Are you interested in international development and disability rights? Are you looking to build your skills in fundraising or comms? Then this opportunity at MAITS could be for you! Working closely with the team, including the CEO who has experience winning multi-million pound grants, this will be an opportunity to really get involved and build… Continue reading Fundraising & Communications Volunteer
MAITS wins new funding! MAITS was selected to pitch at a Dragon’s Den style event at the Funding Network (TFN) which took place on 6th July, to win funding to set up our Rwanda Feeding Project. This is a life-saving project for babies with feeding problems specifically caused by disability and premature birth. Thanks to the Funding Network… Continue reading MAITS WINS FIRST EXTERNAL FUNDING!
Job Title: Trustee For MAITS Location: The role is London-based although the candidate does not have to live in London Role and Responsibilities: The role of the Trustee is to assist with the oversight and governance of the charity in accordance with its Memorandum and Articles of Association and to ensure compliance with the guidelines issued… Continue reading Treasurer of MAITS
Lesley and Joanna, art therapists from the UK, have been training professionals in Zambia in the use of Therapeutic Art since 2011. Over multiple visits they have developed a training programme which has the support of the Ministry of Health. It has already been delivered to a range of professionals including nurses, occupational therapists, police… Continue reading Therapeutic Art Training in Zambia since 2011
In April 2016, Himalia and Maya, speech and language therapists working in the UK, returned to Mulago Hospital in Uganda to follow up on training completed in November 2015. They reviewed the practice of Parent Trainers that they had worked with on their previous visit, to assess their ability to train and support mothers whose… Continue reading Neonatal Feeding Training – Uganda 2016
As always, MAITS is trying to help people around the world to connect with one another, in order to strengthen services for individuals with disabilities and/or mental health challenges. In September of this year, MAITS helped to fund the first cleft lip/palate conference in South Asia, which was held in Sri Lanka, and organised by… Continue reading 1st South Asia cleft lip/palate conference
MAITS held its first introductory meeting in Pakistan on 19th September 2016 which was attended by 29 guests from 15 different organisations in Pakistan. The guests included Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Paediatricians, Psychologists. The event was hosted by Sadia Mirza & Melanie Adams of MAITS at the Rangoonwala Community Centre. Many thanks to the following… Continue reading MAITS Visited Pakistan
In November 2015, Himali de Silva and Basia Hamden, two Speech and Language Therapists working in the UK, gave training to parents of babies with feeding difficulties in Uganda, who would, in turn, run training for groups of new mothers. They also ran a workshop on infant breastfeeding and introducing solid foods to a range of… Continue reading Neonatal Feeding Training – Africa and South Asia
In October 2015, Anjali Joshi, a very experienced Occupational Therapist from India, conducted a training in child development as a part of the “Inclusive Education Conference and Accessibility Expo” hosted by the Nathan Ebanks Foundation, Jamaica. This training took the form of, discussions, workshops and seminars and was followed up by visits to in three… Continue reading Training in Child Development at the Nathan Ebanks Foundation, Jamaica October 2015
Music therapists Alastair Robertson (from the UK) and Somesh Purey (from India) teamed up to run a course for staff that parents at the ARMS Research Centre and for staff at the Patashala School, located in a poor migrant town on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The trainers were very happy with the outcome of the… Continue reading Music As Therapy delivered training in Hyderabad, supported by MAITS