{"id":3645,"date":"2024-05-19T13:53:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T13:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pdon.org\/?p=3645"},"modified":"2025-11-27T18:03:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:03:54","slug":"from-data-to-action-parents-equipped-with-disability-care-skills-in-transformative-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdon.org\/?p=3645","title":{"rendered":"From Data to Action:\u00a0Parents Equipped with Disability Care Skills in Transformative Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Garowe, Somalia \u2013 May 18, 2024<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Forty-six parents and caregivers (37 women, 9 men) gathered for a transformative one-day workshop to strengthen support systems for children with disabilities, building on 2023&#8217;s successful screening program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Workshop Achievements<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705&nbsp;<strong>46 family profiles<\/strong>&nbsp;updated for targeted interventions<br>\u2705&nbsp;<strong>Medical prescriptions<\/strong>&nbsp;distributed with usage guidance<br>\u2705&nbsp;<strong>35+ success stories<\/strong>&nbsp;documented from 2023 beneficiaries<br>\u2705&nbsp;<strong>Hands-on training<\/strong>&nbsp;in assistive device use and child care<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Impactful Sessions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\ude7a&nbsp;<strong>Healthcare Access:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Detailed explanations of medical prescriptions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connections to local healthcare providers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udee0&nbsp;<strong>Practical Skills:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Assistive device demonstrations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daily care techniques training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcac&nbsp;<strong>Community Building:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open forum for sharing challenges<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resource network development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;The wheelchair training changed everything \u2013 I can now take my daughter to school confidently,&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;shared Fadumo, mother of a child with mobility challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Moving Forward<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f Monthly check-ins with participant families<br>\u27a1\ufe0f Expanded workshops to 3 new districts<br>\u27a1\ufe0f Creation of parent resource guide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garowe, Somalia \u2013 May 18, 2024&nbsp;\u2013 Forty-six parents and caregivers (37 women, 9 men) gathered for a transformative one-day workshop to strengthen support systems for children with disabilities, building on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"postBodyCss":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,94],"tags":[131,129,130,125],"class_list":["post-3645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-tofi","tag-communitysupport","tag-disabilityinclusion-2","tag-puntlandcares","tag-tofi"],"blocksy_meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3646,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645\/revisions\/3646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}