Physiotherapy Services
Izere Mubyeyi provides physiotherapy services to the children/youth with intellectual disabilities from early age that need them. This is the main activity in this section. Those services are provided at the center. Some children, many of them shift from this section to the education one. The two sections are complementary.
Izere Mubyeyi also orient in the specialized centers or hospital those who need different specialized services like surgery, medical consultation, epileptic treatment, etc.
In this section also, Izere Mubyeyi organize awareness sessions on the HIV/AIDS prevention, sexual reproductive health and COVID-19 prevention.
In health component, we have children with psychomotor retardation and other different conditions such as Cerebral Palsy, Hydrocephalus, Erb’s Palsy, Down syndrome, etc…
The organization provides some rehabilitation services to children with physical impairments for their functional rehabilitation twice a week at the center. These children are categorized by different age categories and rehabilitation needs. Children under rehabilitation services range from 1 to 17 years old.
In total there are 29 children receiving physiotherapy. This number includes some children already schooling at IZM while others are not
The epileptic children and other mental problems are referred for further consultation and management at NDERA Neuropsychiatric Hospital.
Children with orthopedic conditions such as Genu valgum,Varum, Clubfoot are consulted, then referred for further management (shoe insert, serial casting and other surgical management procedures , etc…) at specialized hospitals like HVP Gatagara,Rilima and Gahini hospitals.
We do home visits for follow up of the children in the families.