Programs for Developing World
Do you offer programs for the survivors of polio in the developing world?
Do you want to share your ideas with others?
Do you have questions for experienced groups?
Post-Polio Health International is compiling information about groups in the developing world that are directed by, or for, polio survivors.
They are invited to send their information to director@post-polio.org.
AFRICA
StandProud, formerly International Polio Victims Response Committee (IPVRC)
Bangladesh
Centre for Children with Special Needs (CCSN) is a project of the A project of the Rotary club of Banani Dhaka, Bangladesh.
OBJECTIVES OF CCSN
- To provide Community based rehabilitation
- To train parents to take care of their children with disability
- To impart a socially compatible living to children with disability
- To change the attitude of community towards children with disability
- To establish school and vocational institutions
WHAT WE DO
The organization of services for these children depend on both community based and institutional approaches to rehabilitation. Our approach is community based rehabilitation.
The main work is to take the service for these children to their doorsteps so that mothers can avail it more easily. They can get physiotherapy, consultation, medical advice & training within an accessible distance. We need a pediatrician, a physiotherapist, a health assistant and some logistic support. We already know the place and are familiar with some people of the village. We have about 40 disabled children enlisted. We have a pediatrician and a physiotherapist.
To learn more, also contact Carl M. Good III, PhD, carlgood@yahoo.com,
Merrimackvalley Rotary Club in Chelmsford MA
International Polio Victims Response Committee (IPVRC)
Serving: Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Butembo, Democractic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Mission: IPVRC is a US-registered, tax-exempt, not-for-profit charity created to provide international financial support for selected community organizations in developing countries which:
- Provide corrective treatment, locally-crafted leg braces, and accompanying rehabilitative services, at no cost to poor families with children who have been disabled by polio or who have similar disabilities, and
- Promote the full integration of disabled persons into society.
Current activities: IPVRC provides rehabilitative services for disabled youth in collaboration with The Congolese Association for Orthopedic Assistance to Young Disabled Persons (l'Association Congolaise pour l'Assistance Orthopedique aux Jeunes Handicapés or "ACAOJH"). Together, they currently maintain brace-crafting facilities in the three cities mentioned above.
IPVRC/ACAOJH supplements its brace-provision service with an education program designed to promote the mainstreaming of disabled children in regular schools.
Founder: Jay Nash, former Peace Corps worker, who now is a senior program officer for USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance in the DRC.
Contact information: www.ipvrc.org, info@ipvrc.org