When A Better World was launched in 1990, the organization was blessed with the dedication and commitment of Ken Hill. Recently retired as an Associate Professor of Physiotherapy, Ken volunteered to provide rehabilitation training and assess the needs of children with disabilities in Kendu Bay, Kenya. Through this initiation he established the ABW Surgery and Rehab program that has brought mobility to more than 10,000 children in Kenya. Ken and his wife Hazel visited the project site for over 10 years and spent a year in Kendu Bay to ensure the program’s success. During this time he established a vibrant Community Based Rehabilitation program in partnership with local communities and government agencies. For his tireless volunteer work Dalhousie University awarded him an honorary doctoral degree (LLD) in 2002. His dedication and passion helped expand the work of A Better World and, on this 30th Anniversary of A Better World (2020), the family and friends of Ken and Hazel Hill have chosen to remember him with a new facility for rehabilitation “The Professor Hill Rehabilitation Centre” at Kendu Adventist Hospital. Ken passed away on December 17, 2017.
