Thursday November 4th
A village near Kyumbara about 18kms from Kagando
Today I went on an outreach visit to one of the local villages with one of the German Occupational therapists. Arrangements had been made to see a number of disabled children to see if any would benefit from any medical intervention. After a white knuckle ride for 30 minutes on a Boda Boda (a motorcycle used as a local taxi) we arrived at a remote village to await the children’s arrival. The trip illustrated to me the enormous difficulties there are for these very poor people to access the hospital when they are in need of assistance. After an hour or so the children started turning up with a variety of problems including Cerebra Palsy, Spina Bifida and some unusual congenital neurological problems. It was quite a challenge to think how best to help them and their families when even a trip to the hospital can prove prohibitively expensive but I am also amazed at how happy and content people are with so little materially. It’s a real challenge to us in an affluent country like the UK despite all the cuts!
Trying to figure out how we can help Annet a 12 year old with athetoid Cerbral palsy.
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