Community Based Rehabilitation Projects (CBR)

CBR projects have been designed exclusively for the visually handicapped in rural areas in order to deliver rehabilitation services at their door step. NAB's field staff give training to rural visually handicapped in their houses so that they are trained in their own surroundings and the immediate family and other members of the rural committee are also involved in the program. They are taught mobility, rehabilitation and the family trade or the local area trade to make them self sufficient and a useful member of the community.

Rehabilitation in a village

As 80% of the visually impaired are in rural areas and do not have access to Institutional-Based Services, NAB-KB attempts to reach out to this section in the rural areas of Karnataka.

Curriculum:

Specially trained field staff deliver at the doorstep of the client services like:

Orientation and Mobility
Daily Living Skills
Counseling

Note:

Members of the family and the community are involved in his/her rehabilitation.
Younger Children are admitted to schools.
Senior Citizens are provided training in Mobility and Occupations that they can do in the house.
Working age groups are trained in rural economical activities like: Coil rope/mat making, Cattle rearing, Poultry keeping, Bee keeping, Farm work, Sericulture, Horticulture, milk/egg/vegetable/fruits/ice candy Selling, Setting up petty shops etc.
Visually Disabled persons are referred to appropriate centers for special training.
Visually Disabled persons are assisted by our Field Staff, either in Training or Total Rehabilitation.
Visually Disabled persons are helped to get all the facilities provided by the government like Social Security Pension, Bus Pass etc.

Statistics

Of the total 176 taluks in Karnataka, NAB have covered 39 taluks uptill 31 March, 2002

Total number of villages surveyed: 13,026

No. of visually challenged persons identified: 15,731

No. of visually challenged persons given training in orientation, mobility and daily living skills: 9,056

No. of visually challenged persons given vocational training and rehabilitated: 6,908

No. of other disabled persons given vocational training and rehabilitated: 681

No. of visually challenged children assisted to get admission to schools: 548

No. of other disabled children assisted to get admission to schools: 247

No. of visually challenged persons assisted to get bank/IRDP loans to start own business: 382

No. of visually challenged persons assisted to get Govt. handicap pension: 6,280

No. of other disabled persons assisted to get Govt. handicap pension: 288

No. of visually challenged persons assisted to get Bus passes: 2,254

For more details, Please call on to HOD at +91-80-25281439 /2 5281590 or E-mail to HOD-CBR