Walking Cane Support to 100 Parkinson Patients

Report Summary 

During this reporting period, the Parkinson's patients' support organization in Ethiopia has organized various activities towards addressing the needs of PD patients.

Among the primary actions taken by the organization, with the newly created working area, the organization rearranged its gym/physiotherapy service center in a more conducive and friendly manner, though it requires additional commitment and action to strengthen this service center.

Therefore, more than 30 PD patients who have selected as per the organizational selection requirement to have access to physiotherapy services have benefited from Rock Steady Boxing (RSB) that is led by professional instructors. The RSB is primarily focused because it is a non-contact fitness program designed specifically for people with Parkinson's. Besides, it gives people with Parkinson's disease hope by improving their quality of life through such a necessary exercise.

• As a result, people living with Parkinson's actively participated and attained these inspired classes that can reverse, reduce, and even delay the symptoms of PD.
• 30 PD patients have been actively participated in physiotherapy and RSB; the unique exercise program, which has undertaking based on training used by boxing pros and adapted to people with Parkinson's.
• Transportation costs and facilitation were the kind of support that the Parkinson patients support organization in Ethiopia provided for those who were selected to get access to physiotherapy and rock steady boxing.

Generally,

During this reporting period, PPSO-E made the most effective decision to address PD patients who are more vulnerable to various levels of impairment due to the disease. Apparently, a selected number of PD patients were getting PD counseling and transportation facilitation to minimize training dropouts and avoid patients who might not be able to attain the physiotherapy services because of limited access to transportation. In addition, this reporting period is a little different for the organization because PPSO-E will propose an action plan to mobilize possible resources both domestically and abroad to strengthen the physiotherapy service center with more material. So as to address the issue and increase the number of PD patients benefiting from the service, besides undertaking the activity, it was integrated with other initiatives implemented by the organization.