(USADC) - Projects and Programs :

Community Based Rehabilitation program (CBR)             

Definition: Community Based Rehabilitation CBR. Project is a strategy for the society development. It is an effort put forward to change the society with the cooperation of disabled, the family of the disabled and the local community. The administration of this program is carried out by the CBR working group headed by a representative from the board of director, the members of this group are professionals from different background and their main duties are to put the strategic plans for the program and supervising the implementation of the activities at community levels. Local CBR committees are formed in the three targeted areas and they are responsible from motivating the families of the disabled children and community as whole to take their responsibilities towards the disabled children. The third group on this working bodies are the volunteers who are directly deals with the disabled children through home visit on a regular basses, this group attended special training program provide them with the required kills and competencies to interact with the disabled children during the visit. The CBR program before implemented in the three targeted areas in Omdurman, all the working bodies received special training during 2000 – 2002. An Italian expertise Miss Elena Medi organized training package first for Community Based Rehabilitation Working Group (CBRWG), the program was directed towards provide the committee with the competences and skills of forming strategic plans and supervision of the programs and presented some experiences of other countries.

At the second level and after the local committees'' selected, they attended training by Elena medi. The min objective of the training was to provide the committees with the knowledge and skills to supervise the activities at the community level. At the same time the local committee helps in raising the community awareness towards disability issues, to check that the disabled child have the same opportunities in all social services and activities and in disability prevention.

The volunteers were the last group received more specialized training package divided into three modules by the same Italian expertise. 30 volunteers from Bugga and Abbassia and joined in the last module by volunteers from Dar ELsalamm. The main objective of the training was to make the volunteers capable to work with the disable child and the family. Information about the different areas of disabilities presented as theoretical part followed by home visits, collection of data from the community and visited some centers and institutions as practical part. During the training the volunteers has the chance to form the first group of the children in the program. Since that time the home visits started and at the end of every month the volunteers use to submit report reflected their activities with the children to the CBR coordinator. Later the coordinator analysis the reports and identified the needs of the children and the best ways to solve their problems.

The Vocational Training Center (VTC):
 
This center opened in November 2004 and it’s the first vocational center in Sudan for the teenage (( 13 up to 21 )) children with special needs. The students receive special vocational training in Paper recycling, pottery, Bakery and Carpentry in addition to developing reading and writing skills. The syllabuses make special consideration to religious discipline and psychological issues. We are looking forwards to add other fields such as Computer studies, Gardening and Home Sciences (kitchen).

The beneficiaries from the center are all disabled group expects those who have very serious and severe disability that restrict their movement. The teenage students stay for three years in the center and received theoretical and practical studies that makes’ them ready to have job and helps in developing themselves, communities and their countries as well.

Student are accepted in the VTC after an interviewed by special committee from professionals who examined him/her through different tests to find its readiness for the vocational training.

The training syllabus is designed to consider the individuals differences among the target group. Some children stay for limited observational period and the committee decided the best for student either in the VTC or to be transfers to other special institution more relevant to their cases.

The academic staff and the administration of the VTC are professionals on this field and competent enough to deal with individual differences and easy communicate with the students. There are continuous re-training programs for the staff an administrator who are following strategy and scientific methods reflected its positive effectiveness in the continuation of the work.

As mentioned above there is special syllabus approved by the Ministry of Education – the department of special education. It’s flexible and easy to implement since it considered the different changes. At the end of every term there are many ways and methods to evaluate the student performance according to the needs and abilities.

The VTC services are not limited to the vocational and academic activities but special consideration is paid towards providing the nutrition (breakfast and snake presented), health and families relations. This a brief information about the VTC and we are very proud of it and work very hard to make it going forwards to becomes one of the distinguished vocational Center in and out Sudan.

The Rehabilitation Project:

It’s one of the promises projects for USADC and expected to have our own rehabilitation center soon. The main objective of this project is to provide different rehabilitation services to disabled groups and develop their abilities and skills by providing different aids that helps in reducing the effect of their disabilities.

Although the Center is not established yet but there are many activities going on by the Rehabilitation working committee. Referring to other institutions in Khartoum State is the main activity of this committee. USADC is having strong relations with Cheshire Home, NAPO, and Walideen Charity Hospital for vision problems, Fajir and ELanees institutes for communications and speech development, Ahfad Health Center, Abue Roof Clinic, Omdurman Educational Hospital and some professionals in different fields of specialization.

What is mentioned are very brief information about USADC activities and its achievements and we would like to direct your attention to the fact that since it existence the association involved and participate in many activities related to the disabled children at Khartoum State level whether it formal or informal.