Support to 57 children with cerebral palsy, 30 orthopaedic devices and to 197 polio
victims;
Provision of 259 mobility aids (130 tricycles, 26 pairs of crutches, 39 crutches, 14
wheelchairs and 50 white canes);
Implementation and validation of the survey on people without melanin (albino)
protection kit delivered to children without melanin;
Surgery campaign, 42 children operated without cost in 2012 and 72 in 2013 and 48
children operated of cleft lip or hare lip;
Training seminar on the care of children with motor disability, i.e. 60 children;
2. Development and support to institutions and OPH
Support for the organisation of the extraordinary general assembly of OPH (26
November 2011);
Financial and material support of OPH
3. Education and literacy
Support teaching materials to 3 specialised agencies plus a Braille printer and 299
school kits;
Monitoring and support to 8-blind students and a deaf girl with severely motor
disability;
Construction of 5 ramps in two schools in Cuvette Ouest (Ewo and Kelle).
4. Training and employment
Support to apprenticeship and insertion of 61 disabled persons
5. Monitoring and evaluation
Preparation of the inaugural session of the National Coordination Committee,
monitoring and evaluation of the National Action Plan for disabled people.
It should also be noted the commendable contribution of external partners such as the Dutch
project On equal footing which supported nearly seventy-five Congolese children aged 0 to
16 years, with birth or acquired defects affecting the musculoskeletal system. This project
proposes to operate, rehabilitate and / or provide previously identified children with devices
at no cost for their parents, it has organised every year, in February and September, two
surgeries campaigns for five years, at the General Hospital of Dolisie. Thus, 42 children from
several departments of the country and Brazzaville have successfully undergone surgery for
clubfoot. Fifty of them have received for orthopaedic devices for their motor rehabilitation.
The NGO Handicap Afrique manages the medical psychology centre which now hosts 127
children and youth in Brazzaville. Previously the children used to return to their families at
16 years, now they can pursue their lapprenticeship by engaging in activities such as
carpentry, bookbinding, leather goods, garment bags and shopping bags made from recycled
materials. This space offers them the opportunity to learn a trade. The centre is a specialised
school now combined with this vocational training space for young people. Handicap Afrique
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