Canadian Conference on International Health 2009
27/04/10 20:28
Congratulations to Emma Hicks MSc.OT and Jessica Barnes
MSc.OT on winning the “Hillman Student Award” for best
poster presentation for their poster “Goal
Attainment Scaling: The experience of introducing a
formalized outcome measure to rehabilitation in rural
Nyanza, Kenya” at the Canadian Conference on International
Health held in Ottawa. Read
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Rehabilitation International 2008
21/06/08 17:33
On behalf of the Kenya Working Group, Raj Suppiah will
be presenting "Volunteer Clinical Placements of
Canadian Rehabilitation Students and Professionals
within a Resource Poor Community Based Rehabilitation
Project of Rural Kenya" at Rehabilitation International's 21st
World Congress in Quebec City. Read
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Peace through Health: Strategies for Change
10/06/08 22:23
The following it an excerpt from a presentation
given to the "Peace Through Health" Programme at
McMaster University describing how we responded to the
post-elction crisis in Kenya in 2008:
The Kenya Working Group is based out of the International Center for Disability and Rehabilitation at the University of Toronto. It is a collaboration between McMaster University, the University of Toronto and partners in Kenya whose focus is the care of people living with disabilities which include in the Kenyan context, severe poverty, HIV and childhood vulnerability.
Kenya established its independence from British Colonial rule in 1960 and had been relatively peaceful since that time. I find it strange to be talking about Peace through Health because all of the work that we have been doing since 2003 occurred under a seemingly peaceful environment. It never occurred to me that the work we do would be influenced by a change in political environment and that perhaps we have been peripherally peace building within a community unknowingly. With the presidential elections this past December however, political instability unleashed violence and clashes throughout Kenya that took everyone by surprise. The political crisis highlighted the fragility of peace in the area and we are relieved that the immediate crisis has settled down and we are hopefully able to evaluate the change, our response and perhaps begin to develop strategies for future direction. Read More...
The Kenya Working Group is based out of the International Center for Disability and Rehabilitation at the University of Toronto. It is a collaboration between McMaster University, the University of Toronto and partners in Kenya whose focus is the care of people living with disabilities which include in the Kenyan context, severe poverty, HIV and childhood vulnerability.
Kenya established its independence from British Colonial rule in 1960 and had been relatively peaceful since that time. I find it strange to be talking about Peace through Health because all of the work that we have been doing since 2003 occurred under a seemingly peaceful environment. It never occurred to me that the work we do would be influenced by a change in political environment and that perhaps we have been peripherally peace building within a community unknowingly. With the presidential elections this past December however, political instability unleashed violence and clashes throughout Kenya that took everyone by surprise. The political crisis highlighted the fragility of peace in the area and we are relieved that the immediate crisis has settled down and we are hopefully able to evaluate the change, our response and perhaps begin to develop strategies for future direction. Read More...
World Congress of Physiotherapy 2007 - Poster Presentation
24/06/07 14:45
Julie Hard (right), Crystal MacKay (Not pictured) and Carilus Okidi (left) travelled to Vancouver, B.C. to attend the 2007 World Congress of Physiotherapy and present the poster: "Volunteer Clinical Placements for Canadian Physiotherapists and Physiotherapy Students in a Community Based Rehabilitation Programme in Rural Kenya" which presents an overview of the partnership between the Kenya Working Group (in Canada) and the Disability Service Programme (in Kenya). Read More...