July 2012

This year’s monsoon has brought a baby boom, with several of our therapists starting new families of their own. Shanti gave birth to a baby girl (Srikreeti), Govinda is the proud father of a baby boy (Pratik), Chiran and Laxmi have a new baby girl (Serendipity) and Hari‘s wife gave birth to a baby boy (Biplob) at the beginning of August.   

We have teased all about their ‘off-season’ babies, which despite being unplanned, seem to be conveniently well timed for the quiet monsoon months. We are however happy to see that they are all growing as adults, making families and leading truly normal independent lives. Admittedly blind parenting is challenging and it will be a steep learning curve for them, but as Chiran points out, now they have the money to pay for extra help with childcare, so it should be easier for them than it has been for other blind parents in Nepal. Pictured are Govinda and his wife Rukmeeni with son Pratik and Chiran and Laxmi with their daughter Seren.