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CBR encourages people with disabilities and their families to come together and to support them in forming self help-groups.
Self-help groups are a key element of CBR. They can be a means to effectively work towards ownership of disability initiatives by persons with disabilities themselves.
Learn how a series of successful self-help groups were set up for landmine survivors and other people with disabilities in Viet Nam
The Landmine Survivors Network (LSN) started working in the Quang Binh Province of Viet Nam in 2003, where the network has helped establish 15 self-help groups for landmine survivors. Many of these survivors have injury related impairments; but a unique characteristic of the groups is that they also include people with disabilities unrelated to conflict.
These groups aim to facilitate the process of self-empowerment by:
The ultimate goal of LSN-Viet Nam is to have a self-help group in each commune. Outreach workers from LSN-Viet Nam, many of whom have a disability, are responsible for supporting communes that have expressed an interest in forming a self-help group.
These workers:
Many self-help groups have assumed responsibility for the National Day of People with Disabilities in Viet Nam by setting the agenda for the day and leading public celebrations.
One of the greatest achievements of the self-help groups is the impact they have had on raising awareness among local authorities about the needs of people with disabilities and the important participatory role people with disabilities can play in addressing their needs.
