Visiting the Magnificent Galle Fort
Galle beach Beautiful Galle During our recent visit of Sri Lanka we visited Galle. Galle is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, 119 km from Colombo. Galle is the administrative capital of Southern Province, Sri Lanka and is the district capital of Galle District. Galle is the fifth largest city in Sri Lanka. The biggest attraction of Galle, is the Galle Fort. Galle Fort, in the Bay of Galle on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, was built first in 1588 by the Portuguese , then extensively fortified by the Dutch during the 17th century. Galle Fort is a maze of old buildings. There are churches, administrative buildings and stores on the same lane. The restored buildings take you back to 17th [...]
Supem Uyana “The Garden of Love”
Andalib and Faisal at Supem Uyana Today we visited Supem Uyana, which translated means "The Garden of Love". Supem Uyana was established in 1964 by the Sisters of Charity in Gonapinuwala, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka. It is 22 km away from the beautiful city of Galle. It predominantly serves persons with Intellectual Disabilities around southern province of Sri Lanka. We were happy to meet Sister Harriet and the team of Supem Uyana. We gave the team an introduction of Therap Services. Supem Uayana agreed to start using Therap for their day to day documentation. The Implementation plan was also discussed with them. We wish Supem Uyana all the best.
Society for the Welfare of the Intellectually Disabled (SWID), Bangladesh agrees to use Therap
SWID, Bangladesh school in 4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka, Bangladesh Faisal and Andalib with Mr Mamun of SWID, Bangladesh Society for the Welfare of the Intellectually Disabled (SWID), Bangladesh and Therap Services has agreed on cooperation between the parties. Under the cooperation arrangements, SWID will start using Therap in different schools under them. Currently SWID has 125 schools around Bangladesh. 9 of them are in Dhaka. The decision was taken, after the proposal of cooperation was brought in front of the NEC members of SWID Bangladesh. The proposal was approved by the members during their meeting on 7 November, 2015. Therap will start the implementation process soon. We hope SWID, Bangladesh will be able to take the [...]
Reached Colombo, Sri Lanka Safely
We have reached Bandaranaike International Airport, in Colombo safely from Dhaka, Bangladesh. From Colombo we will start our journey for Galle. Galle is a city situated on 113 KM south of Colombo. In Galle we will visit Supem Uyana. Supem Uyana is one of the institutes under Sisters of Charity, who are providing service to persons with Intellectual Disabilities. It was established in 1964. It predominantly serves persons with Intellectual Disabilities around Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka.
Therap to visit Sri Lanka
Faisal Iqbal, Assistant Manager of Training and Implementation and Andalib Kabir, International Business Development Executive of Therap are going to visit Sri Lanka from 13 November 2015. During this visit, we are going to institutes in Galle and Colombo of Sri Lanka. Last time, we went to Sri Lanka to attend the 22nd Conference on Asian Federation on Intellectual Disabilities (AFID). During that visit we met several interested institutes in Sri Lanka who are willing to use Therap. During this visit we will focus on visiting those institutes, and provide them with a demonstration of the software. Follow us and stay updated on our tour in Sri Lanka.
Another visit to Institute of Neuro-Development and Research
Institute of Neuro-Development and Research (INDR) Therap visited Institute of Neuro-Development and Research (INDR), to follow up with their training. INDR has been continuing the efforts of implementing Therap. The training on ISP Programs has started. INDR is thinking about using Therap for documentation in different sites of INDR. Therap will be there to help with implementation.
Visiting the newly elect president of Asian Federation on Intellectual Disabilities (AFID)
Andalib and Faisal with staff and management of SWID Therap team visited the new president-elect of Asian Federation on Intellectual Disabilities (AFID), Mr. Jowaherul Islam Mamun. He is also serving as the current president of the executive board of Society for the Welfare of the Intellectually Disabled (SWID), Bangladesh. The 23rd Conference of the Asian Federation on Intellectual Disabilities will be held in Bangladesh in 2017. As part of the preparations of the conference, we had a preliminary discussion with Mr. Mamun. Therap would like to show support as the exclusive official ICT partner for the conference. Further discussions will be held between AFID and Therap to reach an agreement. We would like to wish the organization committee of 23rd AFID Conference the very [...]
Implementation at Smiling Children Special School
SCSS teachers using Therap SCSS teachers using Therap Another implementation session at Smiling Children Special School, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. We are currently training them on ISP Program and ISP Data. The current process they follow, for therapy, is the ABA method. They do all the documentation manually, in paper. With the introduction of Therap, now they will be able to store data related to the service provided to the persons with Intellectual Disabilities, online. They are adapting to the new system very well. Hopefully we will be able to complete this phase of implementation soon.
Introductory session with SWID, Bangladesh
SWID Staff being briefed about Therap SWID Staff being briefed about Therap After we had our initial discussion with Mr. Jowaherul Islam Mamun, we had another pleasant introductory session with the staff and management of SWID. The teachers, therapists, along with the principal of SWID Laboratory Model School, were also present at the session. SWID Laboratory Model School is the leading school under SWID. The model of this school is being replicated in different branches of SWID in Bangladesh. It will be the first school under SWID, in which Therap will be implemented. It was a very lively session, in which the basic concept of Therap was explained to the attendees. The attendees were also very interactive. They explained [...]
A Step Forward for Smiling Children Special School
Andalib and Sejan at Smiling Children Special School Sejan conducting the training on Therap at SCSS Smiling Children Special School (SCSS) moved a step forward, in using Therap. Recently we held another training session at SCSS. In the session Andalib and Sejan briefed the staff at SCSS on ISP Program & ISP Data. The staff of SCSS also explained on the current form of documentation done by them. It was an informative session. At the end of the session, they had a clear idea about ISP Program. Guide Teacher of SCSS at the training session Guide Teacher of SCSS at the training session
