Cbm helped millions of persons with disabilities and atrisk of disabilities improve their lives and end the vicious cycle of poverty and disability. A manual for health facilities should be developed. Findings from the study will inform the development. The africa east regional hub is based in nairobi, the capital city of kenya. Dochas and disability federation ireland hosted a conference on inclusive. Comprehensive community based rehabilitation tanzania, moshitanzania. At cbm, we seek to ensure people with disabilities are not left behind by amplifying the global demand for sustainable inclusion through quality programming, influencing international development policy and providing quality technical support to development and humanitarian actors. Blindness, cataract, cbm, child, disability, tanzania. Context situation of persons with disabilities in tanzania according to the national disability survey, 2008. Association amici di raoul follereau aifo, christian blind mission cbm and the world health organization disability and. Tanzania for children with disabilities range between.
Cbm christoffelblindenmission cbr communitybased rehabilitation. Late last year, i had the opportunity to meet valieth and susana, two young sisters who had been identified through a community screening. Cbm can best facilitate and support the access of children with disabilities to quality, child centered education in kenya and tanzania. We arrived at their home and were greeted by the girls grandmother fausta. Cbm s work on disability inclusive development did has evolved and is driven by our did initiative. This office oversees cbm s work in the seven eastern africa countries of ethiopia, kenya, rwanda, tanzania, uganda all core programme countries, burundi, and south sudan. In working to create a world in which persons with disabilities not only. Inclusion of persons with disabilities in social protection. Cbm released a new application to promote inclusion of persons with. Introduction1 cbm ireland is an international christian. This is further framed by our commitment as an international development agency.