Today I go to visit my neighbour while she is sitting with some of the young girls from the area. Six girls, each of them under nineteen years of age – and five of them have a baby hanging from their breast. So many of the global conversations are about curbing pregnancy in school girls...
Recently we have worked with our community educators to look at how various types of tables may be helpful in day to day activities versus working from the ground. As the educators went back to their homes, they worked with groups of community members teaching them the value of tables at home. Predominant posture for...
As I meet and discuss the options within lifestyle for injury prevention, I continue to hear one phrase; “but it’s our culture.” ...
In the West, many of us picture Africa as this lush expanse of grass and streams and wildlife. And while it is just that, there is one key factor to this picturesque ideal that often gets forgotten: the rainy season. ...
As we continue to establish Health in Motion in the rural areas of Malawi, it is invaluable for us to sit and listen to the individual stories from the community. We’re beginning to understand just how wide and how deep the impact of immobility and chronic, debilitating pain can truly be. One such story focuses...
What is to be done in a country where development has prioritized providing education, jobs and financial decisions to women and yet forgotten to remold the position of a man within that picture? Globally, we are investing in building up women. But culturally, men are not welcomed into the roles of a woman leaving them with the sense of wanting. Women have a new found value and worth...
There is no doubt that we live in a politically and culturally charged time. But at no other period in time has there been so much progress and promise when it comes to equality across all identifying lines in a person’s given and assumed being. Do we have a long ways to go? Absolutely. But...
Recently I put a call out in the community for volunteers. A group of people I would train in basic muscle and movement function to become educators to the greater community in prevention of injury. Eight came forward who expressed an eagerness. We agreed to set aside a two weeks period where I would teach...
Apologies for the silence. It’s been months since I’ve written. Sometimes life takes over and you find yourself moving through the whirlwind hoping to come out the other side in one piece. Well, that whirlwind has been internal. The thoughts, the processing, the fears, all the pieces of what I’ve done and how to move...
Over the weeks I’ve been home, I feel there is a constant theme in many of the conversations and questions people ask me. Everyone wants to understand if development aid is working. How do we make a better impact? What is the key to producing change? And so the questions go. ...
Through the months I’ve begun training people in home rehabilitation, ergonomics, massage therapy and other related topics. These times have been more than a discussion of health. In fact, health rarely comes into the conversation (at first). The truth is; these topics push against culture; in a BIG way. ...
These last few weeks have been filled with identifying and assessing patients with chronic mobility limitations. It’s been a time of really seeing the vision and the value of the vision come alive. ...