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Provide free therapy sessions, parents of children with CP plead

At 11 am, I meet 31-year-old Hilder Wanjiru in her compound in Mau Narok, Likia location, Nakuru County with her second-born child who is almost twon and a half years old.

Even though he is old enough to have been able to chew, she is feeding him food that has been blended to a paste. Alex is among millions of children battling Cerebral palsy (CP), a group of disorders that affect a person's ability to move and maintain balance and posture, according to the Centres for Disease Control (CDC).

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