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The project
The ‘Hands-on Unit’ project at the Center for Disabled Children (CDI) in Quito-Ecuador is a specialized learning center. It is part of the Hospital “Un Canto a La Vida” structure and attends to the needs of 80 mental and physical handicapped children from economically poor families.
During 6 hours a day, 11 months of the year children with Down Syndrome, Muscular Dystrophy, Autism, Brain Paralysis and Mental Challenges have the chance to be stimulated in their development. The center already offers different kinds of therapy treatments for these children. For example, physical, language, musical hydro and hippo therapies plus spiritual and psychological guidance.
The ‘Hands-on Unit’ project will enhance the center by providing additional variety of tools and equipment for the use of the children. More specifically, the project will benefit 30 children in the (CDI) to boost up their motricity levels in order for them to become more autonomous and learn work force skills that will help them towards a more autonomous future.
Help for Hope's investment
The total cost of this project was of USD 14,000. With the generous support of the Boy Scouts of Geneva, Help-for-Hope has committed to fund USD 10’000, while the remaining USD 4’000 were funded by the Hospital ‘Un Canto a la Vida’.
The results
The Boy Scouts of Geneva were successful and true to their word: they manged to raise the full amount of USD 10’000 to complete the ‘Hands-on Unit’ project at the Center for Disabled Children (CDI) in Quito-Ecuador. Fantastic!!
Help-for-Hope has visited the ‘Hands-on Unit’ in December 2008. By the time of the visit, the facility was ready to welcome the ‘Hands-on Unit’, first tool sets were in place and first equipments had been produced. The center has become full operational in mid 2009.
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The only disability in life is a bad attitude."
Scott Hamilton
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