2009 Catalog - Delhi, India
"Some of us will never walk again. But that’s okay, because our goal is something more than walking… It’s living, forgiving, and loving more deeply than we ever did before."
-Jon Sigworth
Medical Supplies: One day's worth of supplies for one of the most expensive chronic medical conditions.
Film distribution: Ten DVD or VCD copies of More Than Walking, distributed to Indian spinal-injury patients.
Therapy Session: Physical therapy makes the difference between isolation in bed and rejoining life. The price includes transportation, which can be 2-3 hours for either therapist or patient. It also includes participation in wheelchair rugby, a sport that provides essential exercise and regular social contact with other quadriplegics.
Internet connection: One month of internet service allows an isolated patient to take online classes, start an online business and connect with the wider SCI community for encouragement and support.
Voice Recognition Software: An Indian-English computer dictation program allows a severely paralyzed quadriplegic person to write, use email and control a computer.
Social Worker Transportation Costs: Social worker-teachers visit 10-15 families and patients per month to provide ongoing counseling and to develop creative solutions to persistent problems, including educational, therapeutic and vocational rehabilitation needs.
Computer: Allows a wheelchair-bound high-school student to continue her education, a college student to complete his degree, or a patient to develop an online business. A computer also allows a home-bound spinal-injury patient to connect with the wider SCI community and receive long-distance therapy.
Jonathan Sigworth, the founder of ESCIP, fell off a cliff/suffered a spinal cord injury at age 19 while studying in northern India four years ago. The injury left him a quadriplegic, paralyzed in his hands and below his arms. After therapy in the U.S., Jon, his family, and his friends, began working to support other SCI survivors in India with rehabilitation and job training. In partnership with the IHF, ESCIP produced an educational and motivational documentary, More Than Walking, directed by Jon. The film chronicles the journey and rehabilitation of Jon and four Indian SCI survivors.
The goal of More Than Walking is to challenge Indian quadriplegics with a vision for the possibilities of life after their injuries, a vision for something much more than just waiting for a cure that would let them walk again. The Hindi version of the film is nearing completion, and translations into Arabic and other languages are beginning. Distribution in India—for free, to hospitals and SCI survivors in India—will begin by Christmas, and Jon will return to India in January to promote the vision of the film. Meanwhile, our social worker-teacher on site in Delhi is coordinating post-hospital therapy, education and counseling, which is out of reach for all but the most wealthy Indians.
Email us at vsigworth (at) gmail (dot) com for more information on obtaining a copy of More Than Walking, or more specifics about our "Empower-a-Quad" program.
"Some of us will never walk again. But that’s okay, because our goal is something more than walking… It’s living, forgiving, and loving more deeply than we ever did before."
-Jon Sigworth
Medical Supplies: One day's worth of supplies for one of the most expensive chronic medical conditions.
Film distribution: Ten DVD or VCD copies of More Than Walking, distributed to Indian spinal-injury patients.
Therapy Session: Physical therapy makes the difference between isolation in bed and rejoining life. The price includes transportation, which can be 2-3 hours for either therapist or patient. It also includes participation in wheelchair rugby, a sport that provides essential exercise and regular social contact with other quadriplegics.
Internet connection: One month of internet service allows an isolated patient to take online classes, start an online business and connect with the wider SCI community for encouragement and support.
Voice Recognition Software: An Indian-English computer dictation program allows a severely paralyzed quadriplegic person to write, use email and control a computer.
Social Worker Transportation Costs: Social worker-teachers visit 10-15 families and patients per month to provide ongoing counseling and to develop creative solutions to persistent problems, including educational, therapeutic and vocational rehabilitation needs.
Computer: Allows a wheelchair-bound high-school student to continue her education, a college student to complete his degree, or a patient to develop an online business. A computer also allows a home-bound spinal-injury patient to connect with the wider SCI community and receive long-distance therapy.
Jonathan Sigworth, the founder of ESCIP, fell off a cliff/suffered a spinal cord injury at age 19 while studying in northern India four years ago. The injury left him a quadriplegic, paralyzed in his hands and below his arms. After therapy in the U.S., Jon, his family, and his friends, began working to support other SCI survivors in India with rehabilitation and job training. In partnership with the IHF, ESCIP produced an educational and motivational documentary, More Than Walking, directed by Jon. The film chronicles the journey and rehabilitation of Jon and four Indian SCI survivors.
The goal of More Than Walking is to challenge Indian quadriplegics with a vision for the possibilities of life after their injuries, a vision for something much more than just waiting for a cure that would let them walk again. The Hindi version of the film is nearing completion, and translations into Arabic and other languages are beginning. Distribution in India—for free, to hospitals and SCI survivors in India—will begin by Christmas, and Jon will return to India in January to promote the vision of the film. Meanwhile, our social worker-teacher on site in Delhi is coordinating post-hospital therapy, education and counseling, which is out of reach for all but the most wealthy Indians.
Email us at vsigworth (at) gmail (dot) com for more information on obtaining a copy of More Than Walking, or more specifics about our "Empower-a-Quad" program.
