These awareness initiatives brought recognition both locally and internationally. Temba and MYCEPA was featured in the local media on the 10th and 14th November 2009 in The Times of Zambia and 13th November 2009 in the Daily Mail. Temba and myself were invited to attend and speak at an International Symposium “A Global Status Quo on Cerebral Palsy” in Utrecht, The Netherlands from 5th-7th November 2009. We were also privileged and participated in the IDAY Conference in Belgium-Brussels from 10th-13th November 2009 Support on Education for an African Child, Temba was the only child and he participated highlighting the plight of the African disabled child. This earned him recognition from the organizers and a standing ovation at the end of the conference.
With so many important issues taking place in the country and other social programs running and vying for space, it was a great achievement that the National Media came on board to highlight issues of disability and recognize the efforts MYCEPA are making towards helping the government in providing a service to the cerebral palsy children in Zambia.
We take this opportunity to thank the media for their part in supporting small projects like ours, we are greatly humbled by your participation and together we can bring change and to help break the stigma associated with disability and make Zambia a better country for those marginalized and who could not be heard without your help.
MYCEPA 