-
Sanvedana Foundation arranged some special meetings for Youth. The problems of the youngsters, suffering with epilepsy are different. So these meetings were very useful for them. For some meetings Ms. Renutai Gavaskar was invited as a guest.
-
Sanvedana Foundation invited Dr Nandan Yardi, (Epileptologist), and Dr Surekha Rajadhyaksha (Epilepsy Paediatrician), to know the medical view about Epilepsy.
- Sanvedana Foundation arranged one lecture about ‘Yoga and Epilepsy’, i.e. How Yogavidhya is helpful for epileptic patient. That lecture was with practical training, so all the patients and parents liked it very much.
- One lecture was on ‘Diet and Epilepsy’, which was given by Dr. Vijaya Sathe, (Dietician). According to her, an allopathic medicine does the job of repairing during an illness, whereas nutrition & diet does the job of servicing. The topic of her talk was on nutrition therapy for epileptic patients. The medicines, which patients take for these diseases, contain foreign chemicals, which may be harmful to our kidney, liver & brain. These medicines never reach the root cause of the diseases. So instead, if the epileptic patients have a proper diet with right vitamin supplements, their health will improve.
- Dr. Maya Tulpule was invited to talk about "Shweta" - a support group started by her to bring together people suffering from Leukoderma. This is an illness in which the patients suffer from white patches on the skin. Sanvedana arranged this meeting because people suffering with epilepsy should know, that epilepsy is not one problem, there are so many other problems in our society and people are still living with those problems.
- Sanvedana Foundation arranged a workshop of hobbies. In that workshop patients realized how hobbies help them to divert their mind from the disease.
- Sanvedana Foundation arranged a trip to ‘Surya Shibeer’, near Varasgaon Backwater. This outing and get-together was just for enjoyment, relaxation with nature & not for discussing epilepsy and issues. All Sanvedana members and their parents really enjoyed this picnic. Sanvedana members walked in the jungle, and a guide gave them information about the plants, trees and the nature as well. This was a very good experience for them.
- The founder of Sanvedana Foundation: Ms. Yashoda Wakankar and her colleagues visited to the rural area, to the village Otur, near Pune. Dr Bankar in Otur invited all the epileptic patients and their parents from Otur and other villages nearby, to the meeting. The meeting was held in Government Hospital in Otur. Everyone was listening intently to what Sanvedana members were saying, about how to cope-up with disease, and not to lose hope and to have a positive attitude
towards life. There are very much myths about epilepsy in rural area, but in the lectures Sanvedana members tried to tell people to come out of it and to take proper treatment.
- Sanvedana Foundation group also visited to Manchar district. Ms. Yashoda Wakankar spoke about myths about epilepsy in girl’s High school. She emphasised on the subject – if a person gets epileptic attack, what to do and what not to do.
- On 20th March 2004, Sanvedana Foundation celebrated the first birthday of the group. The program was arranged in Apate Hall. It was a first public show from Sanvedana. Some of the members of Sanvedana and some of the parents were on the stage, and their talk-show was arranged. They shared their experiences about epilepsy and they shared how they got a very good help from Sanvedana Foundation. Dr Anand Nadkarni (Psychiatrist) and Dr Praveena Shah (Neurologist) were the chief guest of this program. Dr Praveen Shah is running Samman Epilepsy Support Group in Mumbai. Both of them gave the speeches about the concept ‘support group’, and told some guide lines to Sanvedana Foundation’s members how they can increase their work efficiently. At the end of the program, Sanvedana members sang a very good group song, which was written and composed by one of the trustees.
|
Sanvedana Foundation
: +91-9822008035 / +91-9850887644 |
 |
|
| |
|
