FINAL DRRA PPT PRESENTATION-2020-TAS

PRESENTATION
The People with Disabilities Have
“Hidden Abilities”

The Disabled Rehabilitation and Research Association (DRRA) is a
national non-profit and non-governmental voluntary organization in
the field of disability, working for an inclusive society and the rights
of those with disabilities. We specialize in piloting, perfecting and
developing innovations to improve the lives of millions of people
with disabilities.
• 1996: Registered under
Social Welfare
Department
• 1997: Registration under
NGO Affairs Bureau
• 2012: Registration under
Microcredit Regulatory
Authority (MRA)
Over the last 25 years, we have served more than 1.2 million people
with disabilities and more than 43,000 NDDs. Currently, we operate
programs in district level through direct implementation and
partnering with dedicated local organizations and got registered
under Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) by 2012.
It gives us great pride to have developed a low cost model for
inclusive education. Besides also work as partner with DGHS and
the Ministry of Health, ensuring inclusivity in the services and in the
health system for them.

OUR VALUES
OUR VISION
“Transparency & Accountability
Diversity & Equity
Responsibility & Integrity
Gender & Child Sensibility”
OUR MISSION
“A society where persons
with disabilities and
destitute can enjoy a
dignified life with
equity”
“DRRA promotes equity for persons
with disabilities towards
empowerment; engaging
different stakeholders
for reducing
discrimination”

DRRA, having the head office at Dhaka,
Executes focusing on
Mainly 3 Cities
Sathkhira, ManikGang and Chittagong
Satkhira
• Debhata
• Shayamnagar
• Kaligonj
• Assasuni
Manikgonj
• Ghior
• Shibalaya
• Doulotpur
• Horirampur
• Manikgang Sadar
Chittagong
• Potia
• Bashkhali
• Rangunia

OUR
Program
Inclusive Development
Strategy
Service
Delivery and
promoting
human rights
(twin track
approach) in
program
operation
Knowledge
based
practice
Partnership
with
government
for persons
with
disabilities
Building
partnership
with DPOs,
CSOs
Promotion of
CBID & policy
advocacy for
ensuring rights
of persons
with
disabilities
Result
based
quality
services
Promoting
participation
of persons
with
disabilities in
planning
process
Building
institutional
capacity of
persons with
disabilities for
programmatic
sustainability

• Application in the program operation of both the twin track and the
service delivery approach.
• Research and study to improve the quality of life of people with
disabilities.
• Promote a need based on quality education and equal access to
mainstreaming education by ensuring that it has the right to do so.
• Creating livelihood opportunities and promoting jobs in line with
disability skills and qualifications, in order to alleviate poverty.
• Creation of an inclusive socio-economic and non-discriminatory
environment in which people with disabilities can access all types
of health and rehabilitation services.
• Gender sensitivity and child protection policy should be rigorously
applied.
• Build institutional capacity in order to achieve programmatic
sustainability for people with disabilities.

UNSCAP
WWD
Group

• Over the last 25 years, we have served more than
1.2 million people with disabilities and more than
43,000 NDDs
• 2.5 million people were Indirectly benefitted
through our programs
• 300 SHG’s, where more than 6000 person with
disabilities are supported through us.
• We have reached over:
35 Districts,
52 Upazilas,
310 unions &
2985 villages of Bangladesh.

Effectively addressing these 6 Major causes in our Programs:
Health &
Rehabilitation
Early Intervention;
Medical Care &
Rehabilitation; Referral
services and Promotion
Disability Inclusive
Climate Adaptation
& DRM
Early awareness, preparedness
and evacuation plan,
risk reduction strategy ; and
emergency response, Climate
resilient livelihood, skill and
knowledge transfer
Education for
children:
Inclusive Education
and
Special Education
through formal and nonformal
education
Rights & Social
Inclusion
Inclusion Social
Mobilization; Institution
Development and
Capacity Building
Livelihood &
Empowerment
Individual entrepreneurship
development,
family and group-based
income generating, skill and
knowledge transfer
Policy
Advocacy &
Networking
Inclusion Social
Mobilization; Institution
Development and
Capacity Building

Inclusive Health & Rehabilitation
Medical
Rehabilitation
Assessment
&
Identification
Inclusive
Government
Health
Service
Physical
accessibility
and
assistive
device
technology
Diagnosis
&
Referral
Community
Based
Rehabilitation
Service
Promotion
&
prevention

Inclusive Health & Rehabilitation Services
Through:
Ministry Of
Health & Family
Welfare
(MoHFW)
Ministry
Of
Social Welfare
PREVENTION & EARLY INTERVENTION
Community
Clinic
Public & Private
Health Sector

“His parents were really concerned but had no idea what to
do or where to go.”
Limon Miah is only 5 years old and has cerebral palsy He use to have continuous
secretion of saliva from his mouth, lacked the ability to manage his arm movements, he
could not stand properly, neither could he walk. He used to have constant seizures, and
left hand had no strength for movement. His parents were really concerned but had no
idea what to do and where to go.
Then they went to the Dhaka Children's Hospital, where he was referred to CRP, Savar for
treatment, exercise and physiotherapy. But it wasn't possible for a middle class family like
theirs to stay and get treatment because it was very expensive, so they had to bring him back
home. They were not yet aware that there is an organization called DRRA which, through its
PIHRS project, provides full- health and rehabilitation services at the Upozila Health Complex.
Then, through the PIHRS CM project, they came to know about the services and were
amazed to know that their child would finally get the proper treatment. After visiting PIHRS, a
representative informed them regarding their son’s disability and all about the services that
they will provide. An APT took his assessment, IRP and did the registration and provided
them with card.
They are currently going to the Therapy Center three times a week for therapy and other
services and can see the changes that are taking place in their child physic. That he's getting
his strength back in his shoulder, legs, and hands. Now his saliva dripping problem has gone
as well.

Health Facts & Figures
10,312
Diagnosed and
assessment done for
Person with
Disabilities
5,171
Medical camp/
surveillance
supported this
Year
17,378
Institution/ Centre/
Home based Health
Services
181
Assistive devices
were distributed
1,3133
Therapies & other health
services were provided
2,558
Numbers of
Referrals
were made
11,492
person with
disabilities
Were supported

InclusiveEducation for All:
1
Mainstream Schools
2
Special School
3
Early Childhood Development
4 Life skills & Second chance Education
Non-formal education centers like
‘PROVAT’ & “AMAR JYOTI”
provides Lifelong Learning for Youngsters with Disabilities
(EDUCATION FIRST)
21
Provat Schools
4
Community
Recourses Centers
5
Special
Schools
3
vocational
training centers

“ PROVAT is a Second Chance in education; but it was the last
chance for ASYIA”
She couldn’t keep up with the nearby primary school as being a special child. She loves
school; she always comes first and never misses any class.”
Says her teacher’s from PROVAT.
As a 9 years girl child with Down syndrome, she is overtly friendly with everyone.
Therefore, her mother was not confident to send her to primary regular school for
her safety. She isn’t capable of understanding social communication, and
anticipate relations well and has many friends in PROVAT school but now she has
been oriented not to hug everyone. She also understands the communication and
the matter of personal space better.
It is a second chance education for children with disabilities, where DRRA follows regular
curricula along with other curricula, such as playing and learning sessions, as well as adopting
existing government curricula along with teaching materials for all types of disabilities. Being a
regular attendee of DRRA PROVAT School, She needs some flexible class sessions and teachers’
support. However, in the mainstream school with so many children and fixed sessions and
books, it is impossible for single teacher to give attention to those who needed that flexible
and extra supports. Her mother received orientation on child safeguarding and protection. Her
father is a day laborer and being the only bread winner had to work real hard to sustain the
family needs However, he still believes that her daughter can study at Government high school
like their other two sons one day.

Education Facts & Figures
671
students were
promoted to next
Level
262
WERE PROVIDED
COACHING
SUPPORT
378
Student received
different types of
Disability support
200
Educational
Institutes were
support
7,472
Students were
provided with
teaching support
68%
attendance raised
in school
226
WERE PROVIDED
EDUCATION
MATERIAL SUPPORT
4
STUDENTS were
given special
stipend support
2591
STUDENTS WERE
PROVIDE
MEDICAL
SUPPORT
97
CWDs enrolled in
Enrolled for
Special Education
1983
Materials were for
the Development of
students on Inclusive
Education
28
Students were
given COMPUTER
TRAINING support
3281
STUDENTS WERE
GIVEN THERAPY
SUPPORT
6,170
were given
transport
support
374
Meetings were held with
school management
committee regarding
progress

Livelihood & Empowerment
SELF HELP
GROUP
(SHG)
Group Approach
• FOOD PROCESSING 45
• HONEY 100
• Vermi-compost 40
• PRODUCTION CENTRE-HANDI
CRAFTS 125
• FARMING 154
• CARPENTRY UNIT 45
• GROCERY SHOP 40
ENTREPRENURE
GROUP
(INCLUSIVE)
Self Employment
(SKILL DEVELOPMENT RECEIVED FROM
GOVERNMENT)
• MUSHROOM
• AGRICULTURAL TRAINNING
• FISHING
• COW/GOAT FATTENING
• CRAB FATTENING
Family Based
Employment
• PADDY HUSKING
• KITCHEN GARDENING
• COW/GOAT REARING
• POULTRY REARING

Skills
development
trainings
Collection
Processing
Management and
Marketing
Business
Promotion
Honey:
A social business of 200
family
Skills development
trainings are
provided to
selected person
with disabilities on
honey harvesting,
processing and
marketing
Then the person with
disabilities are
involved in the whole
business of 'Sundary
Honey' by leading the
collection, processing
and even promoting
Honey in local Market
Aparajita,
A DPO mainly leads
the management
team and
marketing of these
whole social
Businesses
plan
Local level
promotions are
done by using
Community Radio/
Also attends
local and National
level
exhibition

“ Anisur, a young man with physical disabilities, is now
considered one of a prosperous crab fattening farmer in his
locality. ”
He, began his journey in Sathkhira district in 2017 with formal
training and a JIBIKA project loan. So far he has won roughly TK. For
this farm, 32,000. He is no longer financially dependable on others.
It took him a lot of hard work and dedication to accomplish this
though.
He started his training on the crab fattening process after being
chosen as the right holders. Despite having passion, experience
and property, due to lack of capital he was unable to initiate the
process of crab fattening. He went to a lot of places for a loan but
none was secure enough to give him the loan because of his
physical condition. Instead he went to the loan project at JIBIKA.
Not only did the project gave him the loan but the interest on the
debt-money was also waived. He is currently living a lifetime in
which he never again has to ask for any more loans in the future.

Livelihood Facts & Figures
14
people were
provided with
Leadership training
542
workshop &
trainings were
provided
220
capacity building
trainings were
provided
208
48
people were support
by DRRA through
business /Household
development plan
people joined the Workshop
With Youth Department 20
9
people were provided with
Carpenter Training
people were given basic
training on integrated
farming

Disability Inclusive Climate Adaptation &DRM
“DRRA addressed disability issues in its Disaster Risk
Management Program of “Community Centered Disability
inclusive Disaster Risk Management (CCDIDRM)” to
promote equitable rights and inclusion.”
The overall objective of CCDIDRM program is to reduce the vulnerability of
the targeted coastal communities through the impact of natural disasters and
climate changes, by providing them with improved inclusion approaches in
community socio-economic and disaster risk management policies and
programs.
Strategy for DIDRM & CCA: (Inclusive climate
adaptation & DRM)
• Institute Based preparedness
• Research
• Community Awareness Participation & Engagement
• Protection during disaster
• Emergency Responses
• Post Disaster Rehabilitation
• Climate Adaptations
• Recourse and Vulnerability Mapping

The Changes
DRM Facts & Figures
• Union disaster Risk Reduction Acton
Plan (RRAP) and Upazila Disaster
Management Committee (UzDMC) and
regular programs arranged inclusively
for people with disabilities and
marginalized groups;
• People with disabilities and other
vulnerable groups have increased
income through adaptation of livelihood
practices that are disaster and climate
change resilient.
• Schools have increased capacity to
prepare for and respond to disasters;
• DRRA has improved evidenced-based
knowledge on inclusive disaster risk
reduction practices and contributing to
local and national policy advocacy.
8
Family
received cash
for work
288
Warm hoody
sweater & shoes
distribution
7
Person Received
home adaptation
support
44
Individuals were trained
on Disability, Inclusive
WASH & Hygiene on
Disaster Risk situation
66
Personal/ Individual
Assistance Plan were
developed
4
Events created for
The Disaster Awareness
with students
15,000
Joined for Interactive
Awareness meeting
with community
people
1,461
Blanket
Distributed
11
Houses were
repaired

“CCDIDRM started working on field in April 2019 and formed Task Forces on
Early Warning, Search & Evacuation and First Aid in 18 wards with the members
of WDMC.”
Cyclone Bulbul's warning was issued on 07 November 2019. Immediately after receiving the
weather forecast, the Early Warning Task Forces were mobilized to all locations and started
to operate on the field with a list of individuals with disabilities, elderly people and other
vulnerable groups. The members of the task force raised the early warnings flag and
announced all the villagers. They also visited homes of persons with disabilities and informed
their parents or caregivers of the severity of the Bulbul cyclone.
As a result of all these measures and the cooperation of local people, the
attendance of people in the different cyclone shelters of Atulia and Burigoalini
before cyclone Bulbul was more visible than any previous cyclone of Fani.
WDMC and Task Force members, SBiDRMC members, CPP members, CCDIDRM
Community Volunteers, village police and government officials were all in
cyclone shelter. All the people who took shelter there were given the food and
services they needed to survive the disaster.
The President and the leaders of the Union took care of the people at their best.
Female members of the UP took care of all women who were at the shelter, emphasing
esp on persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities and other
disadvantaged groups. It stormed severely for more than 6 hours. And once
it settled , everyone went safely back home. There was no mention of any
casualties during the incident.

Rights & Social Inclusion
“Solely based on activities for people to receive
personal assistance by organizing and promoting
cultural and educational events through government/
non-government/ community based institutions and
associations.”
Activities are the major component of this program
which are as follows:
• Linkage with government, non-government and community based
institutions/people for receiving personal assistance
• Inclusion with local government and various socio-political
committees;
• Sensitization of community/family on relationships, marriage, sex,
values, behavior to children and people with disabilities etc.
• Organizing/promoting cultural activities and other recreation, leisure
and sports activities for and by the person with disabilities etc.

The term 'Dalit' is academically applied to all minority Hindu
casts- who are the most marginalized and discriminated
group in their community and Astomi malo is one of them.
She was born in the midst of minority lineage society under a poverty-stricken
farmer’s family with a very limited upbringing. The twist on top of that was her
physical disability; which has brought her some unusual challenges while growing
up to her adulthood.
“Her professional positions and achievements have given her the
platform and the voice where she can contribute to uplifting for the
cause of womanhood and disability.”
Few memorable of them are when:
She was awarded for the 1st time for being a strong leader in women’s category
on national Begum Rokeya Anniversary day in 2013. Then again she received her
2nd award for acting as a strength and pillar of womanhood in 2017.
During this period she has cultivated a lot of skills to properly improvise it in her
work among them some areas follows-official and personal level advocacy,
GO & NGO coordination,
emergency sustains solving.

100
CBOS and DPOs were
provided Leadership
training
55
EVENTS WERE CREATED
FOR AWARENESS
PROGRAMME
Rights/Social Inclusion
Facts & Figures
480
people from Focus group
discussion were given education
on Domestic violence
9,295
PEOPLE JOINED FOR MEDIA
CAMPAIGN AND AWARENESS
PROGRAMME
176
were Provide training from
Union Parishad members on
Gender and Social Inclusion
15,000
people joined
Interactive Awareness
meeting of community
people
596
INDIVIDUAL PERSON
WITH DISABILITIES WERE
ENSURE SOCIAL SUPPORT

Policy Advocacy & Networking
“DRRA’s advocacy focuses on addressing for protection and promotion
the rights of the persons with disabilities especially children and women. It
works with all its partners towards the attainment of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) and the realization of the vision of peace and
social progress.
The human rights-based approach is at the heart of all DRRA advocacies,
with
Guiding principles are provided by the UNCRPD. Other keystones are
CEDAW and the UNCRC.“
Our Strategies:
1. Functional relationship with visible leadership with local, national &
international networks
2. Join different thematic alliances on disability and Development
3. Grassroots level non formal networking with DPOs, CBOs for
advocacy and awareness
4. Working directly with Govt and local Govt. to make the disability
issue mainstreaming
5. Working with Human rights commission and legal support
organization
6. Knowledge-based Advocacy & Lobbying for adaptation &
implication of policy & legislation

Meet
The Change
Makers
“ZERO Project Award 2020”
An International Recognition of DRRA’s work has
just been felicitated at the prestigious Zero Project
Awards in Vienna at the United Nations in the
category ‘Innovative Practice 2020 on Inclusive
Education and ICT’. DRRA’s education model was
awarded which was started in 1998 and offers a
holistic model for supporting children with a variety
of disabilities to achieve more in school.
The programme provides learning materials,
assistive materials, financial support, and training
for teachers, and has supported around 8,000
children in furthering their education.

Blast
Past

ignificant
chievements:
● We are working with the
Government as a partner of
disability inclusive health system
in Bangladesh;
● We are working with 200 DPOs and
CBOs in 26 districts across the
country for social change towards
disability inclusive development;
● We developed an online data base
for 1.2 million of persons with
disabilities by using software where
disability identification and tracking is
possible;
● We developed an Educational
Model for all children "No one left
behind "
● One of the leading members of
Global CBR-CBID network and
currently the member of the
Executive Committee of Global
CBR Network;
● Also one of the leading member
of the LINC network for inclusive
community, supporting by Liliane
Fonds, the Netherlands
● We are also the Strategic
Partner Organization of Liliane
Fonds, the Netherlands;
● We have been leading organizer
of Inclusive Health Alliance in
Bangladesh since 2016;
● Won prestigious Zero Project
Award in Vienna at the United
Nations in the category
‘Innovative Practice 2020 on
Inclusive Education and ICT’.
● We are an active member of all
national disability networks of
Bangladesh such as NFOWD, SDG
Forum onDisability, Inclusive
education Group etc.
● In last 22 years, DRRA received
many National and international
awards, including the Nelson
Mandela award in 2016, Mother
Teresa award in 2015,
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib
award in 2014.

“Our Team Commitment for Inclusion of A Better Society”
In these 25 years of infancy to adulthood DRRA has directly touched the lives of more than a million people with
disabilities along with their families and since it has been operating its program in 35 districts, 52 upazilas, 310 unions
and 2985 villages all-around of Bangladesh.
We have a total of 325 staff who are direct and indirectly operating for the organization and programs. Among the
total staff, less than 5% holds senior level, 13% work in mid-level management and rest of the 82% are in field level
positions. The 41% of the total staff are females, 34% staffs are people with disabilities. In addition, DRRA has over 100
regular volunteers and around 350 person are with disabilities working as volunteers in the community supporting our
causes and spreading the words of awareness.

Our
Team
Board of Trustees
DRRA is governed by a diverse Board of Trustees with backgrounds from different financial institutions, non-profit organizations, universities,
and government agencies. Our Board of Trustees is responsible for the government, strategy development, internal control, approval of the
policies and procedures, legal review and financial audit.
Directors and Advisory Bodies
We work with advisors from Nation/Int Level with expertise to assist us with the training and capacity building services.
Executive Management
Our executive staff have years of experience and background in non-profit management, business, academia, and government.
Our team also includes local and international associates, trainers, volunteers and well-wishers.
General Management
Our general team members are very precious as they are the movers and shakers who looks after the things at ground levels so that we can
sit on the bottom and look after the priorities to make the differences in the society.

Our
National/International
Supporters,
Partners
&
Donors

Partners All Around Bangladesh:
• CTW-Come To Work
• PSUS - Prattasha Samazik Unnayan Sangstha
• GUK- Gana Unnayan KendraDipshika
• NUS - Narrikantha Unnyan Sangstha
• Dipshika
• Access Bangladesh
• AID- AID Foundation
• BACHTE SHEKHA
• Ashraf Foundation
• BSKS - Barinagar Samaj Kalyan Sangstha
• IDEAL- Institute of Development Education for Advance of Landless
• PCC- Protibondhi Community Center
• BPUS- Bangladesh Protibondhi Unnayan Sangstha
• NOWZUWAN
• Songshoptaque
• MANOSIKA
• AWAC- Association for Women Empowerment and Child Rights
• Narrikontho
• CRP- Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed
• BESDA- Balanced Economic & Social Development Association
• ONUS- Oporajita Narri Unnyan Sangstha

We couldn’t have done it without the generosity and support of our national and international partners,
who dived in to strengthen us in each of our initiation, in creating our vision possible in reality.
In hopes of building- A better society, A better environment..
Our Heartiest thanks goes to them!!

CONTACT US:
• 02- 9140162, 9129423
• info@drra-bd.org
• www.drra-bd.org
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