Integrated Services for the Handicapped People of Bujumbura
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| Project Name: | Integrated Services for the Handicapped People of Bujumbura |
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| Project Description: |
School for Blind / Visually Disabled Children School for Deaf / Hearing Disabled Children CBR Programme / Service for Physically Disabled People Eye Care Programme for Blind / Visually Disabled |
| Location: | Burundi, Bujumbura |
| Campaign: | Vision 2020 |
| Project Information: | This Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) programme in Bujumbura covers a population of approximately 400.000 people. Services to people living with physical and visual disabilities are rendered through home visits by fieldworkers. The CBR project also offers support to a school for deaf children and a small eye unit which runs a weekly consultation and operating day. Peaceful presidential elections were held in Burundi in 2005 bringing an end to a prolonged civil war. As movement of people eases, the project received more referral patients from other projects. Additionally, visits by expatriate ophthalmologists have also contributed to the project's output in the different fields of intervention. |
Related Projects in Burundi
| by Country: | Burundi |
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| by Campaign: | Vision 2020 |
| by Field of Work: |
Projects for People with Visual Impairment Projects for People with Hearing Impairment Community-Based Rehabilitation |
| by Clinical Condition: | Cataract Glaucoma |
