Supporting Children with Disabilities, Bangladesh

Dear Friends and Supporters,

Findings from CHW cohort trained in July 2023

We have received all monitoring and evaluation forms from the CHWs trained in July 2023. The results are incredible:

• At the first visit by the CHW to the family, 94% of parents report their child does not go to school. By the final visit, 50% of parents report that their child is sometimes or often attending school. 
• At the first visit, 69% of parents report their child is not managing to eat/drink independently. By the final visit, 63% of parents report their child is sometimes or often managing to eat/drink independently. 
• At the first visit, 88% of parents report their child is not managing with toileting. By the final visit, 75% report that their child is sometimes or often managing toileting independently.

Furthermore:

• At the first visit, 88% of parents reported their child to be in poor health in comparison to other children and 13% reported their child to be in good health. By the final visit, this had fallen to zero, and 67% reported their child to be in good health.
• At the first visit, 88% of parents reported their child to be rarely or never happy. By the final visit, this had fallen to zero, and 56% reported their child to be mostly happy.
• At the first visit, 75% of parents reported themselves to be not at all confident in how to help their child grow and develop. By the final visit, this had fallen to zero, and 69% of parents reported themselves to be mostly confident in helping their child grow and develop.

We are absolutely delighted that the CHWs have had such a positive impact on the lives of the children and families they are working with.

Future plans

At our partner organisation, CRP Bangladesh, we currently have:

• 2 Level 3 Master Trainers (who can train trainers)
• 13 Level 2 Trainers (who can train Community Health Workers - CHWs)
• 8 Level 3 Trainers in Training (awaiting certification)
• 120 trained CHWs (who work in their communities, visiting families)

We are planning future trainings to develop some of our L2 Trainers at CRP, Bangladesh into L3 Master Trainers. This will enable them to train more therapists as L2 Trainers. It will also develop the team of trainers at CRP, Bangladesh and allow expertise to be disseminated to their subcentres around the country as well as at their main centre in Savar. 

L2 Trainers receive certificates

Congratulations to the 3 trainers who received their L2 Certificates for the CHW training they conducted in June 2024.