Visit to "The association of people with disability"

After a lot of postponement, Raj and I finally visited "The association of people with disability" in Lingarajapuram yesterday. This organization is a well developed organization, the campus spawning about 2 acres and well maintained.

Mr. Basavaraju (executive director) and Mrs Sudha showed us around the campus, the different divisions and different activities they carry on to make people more self-reliant.
There is a tailoring unit, well setup computer lab which dishes many courses, a tailoring unit, physiotherapy unit, unit for MR kids, horticulture unit, device manufacturing unit and so on.

Living Raaga fits into the tailoring unit which comprised of girls and women and also the MR kids unit which makes greeting cards, envelopes and address cards.

I showed the samples to Mr. Basavaraju and the rest of the staff. They were very receptive of the idea and keen to start off on almost every art.
I am waiting to start off classes there.

Initial Members of Living Raaga

As we make a journey, I felt it is important to acknowledge our initial members.

Meera Murthy is one of the initial members of Living Raaga. Not only, did she bring her artistic skills on to the table, but her passion and vision. She pursued the idea of putting a stall, for Living Raaga's products in her company. Currently, she is teaching her cute bookmarks and albums.

Prem is another inital member of Living Raaga. He is based in Mumbai. He is working on putting a stall in his office in Mumbai and get orders. He is also, working on getting more people to join Living Raaga and also collecting funds.

Bhavana joined us in May 2010 to teach quilling. She is a B.Com student. She is teaching quilled jewellry and its packaging.