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Our approach to disability is a comprehensive one. The
activities are planned in such a way that every
individual lives a life of independence as far as
possible and to make him / her as an integral part of
the community and to remove the stigma that is attached
to disability especially mental retarded.
CBR work becomes a Herculean task in rural areas due to
attitudinal barriers with various local manifestations,
illiteracy, superstitions, extreme poverty, long
distance travel, lack of proper roads, transport
facilities, scarcity of clean drinking water and lack
of adequate funds. The absence of sanitation facilities
and inadequate health delivery system are some of the
hurdles that face a community based rehabilitation
programme.
CBR
project at Faisalabad is a
humble effort of a dedicated people to develop a future
body of rehabilitation knowledge and skills appropriate
for application for families and communities which will
inspire renewed interests in indigenous
multi-disciplinary knowledge and skills. A pooling of
such skills in each community will expand the
possibilities for the generations of locally appropriate
solutions. Harnessing local expertise, topping it up
with appropriate training and encouraging local
innovations are ways to help to ensure that many more
persons with disabilities in communities will have
affordable access to services. With better access to
knowledge for skills development, people with
disabilities and their families will play an
increasingly central role in the planning, management
and delivery of future sustainable rehabilitation
services. The involvement of family and community
members will result in the adoption of a problem solving
approach to rehabilitation services. In this approach,
the persons with disabilities themselves will emerge as
key players in the rehabilitation process. To facilitate
local efforts, rehabilitation knowledge is demystified
and made widely available to the actors and
beneficiaries in community programme. |
