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  • London Physiotherapist back from Haiti
    Sat, 10/04/2010 - 21:21

    CBM Physiotherapist Peter Skelton, has returned from Haiti where he has been helping to rehabilitate the thousands of people with disabilities.

    A physiotherapist with a woman who has sustained injury during the Haiti earthquake.Physiotherapist Peter Skelton (right) in a tented ward with a woman who sustained injuries during the Haiti earthquake. Photo: CBM

    Peter has been assisting CBM's work in Port-au-Prince in the wake of the powerful earthquake that devastated the area on January 12, 2010.

    As part of our Emergency Team, he has been providing essential rehabilitation to those who have received crush and limb injuries or amuptations as a result of the quake, or who were already disabled and are in need of support.

    Peter's career has been driven toward working in International Relief Work for the past 10 years. He has worked in England, India, Ghana, and Zambia.

    Working in India, his thesis on HIV and AIDS intervention for deaf students won the Academic Award that year from the Health and Human Science Department of Durham University. Following his successful work in India, Peter worked in Ghana as a project coordinator for the charity 'Right to Play'.

     

    "I was excited about joining CBM because I wanted to get out to Haiti from a humanitarian perspective and in particular to put my physiotherapy skills to use in a setting with such urgent need" - Peter Skelton.

    CBM in Haiti

    The CBM UK supported Centre d'Education Special (CES) was reduced to rubble during the earthquake, and sadly there were two casualties amongst its staff.

    The building will have to be demolished - leaving a huge gap in the provision of essential education and rehabilitation for children and adults with disabilities. In the meantime, we have established Day Care Centres with our partner to provide basic treatment and support.

    CBM has been working with local partners in Haiti since 1976, and will continue to work there to provide essential rehabilitation to people with disabilities for the long term.

    So far, Peter Skelton is the second of three UK-based Physiotherapists who have travelled to Port-au-Prince to work with CBM's Emergency Team. The other physiotherapists from the UK are David Young and Pippa Froggatt.

    With your support, we can help people with disabilities in Haiti today, tomorrow and for the long term.

  • Colette runs again for CBM
    Fri, 02/04/2010 - 21:15

    A keen athlete has chosen to raise money for CBM by running in the Virgin London Marathon for the second time.

    Colette Barker in running gearColette is ready to run the London Marathon again for CBM.

    Colette Barker from Penge in Kent, will be joining thousands of others on the 26.2 mile marathon through the streets of London on Sunday 25th April.

    This will be the second time that Colette has run for CBM, after completing the 2007 Flora London Marathon in 4 hours and 37 minutes. On that occasion, she raised more than £2800 - a figure that she is hoping to beat this year.

    The marathon will take Colette past some familiar landmarks including the Cutty Sark, Tower Bridge, Parliament Square and Big Ben before finishing at the front of Buckingham Palace.

    You can support Colette and CBM by making a donation at JustGiving.com.

    We are currently looking for people to run for for us in the ASICS British 10k London Run.