Give the Gift of Disability Support

In remote Maasai communities, being born with a disability is traditionally seen as a curse on the family, and children with disabilities are often not properly diagnosed or treated.

When you give the Gift of Disability Support, Just Peoples project leader Elizabeth will provide physiotherapy sessions to vulnerable children living with disabilities in remote Maasai communities. Children will first have their conditions diagnosed before receiving one-to-one treatment based on their immediate and long-term needs. Parents will also receive education around managing their children’s disabilities at home and treatment plans will be established.

See a preview of this eGift here.

Meet Elizabeth, the physiotherapist who’ll deliver your eGift

Elizabeth has worked as a physiotherapist for nearly 20 years in Kenya. Due to finding it too difficult to turn away children living with disabilities who were unable to pay her fees, she now provides free support to vulnerable families who have a child living with a disability.

In addition to supporting children through treatment and diagnosis, Elizabeth trains parents on how they can meet their children’s needs and works with entire communities to help shift the current stigma facing children living with disabilities so they can thrive and participate in wider society. Learn more.