Village Mobile based Rehabilitation Initiative

We are leveraging technology to improve development of children with disabilities and empower their caregivers.
According to the WHO, “If children with development delays are not provided with appropriate early intervention, their difficulties can lead to lifetime consequences, increased poverty and profound exclusion.” Currently in Eastern region, Uganda, there are 102,600 children with disabilities in age 0-6.
85% of children have no access to EI therapy because of a lack of rehab specialists in rural areas and long distance to urban EI centers. Our project is to provide therapy for children in their own homes through Community Rehabilitation Workers (CRWs). CRWs are guided and monitored by rehabilitation specialists through an app we have developed called Village- Mobile Based Rehabilitation (VmBRP). This solution can be adopted globally as it helps overcome the lack of availability of rehab specialists in rural areas and leverages technology to connect community workers to specialists to provide therapy in a child’s own home. Find out more: https://youtu.be/LEXYumycljY