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| Rehabilitation therapy, Orthotics and Prosthetics |
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| Evaristo and Luisa with Viana centre manager (left) and Carla (front) |
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| Training - 2007. DDP trainees from Ethiopia, Nepal and various parts of India with Saraswathi (MI) |
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| Training - Ephrem from Ethiopia on a course in India |
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| Training - rehab therapy |
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The training courses established as part of MIRRTC were designed to fill a gap. Too few professionals were being trained to meet the vast rehabilitation needs in India and many of those who qualified were leaving to work abroad. This resulted in a shortage of rehabilitation technicians willing to stay and work in rural areas where most of India’s population lives.
DDP believes that training is vital to providing a quality rehabilitation service and we are committed to continuing to provide this support to all our partners. Since the Partners Training programme started in 2002, we have identified and sponsored over 30 trainees - especially supporting disabled people who are keen to learn a skill - from our partners in Bangladesh, Nepal, Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia and India.
The courses in prosthetics, orthotics and rehabilitation therapy have proved to be a huge success and returning trainees have made a real difference to the quality of services available. In 2007, following a series of assessments and curriculum changes, the courses were officially recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India and the International Society of Prosthetists and Orthotists.
Training - both in rehabilitation and other skills - is also a key component of community-based programmes such as ELO in which the capacity of individual members of target communities, particularly disabled people and their family members, is built - both to realise the programme objectives and to improve the life opportunities of those individuals and their families.
View course information at
www.mobilityindia.org/Training_Background.htm
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