‘Kel Strong’ Mabatah Foundation

Kel’s miraculous recovery, despite doctors telling him he would never walk, talk, or use his right arm again, has led him to starting, The ‘Kel Strong’ Mabatah Foundation, which helps individuals and families who have been impacted by traumatic brain injuries while on their road to recovery. 

Kel decided to start his foundation with the encouragement of two of his high school friends who are involved in the organization because, as traumatic brain injury survivor himself, he has firsthand knowledge of the struggles associated with recovery and how difficult the recovery process can be without emotional and financial support, particularly for therapy treatment and services. Recovering from a brain injury is expensive and health insurance companies do not understand the full spectrum of treatment and services needed to recover from a brain injury. In addition, as Kel experienced, outside of funding received from insurers and family support, if a patient is fortunate enough to have such support, there are not many options to receive outside funding for therapy treatment and services related to recovering from a traumatic brain injury. 

Based off of his own experience and hearing experiences of patients at rehab who expressed having limited therapy visits from their insurance or no visits at all, Kel wanted to fill the gap in financial coverage, among other things, for those in the recovery process. Indeed, as you will see from reviewing this website, The ‘Kel Strong’ Foundation is filling that void. Ultimately, Kel started his foundation in order to help other traumatic brain injury survivors have success in their recovery like the success he has had in his own recovery. Indeed, because Kel was fortunate to receive the care he needed when he needed it, he is now a professional bodybuilder despite his physical limitations/disabilities and a business owner, and living life independently again, among other blessings with his second chance at life. Our scholarship recipients just need that financial help and support and that’s what The ‘Kel Strong’ Mabatah Foundation is here to do. At the end of the day, Kel and his foundation want to provide a positive impact on other survivors’ and their families’ lives because recovering from a brain injury is long, hard, and can be lonely, especially without the right support.