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About the event
Objective / Team / Transport / Route / Projects

These 15 projects plot our course.

01 France: Foyer Cheshire Fontaine-Francaise Nr Dijon the Home has 50 adult residents.It has daily visits from a physiotherapist and a craft therapist directs the workshop where the residents paint, weave, do enamel work, woodwork and pottery. The items made are sold to raise money for the Home.

02 Morocco: Dar el Hana Cheshire Home Tangier 43 children & adolescents with physical disabilities. The school provides professional training and the 'Club el Hana' basket ball team is affiliated to the Royal Sports Federation for disabled people.

03 Morocco: Centre Cheshire Meknes. Aday centre where young disabled children and their families can receive support and treatment.

04 Morocco: Centre Koutoubia Marrakech. Aday care community based rehabilitation centre for children aged between 7 months to 12 years with severe disabilities. Its goal is to integrate the children into family and society.

05 Spain: Llar "Joan Trias" Barcelona a residence and occupational centre for adults with cerebral palsy and other severe physical disabilities.

06 Sudan: Khartoum Cheshire Home Khartoum provides rehabilitation for children with physical disabilities.There is an outpatient clinic where children can receive physiotherapy and can be fitted with orthopaedic appliances made at the Home's workshop.

07 Ethiopia: The Cheshire Home for Physically Handicapped Children Menagesha 44 short stay children mainly disabled by polio who receive physiotherapy, are fitted with orthopaedic appliances and undergo corrective surgery where appropriate.A mobile workshop visits rural areas giving follow-up care.

08 Ethiopia: Jimma Cheshire Project. Jimma started in 1998 as a community based support programme for disabled children. A rehabilitation centre is being constructed on the outskirts of Jimma which will have short term accomodation.

09 Kenya: The Limuru Cheshire Home Limuru 30 young disabled residents in this home. It has a workshop where handicrafts are produced. Two of the residents are art students and some participate in sports for the disabled. Farm produce is grown and cows produce milk and cheese for the residents.

10 Tanzania: Mlali Cheshire Home Kongwa a rehabilitation centre for physically disabled children. It has an operating theatre and a dispensary. Calipers are produced in an orthopaedic workshop and a farm has been developed on the surrounding land.

11 Malawi: Lilongwe Cheshire Home Lilongwe The Home runs an outreach rehabilitaion programme providing physiotherapy, occupational therapy and special education for children with physical and learning disabilities.

12 Zambia: Cheshire Homes Society of Zambia Lusaka run by the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family providing nursing care for up to 25 elderly people with physical disabilities who have no immediate family to care for them.

13 Zambia: Cheshire Homes Society of Zambia Livingstone. The Home runs three main clinics operating as outreach programmes which see a total of 46 children with physical and learning disabilities. The aim is to treat the children through physiotherapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy.

14 Zimbabwe: Cheshire Chiota Project Marondaro an outreach programme covering 8 villages. The programme provides mobility aids, education for the community, information on assistance from government departments. It also encourages the inclusion of disabled children in local schools.

15 Cape Town: Eric Miles House Milnerton, Nr Cape Town the Home has 46 adult residents with physical disabilities and has 38 single rooms, 5 flats and 6 units providing independent living for residents. Many residents are in regular employment outside the Home.

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