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Forbes – Love And Technology Enable Disabled Indian Girls To Communicate For First Time
Harrison found the Tobii Eye Tracker that enabled two of the girls who previously had no ability to communicate to be understood for the first time.
The Times of India – US physician tried to expose cruel practices
American physician Dr Michelle Harrison had unsuccessfully tried to be a whistle-blower after she unearthed cruel practices at Joka Millennium Old Age Home and Rehab Centre.
The Times of India – This doctor quit her job and changed countries to care for her ‘daughters’
She even successfully battled cancer. But then she quit everything, sold her home in New Jersey and came to Kolkata to be a mother to differently-abled abandoned children.
The Times of India – For years, duo follows silently in Teresa’s footsteps
Her NGO, Sishur Sevay, aims to protect orphan girls. To do that, she took 15 girls from government homes, so that they could be properly groomed and educated.
The Telegraph – In Mother’s city, orphans find ‘mommy’
A lot many people wanted to profit from my home and I had a tough time fending them off. Thankfully, there were a few kind souls who supported me in my endeavour,” Michelle reminisced.
Eisamay – Women’s Day 2020: এই শহরেই মার্কিন মহিলার ভালোবাসায় গড়া স্নেহের ছায়া, বড় হচ্ছে মেয়েরা! জানেন?
মাতৃত্বের টানে নিজের দেশ ছেড়েছেন আঠারো বছর আগে। পাকাপাকি ভাবে বসবাস শুরু করেছেন কলকাতায়। আর এখন ১৫টি মেয়ের মা মিশেল হ্যারিসন|
Eisamay – করোনা মোকাবিলায় দুর্গ গড়ছেন কর্কটযোদ্ধা কলকাতার ‘মা’ মিশেল!
লকডাউনের সময়সীমায় যেটুকু জমাতে পারবে সেটাই তারা তুলে দেবে গরীবদের হাতে। গত শুক্রবার থেকে তারা শুরু করেছে এই প্রক্রিয়া।
Window on Travel – “AUTHENTICITY” EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS INCLUSIVE ART
“Authenticity” where Puja Kumari, one of the earliest “daughters” of Shishur Sevay was exhibiting a number of her paintings, many of them scenes from everyday life…
Breaking Barriers, Building Futures: Specially abled students of Shishur Sevay pay back the society
As 24-year-old Mani bends to turn a page while teaching the children at the Children’s Smart Centre (CSC) of Childlife Preserve Shishur Sevay in the Behala area of Kolkata, memories of her own upbringing at the NGO’s orphanage flash by her. Mani is among five other women working at the NGO who were also brought up at Shishur Sevay and are now working voluntarily to pay back.
The Idea – De-institutionalization of orphan and disabled children and creation of inclusive family style group homes. Shishur Sevay is the best practices model of inclusive non-institutional care for lost and abandoned girls, some with profound disabilities, all of whom had already been rejected for adoption.
