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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.
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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.
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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
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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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