Tuvalu Disability Support Services

Please help deliver quality disability support services in the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu.

LOCAL PARTNERS

• Ministry of Health, Social Welfare & Gender Affairs (MoHSW)

STRATEGIC PARTNERS

• Pacific Disability Forum (PDF)
• OneSight Essilor Luxottica Foundation (OneSight)

THE NEED

People with disabilities in Tuvalu face multiple barriers that prevent them from engaging fully in life.

• Tuvalu has people in urgent need of disability services, spread out across nine remote islands with the only hospital on the main island of Funafuti.
• People with disabilities often face negative or discriminatory attitudes.
• There is budget limitations at the government level, meaning there is little to no access to mobility, hearing and vision assistive devices in-country.
• The MoHSW has called upon CBM to support the ear screening of primary school children.

WHAT YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT CAN HELP FUND

We are partnering with the MoHSW to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities, allowing greater contribution in the community to live a full and inclusive life.

Your support will help provide disability services in Tuvalu, with a focus on ear and hearing care, and physical rehabilitation which will empower people with disabilities, and reduce avoidable disabilities.

People in the communities, particularly primary school children, will be provided with ear screening and referred for appropriate follow up care. And people with physical disabilities will receive assistive devices to restore dignity and independence.