Housing modifications

Putu Merta is 9 and lives with his parents and sister in Seririt, east of Lovina. He was introduced by Stitching High rehab (which has provided him with a wheelchair). Putu has a progressive muscular disease (Duchenne). Although he can crawl in and around the house, he is in fact completely dependent on the wheelchair. At the moment he can still wash himself but he needs help for other care, such as going to the toilet.

The family live with others on a property but there is no bathroom or toilet. Water for cooking and washing is brought in. There is no nearby water main that can be connected to nor can one be laid. In addition, it is not possible to make a connection to an existing sewer and so it was decided after discussions that APA Foundation would build a bathroom with a ‘mandibak’ (water reservoir) that the family can fill with water in the normal way and a wc with a large septic tank.

The bathroom has now been built and the house and property have been made wheelchair-accessible.