On July 13, 2017, twenty-five refugee amputees successfully completed an ETPP
Mirror Therapy Workshop at Mugombwa Camp in Southern Rwanda. They are
Rwandan refugees, forced to flee conflict again twenty years after the civil war,
this time returning across the nearby Congo border. Many of the younger refugees
lost their limbs there.
The workshop was a very moving experience, both for the participants and for
physiotherapist, Jean Luc Ngarambe, the workshop leader and nurses, Gisele
Munyana and Marie Chantal Mukansanga, who assisted.
After the participants moved through the fifteen minutes of reflected exercises on
their own, two amputees voluntarily shared their experiences with the others.
Mirror Therapy Workshop at Mugombwa Camp in Southern Rwanda. They are
Rwandan refugees, forced to flee conflict again twenty years after the civil war,
this time returning across the nearby Congo border. Many of the younger refugees
lost their limbs there.
The workshop was a very moving experience, both for the participants and for
physiotherapist, Jean Luc Ngarambe, the workshop leader and nurses, Gisele
Munyana and Marie Chantal Mukansanga, who assisted.
After the participants moved through the fifteen minutes of reflected exercises on
their own, two amputees voluntarily shared their experiences with the others.
An older man, who for years had been questioning practitioners at various clinics as to the source of his ongoing pain, finally understood that he was suffering Phantom Limb Pain, which is treatable with inexpensive Mirror Therapy. A young woman who lost her right leg below the knee, felt her phantom leg for the first time while concentrating on the mirror image of the missing limb.
All participants requested a follow-up evaluation meeting with Mr. Ngarambe to occur
after they complete their month-long home treatment routines.
All participants requested a follow-up evaluation meeting with Mr. Ngarambe to occur
after they complete their month-long home treatment routines.
