Organization
Centre for Disability and Less Privilege(CDP)
Based in Freetown, CDP provides community health, rehabilitation, and psychosocial support to people with disabilities and less-privileged individuals across Sierra Leone. Through house-to-house visits, drop-in clinics, and slum outreach, CDP bridges critical healthcare and social support gaps for Sierra Leone's estimated 95,000 people with disabilities.
About
Centre for Disability and Less Privilege (CDP) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation headquartered at 84 Kissy Road, Freetown, Sierra Leone. It addresses the acute unmet health, rehabilitation, and social inclusion needs of persons with disabilities and less-privileged communities across the country, and works toward establishing a fully equipped rehabilitation centre with specialised therapy, healthcare, and vocational training facilities.
What They Do
CDP delivers daily drop-in clinic services for early diagnosis and treatment, conducts house-to-house visits for homebound persons with disabilities, runs slum-based care programmes, and carries out advocacy and awareness campaigns to combat disability stigma. The organisation also provides psychosocial support and plans vocational training opportunities to promote economic independence among beneficiaries.
Who They Serve
CDP targets Sierra Leone's persons with disabilities — including those with visual, hearing, and mobility impairments, war-wounded amputees, polio survivors, and those with mental disabilities — as well as less-privileged individuals without shelter or adequate healthcare access.
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