ANNUAL REPORTs

A quick insight in all which has been achieved through the years of hard work. We are proudly looking back at all the goals that have been reached so far, and are very excited about our growth in the future.

Wheelchairs for kids distributed

FOLLOW-UP VISITS PERFORMED

Workshops with Local communities

1500

600

3

2019

224

Wheelchairs for kids Distributed

2

workshops with local communities

105

Follow-up visits performed

200 KG

Of materials shipped or delivered

This past year has been filled with growth. A total of 2 containers holding 329 wheelchairs and 3 boxes of spare parts were shipped to Zambia. 224 wheelchairs of which have been distributed to children all around the country, 8 of which have since passed away. The follow-up campaign was set up, and a total of 105 follow-up visits were successfully completed. 

A wheelchair access for a school was sponsored, to allow children with a chair to have better accessibility to the facility. 

A total of 2 workshops were given (in Chipata and Lusaka respectively) to teach and inform people how to appropriately fit and assemble a wheelchair. 40 people attended.

Two Swiss volunteers went to Zambia for 2 months, working in both Chipata and Lusaka. Over 200 Kg of luggage containing clothing and materials was brought over during the different trips. 

In december, the first follow-up reach-out, without any Blu Spring representatives, composed by local technicians has successfully taken place. 

157

Wheelchairs for kids distributed

7

packs of clothing Sent

25

sponsored school tuition

140 KG

Materials delivered

The first container holding 166 wheelchairs was shipped, 157 wheelchairs of which were distributed to new kids all throughout the country.

140 Kg of materials for physiotherapy, clothing and multivitamins have been transported to Zambia during the two visits. Additionally, 6 -7 packages of clothing, 20 Kg each, have been sent to Zambia from Switzerland.

We sponsored 25 school tuitions, for children to attend school for an entire year. 

Marco went to Nepal in collaboration with Kam for Sud, to provide physical therapy and assistance to Sagar, a 13 year old boy who suffered a stroke in November 2017, leaving him partially paralised. 

The first Blu Spring volunteers went to Zambia.

Blu Spring Associazione was officially founded and registered as a Non-For- Profit Organisation. with 7 active members. 

The trip to Zambia had the aim to visit all the children at Kasisi to update and adjust the therapy program with the children.

We were invited to visit two orphanages in the north of Zambia, with the aim to instruct their local collaborators on how to assemble and fit wheelchairs. Unfortunately, this visit did not put up with our expectations, and little was achieved. 

2016

1 st

Encounter with a special wheelchair

100 Kg

Of multivitamins

2015

200 Kg

of Clothing

1

Sponsored Sports Field

2014

1 st

Trip to Zambia

6

Distributed Wheelchairs

The third trip to Zambia was essential in the development of the association. This time 100 Kg of multivitamins and new materials for the physiotherapy for Kasisi Children's Home were transported from Switzerland to Zambia. 

Two of the kids first visited in 2015, who couldn’t walk, were now happily running around and playing together with the rest of the children at Kasisi.

We came across a wheelchair from “Wheelchairs for Kids” and after some research we decided to get in touch with the Australian organisation. 

The children with Cerebral Palsy at Kasisi got donated a wheelchair from Wheelchairs for kids as well as a child, living in the neighbourhood of Kasisi. Which is now able to attend school and the mother is able to take on work. This opened our eyes regarding the big impact a single wheelchair can have on a child and a family’s well being.

Marks the second trip to Zambia and a total of 200 Kg of clothes transported and donated to Kasisi Children’s Home.

Further,  a sports field was created and sponsored, to allow children to play soccer and other games in a safe environment.

Thanks to the continuity of the Mommy’s work during Marco’s absence, some of the children made a clear progress. The therapy program was updated and adjusted to the child's new needs.

This year marks the start of the journey that later became Blu Spring with Marco Kerkhof’s (founder and president of Blu Spring) first trip to Zambia. The aim was to develop and set up a physiotherapy room at Kasisi Children’s Home.

After the room was set up: a therapy plan was elaborated for the kids in need of physiotherapy. Additionally,  the mommy’s in charge of the kids daily care, were taught how to perform the the therapy sequence to allow the practice to continue in Marco’s absence.