BRAC

Grant announced: July 7, 2010
Grant amount: $250,000
Location: Port-au-Prince
Key Partners: American Jewish World Service, Child Relief International,and Grapes for Humanity/US

Please click here to download the BRAC Fact Sheet.


A Haitian child attends physical therapy.

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund awarded a grant to BRAC to establish a Haitian Limb and Brace Center that will provide prosthetic and orthotic services to over 1,500 Haitians by December 2011. Its aim is to enable disabled youth to return to school and disabled adults to rejoin the Haitian workforce.

BRAC provides low-cost, quality, technologically-appropriate artificial limbs and braces to help increase the mobility of disabled persons. All prosthetics and orthotics are manufactured on site where services are provided, including physical therapy and other rehabilitation needs. BRAC employs Haitian physicians with the goal of having a fully Haitian staff by 2012.


Practicing on the rehabilitation bars in BRAC's courtyard.

Transforming Lives and Livelihoods
With support of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, BRAC plans to:

  • Provide sustainable, affordable care and treatment for disabled persons.
  • Establish a referral network with other NGOs, government agencies, and health care providers to reach those in need throughout Haiti.
  • Develop local capacity to treat, manage, and support disabled persons.


BRAC staff prepare prosthetic legs for distribution.  
       


One of BRAC's beneficiaries is fitted with a new prosthetic leg.

About BRAC
BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) is an international humanitarian and development organization that promotes strategies to alleviate poverty and empower the poor through programs in the areas of Microfinance, Livelihood Development, Health and Water, Education, Rights and Equity, and Emergency Relief & Environment. Their vision is a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination where everyone has the opportunity to realize his or her potential.