After all the preparations is was so wonderful to arrive at the venue and find people waiting. A Physiotherapy Assistant and a Carpenter had come on a bus through the night from Sunyani. They had been waiting since around 5 am and wonderfully managed to keep going all day. There were 14 people for the entire course and one who could only come for the second week.
The star of the show was the little son of one of the participants. He used tha paper standing frame every day and we could see him improving - His smile was so engaging that we all spent time watching him.
Margriet the VSO physiotherapist who had been busy preparing, helped run the course. She will now be able to run one on her own!
The Happy Faces chair
A Physiotherapy Bench being made
Bench painted with earth and charcoal paint
The goal is that after the course the participants will be able to use the techniques of Appropriate Paper-based Technology to help children with positioning as directed by the physiotherapists and make chairs or standing boards according the size of the child.
I love the 3 ton truck full of cardboard! You should insist on that for every course you do - Archie
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