THE POWER OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO EFFECT CHANGE:
An evening with Valerie Taylor, founder of CRP
(Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed), Bangladesh
Valerie Taylor is the founder of Bangladesh’s Center for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP). Ms. Taylor founded CRP in 1979, using two cement storerooms to treat patients. CRP now has headquarters in Savar with additional three sub-centres throughout Bangladesh. Services include vocational re-training for disabled women and girls, medical, therapy and diagnostic services and training of health professionals up to BSc., in affiliation with renowned institutions including Dhaka University. Ms. Taylor is decorated with numerous awards including the O.B.E. (Order of the British Empire for her outstanding efforts providing holistic treatment for the paralysed) and also the "Shadhinota Dibosh Podok", the highest civilian award of Bangladesh. For more information on CRP and their work please visit: http://www.crp-bangladesh.org/. Valerie Taylor will be speaking at Annenberg Auditorium on Thursday March, 5th, 2009 on the Stanford University Campus at 7:00PM. Event is free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by:
- The Billie Achilles Fund
- ASSU Speakers Bureau
- MSAN
- Sanskriti
- SAID
- The Vice Provost of Student Affairs
- The Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
- The School of Humanities and Sciences
