Disability and Social Change: A South African Agenda
CBR has been implemented for a number of years now. What progress are we making? A South African Study explores challenges in regard to CBR implementation read more
Understanding Community Based Rehabilitation in South Africa
Unlike other conventional rehabilitation programmes, which tend to be mainly medical and institutional, CBR is categorically based within a community development framework. The strategy of CBR places equal emphasis on inclusion, equality and socio-economic development as well as rehabilitation of all people with disabilities, a study by Create (2015) notes… Read more
2 nd CBR World Congress
In 2016, the 2nd CBR World Congress held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia observed that there is growing need to recognise the potential of CBR as a key bottom-up strategy to support countries to achieve their development goals by building an inclusive world. As such, several recommendations were made one of which included; Governments, as the […]
COMMUNITY ACTION RESEARCH ON DISABILITY IN UGANDA (CARD)
About CARD CARD is a project born out of the association between Professor Sally Hartley and the staff of the former UNISE at Kyambogo Uganda.This association originally took the form of a linkage with the Centre of International Child Health at the University of London. The Linkage related to the development of the Community Based […]
NORWEGIAN ASSOCIATION OF DISABLED (NAD) DOCUMENTATION AND RESEARCH IN CBR PROJECT
What is the Documentation and Research in CBR project? The Documentation and Research (D&R) Project in community based rehabilitation (CBR) programmes is a new in-region project currently being implemented in Malawi (since 2010), Uganda (since 2011) and Zambia (since 2012) project supported by NORAD and the Atlas Alliance through the Norwegian Association of Disabled (NAD). It […]