a discussion of how to begin the survey, which all areas
to cover first and the 3 local girls were taught about how to introduce
themselves and their society which they represent during door to door
survey.
Meeting
during lunch
Tuesday the 10th 2011 the team split into 2 groups (Group A and Group
B) each team had 3 members one foreigner and 2 Locals in each group)
and started with their door to door survey but the first day survey
was bit disappointing as they found most of the houses locked (as
it was the working hour when the team went for most of the people)
so they decided to change their timing by next day so they can contact
as many people as they can. They covered few schools and also had
a meeting with Medical Superintendent of the district Kargil Hospital.
Door
to door survey
Wednesday the 11th 2011 the two groups started their door to door
survey before the working hours and this they found people to whichever
house they went, they covered few more schools and medical subcenters
(Anganwadi centers), they also got permission from the Principal of
the schools where they thought would be good to present some presentation
some time later to increase awareness among children and faculty regarding
disabled children.
The
team is visiting Asha-School, an Army school for children with special
needs
Thursday the 12th 2011 the team covered few more houses and some schools
and also a Handicraft centre and where again they got the permission
to present a presentation sometime later as they found that more than
70 women were employed in that centre.
Child
with spina bifida
Child
with C.P.
Friday
the 13th 2011 the team went again for the door to door to survey,
went to few more schools and Anganwadi centres (the anganwadi worker
also do survey on an annually based schedule so they got names of
the disabled children from them too).
The aim of the team survey is to present
an overview of the disabled children in Kargil district of Jammu and
Kashmir, India, and then start with home visit to the patient houses
(giving them physical therapy treatment at home) and then soon start
a Therapy centre in Kargil.
The team for the first week covered the areas within the circumference
of walkable distance and once they finish with the walkable frame
they will start with far flung areas.
DATE
= 15th 05 2011, Report by Stanzin Cholka
