COVID-19 relief for children with CP
- By: Malamulele Onward NPO
- Short URL: https://archive.backabuddy.co.za/relief-for-kids-with-cp
- Date Created: 29 July 2020
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We at Malamulele Onward are aiming to provide relief for our children with CP in terms of providing them with PPE as well as food and other essentials as we understand the effects of the pandemic on the families of our children with CP.
We are aiming to decrease the burden on them as much as possible to ensure that adequate and efficient support continues for our children with CP especially since they are not being treated at the local health care facilities due to the high risk of contracting the virus. We also feel the need to act on their behalf as they are the most vulnerable in our communities especially in the rural and under-resourced areas.
Statistics
Fundraising target
R 100 000.00Donations to date
R 0.00Malamulele Onward NPO
One of the main ways of delivering services to children living in these areas is through five-day outreach projects where a group of highly skilled therapists volunteers their time to give the children an intensive block of therapy and to train their caregivers in how to continue the therapy programme at home. The children are also fitted and provided with all the equipment and assistive devices they need at home.
Over the past five years, this model of delivering therapy services has been shown to be very effective in making a real difference to the lives of the children and their caregivers. After a two year cycle of delivering a five-day block of intensive therapy at a particular site (usually a hospital in a deep rural area), we keep contact with the children and their caregivers through an annual review visit to the site. In addition to the outreach projects to deeply rural areas, we now also have the capacity and facilities to invite children from our outreach sites to come to Johannesburg for additional ten-day blocks of intensive therapy.
Our vision is to meet the rehabilitation needs of children with Cerebral Palsy in disadvantaged areas of Southern Africa through access to sustainable support services.
Our mission is:
• To reach children with Cerebral Palsy living in disadvantaged areas of Southern Africa.
• To improve the quality of life of children with cerebral palsy and their caregivers.
• To help maximize the potential of children with cerebral palsy.
• To support and empower those involved in the rehabilitation and care of children with cerebral palsy. This includes the children’s families as well as the rehabilitation staff responsible for providing services to the children.
• To raise public awareness and thereby mobilize resources for the needs of the children and their families
• To engage local and regional authorities, local communities and community-based organizations in the ongoing needs of the children and their families.
• To constantly monitor outcomes and conduct research to determine “what works best” in terms of rehabilitation services for children with cerebral palsy living in poorly-resourced areas.