Saturday saw the third annual Kampala Capital City Authority Para-sports Gala – a day of celebration for adaptive sports and people with disabilities. The event was specifically for disability sports in the Kampala region with each of the divisions competing against one another in wheelchair basketball, seated volleyball, deaf football and amputee football. As a field hockey player and general … Read More
Beth in Uganda Blog Series – Part 3: A Problem Shared Is A Problem Halved
Some of you may or may not know that way back in the early days Legs4Africa voluntary OG Meg saw that there was more than just the need to supply components to hospitals in Africa. What about the person who gets that leg? Okay, they have regained their independence, the potential to work, can more easily integrate in to their … Read More
Beth in Uganda Blog Series – Part 2: Big Ups To The Clinical Crew
After two and a half months solo travelling in South East Asia I was more than ready to go home. I’m not sure what it was that I didn’t enjoy but what I am sure of is that I was beginning to convince myself that I might be past enjoying travelling. This terrified me. I already had my trip to … Read More
Beth in Uganda Blog Series – Part 1: Pinch me. This must be a dream!
Well, what a month it has been here in Uganda. I have so much to share but let’s start a bit further back than a month in January of this year when I visited The Gambia for the third time but for the first time as a Legs4Africa volunteer since officially becoming one in 2016. At the time I was … Read More
Landmine Survivors In Uganda Looking Toward The Future
In 1991 the majesty of the Rwenzori Mountain range was marred by vicious civil conflict displacing thousands of families, forcing them to leave their homes and livelihoods. It was during this time that Asanaire went one morning to fetch food for his family who had left their farm for a less volatile part of the region. Whilst on his mission … Read More
Training Bursaries Now Available
Legs4Africa are looking to award five bursaries to female amputees aged eighteen or over interested in a career in prosthetic technology. We have partnered with the Tanzania Training Centre for Orthopaedic Technologies (TATCOT) to support African women to attend it’s Certificate Course in Lower Limb Technologies to increase female representation in the sector. TATCOT are recognised by the International Society … Read More
Legs4Africa meeting with Yosiah Muhindo
As it stands the system in Uganda means that it’s only in times of crisis that support workers are allocated and generally speaking support workers are provided by NGOs. However there is a significant lack of capacity so more often than not it is the doctors, technicians, etc. that provide post-treatment support. It goes without saying that this stretches the … Read More
Inspired volunteer goes to Uganda
As a young man living in a country where 69% of the population live on less than a dollar a day, the odds are already stacked against you. Access to medical resources is limited at the best of times let alone when you live eight hours from the nearest hospital. When I say eight hours, that’s eight hours according to … Read More