CBR AS PART OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - Source
CBR AS PART OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - Source
CBR AS PART OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - Source
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Editorial<br />
Sally Hartley<br />
MLRR<br />
MPBOU<br />
NAD<br />
NFPDN<br />
NGO<br />
NUDIPU<br />
NUWODU<br />
PAP<br />
PHC<br />
PRSP<br />
PWD<br />
RAISA<br />
PJ<br />
SAFOD<br />
SARPV<br />
SCL<br />
SDC<br />
TALC<br />
TPA<br />
UNDP<br />
Ministry of Lands, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Namibia<br />
Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University, India<br />
Norwegian Association of the Disabled<br />
National Federation of People with Disabilities in Namibia<br />
Non-Government Organisation<br />
National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda<br />
National Union of Women with Disabilities of Uganda<br />
Poverty Alleviation Programmes<br />
Primary Health Care<br />
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper<br />
People with Disabilities<br />
Regional AIDS Initiative in Southern Africa<br />
Rehabilitation International<br />
Southern Africa Federation of Disabled People<br />
Social Assistance and Rehabilitation for the Physically<br />
Vulnerable, Bangladesh<br />
Spinal Cord Lesion<br />
School Disability Committee, Kenya<br />
Teaching Aids at Low Cost<br />
Three Pillars Approach<br />
United Nations Development Programme<br />
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural<br />
Organisation<br />
UN1SE<br />
USDC<br />
WB<br />
WHO<br />
VSO<br />
WF<br />
Uganda National Institute of Special Education<br />
Uganda Society for Disabled Childern<br />
World Bank<br />
World Health Organisation<br />
Voluntary Services Overseas<br />
Vesicular - Vaginal Fistula<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
This book has developed from presentations and discussions that took<br />
place in Malawi at a conference entitled, "<strong>CBR</strong> as part of Community<br />
Development". Some of the chapters remain an exact replication of the<br />
presentations that took place, whilst others have been strengthened by<br />
additional information from discussions or relevant literature. In addition<br />
some chapters have been added that were not presented at the conference<br />
at all. As such this publication is a reflection and development from the<br />
original conference, one that is much richer and has much more to offer,<br />
than a straightforward conference proceedings document.<br />
The choice of "<strong>CBR</strong> as part of Community Development" originates<br />
from the observation that the WHO/ILO/UNESCO (1994) definition of<br />
<strong>CBR</strong> states that "<strong>CBR</strong> is part of Community Development". The book<br />
examines how this key concept is played out in practice and what<br />
challenges and opportunities it presents to the stakeholders of <strong>CBR</strong><br />
programmes in Africa. Stakeholders here include disabled people<br />
themselves, planners, trainers, implementers and researchers of <strong>CBR</strong>.<br />
In 2004, at about the same time as the Malawi conference, WHO/ILO/<br />
UNESCO amended and re-ratified this Joint Position Paper (WHO/<br />
ILOAJNESCO, 2004). The amendments were relatively minor and <strong>CBR</strong><br />
remained defined as "a strategy within general community<br />
development". One key change however, related to the recognition of<br />
poverty as both a major determinant and an outcome of disability. This<br />
resulted in the inclusion of "poverty reduction" as a key element of the<br />
recommended <strong>CBR</strong> strategy. The decision by the UN agencies to include<br />
poverty in the definition of <strong>CBR</strong> is a major step in highlighting the<br />
importance of addressing poverty as part of <strong>CBR</strong> and provides another
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