Get Equipd Limited (c)

Get Equip'd LimitedProspectus 2013

Enhancing mobility throughinnovation and training

Get Equip’d Limited© Copyright 2013

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Enhancing mobility throughinnovation and training

Our Vision:

We are an organisation dedicated toensuring that people with disabilitiesare supported and better integratedinto their community.

Our intent is to establish a capacitybuilding framework, supportingexisting associations with essentialequipment, training and localfunding partnerships.

Goals – in Miri, Sarawak,Malaysia:

1. Form partnerships with existingdisability community organisationsand tertiary hospitals in developingcountries.

2. Provide the necessary equipmentfor children and young adults (suchas seating and postural support,wheelchairs, walking frames andtechnology for communication)registered with disability communityorganisations to:

a. Equally and fairly access theircommunity.

b. Enable them to be integratedinto schools.

c. Ensure they can be properlyseated and supported to eat anddrink in order to receive adequatenutrition.

d. Prevent them from spending alifetime on the floor.

e. Remove the burden ongrandparents, parents and siblingsto a lifetime of carrying their child/brother or sister around the homeand community.

f. Reduce their pain or discomfortdue to physical deformities.

3. Identify key personnel in theseorganisations that can be equippedwith the necessary knowledge andskills to prescribe and sourceequipment to ensure long termsustainability.

4. Facilitate the set-up of anequipment clinic with disabilitycommunity organisations.

The lack of equipment is often a major barrierfor community integration for people withdisabilities due to cost and lack of specializedtechnical support.

Our goal is to form partnerships with localcommunity disability service providers, toempower and provide the technical skills andknowledge that they need.

The long-term financial sustainability of thisprogram will be ensured through theformation of local business partnershipsfacilitated by Get Equip’d.

Get Equip’d will provide the necessaryexpertise through dedicated equipmentprograms, which will involve health carestudents from Australia.

Get Equip'd consists of therapists with over 15years of combined experience in the disabilitysector in Western Australia.

About Get Equip'd International Projects

Dayna PoolSenior PhysiotherapistPrincess Margaret HospitalThe Centre for Cerebral Palsy

Leonardo GnaviOccupational TherapistThe Centre for Cerebral Palsy2007- 2010

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Dr Gavin HutanaPaediatrician(Princess Margaret Hospital)

Christine ColegateNGO Consultant/Advisor

Get Equip'd Membership(Active contributors)

5. Ensure existing disabilitycommunity organisations indeveloping countries areequipped with the knowledgeand skills required so that theyhave similar services andsupport as children in Australiado.

6. Support local teams inrallying for access and equitysuch as the placement oframps.

7. Establish a workshop thatcan manufacture wheelchairsand other essential therapeuticequipment - utilising localresources and personnel.

The Get Equip'd HospitalityProgram

Many young people with disabilities have atremendous amount to offer theworkplace but simply require theopportunity to get their first job.

In Perth, Western Australia - Get Equip'dintends on supporting and providingadolescents and young adults withphysical disabilities, valuable workexperience and training.

Designed to enhance their confidence andskills, we intend on providing a seamlesstransition to the workplace - posteducation.

Australian Projects

This unique venture takes place in anoperating restaurant - a practicalenvironment in which these youngpeople continue to receive therapeutictraining via qualified therapists andtherapy assistants.

The program will give these youngpeople the opportunities they need -whilst providing a safe environment fortheir development.

Dr Jane ValentinePaediatrician(Princess Margaret Hospital)

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Miri is a city in Northern Sarawak, Malaysia,on the island of Borneo. It's the 2nd largestcity in Sarawak with a population of 350,000and is located in close proximity to Brunei.

Miri mainly relies on it's oil and gas industrywhich contributes significantly to the GrossDomestic Product of Sarawak.

The city is also home to numerous local andmultinational oil and gas companies includingShell, Petronas and Nippon Oil.

With a diverse ecology and a myriad of floraand fauna species, four national parks and amarine national park all located near Miri - itis often seen as a hub for ecotourism and adraw for nature enthusiasts.

Despite being rich in both naturalresources and spectacular sceniclandscapes - the people of Miri who livewith disabilities are not able to receiveexpert therapy and medical care.

Get Equip'd aims to use Miri as a successstory to model future endeavours inother developing countries and to bringabout measurable social change.

Miri, Malaysia

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Existing Services:

Pibakis offers a variety of programsthat involve sessions at the centreunder the direction of Ms Chong andher team of therapy assistants.

The staff at Pibakis are dedicated tosupporting children with disabilities tobe better integrated into theircommunity, yet are faced withconsiderable financial limitations.

Their efforts are hindered by the lackof specialised equipment and training.

Get Equip'd intends on providing thisexpertise.

Local Disability Service Provider

PIBAKIS:

Parents Association of The SpecialChildren, Miri.

Pibakis is a non-profit organisation thatwas formed by the parents of chidlrenwith disabilities in 1991.

The program implements governmentinitiatives and is assisted by the SocialWelfare Department.

The government provides minimalfunding for the centre which is usedentirely to fund full time therapyassistants.

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In 2011, Dayna Pool visited MiriSarawak to work with PDK indeveloping a staff trainingprogram as well as setting uptherapy treatments for childrenwith physical disabilities.

During this visit, it became veryapparent that the greatest need was foressential therapeutic equipment.

“Children of all ages were being carriedin by their parents, siblings orgrandparents. There was simply noother option to transport their children.

"Many of these children would spendthe entire day on the floor lying on theirback because they did not have asupportive seat and wheelchair toenable them to be upright and providea means of transportation and mobilityin their own home and city.”

The lack of equipment due toinsufficient financial support andexpertise means that children are oftenconfined to their home and cannot goto school to learn like other childrentheir age.

Get Equip'd will facilitate financialpartnerships between PDK and theirlocal community. The establishment ofthese partnerships are crucial as thiswill enable the purchase of essentialequipment not just for now but wellinto the future.

Many allied health and medical studentstrained in Western Australia havelimited hands on opportunities to worktogether in an interdisciplinary way.

Get Equip’d provides the opportunity forstudents to be supported with theirlearning in the most practical way,promoting health professionals to worktogether for a common goal.

Forming a partnership with positivemutual outcomes - Get Equip’dcombines the needs from both Miri andWestern Australia. For the children andfamilies in Miri, it means receiving thesupport they so desperately need whilststaff at PDK develop the necessaryskills to ensure long-term sustainability.

For our students in Western Australia,the hands on experience will ensurethey have the necessary skills that willeasily translate to enriching our therapy

services and will directly impact andimprove the care of people withdisabilities in Australia.

The combination of years of experiencein this field, training program andstrategic plans makes the partnershipand goals of Get Equip’d in Miriattainable and achievable.

We envisage PDK being self-sufficientwith the children receiving theequipment and support they sodesperately need.

Students choosing to do their practicumthrough Get Equip'd will have a trulyunique, memorable and positiveexperience, coming home with skillsthey would not have otherwise had.

Equipment Provision and Trainingin developing countries

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Partnering with PDK Miri - Get Equip'doffers undergraduate Australian Universitystudents the opportunity to do a 4 weekinternational placement in Malaysia.

Organised by Get Equip'd - students willhave the ability to operate in an inter-disciplinary environment - an essentialholistic approach to therapy.

This placement gives not only a unique,valuable experience but is facilitated byPhD candidate and Senior PhysiotherapistDayna Pool and Occupational TherapistLeonardo Gnavi.

This experience offers an opportunity to bea part of a program that is changing thelocal community of Miri.

Establishing a capacity building frameworknot only enhances the training of Australiantherapeutic services but leaves a lastingimpact on those who are not as fortunateas those here in Australia.

Bringing about measurable social change isthe ultimate goal.

Overseas studentplacements

Placement Goals1. To provide a service for Australianhealth care profession students (includingphysiotherapy, occupational therapy,speech pathology and medical) to getbetter training in the area of disabilityservices that improves their skills beyondthe opportunities they get here inAustralia.

These opportunities will enable futurehealth professionals to have experiencein:

a. Working with limited resources andinfrastructure - which will enhance theirclinical reasoning skills.

b. Providing culturally sensitive andappropriate services. As Australiabecomes increasingly multicultural, thiswill ensure all Australians receive fair andequitable services.

c. Transferrable skills to work inAustralia so they are equipped toproviding therapy and medical care toour children with special needs upon

graduation.

2. To model the essentialinterdisciplinary working relationship.This will ensure that each child has acollaborative service between thedifferent disciplines involved.

"Modelling the essentialinterdisciplinary workingrelationship....."

Contact Us:

Edward PoolSponsorship/Logistics

Dayna PoolTherapy Services

Leonardo GnaviEquipment Services

Mailing Address5a Blancoa RoadFerndale WA, 6148Australia

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Your sponsorship or donation will helpensure that children and families living withdisabilities receive the best care possible.