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Community Based Rehabilitation
Program (CBR)
Community Based Rehabilitation
(CBR) program is a community development strategy in which
Persons With Disabilities, parents and rehabilitation workers
are involved in the rehabilitation process to improve the
life of children with cross disabilities such as mental
retardation, cerebral palsy, developmental delay and multiple
disabilities. The rehabilitation workers transfer Activity
of Daily Living for the parents of children under the program.
Skills such as proper positioning, simple exercise therapy,
feeding, bathing, dressing and mobility orientation for
visually impaired children and sign language for hearing
impaired children are provided.
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Cheshire CBR mainly
focuses on rehabilitation of children with developmental
disorder, physical and sensor of problems. It also provides
socio-economic empowerment and livelihood support. CBR program
is being implemented in Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Harar and
Awassa.
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