A physiotherapy training course for 17 physiotherapists in Damascus

In April 2024, Coeur & Action fun­ded a trai­ning course in Damas­cus for 17 phy­sio­the­ra­pists, focu­sed on trea­ting cere­bral pal­sy in children.

Training those who care for children

Cere­bral pal­sy affects move­ment and pos­ture from ear­ly child­hood. Regu­lar, sui­table reha­bi­li­ta­tion great­ly helps these chil­dren become more inde­pendent. By trai­ning phy­sio­the­ra­pists local­ly, we help far more chil­dren than we could equip direct­ly : each par­ti­ci­pant then puts these tech­niques into prac­tice with their young patients.

Eight weeks of training

The course las­ted 8 weeks, one day a week. The par­ti­ci­pants wor­ked on real cases, with hands-on exer­cises on a doll to learn the right tech­niques for car­rying and moving chil­dren. The course was a real suc­cess for the 17 par­ti­ci­pants, who all recei­ved a cer­ti­fi­cate of par­ti­ci­pa­tion at the end of the training.

Our work for children’s health

This course com­ple­ments the other medi­cal aid we fun­ded in 2024, such as hea­ring aids and ortho­pae­dic braces for chil­dren in Alep­po, and ortho­pae­dic shoes in Damascus.

Help us continue

Eve­ry dona­tion helps us sup­port care­gi­vers and chil­dren in Syria. Thank you to all our donors, who made this course possible.