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are community group projects, there is a need for financial support to make these projects
last. This reveals that there is a great need for community development group projects
and financial support to sustain them, as this is the only way that the community can
assist amputees with employment.
5.10 SECTION I: TRANSPORT
This section was included because of the concern that many amputees do not attend
followup clinics but only visit health centres when they have complications. The reason
they give was that they did not have transport or transport was very far from where they
stay. This was due to lack of infrastructure. A further reason was that transport is very
costly.
5.10.1 ITEM 41 AVAILABlLlTY OF TRANSPORT FOR AMPUTEES
TABLE S.23 AVAILABfi..ITY OFTRANSPORT FOR AMPUTEES
Availability ofTransport Frequency Percentage
Train 2 8%
Buses 3 12%
Taxis 10 40%
No Transport 10 40%
Total 25 100%
Table 523 indicates that (IO) 40% used taxis as they complained that other means of
transport wasnot user friendly. They were not designed for amputees as one do not easily
find a seat and the drivers are not patient enough to wait till a person sits down, and had
small passages. Other (lO) 40% amputees reported that they had no transport because the
roads were far from their residential areas and they therefore had to hire cars to transport
them, using small handmade roads. Only (3) 12% used buses, as they were the only
means of transport available as compared to only (2) 8% who used the train. The
amputees that usedthe train also had difficulty, as there were many steps to and from the
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