Project Report
| Nov 12, 2018
Medication support for poor Parkinson patients
By Tsion Terefe | Director
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Parkinson disease is a progressive neurological disorder. The disease usually starts by causing motor or movement symptoms, tremor, slowness and other symptoms. As Parkinson’s disease gradually gets worsen over time. People often have trouble with walking and balance. And they also have non-motor symptoms for example constipation, anxiety and depression Taking medication is a very important component in the management of Parkinson disease. Treatment can significantly relive people’s symptoms and markedly improve their quality of life. This project highly contributed for those poor patient’s quality life.
W/ro Yitayish one of the beneficiaries Seid that " before the medication support difficult to buy and take medication because no one to support me and my capacity to buy medication is limited as a result I do not take medication and suffering by disease symptom such as walking, going place to place and even eating but after I got a medication support improve symptom of the disease my symptom gradually improve"
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Jun 13, 2018
Increased Confidence with Walking Cane
By Talemos Data | Director
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Beneficiary Photo
It is an obvious fact that Parkinson's disease causes various forms of disabilities which hinder or disturb normal mobility for Parkinson Patients. PD patients cannot walk smoothly unlike other patients without walking difficulty. Parkinson Patients Support Organization-Ethiopia (PPSO-E) through Global Giving financial supports had been providing Walking Cane Support to its beneficiaries.
One PD patient who was the beneficiary gave her testimony of how the Walking cane delivered supported her as she walks in her compound or when she make exercise walk outside her residential building.
Her name is Mrs. Birke and she said the Walking Cane helped her towards achieveing the following effects.
- It builds my confidence when I am walking. She said, “I feel I am able to support myself.”
- It supports me from falling down while walking and even if falling down happens by chance, it will not expose me for greater damage as compared to the situation in which I have no walking cane.
- When I am with my walking cane, I feel if someone is standing beside me. Walking cane are like real friends to us Parkinson patients.
She concluded her testimony with gratitude to GG INC and urged for continued suppors.
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Mar 19, 2018
PD Walk Report for 50 Poor Patients
By Talemos Data | Director
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PD Walk Fund (Walking Stick for Balance)
We at Parkinson Patients Support Organization-Ethiopia are greatly indebted to the supports we are receiving through GlobalGiving INC. GG and the donors together have become hand, feet and mouth to poor PD patients. With the supports received patients have been managing the pains from symptoms. Major motor symptoms of Parkinson symptoms include tremor, rigidity, postural instability, walking balance problems, speech problem, drooling etc. Non- motor symptoms include: insomnia, depression, dehydration, hallucination when case become worse.
The only way patients can manage these symptoms is through drug purchase and walking cane support. Fifty patients benefited from PD drug purchase and Walking cane support to help them maintain balance while walking. This is so because PD causes imbalance during walk due to lack of dopamine in the brain.
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Walking Stick Delivery
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