TEAMWorks Rwanda - Thursday, September 10, 2015

"Mwaramutse Inshuti" 'Good morning friends' from Rwanda!! We arrived with all our luggage and equipment with no problems. Thank you for all your prayers. We started off this morning with meeting the staff at Gatagara and a quick tour of the clinic. We were inspired by their ability to improvise and provide a array of opportunities for the children they teach and treat here. We were able to tour their orthotic and prothesis facility, vocational facility which included a tailoring and beauty education, physical therapy and occupational therapy facility, pharmacy center, clinical psychology and an inclusive school system.

After mid-morning tea and coffee, we traveled to a secondary clinic 20 minutes away which works with 81 children who display more cognitive disabilities.  We were greeted by a welcome song and dance by a sweet local pop star, we have a video to come later!  We also witnessed a boy with severe tone in his upper extremities using his toes to put together a small knob inset puzzle independently!  Macey and Cara measured several children for orthotics with hopes to provide improved foot positioning and weight bearing in standing.  Allison and Cara were able to measure someone for a benik splint at this location as well.

We finished up our day with Mike adapting a wheelchair for a young woman here at the school.  Macey, Cara and Allison were able to provide some education and distribute some supplies to the OT and PT departments. As we write this blog Mike is still working on building a new chair. We have felt very welcomed and are excited to continue to building relationships here in the "Land of a Thousand Hills"!!

Prayer requests:

Relationship Building

Energy and Vision

The ability to serve the needs

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