Remember when you broke a bone when you were younger and as
you were being casted you looked at the doctor in awe and wished that you could
learn how to cast? No? That wasn’t an aspiration of yours? Well just imagine
that it was an aspiration of yours, along with studying abroad in Uganda, and you discover that through USP you are able to do both through one of our very cool practicum sites! Okay, no more beating
around the bush. Let me tell you a little story about an organization called
ACHERU.
Afaayo (Luganda for “He cares”) Child Health and Rehabilitation
Unit, or ACHERU, is a non-profit organization that does postoperative work on
children with physical disabilities. The children stay at ACHERU during their
rehabilitation (anywhere from several months to two years) with a parent/guardian
and many receive additional reconstructive care.
USP students in the Cross Cultural Ministry Practicum class participate
in a 40-hour practicum with various organizations in Mukono,
including ACHERU. Those doing their practicum at ACHERU can do a
number of different tasks on any given day including data processing and helping teachers
with their lessons, all the while interacting with the children
and their guardians at the site. This past Tuesday, one of our students had the
opportunity to help the doctor cast a child!
Mike has never casted anyone before. This is what I love
about ACHERU, if you are present and the doctor needs someone, he’ll call on you
to help out. The girl’s leg had become deformed after
malaria medication was wrongly injected into her nerves in her village. The
casting would set her foot correctly.
I did my practicum at this site 6 years ago. One of the
things I enjoyed then and continue to enjoy is the community atmosphere of
ACHERU. Many of the staff live on-site with their families. It is fun to see
and hear the staff member’s children playing in the background while the little
girl was being casted. Rehabilitation is a very serious thing, but ACHERU is a
friendly, open environment where people meet new people, learn how to do new
things and genuinely enjoy one another.
Summer playing with a staff member's son in the next room:
Mike, Heather and Summer with some of the patients and their guardians at ACHERU:
Post by Program Assistant, Tiffany Gathers
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