National Board for Disable Persons

PNG Disable Board receives grant from NDOH

This grant as per the board’s revised budget, will go to assisting services provided for the 15 percent population of Papua New Guinea living with disabilities.

And one key area is Community based rehabilitation, according to Interim Chairman, Ben Theodore.

Theodore noted three main issues - assistive device, psycho-social community and the curriculum being more inclusive in order to address disability equally across the board.