Equipping Kitchen in the centre for handicapped children and youngsters in Cyangugu/Rusizi -  Rwanda

CENTRE ST FRANCISCUS OF ASSISIE

Legal status of the congregation

The congregation is recognized by the State since 1952, as an independent institute according  
diocesan right, with mother-house in Belgium (1819). The congregation has settled in Mibilizi
Cyangugu , Rwanda in 1936.

Exposure and activities

• Help sick people and people who became marginal in their dignity (orphans, handicapped
  people and elder people)
• Offering a frame for children in the primary and secondary school and vocational education
• Be responsible for sheltering places
• 3 secondary schools:
• Nyamasheke (Mataba),  Shangi and Shyorongi
• 3 sewing workshops::
• Kitabi, Rusizi and Muganza
• 3 shelters for handicapped children and youngsters:
• Rusizi, Kitabi and Karambi
• 2 reception centres:
• Cyangugu Rusizi and Kicukiro Kigali

Mission of the Centre

• Consultation, medical care and education
• The centre was started to help handicapped children and youngsters to become independent,
  physical and financial
• Promote social, educational and economical integration
• They get vocational training in the centre: sewing and knitting, brodery and beading
• Handicapped children and youngster get better prepared for the future.
• The centre allows us to offer better help to handicapped people
• The centre allows us to better help people who are humiliated because of their life circumstances.
  We can better follow up and evaluate their health status.
• The centre allows us to help more people and offer them the needed care.
• By re-education we try to give them an opportunity of improved social integration.
• Help them to improve their quality in life
• Improve affection and recognition of the family of handicapped people.  
• Encourage participation in social life
• Raise awareness with the parents about the rights and respect for handicapped children.

Services offered by the centre                                    

• MEDICAL

• EDCUATIONAL

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Vocational training:  Sewing and knitting, wickerwork (baskets, mats), brodery and beading
                                                                                               

Illnesses which can be treated in the centre  

Activities planned for 2012

• Host more handicapped children and youngsters
• Start organisations and help funds for parents of handicapped children
• Further educated the caregivers to ensure home care
• Increase the number of youngsters learning a profession            

Procedure

• People who are hospitalized stay for 2 months in the centre. Afterwards they return
  home and come to the appointments in the centre, with the physiotherapist, for further
  treatment.
• The physiotherapist is twice per week in the centre, to be consulted and to offer care to the children.
• A physiotherapist is permanently connected to the centre, another one Works part time as the centre does not have sufficient funds to offer a full time contract. The caregivers make sure that needed exercises are done at home.

Necessities to insure the good care of patients in the centre

à Kitchen equipment

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Follow-up of the project

General status: Good, well equipped with all the needed stuff for the kitchen and the refectory.

Progress since the status report:

The construction of the modern cooking stove ‘Rondeza’ is completed, the  patient minders are preparing the meals, the refectory has seats for 50 handicaped people.

Financial status:

Available budget: € 2000 i.e. 1.580.300 RwFr
Expenditures: 1.580.300 RwFr
Balance: 0

Problems/concerns:

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