5.2 Profile of Non-governmental Organizations of/ for Persons with Disabilities

1. Capacity-building and manage their institutions through the direct work of self-help groups of PWD in their villages and communes.
2. Training local resource persons working to develop their community (including income generation, saving and credit) to ensure their long-term sustainability.
3. Training other NGOs on disability awareness, and development work and advocacy for the inclusion of PWD.

• A health care program for disabled persons with an educational component.
• Group home for poor children with physical disabilities, enabling them to attend school
• Vocational skills training center for PWD

• Community work with PWD
• Integrated sustainable livelihoods
• Building local capacities for nonviolence

• Vocational Training Center for PWD
• Wheelchair workshop project
• Health care project

Target-All people with visual impairments.
Objectives:

1. To establish, maintain and expand representation in Cambodia with the means of receiving and disseminating information from the ABC, and to assist in conducting research.
2. To train a number of blind Cambodians in massage and to help them establish a massage business and advance the training of a number of other blind masseurs.
3. To establish a library, training, and meeting facility and produce an ABC Braille magazine.
4. To teach English to the ABC Board staff and support blind schools with English instruction.
5. To foster full participation of the blind in the educational system at all levels, sports, community/family-based rehabilitation programs, training/job-related skills, and cultural activities.
6. To improve the physical and mental outlook of blind people through motivation and training.
7. To educate, and train blind persons in new technological developments and to find ways to utilize these developments for their support and development. To foster community/family-based rehabilitation programs to support the blind. Activities : Library and Training Facility, English Language Training, Sports for the Blind, Community-based Rehabilitation, Musical Training, Businesses for the Blind, Center for Training, School for the Blind, Health Education for the Blind and Visually Impaired persons.

Tel : 855-23-362232
       855-23-2155509
Fax : 855-23-362232
Email: cdpo@camnet.com.kh

Target: All kinds of PWD
Objectives:

1. To protect the rights of PWD.
2. To improve the public image of PWD.
3. To ensure that other institutions give attention to the needs of PWD.
4. Capacity-building of PWD.
5. To facilitate and support groups and organizations PWD.
6. Do on-going research and develop new signs and provide training for deaf people.

Activities:
Initiate the development of legislation to protect the rights of PWD in collabor/liation with MOSALVY and DAC, media projects and public awareness events, participate in National and International events and sports activities, self-confidence training for PWD, networking and influencing other institutions to include PWD, direct services for PWD including referral and job creations, develop and teach sign language, and facilitate an active Women's Group, facilitate regional/provincial/community membership meetings (registration of new members), Facilitate the establishment of self-help groups of PWD including a group of visually impaired persons, establish charters in Kampot, Banteay Meanchey, Svay Rieng and Kampong Cham.
* Cambodian Sopheak Dantrey Music Ban Association was established by CDPO (has now become an independent association, but is still under the umbrella of CDPO).

• Provision of rehabilitation services free of charge including PandO and physiotherapy in the centers in Sihanoukville and Kg Chhnang.
• Referral for medical and surgical services for PWD
• Outreach program and follow-up services in Sihanoukville, Koh Kong, Kg Chhnang
• Community-based services for PWD in Koh Kong and Kg Chhnang provinces.

• To achieve the goals CADFP initiated; and plan projects such as: Income Generation, Credit Schemes
• Agriculture and Animal Training and Research, Health, Education, Vocational and Skill Training, Training for PWD
• Human Rights Training

• Skill training programs: motor, radio repair, community-based training etc.
• Encourage self-employment for PWD
• Day care for women with children
• Market research, outreach 5. Rice bank, cow bank

1. Income generation
2. Organizing community for PWD
3. Provide recreation skills
4. Promote community health
5. Rehabilitation for blind persons
6. Provide social skills

• Advocate, support and assist Cambodian children whose lives have been affected by injury from mines and UXO to have access to education, medical care and physical rehabilitation.
• Assist the child, family and community to allow injured child to have an opportunity to reach their full potential and overcome their disabilities.
• Home visits to children injured by mines, their families and communities to provide documentation of the Child's injuries, progress and needs,
• Assist children injured by mines to have a nutritional balanced diet post trauma and injury through small agricultural and fish projects, family micro-credit and vitamin supplementation.
• Assist the children injured by mines to identify activities they would like to participate in with an emphasis on sports, music and art.

1. Provide technical assistance on nutrition to the government and NGOs.
2. Build local capacity to provide primary eye care services, including screening for eye surgery
3. Prevention and treatment of vitamin A and iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) and improve overall nutrition.
4. Training of eye and health care providers and school-based education and screening for eye problems
5. Develop information, educational and communication materials.

1. Develop an association for elderly persons
2. Develop self-help groups
3. Strengthen local institutions and do capacity-building at community, provincial and national levels - Rehabilitation activities specifically targeting the most vulnerable older people
4. Advocacy and policy development

Tel: 855-23-211412
      855-23-308023
Fax: (855-23) 213751
E-mail: icrphn@camnet.com.kh

• Fit patients with prosthesis or orthotics and provide crutches or walking frames
• Provide wheelchairs or tricycles for a wide range of disabilities
• Practical training in order to ensure correct fitting of the patients
• Screen psychological problems and after primary consultation refer the patient to a specialized local organization
• Provide accommodation and meals during the treatment period (average stay is 2 weeks) and follow-up of patients

• Operate PandO Component Factory
• Provide assistance to the "Emergency" hospital where simple surgery is carried out for victims of polio. Follow-up.

• Vocational skill training for PWD
• Rural development
• Services for disabled in mine-affected communities (community outreach, nonformal education, advocacy, etc).
• Services for PWD, returnees, war affected (wheelchairs, income generation, school, nonformal education, mine ban advocacy, housing, health, outreach)
• Support war affected communities (health, childrenﾒs center, small vocational training, schools, and non-formal education).
• University education (scholarship to Asian Universities, textbook production).
• Children (temporary accommodation for handicap children, nutrition, family assistance, hearing test and aid).
• Service to vulnerable persons (community development, housing for disabled, AIDS patients, non-formal education).
• Advocacy (Landmine ban campaign, kids against war, peace, video production for advocacy).
• Asylum Seekers (Phnom Penh).
• Research (landmine monitor)

1. Protection center for children
2. Street children center
3. Permanent house, development village
4. School for the blind (Braille) and deaf
5. Shadow theatre school
6. Vocational training on boat fishing
7. Build school and maintain
8. Exhibition on Khmer heritage

• Lavalla School promotes education for physically disabled children,
• Primary school for physically handicapped children and integration of children to mainstream schools.

1. IRS (Information and Referral Service): Facilitate access of PWD to rehabilitation services, training, education and employment opportunities.
2. CBR (Community-based Rehabilitation): Provide training to key community leaders, volunteers, and rehabilitation workers on how to make rehabilitation services available to PWD within their community;
3. Research program: Aid researchers on disability issues to have access to information materials about disability and related issues;
4. Income Generation Programs: Help PWD to increase their income and for NCDP to achieve sustainability.
5. Scholarship Program: Provide opportunities for deserving young people with disabilities to have access to higher education.
6. Facilities supporting NCDP's programs and services: Handicraft Retail Outlet, Cafe Restaurant, Exhibition Area, Library/Research Center, and Conference Hall.

1. Ways of strengthening civil society
2. Development issues (research and advocacy on the impact of aid)
3. Mekong river basin development
4. Information
5. Women (gender)
6. Landmines (international campaign to ban landmines)
7. Advocacy skill training

The Nutrition Center is implementing this project in registration with the Municipal Inspectorate of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MOEYS), and in partnership with affiliated members of the DAC. The main activities of the Nutrition Center are:

1. To provide accommodation and support to orphaned and abandoned babies and children.
2. To provide accommodation and support to orphaned and abandoned children with disabilities.
3. To provide accommodation and support to HIV infected babies.