Fund Community Rehabilitation Workers in Uganda

Our Community Based Rehabilitation Workers (CBRs) play a vital role in our operation as they hugely extend the reach of our Disability Centre and the amazing services available there. To help them cover all parts of their community, the CBRs have bikes. But with the distances they covrer and the difficult terrain, many of the bikes were overdue some repairs. Thankfully last month the whole team's bikes were treated to an overhaul helping them continue their important work. 

Part of that work is to identify those in need within the vast refugee settlements and surrounding area - a challenging task for sure but the rewards when people receive life-changing treatment after many years of struggle is well worth it.

Bakole was found by the CBR team suffering from Cerebral Palsy living a very tough life without the support his condition needed. Thanks to coordination between the CBR team and the Disability Centre staff, Bakole and others with disability needs from his community travelled 3 hours to the Centre to receive treatment. 

Part of the solution for Bakole was to fit him with a wheelchair which will change his life. You can see from his smile how much it means to him. The CBR who helped bring him to the centre said 'this is like a miracle!'

Alongside the existing projects, our CBR team are preparing for more work in South Sudan in the coming months and years. They will be assisting with the needs assessments in Kajo-Keji and recently one of the CBRs, Aputi, received training on how to do that effectively - an important step as our new project to build a new health clinic in Kajo-Keji develops this year.

Links:

• HHA website