Raphael { 43 images } Created 18 Dec 2018
NGO Raphael was founded in 1959 with its mission to provide relief from suffering.
Shiv Sadan is a residential complex for burnt out Leprosy patients. They live with their family, working as useful members of the community in either the Sheltered Workshop or in other areas. A Medical officer attends to their medical needs.
Shiv Sadan is built in rows of low - slung buildings. Each unit houses between four to six independent quarters.
The residents are provided every thing required to lead a dignified life. Based on the extent of their physical deformity these residents help in the day - to -day activities of masonry work, gardening, basic plumbing, carpentry and electrical work, playing a role in the community life and taking pride in their little world filled with hope now for a better future for them and their children.
The more able bodied residents work in the sheltered workshop housing hand looms where they weave clothes, dusters and durries which are all utilised within the campus. Once outcasts, through fear and ignorance, they have found new hope in Raphael, where most are able to play a role in community. Sometimes referred to as, 'The Separating Sickness' Leprosy currently affects approximately a quarter of a million people throughout the world, with over 50% of these cases occurring in India.
This was part of "Working with NGO's" with Momenta Workshops, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India 2011.
©Ingetje Tadros
Shiv Sadan is a residential complex for burnt out Leprosy patients. They live with their family, working as useful members of the community in either the Sheltered Workshop or in other areas. A Medical officer attends to their medical needs.
Shiv Sadan is built in rows of low - slung buildings. Each unit houses between four to six independent quarters.
The residents are provided every thing required to lead a dignified life. Based on the extent of their physical deformity these residents help in the day - to -day activities of masonry work, gardening, basic plumbing, carpentry and electrical work, playing a role in the community life and taking pride in their little world filled with hope now for a better future for them and their children.
The more able bodied residents work in the sheltered workshop housing hand looms where they weave clothes, dusters and durries which are all utilised within the campus. Once outcasts, through fear and ignorance, they have found new hope in Raphael, where most are able to play a role in community. Sometimes referred to as, 'The Separating Sickness' Leprosy currently affects approximately a quarter of a million people throughout the world, with over 50% of these cases occurring in India.
This was part of "Working with NGO's" with Momenta Workshops, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India 2011.
©Ingetje Tadros
