DFID - UK Department for International Development
Smiling despite the challenges
Alexander, a co-ordinator for the charity Handicap International, talks to Daphne, aged 8, at a Handicap International 'antenna' clinic, funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development, in Petit-Goave, Haiti.
Daphne was born with a severely disfigured left arm and right leg, but had received little medical support whilst growing up, due to a lack of access to healthcare and stigma surrounding disability in Haitian society. Since being referred to Handicap International following the earthquake in January 2010, Daphne is now receiving pyscho-social support from HI. The NGO is also looking into whether there are any options for her to have corrective surgery.
Image: Department for International Development / Russell Watkins
Smiling despite the challenges
Alexander, a co-ordinator for the charity Handicap International, talks to Daphne, aged 8, at a Handicap International 'antenna' clinic, funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development, in Petit-Goave, Haiti.
Daphne was born with a severely disfigured left arm and right leg, but had received little medical support whilst growing up, due to a lack of access to healthcare and stigma surrounding disability in Haitian society. Since being referred to Handicap International following the earthquake in January 2010, Daphne is now receiving pyscho-social support from HI. The NGO is also looking into whether there are any options for her to have corrective surgery.
Image: Department for International Development / Russell Watkins