After a rousing response from donors (thank you!!!), we've hired local carpenter Umar to make more than a dozen chairs! Many of our children spend the day in bed when they are home, and these new chairs offer them better core muscle strength during their lessons at the center.
Umar has already started a chair for Khalil, who has hydrocephalus, a condition that puts extra pressure on a child’s brain, resulting in serious abilities with walking and motor skills. Umar’s next chairs will be for two children with the same condition- and it can be used by both. Umar has a local welder first creating the backbone of the chair and then he will be adding on the additional supports.
Unlike education in the U.S., younger children with special needs who cannot walk in Nigeria often do not have a wheelchair or a way to sit upright at home during the day. Umar is designing modified chairs from local iron and plywood materials, along with sturdy straps and clips. The cost per chair is $100.
In the local economy, it is actually very affordable to have a chair built instead of buying one at a store. We are on track to have 18 chairs built by the end of 2024. Donate here to the construction of our new chairs; we will use each chair for so many years and each one helps so many little ones!
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