Authors

1. Jovincia GBADI      2.Dr Roch Christian JOHNSON       3.Sérena ADEOTI

The Ouidah Anti Leprosy Treatment Center (CTAL) was created in 1935 to provide holistic care for leprosy patients. This center is supported by Raoul Follereau Foundation (RFF). Since three years, the CTAL Ouidah initiated in partnership with Raoul Follereau Foundation the pilot project CBR Ouidah. 15% ! This is the percentage of people with disabilities in the world's population (1), making people with disabilities the largest minority in the world (2); according to the World Bank, 20% of the poorest people in the world are disabled (3), especially in developing countries. Benin currently has 102,997 disabled people (RGPH 4). Often, they are victims of stigma and discrimination and have limited access to health care, education and livelihood opportunities. The most common disabilities in Ouidah are cerebral palsy, profound deafness, blindness, sequelae of meningitis, and severe personality disorders. The Ouidah CBR project proposes to take care of people with disabilities in an inclusive way, due to leprosy and other etiologies. CBR's strategy is transversal because it takes into account four aspects: health, education, livelihoods and social. Activities were conducted on each component of CBR. In the field of health have been realized: Self-care for leprosy patients; re-education sessions at the contact area of ​​31 disabled children; consultation of health specialists according to the disability of 25 children;  surgical operations fully and / or partially funded by the FRF to 4 children requiring surgery. (including the operation of ODONNOU Armandine, a 6-year-old girl with a congenital malformation.

In the field of education: Registration of a visually impaired child in a specialized school for the visually impaired; enrollment of 2 children in kindergarten; Mobile class mobile school activity for 20 children and young people with disabilities. In the field of means of subsistence: Eleven (11) patients with leprosy receive professional training in agropastoral; two (02) parents of children with disabilities received  IGA support. In the social field: 65 children and young people with disabilities receive at least one visit per month and two or three if needed; parents of disabled people benefit from a quarterly coaching and sharing of experiences. Several activities were carried out thanks to the support of the Raoul FOLLEREAU Foundation.

Outreach activities are intensifying to achieve a more resilient society for people with disabilities. All things considered, hand, people with disabilities have special needs to achieve greater independence Keys words: Rehabilitation, health, Ouidah

Sources: 1. World Health Organization, World Bank. World Report on Disability 2011. Geneva: WHO editions; 2012. 2. United Nations. (page consulted on 12/01/14). Persons with disabilities, [online]. http://www.un.org/fr/globalissues/disabilities/ 3. Braithwaite J, Mount D. Disability and Poverty: A Survey of World Bank Poverty Assessments and Implications. Washington: Social Protection and Labor, World Bank; 2008.