Children born with Cerebral Pulse in Goma Division in Mukono Municipality have got a smile on their faces after charities from Rotary Club of Sonde helped them with basic necessities, including pamper, food and other items as well as the launch of the construction of the shelter.
The items were handed over to them by Christine Kirungi, the director of Umbrella Cerebral Palsy Association of Uganda at Charles Lwanga Primary School Bukerere where they were handed over to them by the District governor District 9213 Geoffery Kitakule and Rotary Club of Sonde President Christine Alupo during the visiting of their projects which they are working on as a club while hosting the new district governor in their club.
In his remarks, Governor Kitakule said they have donated feeding material or feeds for children with cerebral palsy and Rotary Club of Sonde is still supporting children within the community that have been affected by cerebral palsy.
“As you see, there is a big task ahead of us. We call upon our partners and all those who have seen this and they know that they can unite with us to do good. And what good are we talking about? The good thing is to make sure that we do things that make a difference and transform societies like this one in the UK.”
Christine Alupo, President Rotary Club Of Sonde, has seen children suffering from cerebral palsy, which affects their growth, and they are unable to fend for themselves. They need specialized care, and they have difficult learning conditions. It is a very specialized condition which requires awareness, which requires facilitation, which requires equipment, which requires care.
Alupo added that there are very many dimensions affected, including the livelihoods of parents who have to spend full time with them. So as a club, they have already done a classroom for them, but they are also constructing a shed, which can enhance their comfort and their specialized treatment. But they also need attention from medical experts, and as Rotary Club Of Sonde they are partnering with those ones so that they have the children assessed for their conditions, and so that it's clear both to their caregivers and everybody what needs they have.
“We are working to develop disability-enabled facilities, washrooms, and mobility, as you have seen; they are in a state that really requires full-time support. And as a club, we are working with St Charles' lwanga Primary School, which has accepted to host them, really to give the care that is needed. Again, we have done a number of things, but there are several dimensions not yet done, and as a club we are committed to continuing in that regard.”
Dorothy Namarome Muinda on Behalf of the employees from Bank Of Uganda said that they did it for the parents of children with Cerebral Palsy, because they have had friends even in the corporate world whom they have been interacting with and one of their friends them that , his marriage crashed because of this disabled child. And he was a father, and the mother of the child left and they just couldn't understand it.
“When she mentioned that she needed to raise money for this project, it was a project that was close to me at heart. I have relatives who have Cerebral Palsy and one evening we dropped our child at a school and when we left the child, I told the father, "I think you brought this girl to the wrong place, she may retire, because the image that was there was heartbreaking.”
She added that when this came to her , it was close to her heart and Ishe rallied her friends. And went to offices she had never been to, but she did it for Christine Alupo and she did it for the parents of children with Cerebral Palsy. She thanked Rotary Club Of Sonde , Doctor, for this noble cause and as far as we are able to, they promise to continue to support them.
Christine Kirungi, the head of Umbrella Cerebral Palsy Association of Uganda, said they have been facing challenges from the location of the place where children are brought in shifts which cause some to stay at home and since they got another shelter no children will be left behind.
Some parents applauded the Rotary Club for the donation and said that they are facing a big challenge to sustain their children because the prices for the commodities they use towards them are so high and they need much time and some cannot go to work.
They say the place will help their children to interact with their peers and play with them because they are often inside the building in the unprofitable opportunity to get to know each other.
The Construction will cost 20 million Ugandan Shilling .
