Promoting Sustainability Through Community-Based Rehabilitation Initiatives

2ndCBR World Congress, Kualalampur September 27-29, 2016

Mr. K. Mr. K. Kempaiah Kempaiah, , Manager Manager Programmes Programmes and Training Training Caritas India CBR Forum Caritas India CBR Forum Bengaluru Bengaluru, India , India and Email: Email: kempaiah.cbrforum@gmail.com kempaiah.cbrforum@gmail.com Mobile: +91 9035689532 Mobile: +91 9035689532

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What is sustainability? What is sustainability? According According to sustainable sustainable development that that meets meets the without without compromising compromising the generations generations to to UN development is the needs needs of UN Bruntland Bruntland Commission is development of the the ability ability of to meet meet their their own own needs Commission: : development the present present of future future needs. .

A A three three pronged suggested suggested sustainability sustainability of a a. . Empowerment Empowerment training training and and capacity b b. . Creating Creating a a barrier mainstreaming mainstreaming and c c. . Community Community promotion promotion of groups groups. . pronged strategy for for bringing bringing of CBR CBR. . through through capacity building building exercises barrier free free environment environment for and inclusion inclusion of organization organization of various various grassroots grassroots level strategy is is in in necessary necessary exercises for of PwDs PwDs through through level

Empowerment Empowerment of and and the the community community stakeholders training training and and capacity capacity building of of knowledge, knowledge, positive positive attitudes attitudes. . Awareness/sensitization Awareness/sensitization programmes the the community community stake stake holders PwDs PwDs and and their their family family members The The needs needs and and rights rights of Existing Existing laws, laws, policies policies and Strategies Strategies to to work work with the the necessary necessary changes changes. . Need Need to to have have inclusive inclusive policies, services services of PwDs PwDs, , family stakeholders through building transfer developing developing family members members through transfer skills skills and and programmes for holders including including members covering covering: of PwDs PwDs and programmes programmes with government government for for for bringing bringing policies, programmes programmes and and

Mainstreaming Mainstreaming PwDs Creating Creating disability addressing addressing various natural natural participation participation and Ensuring Ensuring the other other staff staff of and and family family members, and and the the elected elected people s the the rights rights and and needs PwDs at all levels: at all levels: disability friendly friendly environment various barriers barriers that and inclusion inclusion. . the right right attitudes attitudes amongst of the the NGOs, NGOs, general members, the the government government officials people s representatives representatives on needs of of PwDs PwDs environment by that hinder hinder their by their amongst the general community community the officials on

Community mobilization through Community mobilization through various grassroots level various grassroots level structures structures Disabled Disabled Peoples Peoples Organizations Organizations levels levels village, village, block, block, district, levels levels. . Children Children Support Support Groups Groups for in in schools schools and and in in the the village village communities Parent Parent support support groups groups for multiple multiple disabilities disabilities Disability Disability mainstreaming mainstreaming committees conducive conducive environment environment to PwDs PwDs in in all all the the socio socio- -cultural, livelihood livelihood and and political political domains at at and national national different different district, state state and for promoting promoting inclusion communities for persons persons with with severe inclusion severe and and committees for to ensure ensure inclusion cultural, health, health, education, domains for creating creating inclusion of education, of

By By bringing bringing in PwDs PwDs as Body Body Members Members of Inclusion Inclusion in activities activities of equal equal opportunities opportunities Facilitating Facilitating community community activities, urging urging the the government By By addressing addressing accessibility organizations organizations and PwDs PwDs. . in policy policy level as staff staff and of the in the the programmes programmes, , services of the the NGO NGO partner level changes changes to and as as General/Governing General/Governing the NGO NGO to include include services and by creating creating and partner by inclusion inclusion activities, programs government accessibility issues and in in the the living in in the the and schemes schemes by general general programs and by issues within living environment environment of within the the of

Ensuring Ensuring PwDs PwDs, , their community community stakeholders stakeholders at all levels of project cycle Implementation, Evaluation (PIME). Working Working at at the the level level of family family and and the the individual individual concerned to identify and work on the barriers that hinder effective participation of the individual through inclusion plans. effective effective their family family members participation participation members and of of and other other Planning, Monitoring and of community, community, comprehensive

Key Key results results planned as proposed in the WHO CBR Matrix health, education, livelihood, social and empowerment Selection Selection of of local local NGOs NGOs and from the same project area (who are familiar with the practices) and capacitating them necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes. Retaining Retaining the the services services of through constant encouragement. planned in all thematic areas and local local staff staff local customs and with of trained trained staff motivation staff and

Sustaining Sustaining the organizations organizations and Availability Availability of active active NGO NGO partners Changing Changing the practices practices followed Fulfilling Fulfilling community community - - immediate their their problems problems Getting Getting proper proper implementation existing existing laws, laws, policies policies and the motivation motivation level and their their staff of credible, credible, committed partners to to work work with the attitudes, attitudes, systems followed by by the the government the the expectations expectations immediate solutions level of staff committed and with. . systems and government of the the and and of of the the all solutions to to all implementation of and programmes programmes. of the the

CBR empowerment and inclusion could be made a sustainable model knowledge knowledge and and skills skills are the community. Mainstreaming PwDs through promoting a a barrier barrier free free environment environment community structures capacitated to take care of their own agenda forward. as a strategy for community provided are transferred transferred to the right right and the and formed

Careful Careful planning, monitoring monitoring has to be done involving PwDs PwDs and and other other stakeholders from the beginning. These These steps steps certainly certainly would high high degree degree of of sustainability sustainability to interventions interventions made made and required required in in the the long long run planning, implementation implementation and and involving stakeholders right would bring bring in to the those that in a a the that and those run. .

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