By Francesco Bucci | Tukuy Pacha director
Dear friend and donor, through your valuable contribution, people with disabilities and our team’s hard work, we promote big changes in people’s lives. Like Erlinda, a young lady from Punata, a rural town in the Cochabamba valley, Bolivia. When we met her, some months ago, she had difficulty moving and practically did not leave her house. With in-house physiotherapy sessions, constant training by a community promoter and technical aids like a wheelchair and a walker, now she manages to stand for a few seconds and is improving her skills in wheelchair handling. First step has been taken and many others come: new possibilities are open to her.
With your help, in the last four months Tukuy Pacha has been able to provide people like Erlinda support and various technical aids (1 neurological wheelchair, 4 child knee immobilizers, 2 orthopedic cushions): together we can achieve more! Keep supporting our work with people with disabilities, donating at https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/disability-rehab-bolivia/
According to the Community Rehabilitation Strategy that we implement, we also developed and realized specific trainings, in order to strengthen the capabilities of disability organizations and public service workers. For example, together with the disability people and family organization of San Benito, we did a training on alternative communications: it has been an excellent opportunity to show practical ways to enhance communication and promote inclusion of persons with disabilities, beginning from their family environment. More stories and information about our work are available on our Facebook page, Tukuy Pacha Discapacidad Bolivia
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