Initial Visit to Organisation des Handicapes de Fourgerolle

Greg, Juline and I visited Organisation des Handicapes de Fourgerolle, in Fort Saint Michel this afternoon.  They provide a day centre once a week for 103 people with disabilities.  They have a volunteer physiotherapist (outreaching from Action Sanitaire) who visits to provide some therapy input.
 
Their vision is to extend the day centre to five days a week to provide people with disabilities with:
- Psychological and peer support and are keen on addressing the barriers of stigma with disabilities in the community
- Education to help with employment options
- Input from doctors and nurses
- Food during the day
    
With regards to cholera
 
They are NOT providing treatment for cholera and they are NOT a medical centre/clinic.  however, they are finding many of their 'patients' are coming to them for help with cholera symptoms as many taptap/taxi drivers will not take them to the CTCs.  The facility are therefore helping families with payment for transport to local CTC (currently gymnasium).
 
Actions
 
We:
- Educated the whole team (6 staff) on WASH principles
- Emphasised importance of early treatment
- Informed them of the new ORP opening up in FSM (5 min drive away) (should be opening in 2-3 days) and showed them site
- Investigested together the new Oxfam/Konbite Sante WASH point 100m from their site - providing hand washing training, ORS (1 box daily at each point) and as from tomorrow treated water from communal tank. 

- Gave them the contact number of Action Sainitaire to link with their psych team
- Contacted Oxfam to ask them to provide further WASH training so they can provide it to their clients.
- Contacted CBM to consider applyication of funding for Day Centre Project