November began with a kind donation from Beautiful Gate for APT chairs and wheelchairs supplied to two of their children.

The volunteer physiotherapist led two days training on working with children with Cerebral Palsy as part of the physiotherapy training week at Paray mission hospital led by Wolfgang Fasser, a physiotherapist from Switzerland. Wolfgang, also known by his local name of Ntate Thuso, was celebrating 50 years as a physiotherapist and it was wonderful to observe his achievements with a party held in his honour at Paray.

The volunteer physiotherapist made a presentation on Children with Complex Needs as part of the Palliative Care Family Medicine Specialty Training Program (FMSTP) teaching week supported by Dolen Cymru. Attendants were part of an internship program for Lesotho doctors set up by Lesotho Boston Health Alliance (LEboHA) 

At the South African Child Health Priorities Association Virtual Conference, Dr Jemma Wright gave a short presentation on her abstract “Physiotherapy and Outreach Program Lesotho: Creating assistive equipment in a low resource setting”. This was well received with lots of positive comments, raising the profile of the APT work POP is doing in Lesotho. 

In September an advisor to the project, Dr Jemma Wright, submitted a research abstract to Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health for presentation at their 2025 UK conference, titled “The Physiotherapy and Outreach Program Lesotho: Creating Assistive Equipment in a Low Resource Setting.” This abstract raises the profile of the APT work POP is doing in Lesotho and the opportunity to monitor and evaluate it using independent research. 

August saw POP collect the items of equipment donated by Physio Net UK, via Lesotho Rotary, supported by Vodacom. POP quickly distributed as many of the items as it could to children who would benefit from them. It was fantastic to see the children standing and even walking using this equipment. Pictures below show boys using a Pacer, Jenx stander and a Kaye Walker.