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Tunaweza Fund, 2014

Basic information

Partner organization: KARAGWE COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES (KCBRP) Date report completed: 30TH APRIL, 2014. Person completing report: Edgar Beturaniza Job title: Programme Facilitator. Total funds received from One World since last report; 6,678,000/= (If not reported in dollars, please include the exchange rate) What is the time period in which you received these funds? From: 18/7/2013 to 28/02/2014

Goals

Provide access to education Provide access to healthcare

Provide a safe environment with adequate food, shelter and clothing

Awareness creation and capacity building to the community.

Advocacy for people with disabilities.

Economic support to most vulnerable families with disabled persons through Income Generating Activities(IGAs)

Establishment and formation of Disabled People’s Associations (DPAS) for sustainability of KCBRP programs.

To influence policy on disability issues with Government authorities.

About your services

INDIRECT SERVICES Describe services in detail

How many people received services? e.g. how many staff members were trained

Describe results of service, e.g. improvements in staff skills or knowledge

Training staff

Gender 1 staff is continuing with higher education studies in Uganda.

Other…..

Basic knowledge on Disabilities

31 volunteers were training with the basics of disabilities

They are able to identify, assess and put plans to the identified people with disabilities.

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DIRECT SERVICES Activity /Disability

Describe services in detail How many children and/or caregivers received services?

Describe results of services, e.g. exam results, health improvements No. of

clinics Female Clients

Male Clients

Total Clients

Outreach to clinics

Assessing, Planning the intervention to clients

64 1012 908 1920

Eye clinics

Testing, counseling provide medicines and spectacles

12 287 199 486 Reducing the ability of low vision and blind

Screening clinics

Assessing and plan for treatment and rehabilitation to the clients

3 49 24 73 Reducing or completely remove of Disability

Cleft lip cases To send the clients to Hospital

1 6 7 Repaired

Hydrocephalus cases

Send them to hospital for Shunting and expert management

1 3 4 7 Heads stopped increasing

Elephantiasis cases

Sending to hospitals for testing and treatment

26 17 43 60 2 clients were treated and the remaining is waiting for next dose

Club feet cases Send to hospitals for P.O.P and surgery

9 8 17 25 21 corrected and 4 of them are still on treatment with different stages.

Assistive devices To provide assistive devices to PWD locally made and ready made

9 11 Provided with Assistive devices including bucket seats, special seats, and five wheelchairs.

Education Support CWD with transport fare, school fees, equipments and uniforms both inclusive and special schools and Vocational Training Centre

14 28 42

Osteomyelitis cases

Send to hospitals for treatment

2 5 7 12 8 were successful treated

Epilepsy cases To send clients to health facilities for counseling and Management

155 143 289 432 1 client stopped seizures

World Disability Day event

Awareness creation and clinics

Estimated 400 Children

TOTAL 296 1539 1934 3073

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THE CASE STUDY FOR DAINESS DEZDEL

Dainess (8) is a fourth born in the family of Mr. And Mrs. Dezdel Antony from Kibona, one of new program villages. Six months after her birth, the child suffered from high fever and skin disease all over the body; she was admitted at Nyakahanga Hospital for 7 months. The health status of the child continued to be worse and eventually the knock-knee disability was diagnosed.

Photo of Daines when she was brought at KCBRP for the first time Due to lack of knowledge on disability issues and bad believes, Daines’s parents felt having a disabled child is a burden in the family. They also believed that she could not attend school since she was not able to walk properly. Embarrassment, humiliation and denial started early on this little poor girl. KCBRP identified the girl in March 2013 during mobile clinic within the village. It was not easy for the parents and other community members to trust and believe on the intervention to be taken to rescue the problem of Dainess. It was KCBRP facilitators and village rehabilitation workers efforts of awareness creation and advocacy on disability issues to parents and community at large which resulted into cooperation within the family and hence parents

agreed with the plans for the child to meet with physiotherapist at KCBRP’s offices to undergo screening process. Fortunately the girl met the physiotherapist and she was referred to meet with the surgeon at Kagondo Hospital in May 2013. Daines was operated and admitted for 14 days at Kagondo. She was later discharged and advised to attend monthly at the hospital for dressing and management follow-ups.

Photo of Dainess during Physical exercises around home while having P.O.P

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On March 2014 she was taken to meet with her surgeon again to observe the progress, thanks to God the surgeon said the child is doing very well and no need of extra operation. KCBRP supported all treatment and transport costs for Daines because the family could not cost- share due to the vulnerability state of the family. Now the child is healed and well accepted in the family. She is now attending pre primary class at Kibona regular primary school, participating in family activities and playing with other children.

Dainess after operation her knee-knocking problem is no longer existing All these efforts opened Daines’s door to ordinary life style and brought the hope and happiness in the family and community at large.

Plans for the coming year

To support medical rehabilitation of people with disabilities.

To support regular and special education to children with disabilities.

To support income generating activities (IGAs) to families of persons with disabilities in KCBRP program village.

To continue with sensitization strategies to create awareness on issues regarding disability to communities

Formation and establishments of Associations of People with Disability for the sustainability of the programs

Establishment of rehabilitation center for long term rehabilitation therapies and income generation.

Capacity development for staff and Village Rehabilitation workers

To continue with outreach clinics in 16 new program villages

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