I met Busiku at the Mama Bakhita School in 2017 where she worked as an assistant teacher. She shyly approached me one day to say that she wanted to study to become a physiotherapist. The Mama Bakhita School has had a physiotherapy room since 2012, but there was never money to pay a salary. Happily, the AACDP found a worthy couple who agreed to sponsor her education at the University of Zambia. In 2018 Busiku bravely embarked on an educational journey that stretched her spotty

15% of all Zambians are people with disabilities. 1996 a group of Franciscan Sisters convened in Livingstone to focus on this widespread problem. After visiting health clinics and interviewing families, it was clear that hte need was there.They bought an Indian merchant's house and 5 acres in the town and began to offer simple physical therapy and education for parents with disabled children. They worked hard to dispel the common myth that these children were the result of th