Community Based Rehabilitation

COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION PROGRAMME
OF
WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

                                          AUGUST-2007

WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, No. 61 MULGAMPOLA ROAD, KANDY

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

      A Documentation of such a comprehensive finish cannot be completed without the help of numerous sources and people throughout the long rugged path of success. I too realized this fact and so, I take this opportunity to thank them all.

      Personally this documentation has helped me to gain knowledge and skills to understand people with disabilities and their struggle for survival. Therefore it indeed gave me a great opportunity to study the Community Based Rehabilitation programme (CBR) of Women's Develop Centre (WDC) understand the services they provide to the people with disabilities.

      This documentation would not have been possible if not for the generosity of number of person who spent their time with me. In particular, I wish to acknowledge Ms. Pearl Stephen, Founder Director, Women's Development Centre (WDC) who prompted me to undertake this study and for giving me the guidance and support.

      I also wish to acknowledge the support and informative guidance of Ms. Dammika Podiemanike, Coordinator, WDC CBR programme.

      I extend my thank you to all the staffs of CBR programme for helping me throughout this study by providing and facilitating to obtain necessary information

      Finally, I must mention here that all those who supported me in helping me to document have done so with an expectation of a successful documentation. Such an expectation has been my source of inspiration and encouragement. I express my sincere thanks to all of them albeit that I may not be able to present their names.

      Having completed the documentation, it is my hope that it will serve as a source of information for those who are interested on the subject of community based rehabilitation especially who are interested on... [continues]

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