The IREDE
Foundation is a not for profit organization focused on learning a hand of Love,
Joy and Hope to children living with limb loss whether congenital or acquired
by encouraging and enabling them to live a self supportive lives and to help
affected families to rise to the challenge of limb loss knowing there are no
limits to their potentials.
It was founded in 2012 by Crystal Chigbu, a mother
of 4 year old IREDE Beulah Chigbu who was born with a missing tibia and patella
in her right leg. Crystal and husband, Zubby were told that the only option for
Beulah for a functionally mobile life was amputation and prosthesis. It took
over 2 years for Crystal and Zubby just to accept the reality to have the
surgery and give Beulah prosthesis.
The IREDE Foundation is Crystal’s opportunity to
share her hope, and faith with all caregivers, families and kids with limb
loss.
The IREDE
foundation has three processes:
Educate: We are focused on educating care-givers
and the society on congenital and acquired limb loss; and how to relate and
care for children with this kind of loss. This will be delivered via
seminars/trainings, the use of mass media, social media etc.
Encourage: We understand the challenges these
children and their families face daily; and desire to be there for them when
they need encouragement and support. Thus via the establishment of Support
Groups, we will build a support system they can count on always
Empower: We are focused on empowering the African
child living with limb loss to live his or her life to the fullest; having
equal access to life’s opportunities like every other African child via
mentoring/ coaching sessions and the provision of prosthetic limbs to indigent
children between the ages of 1-18 years.
Read more about what inspired this here
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