©ICRC/A.-M. Grobet/v-p-ao-d-00034-09
Huambo, Bomba Alta. ICRC orthopaedic rehabilitation centre.
Rehabilitation through play. – The country will endure the presence of land mines and other humanitarian consequences of war for years. In 2006, 134 mine accidents were reported – and 21 in early 2007.
©ICRC/L. De Toledo/v-p-ao-d-00037-04
Huambo, Bomba Alta. Physical rehabilitation centre. Learning to walk again. – After nearly three decades of support to land-mine victims, the ICRC is handing over its physical rehabilitation programme involving three physical rehabilitation centres to the Ministry of Health.
©ICRC/S. Sutton/v-p-ao-n-00340-06
The outskirts of Kuito : 13-year-old Candre Antonio set off a mine planted by his father near his home. – The ICRC continued supporting Angolan Red Cross mine-risk education programmes and helped the authorities organize a workshop on the national mine-action strategic plan, attended by mine-risk education organizations.
©ICRC/S. Kennedy/v-p-ao-n-00402-13a
Huambo, an ICRC-supported physical rehabilitation centre. - Thousands of Angolans benefited from nearly 30 years of ICRC cooperation with the health ministry. Through ICRC material support, three centres produced some 32,000 prosthesis, 700 orthoses, and 38,500 crutches, and distributed 920 wheelchairs.
©ICRC/O. Moeckli/v-p-ao-e-00237
Bié province, Kuito. Limb-fitting centre run jointly by the ICRC and Angola’s Health Ministry. – In Angola since 1975, the ICRC has a delegation in Luanda, a sub-delegation in Huambo, and a staff of 81, including 8 expatriates. With the Angolan Red Cross, it will continue educating the public about the mine risk.
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