Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services for Uganda (CORSU)
Project Number: P2429
CBM is supporting the new disability hospital in Uganda called CORSU (Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services for Uganda).
The project will help to prevent disability and reduce the consequence of impairment through the provision of accessible, affordable and high quality medical rehabilitation services for people with disability prioritizing physical disability in children and visual disability.
The project objectives include:
- The alleviation of poverty by improving the quality of life specifically for disadvantaged persons living with disability as well as their families.
- The full inclusion of people with disability into community life, enabling them to claim and use their legitimate human rights, like education, participation in income generating activities and cultural respect and tolerance.
Specifically, the project will improve the quality of life of people with disability in Uganda and neighbouring countries by strengthening and developing an active network of service providers, thus preventing disability and reducing the consequences of impairment through the provision of accessible, affordable and high quality medical rehabilitation services for people with disability, prioritizing physical disability in children and visual disability.