A team of seven staff members from the National Association for the Blind (NAB) – Kashmir visited Ashirvad Trust for the Disabled (ATD), Sayla on 21st March, 2016 to learn from the extensive experience of ATD team in working with rural and backward regions of the country.
Warmly welcoming the team from Kashmir, staff of Ashirvad trust offered comprehensive training for various activities like:
· Community -based rehabilitation
· Role of the field worker, especially in rural and backward areas
· Role and functioning of CBR workers, supervisors and recourse persons
· How to survey and compile relevant information regarding types of disabilities, rehabilitation, personal visits from village to village; how to counsel and convince the villagers to send their wards for education and training.