Child Mobility FOSCIM (Malawi) – Update
I attach more case stories of children supported by funding from KTCT; 6 wheelchairs and 3 home chairs for tots. As always, renewed thanks to KTCT for their generous support KTCT2021May31pdfDownload
Thanks from Just Wheels(Tanzania)
Just Wheels provides help and support to some of the most impoverished people in the world - disabled people in Tanzania. This group often faces poverty, poor health, a lack of education, and sadly, discrimination. We help mobility-impaired people to a brighter future by providing a wheelchair, support, and access to education. We are delighted to have been awarded a £4000 grant from the Kitchen Table Charities Trust to enable us to commission and supply 16 good quality, well-fitted, locally-made wheelchairs to children and adults in Tabora Region in Tanzania. A wheelchair will enable them to access education, employment, and…
Child Mobility FOSCIM (Malawi) – Update
Attached are the details of 24 more children now mobile in Malawi thanks to KTCT. By the end of the year FOSCIM will have put together around 1,000 of these wheelchair case stories and the exercise never ceases to have an impact and only serves to remind us that whatever our gripes they pale into insignificance compared to the hand of cards dealt some folk in various other parts of the world. For the latest details on children helped, please read the following report: KTCT2020July7Download
Child Mobility FOSCIM (MALAWI)
If life for the average, ‘healthy’ Malawian child is poor then life for those with severe mobility problems can be dire. The consequences for the child and its family can be many and debilitating. The Government of Malawi does not provide mobility aids. Even if they could find them, most families would not be able to afford a mobility aid for their child. Without a mobility aid, the child cannot go to school and will have a very limited social life.If the child cannot go to school, in most cases this restricts both parents from working therefore impacting the family…
Child Mobility FOSCIM (Malawi) – Update
FOCSIM have pleasure in attaching 4 more case stories from Malawi of children now mobile thanks to KTCT. Sorry to say that the flow of case stories to KTCT has been and is being frustrated by two things, one bad and one good. The bad one of course is Covid-19 and the resulting travel restrictions within Malawi plus the hospital's rules about how many out-patients can been seen on site at any one time. The good one is that this year’s Christmas mobility appeal broke the previous year’s never-to-be-matched response. Because of Covid-19 it proved impossible to meet the demand…
“zikomo kwambiri” from Malawi
If quality of life for healthy Malawian children is low, quality of life for children with severe mobility issues can be dire. They are largely ‘abandoned’ to the floor or the ground unless a guardian can carry them on their backs, which in turn creates health problems for mums and other guardians, particularly as their children grow. These children have limited, if any, social lives, unable to meet or play with friends, and few will be able go to school because of the dependency on others for mobility. The generosity of KTCT supporters in funding bespoke wheelchairs, robust enough to…