We Are FRDC ( FREIDIS REHABILITATION AND DISABLE CENTRE )
Background: At the peak of Lords Resistance Army insurgency in Lango Sub-Region in 2002, Mr. Christopher Jogole and his wife Ms. Freidis Person (RIP) visited Uganda from Norway. In one of their trips to Omoro sub-county, Moroto county of Lira District, the two met a very horrific situation of women, children, elderly persons and, most specifically, children with disabilities who had neither healthcare services nor community support system in place. It was upon this background that the idea of establishing Freidis Rehabilitation and Disable Centre was conceived by Freidis Persson Jogole and her husband, Mr. Christopher Jogole.
Freidis Rehabilitation and Disable Centre (FRDC) is located in Lira Town, 1km on Lira – Adekokwok - Boroboro road (immediately after Lango Cultural Centre). Lira District is one of the districts in Northern Uganda. It is bordered by the Districts of Gulu in the North West, Pader in the North, Amuria in the South East Dokolo in the South and Apac in the west.
FRDC is a fully registered local Non-Governmental Organization committed to the full rehabilitation, participation, integration, and reintegration of CWDs, FAC and other Vulnerable Children of Northern Uganda for equalization of opportunities. The Centre intends to achieve this through psychosocial support, physiotherapy and medical rehabilitation.
OUR MISSION
To ensure all children with disabilities and other vulnerable children in Northern Uganda are fully integrated and reintegrated into their communities through rehabilitation, education and psychosocial support.
MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Its a very exciting moment for FRDC not only for making it through 2007, in its first year of existance, but also for taking the lead in providing the much-needed physiotherapy services in Northern Uganda. FRDC is commited to the holistic development, rehabilitation, integration and reintegration of the three categories of children it serves;
Children with disabilities ( CWDs ), Formerly Abducted Children ( FAC ) and street children
2: Formerly Abducted Children ( FAC ).
3: Street children / Street Kids.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
TEL: +256776400450
EMAIL: christopher.jogole@gmail.com
We are grateful to Trust Fund for Victims through Care International Uganda for this year’s support to the War Victims of Northern Uganda through provision of physical rehabilitation services, psychosocial support, and economic empowerment through VSLA.
Trond Mohn, the President of Frank Mohn AS from Bergen Norway who has done fantastic work in assisting and making it possible for children with physical disabilities in northern Uganda to receive medical rehabilitation.
ZEST4KIDS also supported the rehabilitation of children with physical disabilities through corrective surgery and physiotherapy treatment. We also extend our gratitude to Care International, Concerned Parents Association, Lira Integrated Senior Secondary School, Lira District Local Government, the National NGO Board, and the Government of Uganda
Special thanks go to our partners, Ayira Medical Services-Lira, Downtown Medical Services, CoRSU Rehabilitation Hospital-Entebbe, Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Kumi Orthopedic Clinic, and Mulago Hospital which have continued to render services to our clients in areas which are beyond our intervention.
To all those whose donations, advice and prayers kept us going through the year and whom we shall relay on to keep us going in the coming years, we are truly grateful. And lastly but not least, a big thanks to all Board Members and Staff of Freidis Rehabilitation and Disable Centre.