Background
The Ministry of Social Protection provides minimum benefits for disabled persons over 18 years of age. This does not include minors.
Objective
To improve the life conditions of children with mental and/or physical disabilities, and their families, in Pasto (southern Colombia)
Activities
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Appropriate therapies: purchase of resources for therapies (balls, walkers, stretchers, splint); therapists visiting disabled children home to carry out physical and mental exercise (transport of therapist to the patients home)
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Improvement of family income: parents taking part in productive activities (pig and guinea pig breeding, sale of chicken, yogurt and avocados).
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Information and Workshops addressed to parents: information meetings where social workers and therapists present the rights that disabled children have (welfare orientation, social benefits for medicines, transport, etc.; local institutions); description of the different pathologies and how to handle them; values in life; healthy food; hygiene, Fair Trade products.
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Improvement of accommodation conditions.
Outcomes
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Parents are informed of their rights and possible social benefits they can apply for the improvement of their disabled childrens lives (they are made aware of the institutions they can approach to address their requests).
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Disabled children have improved their physical and mental conditions.
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Solidarity has strengthened families in similar conditions
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Following parents request, a number of children have been enrolled in therapy covered by the state in centres where very specific resources are available for their therapies.
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Enthusiasm among families increased: a group of children learnt indigenous dances and presented their show at a local event.
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Local solidarity increased: a new organisation appeared to support disabled children and their families.
Remarques supplémentaires :
A number of families did not respond to the project, they did not commit to therapies and workshops. They left the project, new families took their places.
Peuple servi
Personnes bénéficiaires : Children and Young People
Tranche d'âge : Children 0-17, Young people 18-25
Nombre de participants : mai-50
Calendrier
État d'avancement du projet : Completed
Collaborations
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Présence dans la Société : Colombia
Objectif du projet : People
Imperatif JPIC : Transformer et être transformé
Objectifs de Développement Durable des Nations Unies :
