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| May 2022 report: Distribution of wheelchairs through the community work, and news of a partnership |
| Rose, our social worker, reported recently on some of the mobility problems encountered on community visits. When following up on rural clinics or with home visits to former patients, the Acheru Community Based Rehabilitation team sees children with Cerebral Palsy who are left indoors because they cannot walk and are too heavy to carry. Grandparents taking care of children struggle to move them around, and complain of chest and back pain, so there's a real need for wheelchairs. Some of the children, although they have mobility problems, have good understanding but have been unable to go to school. Providing a wheelchair gets them out of the house, enables them to meet others, and can open up the possibility of education. |
| There are many needing to be helped and where possible Acheru gets wheelchairs from other organisations to distribute. We also sent 45 reconditioned or unused wheelchairs in our last container of medical equipment, with 25 of them designated for Acheru. The pictures show some of the children who recently received wheelchairs. |
| I have previously referred to the possibility of a partnership between Acheru and Rapha hospital, using our experience in northern Uganda to help develop work in the southwest. Discussions so far have been encouraging, and I hope to look at other organisations we work with in the next circular. Cooperation with others who share our aims can enable work to be conducted more efficiently and cost effectively, the aim being to reach more children. |
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