Community Based Rehabilitation & Developing Countries Issues This session features recent video reports on community based services in the world, as well as overviews by international agencies.

  1. Breaking Barriers Produced 1991 by the UN Film & TV Unit to promote understanding of the Decade of Disabled Persons. It is an overview of needs of disabled people in developing countries from their points of view, interspersed with a few segments about progress in reducing architectural barriers in developed countries. It covers several reports from Asia, including the need to develop more indigenous sign language. 30 minutes - Available from: United Nations Division for Social Policy and Development, United Nations, New York, 10017 USA.
  2. Educating Communities about Disability is a video presenting various puppet shows performed throughout Guyana that were designed to communicate messages about disability. The video documents how the community-based rehabilitation workers were trained as and became puppeteers who developed their own scripts, made puppets, props and performed the shows around the country. The video is accompanied by a 62 page illustrated manual on how to make the puppets and write scripts. It also includes sample scripts on improving the communities attitudes toward disability. - Available from: Guyana CBR Programme, P.O. Box 10847, Georgetown, Guyana. Fax: 592 2 62615.
  3. Goro-Goro Cakar Pitik ("Chicken Legs") 1995 Public Education video on polio prevention, disability awareness and CBR, produced for use in Javanese community meetings. 30 minutes. - Available from: APRBM Prof. Dr. Soeharso, CBR Centre, JI.L.U. Adisucipto, Solo, Indonesia. Fax: 62 271 780 976.
  4. Introducing Children with Disabilities into Mainstream Schools Produced by the Guyana Community Based Rehabilitation Programme in 1995. It is a part of a video series partially supported by UNESCO and is designed for teachers and parents. The first "Schools for All" aims to promote the idea of enrolling children with disabilities into ordinary schools and the second "Working Together in Schools" aims to assist parents and teachers who have a disabled child already attending school. - Available from: CBR Programme, c/o EEC, PO Box 10847, Georgetown Guyana. Fax: 592-2-62615
  5. It's a Challenge (Insayeya) A winner of the 1992 RI World Congress Film Festival, it documents the growth of CBR and other services for disabled persons in a small African country, through both governmental and non-governmental support. 25 minutes. - Available from:Save the Children, Publications Sales, 17 Grove Lane, London SE5 8RD, UK, Fax: 44 171 708 2508
  6. Kamala First Prize winner from the 1994 CBR Film Festival of the International League of Societies of Persons with Mental Handicap. Story of how a mother of a child with cerebral palsy becomes a successful community worker. 20 minutes - Available from: Samadhan, J-32 South Extension Part 1, New Delhi 110049 INDIA. Fax: 91 11 621 0148
  7. Keeping in Touch: Parent Massage Instruction for Infants through the Teen Years. Although this video is not specifically designed for those working with children with disabilities, its simple and didactic instruction can be useful to train parents and others on the importance of infant stimulation for all children. The video is endorsed by the International Association of Infant Massage Instructions and uses a combination of Indian and Swedish massage techniques that both calm and stimulate the young child's senses. 60 minutes - Available from: Keeping In Touch, 5101 21st Avenue, Moline, Illinois 61265 USA.
  8. Life Must Continue is an International Labor Organization film documenting some of its major projects to stimulate employment for disabled persons in Kenya. Although the focus here is in one African country, current international approaches to community-based programs are also discussed. 40 minutes - Available from: ILO, F/REHAB, CH22 Geneva, Switzerland.
  9. Making Our Own Way is a comprehensive story about the work of people with disabilities in Namibia. It is a 45 minute video produced by OXFAM-UK and details the specific kind of self-advocacy that adults with disabilities are involved in, from liasing with the government, starting their own self-supporting vocational activities, and registering their own national organisation. The "National Organisation of Disabled People of Namibia" was formed in 1991 and the work of several individuals and the organisation is depicted. - Available from:National Organisation of Disabled People of Namibia - P. Bag 5571, Oshakati, Namibia, 20211-2277. Tel. 09 264 61 223545.
  10. The CBR Programme in Ghana, West Africa is a 29 minute video produced by the Norwegian Association of the Disabled and is designed to demonstrate how "CBR is a tool for equal opportunity and full participation for every disabled person". The video includes several soundbites from community members regarding how CBR benefited not only people with disability but the entire community. It includes several case studies of people who, for example, were previously dependent and now are active contributors to their family in a variety of ways. The project and community members state that their best achievement has been awareness creation and attitude change. The film can be used effectively where a new CBR programme has been initiated and where project staff are looking to expand the roles of various personnel. - Available from: Norwegian Association of the Disabled, Schweigaardsgt. 12, P.O.Box 9217 Vaterland, Oslo 1, 0134 Norway. Fax. 47 2 217 6177.
  11. But Who Will Chase the Elephants Away? Their names are Christopher, Steven, Hazidi, Clever and Siakatondo and all have various disabilities. There are also the mothers of deaf children, dwarfs or mentally disabled children. The camera came to them in their villages, tribes and families in several regions of Zimbabwe. They talk of their experiences in their vernacular language. Africa, it appears, views this problem in a different way and proposes solutions which deserve consideration. Directors: Alain Casanova and Monique Saladin. A 1987, 58 minutes video. English original version. - Available from: Starfilm International: 91 rue Saint Honoré 75001, Paris, France. Tel. 33 1 40 26 11 60. Fax. 33 1 45 08 80 99.
  12. Video courses produced by Leonard Cheshire Foundation International for use in training in the field of disability. One series is entitled Community and Disability and includes various aspects of community living, education and rehabilitation from countries as diverse as Hong Kong, Guyana, Jamaica, Malaysia, Morocco and others. The series entitled A Better Life is primarily for staff. Families and volunteers who work with people having mental handicap. And Training for Work illustrates a range of vocational training options for people with disabilities. All packages are available in English and are at low cost to organisations in the developing world. - Available from: Diana Khoo, Regional Training Officer, Cheshire Homes Far Eastern Region, 515Q Jalan Hashin, Tanjong Bungah, Penang, Malaysia.
  13. Videos for Working with Children with Developmental Delays is a three part series developed by UNESCO in 1992 and is intended for community workers, primary health personnel and parents of children with disabilities. Manuals accompany the videos and each video is based on work in an individual country. These include: Malawi (50 minutes), Sri Lanka (50 minutes), and Uganda (60 minutes). The cost is $40.00 each. - Available from: UNESCO, Special Needs Education, Division of Basc Education, 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07-SP, FRANCE. Fax: 33 1 45 68 56 31.
  14. Videos from 3D Projects in Jamaica, W.I.: 3D Projects is a community-based rehabilitation project (CBR) based in Jamaica. They have worked for over 20 years with a network of rural parent and community groups towards full participation and equality for children and adults with disabilities. They conduct training courses in the Jamaica, the Caribbean and internationally. The following are the titles of 12 videos with accompanying manuals on a variety of aspects of childhood disability and CBR: Parent Training, Parent-to-Parent Counselling, Child Rearing Skills, Income Generating, Teacher Orientation in Childhood Disability, Work Experience Programme, Early Detection and Intervention in Childhood Disability, Assessment of Children with Disabilities, Stroke Rehabilitation, Orientation on Disability, Drama in Community Education and Conducting Disability Surveys. Each cassette costs $30.00. - Available from: 3D Projects, 14 Monk Street, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Jamaica.
  15. Community-based Rehabilitation: Principles and Organisation is a review of the CBR services of WHO Collaborating Centre for Rehabilitation at the Sun Yat Sen University of Medical Sciences in Guangzhou, China and the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation. It includes the steps in setting up a CBR project and features Prof. Sir Harry S.Y. Fang and Prof. Zhou Dahong. 25 minutes. - Available from: Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation, WHO Collaborating Centre, 7 Sha Wan Drive, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Fax: 852 2855 1947. Email: WHO@renet.org
  16. Fundamentals of Movement is a 23 minute video that introduces CBR workers in Guangzhou, China's CBR project to normal movements and the rationale for exercise in rehabilitation. It includes: range of motion, muscle strength, and various assisted exercises. - Available from: Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation, WHO Collaborating Centre, 7 Sha Wan Drive, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Fax: 852 2855 1947. Email: WHO@renet.org
  17. Helping People with Spinal cord Injury demonstrates checking for pressure areas, strengthening exercises, transfers, wheelchair use and training for activities of daily living. It stresses an active social life and return to work. The video is 23 minutes and was filmed and edited at the Sun Yat Sen university of Medial Sciences as part of the WHO Collaborative CBR Project. - Available from: Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation, WHO Collaborating Centre, 7 Sha Wan Drive, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Fax: 852 2855 1947. Email: WHO@renet.org
  18. Helping People with Back and Neck Pain demonstrates resting positions, exercises for mobility and strength and tips to improve posture in lifting heavy objects and in performing everyday activities. It is 29 minutes and is a video of the WHO Collaborating Project in China with the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation. .-Available from: Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation, WHO Collaborating Centre, 7 Sha Wan drive, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Fax: 852 2855 1947. Email: WHO@renet.org
  19. Helping Children with Cerebral Palsy is a video from the WHO Collaborative CBR Project in Guangzhou, China. It explains common problems of infants and young children with Cerebral Palsy. It demonstrates mothers playing with and exercising their children as well as small groups of children playing and learning together. 22 minutes. - Available from: Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation, WHO Collaborative Centre, 7 Sha Wan Drive, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Fax: 852 2855 1947. Email: WHO@renet.org
  20. Helping People with Stroke is a step-by-step guide to helping the person with hemiplegia including bed exercises, sitting, standing, walking and managing daily activities. It is based at the WHO Collaborative CBR Project in Guangzhou, China. - Available from: Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation, WHO Colla-borating Centre, 7 Sha Wan Drive, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Fax: 852 2855 1947. Email: WHO@renet.org
  21. Glimpses of Global Efforts in CBR is a 45 minute compilation of the strides many in the field of community-based Rehabilitation around the world in the last decade. It was produced by Rehabilitation Internation in 1998 under the direction of Media Consultant, Barbara Kolucki and editing done by award-winning director of women's films, Mrs. Raman Mann of India. It is narrated by Anuradha Mohit, the Director of the National Association of the Blind in India. The video consists of portions from existing videos and is divided into three segments. The first concentrates on work done with children who are disabled; the second on integration of children and adults into school, work and community activities. And the third segment includes examples of landmark public education videos that include animation, puppetry, low-cost public service announcements and programmes where people with disablities are integrated into maintream media. This video provides a comprehensive overview of the "state of the art" of CBR in the 1990s and can be used for training and advocacy as well as to give CBR programmers ideas as to the types of videos they might produce. - Available from:Rehabilitation International, 25 East 21 Street, NY, NY 1010 USA. Fax: 1 212 505 0871. Email: rehabintl@international.org.
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