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The Challenge
Detrimental Social Attitudes
StandProud Response
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Rehabilitation homes
Staff and the "Association"
Confidence-building activities
Extended Family Aspect
Education program
Why not wheelchairs?
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DR Congo General Context
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Locations, Staff, History
Partner Organization ACDF
More About Braces
Conditions Often Treated
Polio
Paralysis due to hip injections
Spasticity
Club Foot
Spinal Cord Injury
Muscle contractures
Beneficiary Quotes
Finances
By providing free mobility-enhancing treatment and equipment,
U.S., U.K., and Swiss charity
StandProud
improves the dignity and social integration
of impoverished children and youth
with motor disabilities in the Democratic
Republic of
Congo (DR Congo) .
A pause for the camera during physical rehabilitation at ACDF Butembo Center. Photo by Joseph Kay
Ladies enjoying the moment at Kinshasa Center. Photo by Finbarr O'Reilly
Mechak age 12 in ACDF Kinshasa Center. Photo by Finbarr O'Reilly
Physical rehabilitation by ACDF Kinshasa staff. Photo by Finbarr O'Reilly
Beneficiaries attend regular school (Photo by Molly Feltner)
Recreation time
Thanks to StandProud, these boys will grow up walking, not crawling.
Having a mentor with similar disabilities helps to build confidence.
Quotes
Everywhere I've been, I've seen extraordinary efforts by the Congolese to usher in a brighter future for their country.
Ben Affleck, Founder, Eastern Congo Initiative, and visitor to StandProud/Kinshasa
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