Change mindset of a physically disabled child Peru

Taking care of our homes is important because it has a positive impact on our physical and emotional health. Understanding this, the social worker, nurse and psychologist have developed a series of workshops on healthy housing.

In the workshops, the participation of Mrs. Ana stands out, she is the mother of 2 children, including a 3-year-old girl with a tetraplegia named Luana.

When Mrs. Ana sought support from the center, Luana had no treatment for her seizures, which led the mother to present with depression that affected her family's health. In addition, the lack of money was constantly a cause of frustration since she could not work to be aware of her daughter with different needs.

Now Luana attends the nursery center where she receives attention from the psychologist who has developed a sensory stimulation plan, also works with the mother weekly sessions reinforced by healthy housing workshops, found a job and is developing a medium-term plan by the time Luana is no longer in daycare.

Mrs. Ana is very active in the workshops and even won the healthy food contest with her Quinoa salad recipe. The psychologist and social worker make visits to her home where they can notice the changes she is making and the improvement she presents,

The mental and physical health of the parents of children with disabilities is often not addressed correctly generating a disregard for the needs of these children, since if the parents are well, the children are generally well too.

Day by day families of children with disabilities feel harassed in the streets because they are subject to accusing or pitying looks that over time affect their mental health, reaching to a point where these families hide the child with disabilities. That is why the families of Wasi Esperanza participate in the marches that serve to raise awareness of the issue of disability towards the general public.

In the last march Max Alfredo was the star of the day since he was in the car greeting everyone. His mother looked at him from afar smiling for his son.

Max is 5 years old, he is a very curious child, he is always attentive to what is happening around him, he is also very sensitive. The psychologist and the rest of the team are working hard to improve His concentration and to be able to go to school. His parents and sister support him a lot.