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MAITS Intern (Fixed term 6 months) at MAITS London Office Reporting to: MAITS CEO Part-time: required 1 full day per week or 2 half days Start date ASAP Paid position Responsibilities: Data management Collate trips data – enter into database – collate all figures and write report Catalogue trip materials into resources database Help to… Continue reading MAITS is looking for a part-time intern

We brought together six Master Trainers from Pakistan who were trained in Nepal, alongside their Nepalese counterparts, which enabled both sets of trainers to see how things were done in neighbouring countries and enabled them to interact with other therapists who worked in a different context to them. The Master Trainers came from Aga Khan… Continue reading Trainer of the Trainer Programme, Pakistan.

MAITS funded a five-day Forum Theatre event facilitated via a collaboration between Sharing Stories (www.sharingstoriesventure.com) and Odd Arts (www.oddarts.co.uk). The project took place in Kampala, Uganda, in July 2018. The trainers were joined by the individuals with experience of mental health difficulties, including users of mental health services, mental health professionals and carers. The project… Continue reading MAITS Funded Sharing Stories Trainers…

Kashmira Medhekar along with her colleague Shirley Warren conducted a workshop based on Appropriate Paper Technology for over 4 days at the National Association for the Blind, India. The basics of APT to make positioning equipment were taught to a group of 14 teachers from NAB from different cities across India. Community workers from Orissa,… Continue reading APT Training at National Institute for the Blind, India (Oct-Nov 2018)

MAITS’ CEO went to visit one of our long-term partners, the National Centre for Children with Cerebral Palsy and other Developmental Disorders (NCCCPDD), who we have been working with for a number of years, providing different types of training when requested. The NCCCPDD provides training to others and calls upon MAITS to provide training in… Continue reading A visit to National Centre for Children with Cerebral Palsy and other Developmental Disorders

In developing countries, 50% of babies born at 32 weeks die due to a lack of support, including support to breastfeed. In developed countries, almost all survive. There is little understanding of the needs of infants and children with feeding difficulties in low-income settings and an absence of expertise to support them. The WHO recognises… Continue reading Tackling Infant Mortality in Rwanda

We are delighted that three MAITS volunteers have been awarded the Prime Minister’s Point of Light Award for their work with us! Janet Ivin, John Carter and Geraldine O’Grady were three of only six people who received this award for their outstanding volunteer work for those with special educational needs and disabilities. The Prime Minister’s… Continue reading Three MAITS volunteers win Prime Minister’s Award!

Do you want to use your skills to make a difference to some of the most vulnerable communities in the Middle East? Do you want to ensure children with disabilities and their families have access to the help and support they need? If so, find out more by clicking here…

MAITS has some new training packages to share with you. We have a new edition of the Guide for Community Health Workers, renamed Caring for Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Guide for Parents, which has more pictures in it and has been reformatted to make it easier to use. We have piloted and finalised and… Continue reading NEW MAITS RESOURCES

MAITS has been selected for the GlobalGiving Programme! This is our first ever crowd-funding campaign. Support our programme to ensure that children with disabilities and their families receive support from trained Community Workers in their own homes in Sindh District in Pakistan.

Many children with disabilities are not able to go to school or receive basic health services and due to the stigma surrounding disability in many countries, many families feel a sense of loneliness as they face these difficulties alone. Lady Health Workers operate all over Pakistan, visiting and supporting families, but they do not have disability training. Our programme trains Lady Health Workers and provides guides and support that can be shared with parents of children with disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy and Autism, reaching some of the most vulnerable and excluded children in the world. The project is sustainable as we equip local Lady Health Workers who work through local government and charities with the skills to support children with disabilities and their families. They will also be taught how and when to signpost to specialist services when children have more complex needs. Qualified therapists at local charities and university hospitals are providing supervision to the Lady Health Workers, as part of their normal jobs.

This project will be reaching some of the most marginalised children in the world and will help them to receive support within their own homes. The target is to raise £9,983 and we have currently raised £5,472 thanks to 48 donors.

Any donations made through direct debit will count as two donors, and your first donation will be matched by GlobalGiving!

Please spread the word and follow our Facebook page (MAITS.Charity) and Twitter page (MAITS_Charity) for updates. For more information and to donate, visit the GlobalGiving project page at https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/support-for-those-with-disabilities-in-pakistan/

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MAITS is looking for a part-time intern

Trainer of the Trainer Programme, Pakistan.

MAITS Funded Sharing Stories Trainers…

APT Training at National Institute for the Blind, India (Oct-Nov 2018)

A visit to National Centre for Children with Cerebral Palsy and other Developmental Disorders

Tackling Infant Mortality in Rwanda

Three MAITS volunteers win Prime Minister’s Award!

Opportunity to train Community Workers on supporting disabled populations in Lebanon!

NEW MAITS RESOURCES

Supporting Children with Disabilities in Pakistan