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| Africa/Kenya - Disabled
in a forgotten reality of Africa: a CUAMM project |
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| Nairobi (Fides) - "The programme for rehabilitation
of disabled persons is a local project supported by CUAMM with funds
and the services of a physiotherapist" Paolo Chiodini project
head for the Collegio Universitario Aspiranti e Medici Missionari
(CUAMM) told Fides Service, with regard to a programme in Myahururu
in Kenya. "Local parishes and St Martin Catholic Social Apostolate
have been working among the disabled for some time. In Africa certain
forms of disability are kept secret by the family, out of fear and
superstition, while in other cases disabled persons are accepted
by society but have no means of improving the quality of their life.
Whereas with special assistance many are able to go to school and
find a job. The aim of the project is not to assist the disabled
at a special centre, but to care for them in their own home".
(Fides Service 26/11/2002) |
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