We help amputees from disadvantaged backgrounds by providing comprehensive prosthetic rehabilitation..
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More about Zimele
Zimele is a registered non-profit company (K2020173723) and non-profit organisation (245-021 NPO) with public benefit organization (PBO) status (9159165258). Zimele’s interdisciplinary team of health professionals will provide prosthetic fitting and physical and psychological rehabilitation services for amputees from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds, and will aid in their societal integration through access to skills training and work opportunities. Zimele’s goal is to increase access to the provision of prosthetic rehabilitation services in South Africa, and to encourage the economic self-sufficiency of those whose rehabilitation journey we assist. We approach a person’s rehabilitation holistically, designing a roadmap according to each amputee’s individual needs and goals – an individualised prosthetic rehabilitation journey. Zimele is currently located in Cape Town in the Western Cape but with time and more funding, we hope to expand to have a national reach.
Our staff (5)
Sarah Whitehead, Jayson Chin and Rodney Lakay
Exec Director, Treasurer and Chairperson
Erin Innocenzi
Physiotherapist
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Week 2 for the 2023 Zimele beneficiaries.
Social work session.
Walking practise.
Standing on two legs for the first time in 8 years.
Enjoying physio.
An occupational therapy session.
Zimele's physio working with a beneficiary.
Zimele's first 4 beneficiaries.
