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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Florence Agabo with her husband Dominic Ekaju and their children. Dominic is a primary school teacher, but the family also farm in order to supplement their income. LOCATION: Apapai Parish, Otuboi Sub-county, Kalaki County, Kaberamaido District, Uganda. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Damali Ilimu, John Ekaju, Abraham Ekeju, Dominic Ekaju, Francis Eyunu, Innocent Emalu, Florence Agabo, Pekula Adiao, Sarah Amwodo and Pascal Akora.
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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: 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: 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: 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: Since starting adult education, Florence has enjoyed studying alongside her children at home. Sometimes she is even able to assist them with their homework. LOCATION: Apapai Parish, Otuboi Sub-county, Kalaki County, Kaberamaido District, Uganda. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Florence Agabo, Francis Eyunu and Sarah Amwodo.
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  • CAPTION: 70% of rural Uganda’s women are illiterate, which frequently renders them powerless. 39-year-old Florence enrolled onto an adult literacy program run by World Renew’s partner organization, the Kaberamaido Development Mission. LOCATION: Apapai Parish, Otuboi Sub-county, Kalaki County, Kaberamaido District, Uganda. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Florence Agabo.
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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  • CAPTION: The lessons Florence has learnt have helped her at the women’s group that she’s a member of. During meetings, she is now able to count the money that the the women have collected. LOCATION: Apapai Parish, Otuboi Sub-county, Kalaki County, Kaberamaido District, Uganda. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Florence Agabo.
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  • CAPTION: The lessons Florence has learnt have helped her at the women’s group that she’s a member of. During meetings, she is now able to count the money that the the women have collected. LOCATION: Apapai Parish, Otuboi Sub-county, Kalaki County, Kaberamaido District, Uganda. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Unknown, Florence Agabo, unknown and unknown.
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  • CAPTION: “The biggest benefit is the knowledge I’ve learned and can now apply in real life”, reports Hue. “I’m also more confident about sharing what I know with other people, and in giving voice to my own opinion. More than this, I’ve been able to improve my position within my family. For example, when I make a suggestion about how to look after the pigs, the rest of the family trusts my opinion more than ever before and allows me to follow through on my idea”. Hue goes on to speak of how she also feels empowered to voice her opinion in the wider community. Indeed, since participating in training sponsored by We Effect, she’s become a more active member in the Women’s Association and the community as a whole. LOCATION: Consumption Office, Hanoi, Vietnam. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Ha Duc Duong.
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