We would like to welcome you and invite you to participate our annual congress which will be held on 25-26 December 2009 in Koh Kong province. Koh Kong is one of the safari world in Cambodia. It offers visitors lots of entertainment. So many things to see and to do.
We are glad to announce that we are on the process of preparing our annual congress for 2009 in Koh Kong province. We host this congress every year for approximately 100 participants – national and international – from different NGOs as well as 11 rehabilitation centers across the country.
We have made a lot of improvement over the past few years and we are still making it. We believe that is one of the reasons that various NGOs which are running rehabilitation service in Cambodia keep supporting the association. This year we receive some funding from The Nippon Foundation to support the operational cost of the congress and The Nippon Foundation has promise to keep this fund available for the next four years.
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Here is a video of the opening and closing ceremony of KhAPO congress in Siem Reap. Click on read more to view this video.
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Dear Colleagues,
The most recent KhAPO board meeting was held on 31 July 2009 at ICRC Orthopedic Components Factory at 8:30 AM.
The attached is minutes from Board meeting and PO Subcommittee meeting.
khapo-minutes-190609
| Written by Tracey Shelton |
| MONDAY, 08 JUNE 2009 |
A volunteer initiative between a wildlife NGO and a maker of mainly human prosthetics offers Phnom Tamao’s baby elephant Chhouk a new foot – and a new chance at life.
Fitting a prosthesis to an baby elephant
PROSTHETICS students from 10 different nations travelled Friday to Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center by Forestry Administration to see Chhouk, a 4-year-old baby elephant who lost part of a leg, be fitted with a new prosthesis.
During the trip, organised by the Cambodian School of Prosthetics and Orthotics (CSPO), Cathy McConnell, who headed the prosthesis project, said it was only the second case she knew of an elephant receiving a prosthetic limb.
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I have just recovered a few more presentations from KhAPO congress 2007 in Kratie. I was a very successful congress. Many topics were discussed during the two days meeting. The participants were happy to learn a few new things for the benefits of their workplace.
These are the topics discussed and presented then.
- Trolley presented by Naikim and Tharin (from VIC)
- Review of diabetes management presented by Heang Thearith from The Cambodia Trust
- Ischial Ramus Containment Socket presented by Thou Sambath from CSPO
- Adaptive Seating System presented by Nom Channa from VIC Prey Veng
- Principles of casting and orthotic management of lower extremity fracture presented by Thor Phearsa from CSPO.
- Special adaptive wheelchair presented by Men Meas from VIC Kien Khleang
If you have problem in downloading these presentations, please contact samedys[at]gmail.com
Cambodian Association of Prosthetists and Orthotics
KhAPO, for the very first time, published an article on The Cambodia Daily, an English-newspaper in Cambodia. The article was published on 30 April 2009 with totally financial support from Handicap Internatoinal. Below is the whole article that I extracted. Read more…
Dear Colleagues,
The boad of the association met on 03 April 2009. The meeting coincided with P&O Subcommittee meeting. The minutes from these two meetings are available for download from our site. The link is provided below.
Meeting Minutes on 03 April 2009
The next board and P&O subcommittee meeting is schedule on 07 May 2009.
Have a nice day!