Hope: 20111206_Hope_032

Alan, a full-time volunteer of 6 months with a background in nursing and orthopedics, plays with a visually-impaired child using a medical ball. “The most important thing is to show them love,” he explains on the topic of physical rehabilitation. Specialists are very difficult to find in Thailand due to social stigmas; working with disabilities is not a popular subject at medicine schools.

Alan, a full-time volunteer of 6 months with a background in nursing and orthopedics, plays with a visually-impaired child using a medical ball. “The most important thing is to show them love,” he explains on the topic of physical rehabilitation. Specialists are very difficult to find in Thailand due to social stigmas; working with disabilities is not a popular subject at medicine schools.