Our Achievements
Our First Complete Success
Edi, with an artificial elbow fitted December 06, in his new shop
Livelihood Support
Amputees are not physically able to participate in the Cash for Work schemes (e.g. cleaning of rice paddies etc) by which some organisations staff their projects. Information about the long-term needs of each patient has been taken which covers, not only their medical requirements, but also their aims for employment and training if necessary.
Financial assistance is given to enable amputees start up small businesses or
receive training (see Case Studies) and to help education costs of dependent
children where necessary.
Mrs S signing for livelihood support.
She will start a small shop in front of the temporary home
where she lives with her husband and two stepchildren.
It is far too costly for most amputees, together with a carer, to travel to the hospital in Banda Aceh and more so to Medan for the necessary attention they need during the first years following an amputation. Since transport costs are not normally provided by others this is another area where P3C-Aceh can assist and monitor their particular needs.
Creating Public Awareness
The staff and volunteers of P3C-Aceh aim to make the public and media aware of the needs of amputees in making them equal to others in their everyday lives and in the workplace.
Co-operation with other NGOs working with amputees
Links have been made with various hospitals, charities, disability centres, suppliers of prostheses and their agents, already involved with helping amputees.
Since March most amputees have been provided with artificial limbs supplied and fitted free of charge by:
- The Orthopaedic Prof Dr Soehars of Surakarta (Solo)
- The Cipto Mangunkusomo of Jakarta (RSCM)
Representatives from each visit Banda Aceh for fitting the patients and provide a monthly follow up. Other amputees have been sent to Medan where YEL (Foundation for Sustainable Ecosystem – including for orang-utan) have arranged for Malaysian specialists to visit and fit European standard prostheses. Solo, Cipto and YEL are all funded by various overseas organisations. Handicap International and FKPI (Indonesian Forum for Humanity and Relationship) have initiated and co-ordinated this action.
P3C-Aceh greatly appreciates being able to work in parallel and co-operation with all of these organisations and to have been able to direct money from donations to pay for prostheses. (See Case Studies).
Click here to see some Case Studies of the people we support.
