CIPECADI

The programs that the Embrace International Foundation supports help to pay for professional services, such as physiotherapy, occupational, speech and play therapy that benefit children and youth with Down syndrome, autism, infant cerebral paralysis and severe behavioural disorders. The organization provides both material and emotional support to the parents of special needs children.

Embrace’s primary partner organization in Central America is CIPECADI of Guatemala (friend them on Facebook). This is an excellent organization led by Irene Ordonez, a social worker with an expertise in serving special needs children. Embrace’s support to CIPECADI has included assistance with building a petting zoo for the children as well as the purchase of a therapy horse for children with autism. Additionally, Embrace recently provided 65 mothers with household staples in time for the Christmas season.

Kyaninga Child Development Centre

In Africa, Embrace is working with the Kyaninga Child Development Centre (KCDC). This group is located in Fort Portal, Uganda, and provides high quality professional services to disabled children throughout the greater Fort Portal region. This organization will be receiving free motorcycles from Embrace to assist them with their outreach program to remote Ugandan villages. Reviewing the excellent publication, Disabled Village Children written by David Werner of Where There Is No Doctor fame, will clearly demonstrate much of KCDC’s work.  Visit KCDC at: www.kyaningacdc.org.