OUT ON A LIMB 2019; Walk for A Limb.

Summary

Our line of work brings us in contact with real life heroes, each child as unique as they come. It’s totally life changing to experience a child live life to the fullest; growing and becoming!

To the best of our knowledge we live out our core values as a foundation which are: Empower, Educate and Encourage children living with limb loss.

This day, no one prepared us for the outburst of a 70+ year old grandpa who showed up at our office in tears. Grandpa turned out to be our real life hero and totally exemplifies why we go ‘Out on a Limb’.

Grandpa had come looking for a support system for his daughter an upper limb amputee granddaughter. He iterated they could get her the best things money could buy but turns out money couldn’t buy the support they all desperately needed at such time.

His first grandchild had been amputated and ever since, they had all been living clueless as to the next phase of action, and daily wallowed in tears.

All they wanted was someone to prove to them their current situation could turn out fine, they craved for someone who had gone through similar experience, they wished the society could accept them in their new phase of life and not be so discriminatory, but then, they were disappointed and kept the child away from the ills and discrimination of the society until their contact with THE IREDE FOUNDATION (TIF)

In TIF, we mostly work with amputees whose parents cannot necessarily afford prosthetic limbs, which meant our support group consists mostly of this category of people.

The story of the grandfather wasa confirmation on the importance of what we do and need to do more, not leaving out any percentage of the society who would also need the suport and education.

If we all know better, we will do better and irrespective of our physical or emotional state. The journey to inclusiveness is a collective task; our educational system, we as individuals, as parents of children likely to have amputee friends, the government and its policies, organizations, institutions etc

Out on a Limb is a medium for us to amplify our voices, creating awareness on the issue of Limb loss, inclusiveness & side by side generate funds for 50 Child Amputees across Nigeria.

About Out on a Limb 2019

Out On A Limb, is an initiative of The IREDE Foundation borne out of the urgent and continuous need to educate the society on the demand for better management of limb loss and differences, fracture management and social Integration for children and people living with limb loss.

This year’s walk is the 7th edition since its inception in 2012. The theme for the walk is tagged “Ensuring Inclusiveness for Children living with Limb Loss”. The walk is scheduled to hold on the 13th of April 2019 in 30 cities across the world.

We invite you to join the walk through your physical participation and/or through your funding support.

Long-Term Impact

• Change in attitude and practice of the community towards children living with limb loss and person’s living with a disability.
• Improve the quality of life for children living with limb loss and their families, achieved through the provision of Prosthetic limbs.

Together we say Yes to;

1. Quality Education and Inclusiveness for amputees.
2. Support our claim that amputation should not be a reason for a child to be kicked out of school.
3. Walking aids should be made available to child amputees to enable ease accessibility to and from the classroom.
4. Help put a smile on the faces of a child amputees.

To be a part of the walk, kindly click on the link below to register: http://bit.ly/OutOnALimb2019

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