The
Hart Walker
Looks
deceptively simple but in fact has more than 1,000
working parts. Costs $ 11,620 to supply the Walker
and shoes, and to cover ongoing maintenance,
replacement parts and therapy. ($6,620 initial cost
and $1,000 per year for a further five years.)
At
the end of January 2008
Over
1000 Australian children have been fitted with Hart
Walkers. There are more being added every week
around the country, as children are assessed. Every
state in Australia now has trained staff to assess
and fit Hart Walkers for the local children.
Lions
and the Australian Lions Children's Mobility
Foundation have assisted with funding for walking
devices for over 875 children, 465 of these being
Hart Walkers.
Total Funds Raised
Total
funds in excess of $6.6 million (January 2008) have
been provided through ALCMF to help Aussie kids to
walk, in addition to the $350,000 seed funding which
was raised from the Lions Hart Walker Appeal.
This
figure does not include additional funds which have
been donated by individual Lions Clubs direct to the
Spastic Centre & other state cerebral palsy
organisations for local services and children's
walkers prior to and since the existence of the
Foundation.
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