One of the major drivers for International Inspiration is helping projects move towards self-sufficiency and sustainability. One of the big issues with this is the provision of equipment.

The photos show the Cheshire Foundation Action for Inclusion  (CF-AI) staff in Bahir Dar experimenting with a net for seated volleyball. The first image shows the zsig net example brought out from the UK, the next shows the CF-AI mechanic and Mohammed Hassen Ahmed the project director discussing how to make something portable and similar in Ethiopia. The last picture shows the CF-AI workshop where hand propelled tricycles are made with the emerging prototypes in round and square section steel … Watch this space for the emerging net!!

This kind of design leads to really useful discussions as to how the equipment can and should be used and how it can best serve differentiation for disabled and non-disabled users.

Lots of love

More progress on the seated volleyball net!!

Alemayeu the mechanic here is making good progress with the net. We now have thumb screws to hold the pieces of metal, so it will be completely collapsible. Working with Alemayeu is like working with the genius of the best designer/maker Leonardo Da Vinci.