2008 Professional Team
This fall a group of Canadian volunteers consisting of three physiotherapists, a speech language pathologist and two occupational therapy students will be traveling to Kenya. The team will be in the programme area to provide direct service to people in the community however realizing that this impact only serves those we have a limited time to see, the group is organizing a training workshop to build the skills of the local rehabilitation professionals that already exist in the area.

We are hosting a 3-day workshop in Kisumu town, Kenya starting on August 13th, 2008 for the 30 rehabilitation professionals (physiotherapists and occupational therapists) that work in the province (Nyanza).

The workshop is designed to further develop the skills of the rehab professionals through continuing education in order to assist with improving the quality of life for people living with disability and HIV. The outreach on this project is enormous when you consider that these professionals are responsible for providing services to the estimated 180 000 people that are living with disabilities in the province.

For complete details - please see our "2008 Projects"...