2025 Interact Ambassadors to Kenya team with some of the recipients and their families.
It is nearly impossible to capture in words the impact on a disabled individual and his/her family in Kenya, who has either had to crawl on the ground or be carried by family members all of their life, when an American teen comes, bringing the gift of mobility — a piece of equipment they could never access or afford, which can get the person off the ground, give that individual mobility and independence, and can restore that person's human dignity.
"Enabling the Disabled" is the motto of our Interact District 5495, and their Interact Crutches 4 Africa Project has been their signature international service project for the past 10 years. Each year the Interact Clubs in our district work at collecting donated, still-usable, crutches, canes, walkers and wheelchairs, which they have been shipping in 40-ft. containers to our Rotary partners in Kenya and Uganda, working in partnership with our Rotary Crutches 4 Africa nonprofit organization, which is based in Colorado.
If you are aware of any type of mobility equipment which is no longer being used, our Interact clubs are asking for your help in obtaining those mobility devices, which they can use to completely transform the lives of disabled poor individuals and their families in Kenya. Ceiba Sherman, this year's Club President of our Prescott HS Interact Club, can be seen kneeling on the left side of the front row in the photo above. Derrick Boateng, this year's Interact District Governor, can be seen in his gold Ambassadors's shirt on the right side of the second row. Both of them served on this year's Ambassadors to Kenya team. Ambassador Isabelle Brown, who spoke to our club, is at the right end of the back row in this photo. To contact Ceiba about any mobility devices of which you may be aware, which owner would be willing to donate to this Interact C4A Project, email her at ceibaaas@gmail.com. You can reach Isabelle at isabellembrown21@gmail.com.
