A Personal Story from Ambrose George: Rehabilitation Assistant

My name is Ambrose George working as a Rehabilitation Assistant for Enable the Children as a Trainee from the month of July.

During this short period of working, I have found the work very enjoyable and good. It involves working with disabled children, developmentally delayed children as our guest teacher Jesus Christ did not discriminate himself from such people, he loved them and even healed them with his power.

I enjoy working with the children, to name a few examples:

Baby Hannah: A little girl around 8 years of age with cerebral palsy. She works really hard during our treatment. We have been working on her balance, she can stand with support but not by herself, and use games like stacking rings and bricks for co-ordination.

Eddie is a 4 year old boy with cerebral palsy affecting his legs (pictured left). Initially cried for the first sessions when we visited him, but now he smiles to greet us and works well. We do stretches with him and use games to work on the muscle strength of his legs, including games with bubbles and ball target games.

Allusine is a little boy with cerebral palsy who can walk but is very unsteady (pictured right with Abu). He is always happy to see us and works really hard. We are working on his trunk muscle control, balance and gait.

There is a gradual improvement with these children, as with many of the children we work with.

And lastly, though the work is good there are some challenges. The rainy season (July to September) is not easy and it is a time where children easily get sick.