Rwanda

Location: Rwanda
Description: Community Based Rehabilitation

Summary:

This is a very large rehabilitation programme in Rwanda that reaches out to over 1 million people through house visits, day centres, clinics and medical treatment. The programme focuses on those with epilepsy, physical impairments, intellectual impairments, visually and/or hearing impairments. 

Cataract identification is a major activity, and the programme plays a significant role in the Rwanda National Plan for Blindness Prevention through the screening and referral of patients to eye clinics. This has been a huge success for a programme that can now provide high quality treatment to the many patients identified by social workers.

List of Activities:

• Treatment  for people with Epilepsy
• Treatment  for people with Cerebral Palsy
• Provision of mobility aids for people with Cerebral Palsy
• Orthopaedic Surgery
• Provision of prosthesis
• Physiotherapy
• Income generating activities 
• Handicraft and skills training
• Radio, newspaper articles and TV broadcasts about Disability rights 
• HIV/AIDS Testing for people with disabilities and their families
• Education
• Vocational Training