Your support can mean my physical
therapy-a chance for better future...
My
name is Kasia and I have been a disabled person due
to cerebral palsy
(CP)
since I was born (1981). Increased
muscle tension (spasticities) in my
legs and arms as well as considerable spinal curvature
make it
very difficult for me to perform even simple daily tasks. CP is
not an illness itself but a group of symptoms denoting brain damage, the
most important of which are:
disability in various areas of body movement, abnormal muscle tone,
problems with coordination, balance, sight and hearing. CP is a
condition for life, it does not disappear when you come of age.
Physical rehabilitation of cerebral palsy patients is a long-term
but effective process, thanks to which I am able to walk on
crutches although only on a flat surface and at a limited distance.
I also use a wheelchair. I need constant physiotherapy. The
sessions provided by the Polish National Health Service last a dozen
or so days a year, which is insufficient. Right now my biggest
problem is progressing spinal curvature, to avoid an operation I need
more intense individual work with a physical therapist. It should
take at least two hours a day, five days a week, but unfortunately
one hour costs 60 Polish zloty.
As a result of kinesiology taping the
lower part of my spinal cord has become less painful, I have also
achieved better body balance and its stabilization.
Kinesiology taping- the application, in a precisely defined way, of a
special plaster- is a supplement to other physiotherapeutic methods, but
the Polish National Health Service does not pay for the plaster, one
roll of which costs 50 Polish zloty and lasts for a month. I want to
become self-reliant and I have been trying for many years to make my
dream come true. I need intensive specialist physical therapy.
Help me by paying for one hour of my
treatment.
I need to stay at physical therapy clinics
at least twice a year. During these stays I gain abilities that I use in
my everyday life. Unfortunately, the price of such a stay is 3500
Polish zloty and the partial government subsidy, I am liable for
every three years, is never more than 1000 Polish zloty.
My complicated family situation motivates
me to struggle for my self-reliance and independence.
The very modest financial means I have will not let let me
cover the costs of my physical rehabilitation. Without
systematic physio I will lose the abilities acquired with so
much effort and the spinal operation can become a necessity-it can
ruin my chances for an active life. This is why I am asking for
your support.
Your donations are tax-deductible. You can
deduct them of your tax return in the year the money has been
transferred. A natural person (PIT) can deduct no more than 6% of the
income, a legal person (CIT) no more than 10% of the income.
This is the number of the bank account
where you can donate:
Fundacja Dzieciom „Zdążyć z
Pomocą”
ul. Łomiańska 5, 01-685 Warszawa
42 2490 0005 0000 4600 7549 3994
Postscript:
'4686 Rocka Katarzyna -
donation for help and health care'
Foreign donations:
Fundacja
Dzieciom "Zdążyć z Pomocą"
(Foundation for Children 'Help on Time')
Łomianska 5, 01-685 Warszawa, Poland
Bank Pekao S.A. I O/Warszawa
SWIFT (BIC): PKOPPLPW
IBAN: PL 31 1240 1037 1978 0010 1651 3186 (EUR)
IBAN: PL 86 1240 1037 1787 0010 1740 2700 (USD)
Postscript: '4686 Rocka Katarzyna -
donation for help and health
care'
