Roles of Stakeholders in CBR Yogendra Giri Program Director Karuna foundation Nepal yogendragiree@gmail.com Presented at: 2nd CBR World Congress Malaysia

Outline of Presentation Introduction to Karuna Foundation Nepal Background on Inspire2Care Model Roles of Stakeholders in CBR Results Conclusion

Introduction An entrepreneurial development Nepali organization Established in 2007 Works for Prevention of avoidable childhood disabilities, and Improvement in the quality of lives of children and adults with disabilities through Community Based Rehabilitation Also involves in Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Management

Inspire2Care-Background Inspire2Care model aims at: Preventing avoidable disabilities among children and adults Improving quality of lives of persons with disabilities and their families through CBR

Core Principles of Inspire2Care Partnership with Local Government Cost Sharing with Community Local Responsibility and Ownership

Approaches of Inspire2Care Primary & secondary prevention of child disability Disability Centered Community Development Mobilization of local resources Leadership Capacity development Lobby & advocacy for equal rights and opportunities for persons with disability Positive attitude change and enabling environment for disability

Coverage 31 Villages of eastern part of Nepal Persons with disabilities covered from the program- 2,542 Women with reproductive age- 29,204 Children below 5 years- 14,502

Layers of Stakeholders in CBR Central level stakeholders District level stakeholders Community level Stakeholders Primary Stakeholders Ministry of Women children and Social welfare, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health National Federation of Disabled Nepal I/NGOs working in disability sector Office of District Development Committee District Education Office Women and Children Development Office District Health Office Political Parties Disabled People’s Organizations and NGOs Village Development Committee Health Facility Management and Operation Committee Village Disability Rehabilitation Committee Political parties Local NGOs, Schools, Child Clubs, civil society Children and adults with disabilities Families of persons with disabilities Self help group

Roles of Stakeholders Primary Stakeholders Need identification Develop Plan for rehabilitation of each individual person with disabilities Organize in Self help groups Lobby and advocate with all community level stakeholders to make enabling environment and to mobilize resources

Community level stakeholders Identification of person with disabilities - 2542 Allocated fund for program at local level- at least USD 2500-4000 Implement plan of CBR Monitoring the program Ensure participation of persons with disabilities in all developmental activities Construct disability friendly infrastructures Fund comes from VDC office, DDC office, local people

District level stakeholders Create environment in the district to implement CBR program Allocate fund for CBR program from district line agencies Monitor and evaluate the program

Central level stakeholders Develop policy and guidelines to implement CBR in the country Create employment opportunities for persons with disabilities Allocate budget for CBR program in the country Support to implement program in the districts

Results Persons with disabilities are included in government local community structures i.e. School Management Committee, Health Facility Management and Operation committee, Child Clubs and other committees Increased participation of persons with disabilities from need identification to benefit sharing- Leading towards inclusive society Developed profile and plan for 2542 persons with disabilities. Livelihood program for persons with disabilities and their families is going on in every community through self help group Fund has been generated at local level- around USD 2,500 per year in every village (USD 70,000 in the year 2016)

Results contd… Inclusive education has been promoted in the community Disability friendly constructions (schools, health post) 500 plus persons with disabilities benefitted from employment opportunities Disability act and CBR guideline in the verge of amendment.

We look Forward to Sharing and learning experience and knowledge Joining hands to reach more persons with a disabilities and create disability inclusive communities, LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND Explain about expansion plan of Karuna Netherlands

TOGETHER WE CAN