Give burn survivors access to rehabilitation

As we start the new year and embark on new projects for 2023, we would like to take the time to look back on what we were able to achieve in 2022 thanks to your support. Although our ability to carry out in-person projects were still limited by the impact of Covid-19, we continued to support our international partners through online capacity building and training projects.

Here’s what your donation made possible in 2022:

• In 2022, Sunshine Foundation launched a new training project with Hallym Burn Foundation in Korea. Over a four-year period, Sunshine will train burn professionals and burn survivors in highly specialized pressure garment production techniques, and provide guidance and technical support as our Korean partners set up their own pressure garment services. In 2022, we taught Korean burn professionals and burn survivors production techniques to take measurements, draw patterns and sew pressure garment neck collar, sleeve and leg sleeve through series of online courses. We also provided technical guidance to our Korean partner as they set up their pressure garment service process. By the end of 2022, our Korean partner had set up its own pressure garment production workshop, complete with tools, materials and sewing equipment. Burn professionals and burn survivor seamstresses have also started using the techniques learned to practice making garments for burn patients. Learn more about the project here.

• Sunshine Foundation continued providing training opportunities for burn therapists in Latin America by organizing three Spanish language online training programs in 2022, on these respective topics: introduction and basic concepts for the rehabilitation of the burned hand, rehabilitation interventions for the burned hand, and pressure therapy interventions for the burned hand. These trainings garnered 100 registrations from a total of 87 therapists from 15 Latin American countries.

Your donations have allowed us to share our burn rehabilitation knowledge and experience with international partners, and support them as they strive to provide the best care to their burn patients.

We hope you will continue to support us in 2023 as we prepare the following projects:

• Continue our pressure garment training in Korea, by following up on the establishment of their service process and by teaching production techniques for two new types of garments.
• Continue expanding our Spanish language online trainings by launching eight online programs.
• Launch our English language online trainings with one online program, specifically targeting burn therapists in Asia.

Again, thank you for making it possible for us to support our international partners in their endeavours to improve burn rehabilitation for their patients.

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• Learn about our training projects