ASSERT on facebook

ASSERT now has its own group on Facebook, the popular social networking site.

We've already got 8 members and we hope the group will grow and grow! Please join us and help us make our group a useful place to share information on our work with disabled people in Timor Leste.

To sign up to ASSERT's group, just log in to your Facebook account (or sign up to get a free account) and search for 'assert'.

See you on facebook!

Referral Network Training

ReferralNetworkTraining.jpg, originally uploaded by Cambodia Trust.

On the 8-9th of October, ASSERT and Motivation Australia conducted wheelchair service referral network training for 21 participants including St Francis Workshop and ASSERT staff, Community Based Rehabilitation Workers and hospital and clinic staff.

The training ran over two full days and covered areas such as independence and basic mobility for wheelchair users, services available in Timor, referral procedures, general wheelchair education and handling, basic maintenance of wheelchairs, pressure sore prevention and positive communication. The training was conducted by Physiotherapist Louise Maher from ASSERT, Eileen Velicky from St Francis workshop, Kylie Mines from Motivation Australia and co-facilitated by Paulo Amaral (Wheelchair Program Coordinator) and Alotu De Costa Sarmento (Rehabilitation Consultant at ASSERT) and Brie Mutton (OT).

First Lady Cup

On the 18th of Nov, 14 tricycle users participated in the annual First Lady Cup in Dili, Timor Leste. Tricycle users from Dili, Alieu, and Tibar represented ASSERT and St Francis Workshop, giving the other walkers and runners a taste of the high level of skill, competitiveness and passion that these men have. Not only did the trike users finish in fantastic time, no one told them to turn around at the half way mark so they rode much further than the 10km required, in addition to the many kms they had to travel to reach the destination!!! They were all presented with a gift from Kirsty Sword Gusmao. It was also a fantastic opportunity for community members to recognize the magnitude of these men’s efforts in overcoming enormous adversity.

Assert Poster

Assert Poster, originally uploaded by Cambodia Trust.

A poster to promote the services provided at the TLSPR rehabilitation centre. Raising awareness of the services available and the benefits they bring is an important part of our work.

Latest photos from ASSERT

Workshop, originally uploaded by Cambodia Trust.

Prosthetic limbs in the TLSPR workshop. ASSERT is training East Timorese technicians to make prostheses and orthoses in order to build local capacity.

Photo by Martine Perret / UNMIT

Latest photos from ASSERT

Physical therapy, originally uploaded by Cambodia Trust.

A young cerebral palsy client having physical therapy to improve her mobility.

Photo by Martine Perret / UNMIT

Latest photos from ASSERT

Limb Fitting, originally uploaded by Cambodia Trust.

A young client having her first prosthetic limb fitted.

Photo by Martine Perret / UNMIT