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Geographical Areas of Operation: Rural and Low Income Areas of Faisalabad District
Tamir Welfare Organization initiated a community
development programme which is known as ‘Tamir Cheshire
Community Programme’ (TCCP) supported by Leonard
Cheshire International (LCI) U.K in the year 1998. In
the year 2002 TCCP was funded by Community Fund UK to
provide Community Based Services in the two selected
slums and low income target areas of Faisalabad city.
Faisalabad District having population 5.4 million
consists of 6 Tehsils / Taluks namely: Faisalabad city,
Faisalabad Sadar, Jaranwala, Samundri Chak Jhumra and
Tandianwala.
Faisalabad
city is industrial city and it is the third largest by
population of Pakistan. Though the majority of the
inhabitants are poor, unemployed or employed as wage
earners or labourers, uneducated and unaware about their
rights.
Other problems resulting from this situation
include violence, drug and substance abuse,
street children, etc. Lack of hygiene and
basic health services may lead to higher risks of
infections, ill health and disabilities with high rates
of morbidity and mortality. Violence, especially towards
vulnerable groups such as persons with disability, can
be a serious problem.
Given all these conditions, it is difficult to
visualize a “community” among the urban poor and slum
dwellers. However, family members, friends, neighbours
and concerned persons in the low-income and slum areas
can constitute a first level of “community”. Although
slum dwellers are usually seen as “receivers” of aid,
they may still have their own resources and a
willingness to help others who are even more vulnerable.
Problem
Statement:
Historically, Rehabilitation Services in Pakistan are
Institutional in nature, mostly urban based and
financially difficult to sustain. Pakistan has a
population of 114 million with approximately 10% of
persons having various disabilities. According to census
1998, disability rate in Pakistan is 2.49% whereas it is
vary in urban and rural areas 6% to 7% according to
survey conducted by TCCP in the year 2001 in the
selected areas of Faisalabad. Studies have proved that
almost 75% of the disability emanate from rural areas.
As Rehabilitation facilities are very few and
concentrated in urban centers accessible only to small
and privileged section of the society, most of the
families with a disabled member in rural area do not get
any kind of rehabilitation services. Hence we have
adopted the strategy of Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR)
of all persons with disabilities to reach out to the
un-reached in rural areas. To get more about CBR
please see methodology.
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