GCBR Programme
The Gaza Community-Based Rehabilitation (GCBR) supports children with disabilities who are living in poverty and who are unable to access health care services. Without support their health would deteriorate, they would be unable to attend school and would become isolated from their friends, family and the local community.
Individual care plans are developed for each child to increase their independence, freedom and quality of life to the extent possible.
Over the past few years, we have been able to support over 2,400 children with physical and mental disabilities, providing them with rehabilitation services and facilitating their inclusion into schools and the local community.
In our well established Gaza CBR programme, working with local partners National Society for Rehabilitation and Palestine Medical Relief Society, we have supported 2,410 children with a range of specialised and community based rehabilitation services including over 13,440 physiotherapy and occupational therapy sessions. Through these sessions, children learnt basic exercise routines to better manage daily life activities. A range of specialized assistive devices such as wheelchairs, elbow crutches, and walking frames were distributed to children to improve their mobility and overall independence. Throughout our programme, we continue to deliver medical follow up sessions, providing children with medical kits, and essential medications for the treatment of wounds, ulcers and infections.
To increase their knowledge on issues surrounding rehabilitation, mothers and community members attended awareness sessions where they received training on first aid management and given advice on the importance of a healthy diet for children with disabilities. Parents were also trained on how to maintain the daily exercise routines in order to improve their child’s independence. There was a significant improvement noted in the mother’s knowledge on rehabilitation issues; after the activities parents expressed how happy they were to have learnt new techniques in providing better care for children.
Rehabilitation Services and Awareness Sessions
Number of beneficiaries
Physiotherapy sessions
716
Occupational therapy sessions
364
Activities of daily living sessions
153
Provision of assistive devices
511
Psycho-social sessions
358
Mothers awareness sessions
689
Community awareness sessions
1509
Medical follow up services, and provision of medical kits
106
Our latest project
Emergency Community Based Rehabilitation Services for Children with Serious Injuries and Disabilities
This year long project began in April 2016 to improve the health, mobility and living conditions of children with disabilities (CwD) in Gaza and increase their inclusion in the community. The project reached out to 1,297 children (297 more than originally planned) with a wide range of services:
Gaza Community Based Rehabilitation Appeal
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