Welcome to Livability Ireland

Livability Ireland (formally John Grooms Overseas) has worked in the developing world since 1995. Our work aims to address the unmet needs of disabled people in the developing world. These people are often the poorest of the poor and lack access to essential services.

We work in partnership with a range of organisations in Asia and this work is helping to break the cycle of poverty and despair and is enabling disabled people in Asia to live full meaningful and dignified lives.

11th ASCoN Conference

Shared Education Project

Rehabilitation at SIRC

We are peased to announce that the 11th ASCoN Conference will be held in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia from the 29th November - 2nd December 2012.
The conference will focus on the professional developments of health care personnel
involved with SCI care, the development of appropriate services for people with SCI and
updates on current advancement in SCI care. The program will be launced in the coming weeks.

Livability Ireland are part of a Disability Awareness project with other disability development groups throughout Northern Ireland. As part of this project Film maker and partner Michael Brown of Developent media Workshop, Enniskillen has filmed footage of 2 patients from the Spinal Injury Centre, Nepal.
A preview of his work can be seen by clicking here.

Man Krishna Khayamali of Bhaktapur was a small-scale farmer supplementing his income by working as a laborer. In 2007 while working at a construction site, Man Krishna fell and injured his spine. After the incident, he was taken to the Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) where he underwent conservative treatment. He was referred to SIRC from TUTH and admitted to the centre on December 12, 2007.