Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga.
Pinky a child with cerebral palsy at Camp Kalunga.

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Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga.
Anjana is a 10 year old female child having less power in both left lower and upper limbs. She is being taken up for rehabilitation by our physiotherapist . Close to Anjana is her mother and next to her is the village CBR worker.

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Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga.

Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga.
A child with speech delay. Her father is being explained speech therapy by our speech pathologist Sri B V Prabhakar.

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Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga.

Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga.
A 8 year old child named Amit Khadia with disability-infantile hemiplegia, blindness and microcephaly and his mother with the CBR worker(left) and Mr. GB Dhal of Parents Association, Rourkela

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Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga.

Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga.
Father of child attending the camp is being helped by the team's physio Sri Biranchi Narayan Panda for frozen shoulder.

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Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga.

Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga.
A child with intellectual disability being brought by the village CBR worker. Standing behind is child's father. This child has seizure disorder for which gets the necessary treatment through this programme.

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Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga.

Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga.
A child with physical problems brought to physiotherapist in the camp.

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Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga.

Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga.
A child with physical problems being taken up by the physiotherapist when his father looks on to continue it at home.

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Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga

Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga
The typical camp scene at CBR Kalunga. With this years temperature soaring high during summer months the camps are usually held under the trees with shade where the people with disabilities, their parents, village level CBR workers and professionals work together for rehabilitation.

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Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga
First attendance in a camp at CBR Kalunga camp.

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Team Kalunga

Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga
The village level CBR workers from Kalunga trained in identification and intervention of disabilities along with two visiting lady professionals(behind) on a camp day. This programme is fully funded by Rourkela Steel Plant.

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Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga
This adult with physical disability(severe torticolis) a form of uncontrolled movement of head from side to side but no intellectual disability earns some money every day- thanks to the co-operation of family members and the ability of the CBR worker to convince a potential part-time employer. He's from CBR Kalunga.

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Accepting your child for what she has is very important

Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga
She is more than 18 years old and her family considered her useless. This young woman with intellectual and physical disability is all smiles as she has been able to get the attention from her family after the village CBR worker identified her in Kalunga and she is in the process of being rehabilitated. Her parents bring her to all the camps after she was identified and has become friendly with the professionals

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High Risk Baby Clinic, Ispat General Hospital
Mother, Grand mother and father being demonstrated the ways to improve sitting in a child with cerebral palsy by early interventionist Pranakrushna Das.

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High Risk Babay Clinic, Ispat General Hospital
A child with developmental delay and severe behaviour problem in HRB Clinic, IGH. The child used to cry but without any tears as he found all his demands getting fulfilled by mother.

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High Risk Babay Clinic, Ispat General Hospital
A mother being taught the ways of physical therapy to her child by our Special Educator(Cerebral palsy) in the HRB Clinic, IGH.

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High Risk Babay Clinic, Ispat General Hospital
Mother of a newborn and two of her relations being explained about sensory stimulation techniques by the interventionist in High Risk Baby Clinic in the Pediatric ward of Ispat General Hospital.

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Single Window Certification
Parents of children with intellectual disability in front of the examination room.

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Single Window Certification
Four queues for registration inside the Muncipal Library Hall. The sudden rains played havoc with the arrangements.

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Single Window Certification
Despite four officials were put to attest photographs, there was a long queue in front of that room.

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Single Window Certification
Young men and women with speech and hearing impairment.

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Single Window Certification
Heavy rush of people in front of locomotor disability examination centre.

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Single Window Certification.
This is the examination centre for physically handicapped people. The rush was so heavy that the local administration sought the help of police in controlling the crowd in all examination rooms.

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Single Window Certification
People waiting outside examination booths created in haste inside the class rooms because of rain.

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Single Window Certification
The examination room for visual handicap. Seen in photograph are Dr. Junas Soy, Ophthalmologist, Ispat General Hospital and the Principal of Blind School, Lathikata.

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Single Window Certification
Psychologists at work in assessing people with intellectual disability. Dr. J Mohapatra, Clinical Psychologist from VSS Medical College, Burla and Mrs. Bandana Patnaik from Home and Hope, Rourkela.

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Single Window Certification
Crowd waiting patiently for the certificates.

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Single Window Certification

Single Window Certification
Section of crowd waiting to get the certificates of disability.

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Single Window CertificationPeter came from Kenya and was working at Bhubaneswar with a NGO for disabled people when this camp was conducted. Here he was for 5 days working with other volunteers for the Single Window Certification. Peter is all smiles after the camp on the second day at 5 PM when the clouds cleared for some time.

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Single Window Certification
The people behind the success of Single Window Certification for PWDs at Rourkela. Dr. R K R Mohapatra, President, Sri Boiti, Vice-President, Sri Kartik Pandav, Secretary, SHRADHA, Sri Ranjit Mohapatra of OSDN, Baripada and Sri GB Dhal, Secretary, PARIVAAR, The National Federation of Parensts Associations, India(Eastern Zone) and Mrs. Samal of Koel Club worked tirelessly in organising the two days camp for Single Window Certification.

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Single Window Certification
The couple standing in front of Sruti in wheel chair made all the difference in granting disability certificates to PWDs in and around Rourkela through a camp in January 2005. Mrs. Sujata Rout and Mr. Karthikeyan Pandiyan went out of their respective official capcities as Project Administrator, ITDA, Rourkela and ADM, Rourkela to hold the camps against all odds and handed over the cerificates to PWDs and their parents till 10.30 PM on the second day.Dr.Sruti Mohapatra, Chairperson Orissa State Disability Network undoubtedly was the person who inspired them. These three people were ably supported by the young and willy MLA of Rourkela Sri Sharada Naik.

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Gouri Gupta is a socialite with a difference because of his own experience. He had an younger brother with intellectual disability and other physical disabilities and problems for which he passed away a couple of years back. But the experince of being reared up in a family with such a special person has made a lot of mental and emotional inroads in this man. He has supported the activities of Home and Hope and Parents Assocaition, Rourkela many times. He has also largely contributed to the success of Single Window Certification in January 2005.

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Mr. Rajat K Sahoo, Secretary of Parents Association seen here in the premises of Home and Hope with his son who has cerebral palsy and mental retardation.

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Mr. G Jagannathan, President, Home and Hope seen here(Extreme right) awrding a judge for various competitions on National Day

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Mr. Narayan Pati, Secretary, Home and Hope awarding a memebr of SHRADHA, Rourkela.

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Team from ASHADEEP, Rourkela with their tropees.

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A drama recital by students of Home and Hope at Civic Centre on 8th December 2004 night.

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Chief Guest, Dr. P K Rath, Joint Director, Medical and Helath Services, RSP is seen here handing over prizes to students of Home and Hope on 8th December 2004 night at Civic Centre.

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Dr. Dalvinder Singh, President of HOPE, Rajgangpur awarding a intellecually challenged student of DEEPSHIKHA, Rourkela on the same night.

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Dr. RKR Mohapatra, President of SHRADHA awarding a student of HOPE, Rajgangpur in National Day Celebration night at Civic Centre on 8th December 2004.

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Narayan Pati is the versatile Secretary of Home and Hope. Despite being too busy as DGM, Town Services and Chief of Protocol, RSP, this man takes immense pleasure in taking this special school to new heights. Under his leadership, Home and Hope is likely to be a model centre for reasearch and training in rehabilitation for people with developmental delay in future.

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Mr. Basant Mallick is himself physically handicapped- probably a reason that has endeared himself to pwds. He has been the Secretary of YHI, Rourkela and has always been supporting the programmes for people with disabilities.

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Shibani Swain /Mama is the publisher's daughter with Down's sydrome. Standing at home after her stage show on 3rd December 2004 in Home and Hope, her special school. She's now 23 years old and has taken to dancing Odishi- a classical form of dance for the last 3 years. She has so far given 5 solo performances at Rourkela and Bhubaneswar on invitation and has taken part in different group dances by the school.

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Dr. V R Ramanan now works as Director of Medical and Health Services, Durgapur Steel Palnt but has family stay put in Rourkela. The whole Ramanan family has strongly supported the cause of disability in various ways over the years of their stay here and continue to do so even now.

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Two more patrons in the premises of Home and Hope. Mr. B D Shivhare, the renowned tax consultant of the town(Left) has been helping parents of children with intellectual disability file their IT returns without chartges through his farm Gopal and Associates for the last 15 years free of cost apart from auditing accounts of Home and Hope annualy in a similar fasion. Mr. B B Mohanty, Executive Director, RSP and well-known socialite has contributed immensely to Home and Hope. He has two close relations who are intellectually disabled and has direct experince of rearing such children and strongly empathises with the activities of Home and Hope.

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Pintu Sahoo-25 yrs old person with cerebral palsy- fully dressed up for his performance in a stage show waiting for his turn.

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Mrs. Malati Jagannathan along with Mrs. Veena Mishra are the other two important patrons for people with disabilities in Rourkela. They both have contributed immensely for these children in their respective capcities of Vice-President and President of Deepika Mahila Sanghati whom they represent as Executive Members of Home and Hope, Rourkela.

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A section of audience on International Day including the Chief Guest Dr. Sanak Mishra and Mr. P C Tripathy, Ex-Treasurer of Home and Hope.

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Mentally challenged children of Home and Hope performing on stage on International Day for the disabled.

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Mr. G Jaganathan, Executive Director, RSP and Mr. Narayan Pati, Deputy General Manager, RSP are the main people who oversee the functioning of Hopme and Hope. They are respectively President and Secretary of the special school which is a day-care centre for more than 100 intellectually challenged children and adults.Here they are awarding a child with disabilities in a special function in the premises of Home and Hope.

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