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New Hope in a New Location
“Sayora” loves her daughter, “Munira”, even though Munira can’t walk at 11 years old. Sayora never believed what neighbors hinted at, that Munira’s disability is some kind of curse on the family. It was clear to Sayora that Munira’s brain works just fine, even if her arms and legs don’t. But Sayora struggled with developing […]
Health Seminars Online
“Aygul” is a young wife in a Kyrgyz village. She takes care of her children as well as her aging mother-in-law while her husband works in construction far away in Russia. Aygul has been discouraged because her children get sick so often. Recently she heard about a seminar some friends in the next village over […]
Extra Special Education
“Samuel” entered the world with cerebral palsy. When he was about 12 years old, his family sent him to stay at the state institution for children with disabilities. Like most children with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan, Samuel received no education even though he has no clear cognitive disability. However, volunteers with CDI recognized Samuel’s potential, and […]
Connections Keep Going
At the age of 20, “Marina” was too old to live in the Jalalabad institution for disabled children. But she has no family, and her cognitive disabilities make her incapable of living on her own. It was time for Marina to leave the home she had known for years and go to the institution for […]
Therapeutic Friendship
“Lisa” felt very cautious of the enormous animals at the horse therapy stable. After all, she was small to begin with, and the cerebral palsy she lives with made it hard for her to feel secure on the horses. The CDI horse therapy staff worked really hard to get Lisa on the horse safely, but […]