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HIB has established a solid reputationthrough the quality of its supportand its innovative approaches in thesectors of Rehabilitation (centre- andcommunity-based), Humanitarian MineAction, Road Safety, Rights and Inclusion,and Maternal and Child Health.Considered a leading agency in Cambodiain fields such as Road Safety,we systematically work through localpartners to promote capacity-buildingand research, and actively contributeto the work of coordinating bodies.Our expertise in data collection andanalysis in particular is highly regarded,and we often lead the publishingof annual studies.In Cambodia, as in many other countrieswhere HIB is present, states partieshave become increasingly willingto rely on international and local nongovernmentalactors for the promotionof social welfare. Recognizing thistrend, the approach of the Cambodianmission has shifted to focus on workingmore directly with partners withinthe Royal Cambodian Governmentto build capacity and to develop anunderstanding of the states’ obligationsto promote and protect the rightsof all citizens. This shift is consistentwith a rights-based approach to disabilitiesand development and currentinternational development concepts,and is endorsed by the United NationsConvention on the Rights of Personswith Disabilities, which came into effectin March 2008.While our support to public-servicedelivery remains critical, we believethat the long-term sustainability ofquality services for all persons, includingthose with disabilities, requires thatthey are listened to. This is why weare also working at both national andcommunity levels to support personswith disabilities and their representativeorganizations to ensure they havea voice in development processes.Reviewing our strategy does not meanprevious models are now consideredinvalid. We still value both the medicaland the social models in our interventions.By combining the three modelswe believe we cover the full scope ofinterventions needed to pursue ourglobal objective: preventing and limitingthe impact of disability by offeringassistance to people with disabilities,and those at risk of disability, and supportingthem in their efforts towardsautonomy and social integration.During the period of 2011-2013 1 ,HIB plans the following:• To continue our important work inthe fields of Road Safety and Maternaland Child Health, both focusingon prevention• To remain active in Humanitarian MineAction, our first objective being to helpthe Royal Cambodian Government tosign and ratify the international Conventionon Cluster Munitions• To reduce our involvement as a directimplementer, the most concreteexample being the handing over ofthe Physical Rehabilitation Centersin Takeo and Siem Reap• To seek new areas in which our organizationcould make an impact. Speechand language rehabilitation couldbecome a new area of attention. 21 The strategy was finalised in November 2010.2 Little is known about communication disorders in Cambodia. Thereare few practitioners working in the field and only a limited amountof real data concerning the etiology, prevalence, and socio-economicimpact of communication disorders in this country exist. We believefew other organisations could lead the mobilization of resources andstakeholders necessary to develop comprehensive interventions forthose with communication disorders (and their families) that couldpositively impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of Cambodianswith communication disorders.© Nicolas Axelrod for Handicap International12 Annual report 2011