Annual Review 2013

Annual Review 2013 Namutamba Rehabilitation Center for Children. Read about children’s special moments at Namutamba Rehabilitation Center. Read about children’s success story of rehabilitation with pictures. Everyone is special, gifted and able to help others to glorify God 1.Peter 4; 10+11 Page 1 Contents Introduction……………………………2 History………………………………...3 Foreword……………………………...4 All things are possible to Programme areas and intervention…...5 those who believe. Departmental highlights………………8 Medical department …………………9 Mark 9:23 Special Moments…………………….10 Recognition…………………………..11 Sowers can never guarantee regarding yields of what they sow, Abbreviations Those who believe sow PWDs - People with Disabilities even when it seems risky OT - Occupational Therapist just because they believe CECE- Community Empowerment for Child Effort in their creator , it is often CoRSU - Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services in Uganda that there are amazing NRC- Namutamba Rehabilitation Center GMMT– German Missionary Medical Team yields. UPMB- Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau CP– Cerebral Palsy VMs-Voluntary Mediators Annual review 2013 Page 2 Introduction About us Namutamba Rehabilitation Center is a non-government and non-profit or- ganisation providing rehabilitation services to children and young adults with disabilities of ages 0-25 in Mityana, Kiboga, Kyankwanzi and Mubende dis- tricts. It was opened in 1995, registered under NGO registration No.3171, and works in partnership with the Church of Uganda. Namutamba RC’s mandate is to contribute to uplifting the standards of people with disabilities in Uganda through complimenting to the childhood disability prevention and rehabilitation effort. Caption describing picture or graphic. Our vision To be a Center that offers holistic rehabilitation services to children with disabilities. NRC Mission Empowering children with disabilities to have equal opportunities for life by providing holistic rehabilitation Services in Mityana Diocese. Empowering means insuring that individuals with disabilities have the right combination of support and opportunity to ex- perience their own individual potential. Opportunities for life means the opportunity for children with disabilities to actively participate with their family, friends, and other valued relationships in creating a life that is joyful and fulfilled. NRC core values Caring Attitude – The NRC demonstrates compassionate support and concern for people with disabilities. As a part of this caring attitude, we educate and inform clients and parents about their potential. Responsiveness – The NRC finds solutions that meet the needs and preferences of people with disabilities and their attendants through direct service or referrals to other providers. Integrity and Accountability – The NRC has the highest level of integrity in its administrative, service, and outreach activities; we tie these activities directly to our mission, and we maintain and re- port our records accurately. Ethics- The NRC practices high virtues and character in serving persons with disabilities. Empathy and compassion: NRC understands the situation children with disabilities go through and make efforts to be there for them. Christian values– NRC works in reflection to the love and care Jesus demonstrated while on earth. Annual review 2013 Page 3 History ...He (Mr. Burckhard Schweinberger) arrived to Entebbe on his first visit to Uganda, On his way to Namutamba, he was very surprised to find a third world country with all the problems (known to him) third world countries face but seemingly no one was physically affected, This prompted him to ask the people of such a luck that none was really disabled even by Polio or Malar- ia. To his grief, responses were that; communities did not see any value in disabled person, they were seen more less like unfortunate fallers /”unloved animals”,, who were therefore, hidden or neglected and that, therefore, few families with such children gave them freedom of edu.cation, food play or even relationship. Some families could not handle the shame and humiliation from the communities and therefore, hiding such children was the solution. He was told that they are tied on pegs inside the huts or behind houses so as to prevent the community from recognising their presence. He had come to help construct a ward with GMMT and during the time he was here , he could barely count a few of those he saw with minor disabilities. He realised that it was often that others made fun of them. This stirred up his heart, he felt the pain that PWDs could be going through as Therefore my people are they lived in such a state of uselessness and he painfully asked God to help gone into captivities, him do something that could liberate some of them-that at least the light of Jesus could shine to them first………… because they have no He did and completed his work with GMMT and then went back to Germany knowledge; and their leaving his heart in Uganda for the children with disabilities. honorable men are In 1993 Mr. Burckhard returned to Uganda and started the construction in a famished and their land that was donated to him by a well wisher (The late Absolom Damulira). He completed the building in1995 and officially opened the home under the multitude dried up with named ‘The Light of Jesus for Handicapped children’, It was opened by the thirst. then Vice President of Uganda, the late Dr. Samson Kisseka. King James version(1611) Children with disabilities were brought to the Center and cared for and were Isaiah 5:13 taken to Mulago for surgery where they stayed until they got better. They then came to the Center for Physiotherapy. He mainly did the work with his family and help of some few friends. With time the work became to much for him and he faced financial constraints that he realised he was not able to go on. In his grief and prayer, he asked God who had began the work through him to hold the work up to its accomplishment. God led him to Neukirchener Mis- sion, which then took over in 1998. The Mission began sending volunteers and other persons to work with the Center especially in leadership and medical areas till now. Other programs such as awareness/sensitisation, post operation care, Occu- pational Therapy, outreach, follow up and treatment of Epilepsy were also initiated. The name of the Center was then changed to Namutamba Rehabilitation Cen- ter for Children. Children are being admitted with their parents to learn how to involve and care for children with disabilities in their homes. Partnership programmes begun and cost sharing with other partners and individuals also begun. We are so thank full to God for the far the Center has gone to improve the lives of children with disabilities in Ugandan communities, and for people who envisioned such occurrences. Annual review 2013 Page 4 Foreword It has been a challenging year but also a year of achieve- ments, and it is my great pleasure to briefly bring to you the entire happenings during the year 2013. Most of the objectives in our control have been met with an attainment of a partner, that is Child Fund-CECE that is supporting and helping to treat patients with Epilepsy in Kiboga and Kyankwanzi. All department at the Center have worked tirelessly to ensure the smooth running of the Center’s activities and for its success and to change the lives of children with disabilities. I thank all our well wishers for the unceasing support and prayer offered for the cause of Namutamba Rehabilitation Center. On a special note, I appreci- ate all our partners , Board and staff for their commitment and the effort exerted in fulfilling the objectives of the Center. With out you Namutamba RC could not stand and achieve the objectives. I am sure that with the current situation Namutamba will continue its opera- tions in the areas it vowed to give services in, we will continue serving the Center and the people therein, We are specifically grateful for the Neu- Waswa’s foot before. kirchener Mission for the support and meeting the daily costs of living. I would also like to thank my fellow Board whohave served during the year: Rev. Aoli Francis, Mrs. Christine Kajumba, Mr. Mayanja Steven, Mr. Ssenfuka Robert, Ms. Loy Kaluganda, Mr. Robert Bunjo, Eng. Dan Mukasa. Ms. Lydia Lehmann, Mr. Amanya Simon and Ms. Betty Nakafunvu for their strategic di- rections. Rev.Y.K. Lubanga Board Chairman Waswa at his home 6months after his foot was corrected Annual review 2013 Page 5 Programme areas and intervention Medical rehabilitation has been done to children with disabilities and those with bones infections, this included surgery through CoRSU, pre and post operation care and physiotherapy. In addition to that, NRC has been able to provide appliances to children with physical disabilities. We have been able to assess, advise, treat. the following new clients in our catchment area. a client with New clients for 2013 CP feeling 3.10% comfortable cerebral palsy in his new Osteomyelitis wheelchair 18.40% fig2 22.10% Epilepsy 4.80% 1.10% cleftlip palate 4.40% clubfoot 44.70% 1.40% postburn contractures others Disability category 2012 2013 cerebral palsy 131 145 a client Osteomyelitis 25 38 showing Epilepsy 240 352 his ‘legs’ cleft lip palate 10 11 clubfoot 28 35 post burn contractures 7 9 others 175 174 Post Injection Paralysis 24 Total 616 788 Fig3 When clients come to the Center/outreach places , we physically deal with them and there we assess and treat especially those with epilepsy, advise, refer or give appointment when they would come for admission so as to do further investigations. Some clients only need physiotherapy (especially those with Cerebral Palsy) and dressing (those with bone infection) while others are taken to Kisubi (CoRSU) to specialists for further medical examinations and interventions such as surgery.

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