If you enjoyed the read, please feel free to share it A really warmthanks to Heng at the TRAUMA CARE FOUNDATION. This is him with one of his ‘Farmer Legs’ that his amputees manufacture for other amps. It’s tougher than the Red Cross legs, breaks less and gets stuck in the mud less. Made of wood and PVC water pipe. He welcomed me to his workshop for 4 days of Mirror Therapy in the very remote town of On-Noung in Samlot District. I learned an awful lot and saw an enormous amount of friendship and community spirit among the amps there in one of the hardest hit areas on the planet. Thanks Heng! If I’m a good boy he’s gonna take me up to Sam Po Lum too; another...
Read MoreIf you enjoyed the read, please feel free to share it “It is certain my conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.”...
Read MoreIf you enjoyed the read, please feel free to share itA great showing this morning at HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL here in Battambang. I’m SO happy. None of this would be possible without the warmth and receptiveness of my Cambodian brothers and sisters. Bless You! Dear Stephen! I’m Tek Lyly is a staff of Handicap international who join with you about me and mirror presentation. Thanks so much for sharing this experience to person with amputee and I think it so good practice and can help all of them and cure without paying money. I’m very interesting because I worked with people disabilities so can share with them and I will contact if I have any question. I hope you succeed this project. Good luck and safe trip Best regards...
Read MoreIf you enjoyed the read, please feel free to share itAh, the glamour of tropical travel! Giardia has struck for the second time this trip – never got rid of it – but it hasn’t struck me down! I’m now in the crux of this little venture and opportunities are finally starting to stack up. Tomorrow (Sat Mar 16th) a visit to the Catholic Mission to solidify a date on treating/teaching their 39 handicapped children inpatients. The mission also sends relief volunteers into the border country on a daily basis and my long game is to hitch rides (me and my mirrors) with them and hit the villagers with a little love and a lot of relief. This one opportunity alone presents me with the perfect balance of spreading the word in the towns and in a more clinical setting and getting up into the hills and getting face (and mirror) time with people who, more often than not, Never make it out of their villages, or at least their communes. Monday I saddle up and pedal to Samlout, the most landmined area on Earth and from there jump in a truck for an 18km dirt ride up into the hills to work with the villagers under the care of the TRAUMA CARE FOUNDATION here in Battambang. Their project manager has already done a reconnaissance trip up there to discover that dozens of the local amps have confessed to being plagued by PLP (Phantom Limb Pain). I’ll be sleeping in a hammock in their workshop for a couple days before riding back for a Thursday appointment at HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL’s Battambang clinic where I’ll be both training therapists and teaching amps. They are going the extra mile and transporting amps under their care from the villages all around. I’ll be paying for gas money and their lunches, but it’s money well-spent. Friday/Saturday I’m southbound to Pursat to hit the villagers there with the entertaining and expert assistance of Henry from Lom Orng (Bee Pollen in Khmer). Even though Pursat lies in the direction of Phnom Penh, it’s the poorest province in Cambodia so I expect it to be both emotionally tough and gratifying too. Finally, a density of encounters and...
Read MoreIf you enjoyed the read, please feel free to share it A newbie. Land mine. Handa Emergency Hospital, Battambang. He gets free care there courtesy of the Handa Foundation. Last night they had 18...
Read MoreIf you enjoyed the read, please feel free to share it Workin’ on the railroad. Sort of. That’s the ICRC trans-knee prosthetic. He gets it for free if he can make his way to the clinic…...
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