Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) arranged a Cleft Lip and Palate surgery camp from 5th to 13th December, 2011. The surgery camp was sponsored by APL (Bangladesh) PVT. LTD. A 9-member team led by Dr. Edward Zebovitz, Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon, from Surgeons for Smiles, USA conducted 70 operations during the camp.
Mr. Ranjit Kumar Biswas, NDC, Honorable Secretary, Ministry of Social Welfare inaugurated the Cleft Lip and Palate surgery camp on 10th December, 2011 at CRP-Savar. Among others Ms. Janet Steffens, Speech & Language Pathologist (CCC), USA; Mr. Pallab Chakrabarti, Managing Director, APL (Bangladesh) PVT. LTD and Dr. Valerie A. Taylor, Founder and coordinator of CRP were present at the ceremony.
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Mr. Akher Ali, a 28 years old farmer from Manikgonj had a neck injury after a large bag of rice fell on his neck in early January 2012. His two vertebrae were displaced resulting in impaired movement of both his upper and lower limbs. As the only earning member of the family, Mr. Ali was unsure how he would continue to finance the education of his two boys. His wife became deeply depressed and the family’s hope for his recovery was becoming faint.
What We Do
The holistic nature of CRP's work is reflected in the fact that its work covers several areas of development including human rights, poverty alleviation, health care provision and education.
CRP's headquarters is in Savar with an additional three functioning sub-centres throughout Bangladesh. CRP-Gonokbari is a residential vocational re-training centre for disabled women and girls, CRP-Gobindapur is a centre for out-patient and community based services in Sylhet Division and CRP-Mirpur is a thirteen-storey centre in Dhaka which provides medical, therapy and diagnostic services in addition to having several floors available for rent. More...
The Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, commonly known as CRP, was founded in 1979 by a small group of Bangladeshis and a British physiotherapist, Valerie Taylor. Miss Taylor came to the Bangladesh (then known as East Pakistan) in 1969 as a volunteer physiotherapist, and was appalled at the lack of facilities for the disabled and the often poor diagnosis by local doctors. The situation for the disabled was worsened in the aftermath of the 1971 Independence War, after which Bangladesh won its independence from Pakistan. More...
In response to the lack of training facilities for health care professionals, BHPI was established in 1992 with the goal of producing highly skilled staff to work in health care provision and rehabilitation countrywide.
CRP has a strong commitment to training and believes that training plays a vital role if health care services in Bangladesh are to be strengthened and developed. At present, only a few health professionals in Bangladesh are trained adequately to provide appropriate treatment and rehabilitation.