Wednesday, 11 January 2012

IPHREHAB : Disabled people’s organization [DPO]

IPHREHAB

Disabled people’s organization [DPO]

—  Are membership organizations
—  Register as a legal entity
—  General body meetings are conducted every 1 or 3 yrs
—  By working with SHGs- meet the needs of disabled at local & wider level, & in short & long term.
 Initially- identify & understand the current situation & map services; then to identify what gaps exist & what is required 

CBR Personnel
  1.     CBR workers are grass root workers-
a)      Act as local advocates on behalf of disabled
b)      Provide continuity of care & supervision
c)       Act as directors of community initiatives
d)      a positive role model
  1.      Supervisors or medico social workers
  2.      Professionals for referral
Working levels
     1.  National level- advocating  for policy change, CBR in curriculum of education, Fund raising, promoting CBR concept
     2.  District  level- training CBR Ws & committees, awareness activities, organizing referral system
     3.  Local level- work done by local committees – includes training of physically disabled, blind, deaf in their community 

CBR Resource Centre
  •  Ex.- a school or a building provided by religious organizations or a separate house built for the purpose in slum areas
  • Organize activities
  •  Acts as an address for the community to receive communications & identity for the activities.
Evaluation
—  Means the activities which are done to see how a program is progressing
—  Monitoring & self assessment- two aspects
—  Benefits :
ü  Value of the program
ü  Making decisions to improve it
ü  Funding

Finding new knowledge about CBR
—  Too busy in implementing it- evaluation takes time
—  Skills to evaluate?
—  Means change in the routine to improve
—  Link it with discont. of the program
—  Promote the idea of evaluation in program before starting.

Transportation facilities
  • —     Special  buses for the disabled- low platform & special seats are being implemented in  many places
  • —              Even special parking facilities are made available 

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