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Glossary

disability

Short Description: What is disability?

Long Description: 

The term disability denotes the interaction between a person with an impairment or functional limitation arising from a person’s physical, intellectual, or mental condition and the negative barriers of the environment (including attitudes and beliefs, etc.) which result in social exclusion, increased exposure and vulnerability to poverty. Disability is largely a
social and development issue.

what´s happening

CCBRT celebrates International Day to End Obstetric Fistula 2013
Celebrations to mark the first ever International Day to End Obstetric Fistula kick off in Bukoba!
CCBRT advocates for the mainstreaming of disability

personal stories

Wednesday, 2010-06-23 10:19

 It is 4pm and the sun is still extremely hot in the hills far beyond the outskirts of...

CCBRT statistics
In 2012 we
  • carried out 501 fistula surgeries
  • performed 7750 eye surgeries 
  • received 243 club feet patients for surgery
  • performed 428 cleft lip/palate surgeries
  • carried out 855 plastic/reconstructive and other orthopaedic surgeries
  • produced 1347 prosthetics and orthotics

changing lives

Wandugu was playing with his father's tools when he poked himself in the eye. Unable to see, his parents brought him to CCBRT where an operation means that he can now see again properly.