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  • CAPTION: Ningarajamma is a flower vendor. Thanks to the Chamkol programme's Revolving Fund Scheme, she has been able to invest in this business and in turn make it easier for her family to support her brother Jawara Naik, who has a severe learning disability. LOCATION: Alduru (village), Santhemarahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Ningarajamma (left) and Jawara Naik (right).
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  • CAPTION: Inaccessible toilets in schools prove a tremendous challenge to children with disabilities. Teachers may not always be on hand to help out, nor may they appreciate needing to do so. The Chamkol programme therefore provides for School Inclusion Audits and Plans to be carried out by Pupils' Clubs with a view to correcting these flaws. LOCATION: Bogapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Lingaraju (left) and Shivakumar M. (right).
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  • CAPTION: Sheela has a small business making food and drinks for local schoolchildren. Through this, she is able to support her daughter Nandini, who has a learning disability. She plans to soon take advantage of a loan provided through the Chamkol programme's Revolving Fund Scheme in order to upgrade her shop stock. Here, we see Nandini helping her mother to make tea to sell. LOCATION: Alduru (village), Santhemarahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Nandini (left) and Sheela (right).
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  • CAPTION: Nirmala has speech problems owing to jaw disfigurement. Thanks to Mobility India, she has benefited from surgery, and now works as a tamarind de-seeder. Soon, she will be taking up livelihood training for other income-earning activities. LOCATION: Doddarayapete (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Nirmala.
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  • CAPTION: Pallavi, who is unable to speak, was recently assisted by Mobility India to enrol in vocational training courses to develop computing, tailoring and beautician skills. Now that she has had a taste for the sorts of work she could do, she is keen to redouble her efforts and get a good job that will draw on the skills she’s gained. LOCATION: Naviluru (village), Santhemarahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Pallavi.
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  • CAPTION: Shilpa, who has cerebral palsy and moves around in a wheelchair, has developed her confidence level dramatically since joining her local After-School Club (ASC). Its sessions are designed to be highly inclusive, so she feels she is able to engage in activities without disadvantage compared with the other children there. LOCATION: Heggotara (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Manasa and Shilpa N. (right).
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  • CAPTION: For many years, Mantesh - who has a learning disability - would hardly communicate with other children or even with his parents. His mother Roopa supports him with his Individual Education Plan (IEP), which includes his attendance at his local After-School Club (ASC). This is very important in developing his self-belief. Just ensuring he attends regularly is a challenge, so it helps if his mother drops him there directly herself, and then meets him once the session is over. LOCATION: Mallianpura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Roopa (left) and Mantesh (right).
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  • CAPTION: Shobha has taken up a job as a sweeper at Vijaya Bank in order to help support her two brothers, Siddaraju and Shivaraju, who both have severe learning disabilities. Through the Chamkol programme, families like hers are able to get support in devising Individual Livelihood Plans to build pathways out of poverty. LOCATION: Mudlumole (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Siddaraju, Jayamma, Shivaraju and Shobha.
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  • CAPTION: Basavanna can see only partially with one eye. He has taken a dairy-related livelihoods training course arranged by Mobility India, specially targeted at people with disabilities. This included several aspects of caring for cows that were unfamiliar to him before. LOCATION: Mudnakudu (village), Haradanahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Basavanna (left) and Gowramma (right).
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  • CAPTION: Home-Based Educator (HBE) Sakamma has been able to help eight-year-old Sangeetha, who has cerebral palsy, improve her fine motor skills by playing with various teaching and learning materials. Sangeetha has also learned to recognise regular visitors to her home, and to say simple words like amma ('mother'). Over the lifetime of the Chamkol programme, Sakamma says we can expect Sangeetha to start walking, and also to learn to write a little and turn those single words into full sentences. LOCATION: Amchawadi (village), Haradanahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Sakamma (left) and Sangeetha (right).
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  • CAPTION: Following an accident, Pradeep (pictured, front) had to have his hand amputated. In order to ensure he'd be able to meet the costs associated with his special needs over the years, his father Jayanna borrowed from the Chamkol Programme's Revolving Fund Scheme and started a small sheep rearing business. LOCATION: Heggawadi (village), Santhemarahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Jayanna, Kumari, Prathap and Pradeep.
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  • CAPTION: While Cluster Resource Person (CRP) Basavaraju observes, Sunithamma leads her primary school class in enacting a skit called 'Grandmother’s Pride'. This group work exercise taught by The Teacher Foundation (TTF) is especially useful for including children with special needs. Roopa (left), for example, loves acting. She has a learning disability and used to come to class only very irregularly. Now that these activities are included in the lesson plan, she's happy to come much more often. LOCATION: Mariallahundi (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Roopa S., Kavya P., Kavya M.P., Mamatha M., Sunithamma, Sunil M.K. and Basavaraju M.
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  • CAPTION: Under the Chamkol programme, every disabled member of the community has an Individual Health Plan (IHP). For Rajashekar, who has cerebral palsy, this means following a tailor-made exercise regime. During regular visits to his home, Rehabilitation Therapy Assistant (RTA) Sudha shows his family how to support him with this. LOCATION: Marialla (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Sudhamani R., Rajashekar and Rangaswamy.
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  • CAPTION: Thanks to The Teacher Foundation (TTF), Prabhuswamy has been trained to lead Quality Circle Time (QCT) sessions in his primary school classrooms. This technique helps him to involve children with special needs in different activities to a much greater extent, as in this instance where he uses a hand puppet to talk to Gowrishankar, who has speech and hearing difficulties. LOCATION: Bedrapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Prabhuswamy, Gowrishankar and Abhi K.
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  • CAPTION: Jayamala keeps an eye on Madhushree while leading a game at her anganwadi (pre-school). Through the Chamkol programme's Early Years' Clubs, anganwadi workers like Jayamala will play more of a role in the lives of the youngest children with special needs, like Madhushree, who has autism. LOCATION: Masagapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right (visible faces only): Madhushree, Jayamala, Chamdama M., Radhika B., Chamdama M. and Aishwarya S.
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  • CAPTION: Steps prove a significant challenge for Ashwin, who has diplegia and can only get around unassisted if on his hands and knees. The Chamkol programme therefore provides for School Inclusion Audits and Plans with a view to correcting these flaws. LOCATION: Mangala Hosuru (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Nagamma (left) and Ashwin (right).
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  • CAPTION: Sushma has a form of cerebral palsy called diplegia. She needs almost constant care. During the earliest days following the birth of a child who has (or develops) a disability, parents often struggle to work out what best they can do for him or her, and could use more information and firmer direction. Under the Chamkol programme, such children aged between zero and five and their mothers, expectant mothers and women of child-bearing age will be able to get this through health, wellbeing, development and pre-school programmes run through Early Years' Clubs. LOCATION: Mangala (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Ambika (left) and Sushma (right).
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  • CAPTION: Under the Chamkol programme, every disabled member of the community has an Individual Health Plan (IHP). For Doddamma, this includes basket weaving as an exercise to help address her rheumatoid arthritis. This has the added benefit of being an income-generating activity. LOCATION: Doddarayapete (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Doddamma M.
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  • CAPTION: At the end of a classroom session, Hemavathi gets the children to do a group work exercise that reviews, in a fun way, what has been taught. This is a particularly inclusive technique, which she learned during training by The Teacher Foundation (TTF). In spite of his locomotor disability, Sidaraju (centre) feels very much a part of the action. LOCATION: Mangala (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right (visible faces only): Mallikarjuna, Sidaraju, D. Mahendra, B.P. Hemavathi, S. Asha and Rachana.
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  • CAPTION: Partially visually impaired After-School Club (ASC) Coordinator Chethankumar leads 'Cheering Up', a highly inclusive exercise that gets the children enthusiastic about engaging with one another. This is one of the steps in Quality Circle Time (QCT), recently taught to all of Kasaba's ASC Coordinators. LOCATION: Mangala Hosuru (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Santhosh, Nagasundra, Kavitha, Arathi, Chethankumar and Ashi.
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  • CAPTION: Basavanna has a severe locomotor disability. Loans from the Chamkol programme's Revolving Fund Scheme have helped to ensure that he can support himself through his business of bicycle repairing. LOCATION: Ummathuru (village), Santhemarahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Basavanna.
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  • CAPTION: The Chamkol programme supports the government's response to the health and wellbeing of individuals with or at disk of disability. For Village Rehabilitation Workers (VRWs) like Rekha (who herself has polio) - pictured here visiting a boy with a learning disability who she recently supported in entering the formal education system - informal support to service delivery means provision of tailored quarterly training. LOCATION: Meghalahundi (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Rekha H.B. (woman), Mahesh (boy) and Mahadevaswamy (man).
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  • CAPTION: Rajashetty, who contracted polio early in life, is a self-employed blacksmith. He is pictured here working alongside two of his family members. He is a member of his local self-help group (SHG), which has enabled him to draw small loans to invest in his business. LOCATION: Alduru (village), Santhemarahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Rajashetty, Bhagya and Basavashetty.
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  • CAPTION: Mallesh has a severe learning disability. He needs almost constant care. During the earliest days following the birth of a child who has (or develops) a disability, parents often struggle to work out what best they can do for him or her, and could use more information and firmer direction. Under the Chamkol programme, such children aged between zero and five and their mothers, expectant mothers and women of child-bearing age will be able to get this through health, wellbeing, development and pre-school programmes run through Early Years' Clubs. LOCATION: Mahanthalpura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Nandini M. (left) and Mallesh M. (right).
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  • CAPTION: Every child with severe disabilities is entitled to enrol at his or her local school and receive education through a Home Based Educator (HBE). Jyothi, an HBE, is pictured here working with her own brother, Siddaraju, who has severe learning disabilities. LOCATION: Mallianpura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: M. Jyothi (left) and Siddaraju (right).
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  • CAPTION: Doddamma is almost completely blind. Her local self-help group (SHG) helped her come together with a small number of other blind women to form an income-generating group. After each contributed an upfront investment to enable them to buy the raw materials they needed, they started making banana leaf bowls to satisfy the demand of street food vendors. LOCATION: Hullepura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Doddamma.
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  • CAPTION: Madhushree has a profound learning disability. Chinnaswamy and his family are determined that in spite of this, she should be able to enjoy a gradually improving quality of life. To assist with making this a reality, Mobility India have helped to draw up an Individual Education Plan (IEP) that is tailored to Madhushree’s specific needs. Together with her local After-School Club (ASC) coordinators, her family have resolved to work with her to meet each goal that’s been set in this plan in turn. Activities in Madhushree’s plan include brushing her teeth, eating and bathing without support and identifying colours. LOCATION: Heggotara (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Chinnaswamy, Madhushree and Asha.
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  • CAPTION: Anaganwadi (pre-school) Supervisor Jayalakshmi observes anganwadi feeding. Under the Chamkol programme, anganwadi workers will soon start receiving focussed training on ways to minimise the risk of disability during pregnancy, childbirth or infancy, on how to identify and respond to suspected impairments and how to care for, nurture and support children with different impairments. LOCATION: Mallianpura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Jayalakshmi, Nagamma H.S., Aishwarya, Mahadevamma, Bhavani and Mahadevprasad.
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  • CAPTION: After-School Club (ASC) Coordinator Asha, who herself has scoliosis, leads children in a card game. The game is very visual, designed to be inclusive for those children who struggle to recognise words. LOCATION: Heggotara (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Megha M., Chennanjamma and Asha.
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  • CAPTION: Encouraging and facilitating disabled people's participation in local governance is a very important part of the Chamkol project, something that Shashikumar - who is blind in one eye - is taking the lead in. Today, he’s come to meet the Development Officer at his local gram panchayat (village assembly) to talk about the fact that his self-help group (SHG) doesn’t have a place where it can meet regularly. LOCATION: Hullepura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Left: K. Nagarajappa; right: Shashikumar.
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  • CAPTION: Gathering community data. Mobility India and CBM have partnered with Aptivate to develop a simple means of collecting key project-relevant data using relatively unsophisticated mobile phones. LOCATION: Sappayyanapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Mariswamy, Manu and Nandini A.C.
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  • CAPTION: Shesh Naik has multiple disabilities, including cerebral palsy. His only mobility comes through wheelchair use, and he's totally dependent on family members to wheel him around. He still needs a ramp to be constructed, so that they will be able to get him into and out of the family home. LOCATION: Amchawadi (village), Haradanahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Padma, Shesh Naik, Raghu and Latha.
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  • CAPTION: Gathering community data. Mobility India and CBM have partnered with Aptivate to develop a simple means of collecting key project-relevant data using relatively unsophisticated mobile phones. LOCATION: Sappayyanapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Left: P. Murthy; right: Siddaya.
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  • CAPTION: As a Cluster Resource Person (CRP), Nirmala goes from school to school and supervises teachers, helps address their grievances and issues they are having with implementing what they’ve been trained on, and checks to see whether implementation is happening properly. At this meeting of head teachers, she is discussing implementation of the methods taught recently by The Teacher Foundation (TTF), designed to bring more inclusivity to classes where children with disabilities and special needs are enrolled. LOCATION: Mangala (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Nirmala P.
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  • CAPTION: After-School Club (ASC) Coordinator Kalappa demonstrates a paper helicopter to his group, after Chowdamma - who has a learning disability - asked him how helicopters work. Kalappa says that one of the ways he makes the club more inclusive for Chowdamma is that he finds ways to explain principles as visually as possible. LOCATION: Marialla (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Kalappa, Chowdamma and Kavya M.
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  • CAPTION: Jyothi has multiple disabilities, including cerebral palsy. Her parents are in the process of constructing a new home, so Mobility India representative Ramesh has come to advise them on the modifications they will need to build in so as to make the house as accessibe to her as possible. He suggests wall bars and foot steps (moulds in the floor) to help her get around the house, and also a specially adapted toilet. LOCATION: Yangahalli (village), Haradanahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Doreswamy, Ramesh, Jyothi and Lakshmamma.
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  • CAPTION: 13-year-old Chowdamma could only stand rooted to the spot when she first started attending her local After-School Club (ASC) five years ago. She has a learning disability, and was afraid to communicate with the other children in any way at all. Under her ASC tutor's careful strategic guidance, she has been able to build her confidence levels dramatically. LOCATION: Marialla (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Chowdamma.
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  • CAPTION: Every self-help group (SHG) has various office-bearing positions, including chairperson (right) and treasurer (left). LOCATION: Doddarayapete (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Left: Suvarna; right: Shobha.
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  • CAPTION: As an elected member of the Karnataka State Children’s Parliament, Sushma Rani recently met the state's Chief Minister. She had been chosen to represent children with disabilities, and thought carefully about what she could say to him that would be most useful for those whose name she was speaking in. She recognises that she’s become a role model for children with disabilities, and says she hopes to motivate others to follow in her footsteps and speak up for their rights. LOCATION: Bogapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Left: Tejaswini; right: Sushma Rani.
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  • CAPTION: Under the Chamkol programme, anganwadi (pre-school) workers like Shashikala will soon start receiving focussed training on ways to minimise the risk of disability during pregnancy, childbirth or infancy, on how to identify and respond to suspected impairments and how to care for, nurture and support children with different impairments. LOCATION: Uttuvalli (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Pavitra, Komala and N. Shashikala.
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  • CAPTION: Over the course of six months, Karthik’s Home-Based Educator (HBE) Honnamma (pictured, right) helped him learn to dress himself, identify his parents, indicate that he’s hungry and eat with assistance. This represents marked progress; when she first started working with Karthik, who has cerebral palsy, he could not even feel sensations or react to stimuli. LOCATION: Mudnakudu (village), Haradanahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Manjula, Karthik and Honnamma.
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  • CAPTION: Gathering PIMMS data. Mobility India and CBM have partnered with Aptivate to develop a simple means of collecting key project-relevant data using relatively unsophisticated mobile phones. LOCATION: Sappayyanapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Left: Sudhamani R.; right: Doddamma.
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  • CAPTION: Geetha's daughter Priyanka tends to vomit up what she is fed, and Geetha had to experiment a lot to find ways to feed her so that this doesn't happen. Priyanka also goes through regular periods of almost non-stop crying. During the earliest days following the birth of a child who has (or develops) a disability or special needs, parents often struggle to work out what they can do for him or her, and would find more information and direction useful. Under the Chamkol programme, children aged between zero and five and their mothers, expectant mothers and women of child-bearing age will be able to get this through health, wellbeing, development and pre-school programmes run through Early Years' Clubs. LOCATION: Mallianpura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Geetha (mother) and Priyanka (daughter).
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  • CAPTION: Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) Supervisor Lakshmi meets with Taluk Health Officer Dr Mallika to discuss ASHA incentives. Under the Chamkol programme, ASHAs will soon start receiving focussed training on ways to minimise the risk of disability during pregnancy, childbirth or infancy, on how to identify and respond to suspected impairments and how to care for, nurture and support children with different impairments. LOCATION: Chamarajanagar (town), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Dr Mallika B. (left) and Lakshmi C. (right).
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  • CAPTION: Visually impaired self-help group (SHG) member Shivaraju proudly displays the bus pass that his membership of the group has helped him to secure. LOCATION: Amchawadi (village), Haradanahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Left: Shivaraju; right: Madamma.
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  • CAPTION: Under the Chamkol programme, every disabled member of the community has an Individual Health Plan (IHP). For Netrawati, who has scoliosis, this means following a tailor-made exercise regime. During regular visits to her home, Rehabilitation Therapy Assistant (RTA) Kavitha shows both her and her mother Nagamma what they need to do. LOCATION: Mallianpura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Netrawati, Kavitha M.L. and Nagamma.
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  • CAPTION: Fortunately for Shilpa, ramps are one aspect of school accessibility that Kasaba's schools have in place. However, many are too steep, while many other aspects of accessibility - such as toilets and signage - also need urgent attention. The Chamkol programme therefore provides for School Inclusion Audits and Plans to be carried out by Pupils' Clubs with a view to correcting these flaws. LOCATION: Heggotara (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Shilpa N. (in wheelchair) and Revanna K. (teacher).
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  • CAPTION: After-School Club (ASC) Coordinator Doddamma, who herself has rheumatoid arthritis, works on an activity designed under a visually impaired child's Individual Education Plan (IEP). LOCATION: Doddarayapete (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Gowtham S. (left) and Doddamma M. (right).
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  • CAPTION: Manju's son Sagar was born with clubfoot and hands. Thanks to timely interventions, he has been making great progress. During the earliest days following the birth of a child who has (or develops) a disability, parents often struggle to work out what best they can do for him or her, and could use more information and firmer direction. Under the Chamkol programme, such children aged between zero and five and their mothers, expectant mothers and women of child-bearing age will be able to get this through health, wellbeing, development and pre-school programmes run through Early Years' Clubs. LOCATION: Melagipura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Pushpalata, Santosh, Sagar, Manju and Chenajamma.
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  • CAPTION: Basavashetty is totally blind in the left eye and mostly blind in the right. He feels his way around his home, and could greatly benefit from wall bars to help with this. LOCATION: Sagade (village), Harave (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Basavashetty.
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  • CAPTION: Aishwarya's legs are so weak, she cannot stand without support. She also goes through long periods of constant crying. During the earliest days following the birth of a child who has (or develops) a disability or special needs, parents often struggle to work out what they can do for him or her, and could use more information and firmer direction. Under the Chamkol programme, such children aged between zero and five and their mothers, expectant mothers and women of child-bearing age will be able to get this through health, wellbeing, development and pre-school programmes run through Early Years' Clubs. LOCATION: Mallianpura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Nagamma H.S. (left) and Aishwarya (right).
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  • CAPTION: One of Mobility India’s field staff alerted Rajesh to the fact that he could approach the office of the District Collector (DC) for a motorised tricycle. Here, he is showing a copy of the letter he wrote to the DC. Rajesh is keen to inspire other young people with disabilities to push for their rights in a similar way. LOCATION: Marialla (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Rajesh G.
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  • CAPTION: Under the Chamkol programme, Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) like Mahadevamma will soon start receiving focussed training on ways to minimise the risk of disability during pregnancy, childbirth or infancy, on how to identify and respond to suspected impairments and how to care for, nurture and support children with different impairments. LOCATION: Handrakalli (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Mahadevamma B.
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  • CAPTION: Gathering community data. Mobility India and CBM have partnered with Aptivate to develop a simple means of collecting key project-relevant data using relatively unsophisticated mobile phones. LOCATION: Sappayyanapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Rakshitha S. V., Bhagya, P. Murthy, Shilpa C.B., Kavya S.N. and Manjula; background: Mahadevamma.
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  • CAPTION: Under the Chamkol programme, every disabled member of the community has an Individual Health Plan (IHP). Shantamurthy contracted polio when he was six or seven years old. It left him without the ability to walk. Mobility India supported him to undergo surgery. Following the surgery, its Rehabilitation Therapy Assistants (RTAs) worked with him on an exercise regime, and this helped the pain subside. Since then, he has learned to walk again with the aid of calliper splints. LOCATION: Kallahalli (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Shanthamurthy.
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  • CAPTION: When her mother is unable to attend, Padma stands in for her at their local self-help group (SHG) meetings. This is made up of people from their locality who either live with a disability or have a close family member who does. In their case, Padma's brother Shesh Naik lives with multiple disabilities, including cerebral palsy. LOCATION: Amchawadi (village), Haradanahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Padma, Sakamma, Chikkatayamma and unknown.
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  • CAPTION: As After-School Club (ASC) Coordinator Ravikumar observes, Mahadev Swamy - who has speech and hearing difficulties - engages with non-disabled participants in an exercise taught during recent training by The Teacher Foundation (TTF). LOCATION: Bydamudlu (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Ravikumar, Mahadev Swamy, K. Mahesh and Madhulakshmi.
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  • CAPTION: For a long time, Madhushree's mother Bhagya thought that her daughter was a bit of a slow learner, and she had no idea why. Nobody told her that her daughter had autism, and how autistic children could be helped to develop and thrive. During the earliest days following the birth of a child who has (or develops) a disability, parents often struggle to work out what best they can do for him or her, and could use more information and firmer direction. Under the Chamkol programme, such children aged between zero and five and their mothers, expectant mothers and women of child-bearing age will be able to get this through health, wellbeing, development and pre-school programmes run through Early Years' Clubs. LOCATION: Masagapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Bhagya, Megha and Madhushree.
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  • CAPTION: Mobility India's Sudhamani R. trains Drakshayani in the skills she'll need as an After-School Club (ASC) Coordinator. LOCATION: Handrakalli Mole (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Sudhamani R., Chinnu and Drakshayani.
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  • CAPTION: Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) Gurushanthi administers the polio vaccine to Mahendra while his mother holds him. Through the Chamkol programme's Early Years' Clubs, ASHAs like Gurushanthi will play more of a role in the lives of the youngest children with disabilities, like Mahendra, who has cerebral palsy. LOCATION: K K Hundi (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Chiktayamma, Mahendra and Gurushanthi.
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  • CAPTION: Using a loan from his local self-help group (SHG), Mariswamy has set up a petty shop to help cover the costs associated with his son Manu's club foot. LOCATION: Sappayyanapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Mariswamy, Manu and Meelamma.
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  • CAPTION: The Chamkol programme supports the government's response to the health and wellbeing of individuals with or at disk of disability. For Primary Health Centre (PHC) workers such as Dr Prasad, this means informal support during disability screenings, vaccination and immunisation outreaches. LOCATION: Panyadhundi (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Dr Prasad P.M. (left) and Navida Begum (right).
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  • CAPTION: Inclusive Education Resource Teachers (IERTs) such as Kiran are one of the government's primary resources for inclusive education, and great allies for the Chamkol programme. They are responsible for identifying those children who have special educational needs and assessing what should be provided for them. Here, Kiran is leading a training session of parents and siblings of people with learning disabilities. LOCATION: Haradanahalli (village), Haradanahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Kiran.
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  • CAPTION: All schools in Kasaba hobli have ramps for wheelchair users, though few were built for the benefit of disabled students; rather, they were put in place for election purposes, to enable disabled voters to attend polling booths during elections. Many, like this one, lie unused and in deteriorating conditions where there may not even be any wheelchair users. Meanwhile, other aspects of school accessibility - such as signs with text that's too small for the visually impaired - go unaddressed. The Chamkol programme therefore provides for School Inclusion Audits and Plans to be carried out by Pupils' Clubs with a view to correcting these flaws. LOCATION: Budhitittu (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Sanjana (above), Pradeep S. (below), Rajeshwari R., Kavya R.S., Nagendra and Rajesh.
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  • CAPTION: Mantesh, who has a learning disability, hardly communicates with other children or even with his parents. His family is keen for him to get involved in the local Chamkol programme-supported After School Club (ASC), but feels the challenge lies in getting him to attend and participate. His case worker will therefore be working with him according to his Individual Education Plan (IEP) to help him develop his self-belief, and also with his mother, who needs encouragement to believe in him. LOCATION: Mallianpura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Mantesh (left) and Vathsalakumari (right).
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  • CAPTION: Ningaraju's mother Rajamma has joined her local self-help group (SHG), made up of people from their locality who either live with a disability or have a close family member who does. Borrowing money from the SHG makes meeting the costs associated with Ningaraju's condition (club foot) considerably easier. LOCATION: Sappayyanapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Left: Rajamma; right: Ningaraju S.R.
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  • CAPTION: Rajamma, who has severe rheumatoid arthritis, gets around her home by crawling. She has a new wheelchair, but her mother Mahadevamma will not be able to wheel her into and out of her house in this until construction of the ramp up to the doorway has been completed. LOCATION: Amchawadi (village), Haradanahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Rajamma (left) and Mahadevamma (right).
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  • CAPTION: Using a loan from her local self-help group (SHG), Shivamma has set up a petty shop to help cover the costs associated with her daughter Saraswathi's learning disability. LOCATION: Mangala Hosuru (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Shivamma (left) and Saraswathi (right).
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  • CAPTION: The core activity of Chamkol is the enablement and support of self-help groups (SHGs) in every village and their democratic representation through local Grassroots Federations (GRFs). The overarching body in this structure is the Chiguru Committee, of which inspirational Jayamma H.R. (right) held the presidency until December 2013. LOCATION: Heggotara (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Left: Doddamma M.; right: Jayamma H.R.
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  • CAPTION: The Chamkol programme supports the government's response to the health and wellbeing of individuals with or at disk of disability. For Village Rehabilitation Workers (VRWs) like Kumara Naika, pictured here helping Govinda reach his local anganwadi, informal support to service delivery means provision of tailored quarterly training. LOCATION: Badanaguppe (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Kumara Naika (man), Govinda K. (disabled boy) and Puttbassamma (woman).
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  • CAPTION: The Chamkol programme supports the government's response to the health and wellbeing of individuals with or at disk of disability. For Primary Health Centre (PHC) workers such as Shilpa - seen here addressing a meeting of anganwadi workers - this means informal support during disability screenings, vaccination and immunisation outreaches. LOCATION: Benderwadi (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Shilpa K.N.
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  • CAPTION: Until the age of five, Naveen - who has cerebral palsy - was confined to his bed. That was the point at which he got his first life-changing surgery, after which he started to receive training from Mobility India. Rehabilitation Therapy Assistant (RTA) Kavitha patiently worked with him on a one-to-one basis, teaching him how to stand, balance and walk. Since then, he has been an enthusiastic participant at his local After-School Club (ASC). In this image, we see him standing on his own two feet at the front of his class, leading his fellow attendees in a Kannada literacy session under the watchful eye of his ASC tutor. LOCATION: Mallianpura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Naveen Kumar N. (boy) and Vathsalakumari (woman).
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