Carlson Chiswo Foundation

Carlson Chiswo Foundation The Carlson Chiswo Foundation is a Zimbabwean non-profit organization formed in February 2014 to benefit Spinal Cord Injury survivors and their families

The Carlson Chiswo Foundation is a Zimbabwean non-profit organization formed in February 2014 to benefit Spinal Cord Injury survivors and their families. The organisation was formed following a devastating injury to Carlson in a motor vehicle accident on 30 July 2011. This left Carlson with a C6/C7 incomplete spinal cord injury. This level of injury results in limited hand functionality. The path

to recovery has been long and expensive and insightful. During hospitalisation he developed pressure sores which added a different dimension to his rehabilitation and recovery challenge. Carlson was hospitalised in Zimbabwe and South Africa in a bid to reverse the effects of the debilitating injury. The costs of this recovery were phenomenal and prompted Carlson to think of people that may experience this kind of injury and may not be fortunate enough to have the kind of support and resources he accessed. There is therefore dire need to provide support and access to affordable therapy and adaptive equipment. In researching the state of care treatment and rehabilitation of SCI survivors in Zimbabwe and abroad Carlson came across information on how the late Professor Levy had set out assist spinal cord injury in Zimbabwe and the Region. Carlson realised in order to achieve this goal a foundation be set up that will mobilise resources which will go towards the initiatives of assisting spinal cord injury survivors to receive care and necessary therapy at affordable cost and to raise awareness on the challenges and that the injury naturally brings to the survivor and their families.

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7 Alfred Road
Harare

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday 09:00 - 17:00

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+263714877725

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Carlson Chiswo is an insurance industry professional with more than for 25 years of experience. He worked at Zimnat Lion Insurance in various positions including Assistant General Manager for Underwriting, from 1990 to 1999 before moving to Swiss Reinsurance in 2000 where he served as the Regional Manager for Central Africa. He moved back to Zimnat Lion Insurance as the Managing Director in 2003 before establishing his own risk management consultancy firm in 2007, Ponnez Risk Management Services. In 2001, he was elected the President of the Insurance Institute of Zimbabwe (IIZ). Due to his exceptional leadership and the extraordinary turnaround that the institute experienced during his term, he became the first IIZ President to be re-elected, leading to the amendment of the Institute’s constitution to allow for a president to serve for more than one term. He was contracted by Madison General Insurance Company Limited in Zambia as a risk management consultant before accepting an offer to become Operations General Manager in 2010.

His contract ended prematurely following a devastating motor vehicle accident on 30 July 2011. This left Carlson with a C6/C7 incomplete spinal cord injury. This level of injury results in paralysis of all four limbs and the torso, better known as quadriplegia/tetraplegia. Carlson was hospitalised in Zimbabwe and South Africa in a bid to reverse the effects of the debilitating injury. During hospitalisation he developed pressure sores which added a different dimension to his rehabilitation and recovery challenge. He has since managed to regain limited hand functionality.

The path to recovery has been long and expensive and insightful. The costs of this recovery were phenomenal and prompted Carlson to think of people that may experience this kind of injury and may not be fortunate enough to have the kind of support and resources he accessed. In researching the state of care treatment and rehabilitation of SCI survivors in Zimbabwe and abroad Carlson came across information on how the late Professor Levy had set out assist spinal cord injury in Zimbabwe and the Region. His work is credited with a lot of rehabilitation efforts in the country, however, more needs to be done to ensure recovery and rehabilitation of SCI survivors.