The Mithra Foundation was started in 1992 by Joe and Bella Rosario. Joe Rosario is a medical doctor/clinical psychologist who has worked with poor children living in the slums of Sriramapuram (Bangalore) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Working with mental health professionals and development workers from India’s National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Rosario started a program called “cognitive skills stimulation” to help underprivileged children acquire the fundamental skills needed to cope with the demands of life and become active partners in their own development. Working with Joe is Bella Rosario, who has been a development worker for the last 20 years both at micro and macro levels, and also a field officer of Oxfam. Bella is an advocate for gender justice and strongly opposes the practise of child labour in a healthy society.
The Mithra Foundation was started in 1992 by Joe and Bella Rosario. Joe Rosario is a medical doctor/clinical psychologist who has worked with poor children living in the slums of Sriramapuram (Bangalore) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Working with mental health professionals and development workers from India’s National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Rosario started a program called “cognitive skills stimulation” to help underprivileged children acquire the fundamental skills needed to cope with the demands of life and become active partners in their own development. Working with Joe is Bella Rosario, who has been a development worker for the last 20 years both at micro and macro levels, and also a field officer of Oxfam. Bella is an advocate for gender justice and strongly opposes the practise of child labour in a healthy society.