MUSINGUZI RAPHAEL

Musinguzi Raphael, now 15 years was enrolled in our community home-based health care program in 2013 with inabilities to roll, sit, stand, and walk.

Raphael was born normally, at 2 months, and was taken to Kampala by her mother on returning him back at 7 months couldn’t sit or roll by like any other kid. Raphael’s father abandoned him at 3 months and his mother left when he was 9 months. At 10 months we enrolled Raphael and began working with him in areas of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and others.

At 1 year and some months, Raphael began to sit independently.  Later at 2 years and some months he began to stand and walked on his toes until at 6 years when he fully walked on heels after an operation. Since then Raphael has been supported to start and stay in school from the nursery.

Now Raphael is in Primary 5 under our YAWE school sponsorship program and a very happy boy. His parents completely abandoned him and now stays with relatives who take care of his other basic needs. Besides school, Raphael has benefited from YAWE by getting a goat, relief food, scholastic material, and free medical treatment whenever sick.