TCHH Stories

Equipment Conundrum in Sarajevo

In Sarajevo, although adaptive aids such as walkers, wheelchairs and cushions are available through government funding to people with disabilities, there is very little...
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Haiti Earthquake Update

It’s been almost three weeks now since Haiti’s southwestern Tiburon Peninsula was hit by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake on August 14, 2021.  Unfortunately, the...
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Seating Team in Nepal

Author: Brenda MacAlpine          Occupational Therapist I am often asked if I go to the same location repeatedly with a seating...
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Hearing and Communication Team partnering with the ORLO Foundation

This is blog 4 of a 4 part blog series by the Hearing and Communication Team Please click here for blog 1, blog 2...
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Deaf Education Team’s Experiences in 3 Countries

Teaching literacy can be difficult in one language but when you need to teach literacy in Guatemalan Sign Language, Spanish and one of the...
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Occupational Therapy in Sarajevo

After our first mission in Sarajevo, it clearly became evident to us that there was a general lack of awareness and knowledge of adaptive...
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The Rewards of Working with Others

The students at the Deaf school in Pacullpa, Peru wanted to share their culture and food with the team. We had a fun afternoon...
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Making It Work

During our team trip to Peru, we visited some of the families that lived in communities outside of Lima. We took a subway train...
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