by carers-admin | Jun 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
Carers Week, an annual awareness campaign celebrating and recognising the vital contribution made by the UK’s 6.5 million carers, is taking place between 10th June – 16th June. This year’s theme is “getting carers connected in their communities”. In India, Nepal...
by carers-admin | May 23, 2019 | Uncategorised
This is the story of Laxmi Devi, a 32 year old carer who lives in Rudh village in Jharkhand, north India. Laxmi cares for her husband, Ashok, who lost the use of both of his legs as a child due to Polio. The couple have two children, a boy aged 10 and a girl...
by carers-admin | May 21, 2019 | Uncategorised
Last weekend Anil visited Geneva to take part in a learning exchange organised by the Commonwealth Foundation which was attended by a number of representatives from 8 Commonwealth countries. The focus of the exchange was “accountability in health policy and service...
by carers-admin | May 15, 2019 | Uncategorised
Every year on the 15th of May International Day of Families is observed in honour of families. At Carers Worldwide, families are at the heart of our work. Numerous carers throughout the world provide excellent levels of care for their family members but this work...
by carers-admin | May 2, 2019 | Uncategorised
Gyanamma lives in Hatti, India. Due to her inspirational story she has been chosen to feature in this edition of our #HumansCare series. We share her story with you here. Gyanamma is the mother of three children. Her eldest son, Naveen is 10 years old and has Cerebral...
by carers-admin | Apr 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
Last month Anil Patil, founder of Carers Worldwide, attended two events which focused on the global carers movement. The first event attended by Anil was Merck’s “Embracing Carers” collaborative meeting which was held in Paris on Tuesday 19th March. Embracing Carers...
