Therapy and Accessible Healthcare
Using the skills of therapists from a range of disciplines - occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, and physiotherapy - Inclusive Cambodia delivers tailored therapy and rehabilitation to disabled children both within their homes and in the clinical environment. Our approach is holistic, and works in conjunction with our education and sporting activities, ensuring well-rounded personal development and confidence on all fronts.
Our therapists take a ‘whole person’ approach to health and wellbeing, which includes the patient’s general lifestyle. At the core is the patient’s involvement in their own care, through education, awareness, empowerment and participation in their treatment.
For those who require other services, we are committed to the safe facilitation and transportation of our beneficiaries to vital healthcare appointments with other healthcare providers ensuring no-one is left behind. We maintain close relationships with multiple NGOs in Phnom Penh who can provide these services crucial to ensuring access and inclusion for children in many community environments.
“I am very pleased with Vath's progress. He continues to get better in all activities. I am particularly pleased to him have more eye contact with me and others, and how he shows an interest in his therapy and the world.”
Thida, Vath’s Mother
In 2024
65
disabled children provided with occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and speech and language therapy.
192
home visits conducted providing therapy plans in the home environment.
Over 1200
hours of multidisciplinary therapy services delivered.
Over 400
people living in poverty given access and referral to essential healthcare services.
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Cambodia is a country where the population is at a high risk of poor mental and physical health. This risk is compounded for vulnerable people living in poverty. Women and disabled people are far more likely to face discrimination in their communities, as well as facing considerable barriers to essential services like education and healthcare. For this reason, the promotion of healthy behaviours, mental health awareness, and the benefits of inclusion for disabled, impoverished and disadvantaged people is crucial.
Cambodia’s lack of services is tied to insufficient and unstable financing, a shortage of trained professionals, in particular in rural areas, and a lack of policies and action plans.
Inclusive Cambodia's new 2024 project seeks to start bridging this service gap. Under the supervision and mediation of our new highly trained staff, we will offer regular mental health support groups and counselling to families facing issues of poverty and disability.
Research and Awareness
Mental health is very rarely considered or researched in the development context in Cambodia. Inclusive Cambodia seeks to understand the issue of mental health as it pertains to poverty, disability and inclusion in Phnom Penh.
Regular data collection every 6 months and subsequent analyses at the hands of our highly qualified psychology researchers allows us to track changes in mental health over time and how this change is relevant to engagement with Inclusive Cambodia’s services.
In 2024
1
Mental Health Lead currently undergoing her assessment for Level 4 Qualification.
2
Khmer counsellors trained in mental health and counselling facilitation.
127
carers and more than 500 family members provided with access to mental health support through weekly meetings and one-on-one counselling.
Over 400
hours of peer support and counselling delivered to both adult and child beneficiaries.
Specialist Training in Disability Care
Inclusive Cambodia has developed a formalised Rehabilitation Assistant training programme, written and tested by our experienced staff and volunteers.
With training that provides a solid foundation in occupational therapy, physiotherapy and disability care, we intend for our Rehabilitation Assistants to carry their skills forward, and raise the profile of disability care and rehabilitation in local healthcare institutions, and in the minds of their own communities.
In 2024
5
Khmer trainee Rehabilitation Assistants provided with comprehensive training in disability care and rehabilitation.
5
Khmer trainee Rehabilitation Assistants provided with comprehensive training in inclusive education and Special Educational Needs (SEN).