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Archive for the ‘From Sambhavna’ Category
How Sambhavna will mark the 27th anniversary
Nov 29 2011 by Web Editor
Clapping and cheering, shouts of ‘more’, ‘more’, not your average work meeting…brother and sister, Madhav and Santosh, drummer and singer (research fieldworkers at the clinic) delight the rest of the staff assembled …
Not adding to Bhopal’s toxic load
Nov 28 2011 by Web Editor
Chandrakanta Sisodia leans forward, eager to share her extensive knowledge of alternative cleaning products developed by staff and the three sanitary workers – herself, Jamila and Nandkishor – here at Sambhavna. ‘When …
Health Education on Diabetes
Nov 28 2011 by Nagendra in Sambhavna
The small centre table in the gol ghar (our roundhouse meeting space) was covered with the leaves and flowers of Gudhal (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Neem (Azadirachta indica) and Adusa (Adhatoda …
Spineworks in Sambhavna
Oct 31 2011 by Jade in Brighton
Nagendra: I am writing this piece from my personal experiences. Severe pain started in my calves around five or six months ago. I tried lots of different kinds of allopathic treatment and …
Therapy in Bhopal: a UK-based bodywork therapist’s experience
Oct 17 2011 by Jade in Brighton
My name is Ian Jarvis and I am a bodywork therapist in the UK, practicing in the Warwick area and London with a system called Spineworks. I was in my mid-30s in …
Saturday – arrival in Bhopal
Oct 14 2011 by Web Editor
Bhopal does not appear to have a pre-pay desk, at least not for the auto-rickshaws which I have been advised to take since the roads near the centre are too narrow and …
Direct from Sambhavna’s medicinal herb garden
Oct 3 2011 by Nagendra in Sambhavna
Many Bhopal survivors have taken pharmaceutical drugs that in some cases are useless and some harmful. These have been prescribed by various government gas relief centers, street ‘doctors’ with little knowledge or …
