little dream foundation of saigon
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2014 Campaign Goal Recap• Raise $5,000 for the Disabled Children’s Daycare in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam• Hire and compensate the first physiotherapist to ever work within the Disabled Children’s Daycare• Establish her as first person trained in occupational therapy within the
hospital
• Use excess funds to renovate the day care as well as train staff to properly rehabilitate the children
With your support, our campaign rose $6,050. We were able to accomplish all of our 2014 goals and it would not have been
possible without last year’s generous donors!
Meet Trinh, the Daycare’s First Physiotherapist
Her roles include…
• Physiotherapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Educational Development
• Documentation
Physiotherapy
Trinh administers techniques of therapeutic massage, stretching, joint manipulation, and muscle conditioning for 11 children, twice a week.
Physiotherapy cont…
Trinh routinely composes individual goal charts after assessing each child’s development. This helps new volunteers in the daycare identify the needs of the children.
Occupational Therapy
Trinh designs arts & crafts workshops and indoor activities, three times a week, to increase social interaction, activities of daily life (ADL’s), communication, and coordination.
Educational DevelopmentTrinh has developed interactive and visual tools to help teach schedule recognition and self-care abilities. These learning sessions occur three times a week.
A schedule has been created so the children can visualize their dailyroutines.
Educational Development cont…Some of these educational development activities double as physiotherapy techniques to increase coordination and extremity dexterity.
Educational Development cont…Trinh and her mentor, Xuan, implement Augmentative and Alternative Communication. They teach sign-language and use picture association to increase methods of communication. This is helpful for the children with limited verbal expression.
Documentation
Trinh creates progress reports and tracks each child’s development. She reports to our team with quarterly updates.
Residual funds were used to renovate the daycare
•We were able to section off the main room of the daycare, creating an area for Trinh to administer her physiotherapy and occupational therapy exercises without distraction.
• Changing rooms have been built to give the children appropriate privacy when changing their clothes.
• New toys and equipment have been purchased to help Trinh in her therapeutic efforts.
Room Separation
Trinh would administer treatment in the main room amongst the other children, which is both distracting to her and the individual receiving therapy.
She now has a separate areato work with the children
Changing RoomsChildren requiring changing did not have the luxury of privacy. Retractable changing rooms were installed to allow appropriate privacy depending on the child’s needs.
New Toys and Equipment
New equipment was acquired to aid Trinh’s therapy techniques such as balance beams, toy bricks, and trampolines. These help the children with coordination, creativity, and balance.
October, 2013
March, 2015
2014 Budget BreakdownSource Amount
Physiotherapist salary for 1-year $5,000
Purchase of toys and physical therapy equipment
$1,050
Total $6,050
2015 Campaign GoalsSource Amount
Physiotherapist salary for 1-year $5,000
Purchase of toys and equipment $300
Total $5,300
Compensation forstaff attendance to an Early-Intervention Conferencefor physical disabilities
Residual Funds
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