LE CENTRE L'ABRI

Originally

On the wall facing the French Lycée Jean Mermoz located Ouakam, a traditional neighborhood of Dakar, a small table and draws intrigue by it bears the inscription: '' The center Vault: We go there but crawling power is out there. ''

This center was established in 1978 by Roger Coll, a French who lived with a disability. Before his death, he decided to bequeath his gem sisters, so they can continue his work. '' We enter by crawling, it runs out, '' is the slogan of this center. After 36 years of existence, the center has seen more than a hundred children with disabilities. Some former residents, do we tell, have succeeded in life, having managed to get a degree at the University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar. When others are currently working in hairdressing.
 At its inception, the center hosted mainly polio-affected children. But now that the disease has been a significant drop due to the efforts made by the State of Senegal, it receives children with different disabilities, with the exception of the mentally disabled. '' We currently have a staff that is around 5 people, 16 residents. 8 take classes at the Stella Maris Catholic Elementary School. 8 remained in the center, '' says Sister Marguerite.

Residents from all over the country

It provides information that the center of the current residents come from different regions of Senegal, regardless of gender, or religion. '' We currently have 2 16 Christians and Muslims. We get all kinds of disabilities, sound mentally retarded. And to tell you that we respect them, neither shall they never eat or drink something that their religion forbids them, '' she says. Sister reveals they picked up in the past, they have a beggar neat and assisted. '' We had in the past a hunchbacked girl we managed to evacuate France. She done well after his operation. And the last I heard, she became a big girl, '' she said.

Children with disabilities are entitled to the center physiotherapists and operations that are often very often expensive. A fair is organized once every two years. '' Everything is free in this center. It gives life to the children through donations that are good will throughout the year. We also organize every two years a fete to raise money, '' says Sister Marguerite. Each child, she says, will put the time needed before going out and during that time it will be followed by experienced doctors. And every time the child has a medical appointment, use is made of a parent to make it now, for more security