The Cambodia Trust's projects are making an impact across the developing world
We run three prosthetics/orthotics training centres in Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. In Cambodia we also run three rehabilitation centres and a community-based rehabilitation programme.
In Cambodia
- 154 students have graduated from our training centre, CSPO, including enough prosthetist/orthotists to staff all the rehabilitation centres in Cambodia.
- CSPO has also trained students from Afghanistan, Burma, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Georgia, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Timor Leste.
- Each qualified prosthetist/orthotist has the capacity to prescribe and fit around 250-270 devices a year. Allowing for the number of graduates who have progressed to become teachers and managers, we estimate that around 27,000-30,000 limbs and braces are now being fitted by CSPO graduates every year.
- 18 prosthetist/orthotists from Cambodia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Lao PDR graduated from CSPO’s Bachelor Degree programme in collaboration with La Trobe University, Melbourne. They are the future lecturers and leaders of prosthetic and orthotic services in the developing world. Training prosthetist/orthotists to this level has allowed us to hand over all teaching posts at CSPO to Cambodian experts. In 2010 a Cambodian, Sisary Kheng, will take over as CSPO Manager, marking a milestone in our development.
Last year...
- 1,942 prosthetic limbs and orthoses were fitted and 1,514 were repaired by local staff at our 3 rehabilitation centres, helping to increase mobility for persons with disabilities affected by landmine/UXO accidents, polio, cerebral palsy, club foot and other conditions.
- 127 wheelchairs were distributed.
- 1,929 physiotherapy assessments and 5,507 physiotherapy treatment sessions were given.
- 4,835 people attended our rehabilitation centres including 1,232 new clients.
- 236 children with disabilities received support to enable them to attend school.
- 31 ramps and handrails were installed in schools to improve access for disabled children.
- Bicycles were provided for 40 children with disabilities.
- Small grants were made to 200 adults with disabilities to help them set up small businesses.
- 144 disabled adults were supported to start vocational or on-the-job training courses.
- 78 community meetings were conducted to raise awareness about disability issues.
- 11 disability rights workshops were held.
in Sri Lanka...
- We have established the country's first prosthetics/orthotics training centre, the Sri Lanka School of Prosthetics & Orthotics (SLSPO).
- 24 students have graduated as Category II prosthetist-orthotists: the first students to be fully trained in Sri Lanka.
- 4 Cambodian staff were seconded to SLSPO in an example of South-South co-operation.
- 300 clients were referred to SLSPO to receive their first prosthetic / orthotic devices.
A short film which demonstrates the impact of our work in Sri Lanka
in Timor Leste...
- We have established and handed over the nation's first rehabilitation centre for people with disabilities.
- 1 student has graduated from CSPO and returned to Timor Leste to develop and provide rehabilitation services at ASSERT.
- 2 students from Timor Leste began training as occupational therapists and 1 began studying prosthetics and orthotics at CSPO.
- Wheelchair services have been launched and training provided in partnership with Motivation Development Trust.
- 3 Cambodian staff were seconded to ASSERT to help build local capacity and strengthen processes.
- 20 staff from ASSERT and partner organisations graduated from the first Rehabilitation Training Programme.
- 591 clients attended the rehabilitation centre.
- 130 physiotherapy assessments were given.
- 88 prostheses / orthoses were provided.
- 50 prostheses / orthoses were repaired.
- 75 wheelchairs were delivered.
in Indonesia...
- We have established the Jakarta School of Prosthetics & Orthotics. The school has ambitions to become a 'train the trainers' facility.
- 29 student prosthetist-orthotists began studying at JSPO in 2009.
- 5 Indonesians have begun training as teachers at TATCOT - the Tanzania Training Centre for Orthopaedic Technology. They will be the future lecturers and mentors at JSPO.
