UNION OF MYANMAR

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Education and protection

FUNDING

• Funding: EuropeAid (75%), Fondation Lord Michelham of Hellingly

Disabled people are among the most vulnerable people in Burma: not only are they socially excluded, they represent a weight for their families because they have low access to sources of income. TGH is supporting the Eden Center for Disabled Children (ECDC) - an important organisation in the area of disability in Burma – by consolidating and strengthening its efficiency and autonomy.

This programme is part of the recommendations of the national drafted by the social welfare department:

• Raise awareness about the rights and needs of disabled people;
• Provide training about an inclusive and participative approach to disability;
• Develop Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) by building networks;
• Improve access to integration services;
• Run awareness campaigns in the media;
• Develop access to free education for disabled children,

The general objective of this programme is to help provide adequate assistance to disabled people (medical and paramedical services, social and economic rehabilitation) and, in particular, to improve the level of assistance given to disabled people via training schemes and supporting local development projects. 

Expected results:

• Strengthen the capacities of the Eden Center (project and budget management, project planning, income-generating activities), to increase the organisation's financial autonomy; 
• Improve the impact of the Eden Center's activities in favour of disabled people by strengthening the technical capacities of the centre and creating a research department;
• Improve social integration and promote the rights of disabled people through Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) and various training actions aimed at people involved in disability management.