May 2010 Bulletin

MAY 2010 BULLETIN
The BCCSDR is happy to bring to you the center’s bulletin for the month of May.
We
hope to keep you informed of what is happening in the center on a monthly basis.
Once more thanks for your contributions to the Centre.

Membership
A list of members who need to update their membership is being compiled. Membership
registration forms were given out to more DPOs (Disabled Persons Organizations) for
them to register with the Centre.
We continue with our membership drive to cause more people to register with the Centre.
Our goals include having each current member bring in one additional individual
member, inviting at least 20 organizations in the region to join, and having 3 new
organizational members actually join.

Research activities
The Best Practice Guidelines project is ongoing. An evaluation of the first year of the
project is underway. The raison d’être of this evaluation process is to make sure that
things are going as planned to ensure a successful development of best practice
guidelines. Some groups of the project are already working on the second stage which is
documenting current practices in rehabilitation in their respective specialties.
Data entry on the prevalence study on impairments and disabilities is also ongoing. Work
in it is expected to be complete in the months ahead. Some preliminary results of the
quality of life of persons with disability and the local expertise component will be out by
the end of June

Board meeting
An extra ordinary Board meeting held on May 6 2010 at the Conference Room of the
Centre to brain storm on the strategic plan and policies for the Center. The meeting was
as a result of the fact that the committees put in place to come up with policies for the
Center have been slow. The E.D. presented draft policies on re-imbursement to best
Practice guideline members, HIV and AIDS sensitization, and Student Placement which
members deliberated on and made some adjustments. The next meeting was scheduled
for the June 3 2010 at the Centre Conference Room beginning at 4.00p.m.
Members deliberating on the Policies
Centre Development
A book shelf was added to the library and the books are well arranged on it. The books
are now easily grouped according to subject matter.
BCCSDR library and reading space open to members of the Center

Networking and partnership
The center under the banner of the Coordinating Unit of Associations of Persons with
Disabilities (CUAPWD) Bamenda, joined persons with disabilities from most of the
disabled peoples’ organization around Bamenda to take part in the 20th May celebrations
match past. It was a history making event as some persons were in t shirts printed by the
CUAPWD. They drew applause from the administration and the general public.
BCCSDR join persons with disabilities under the banner of the CUAPWD to take part in
the May 20th match past

Staff Report
The administrative assistant attended the 30th anniversary celebrations of the Liliane
Foundation celebrated on the 27th of May. Liliane Foundation is an international NGO
that funds and supports programs for children with disabilities to rehabilitate them
educationally, vocationally and medically. This country representative, Rev. Sister
Genevieve, was given a copy of the Directory the Center compiled, Centre’s brochure
and a membership form. We will continue to follow up to ensure that we have fruitful
collaboration with them in the nearest future.
Administrative assistant briefing the country
representative of Lillian foundation Sis Genevieve
Yano about the BCCSDR
An interview with the Dutch Ambassador to
Cameroon her Excellency Saskia Bakker
Some participants during the meeting.
We also met with a group of physical therapists, surgical practitioners and Lecturers from
the Leuven University in Belgium. They worked in SAJOCAH and the Catholic Hospital
Njinikom. Discussions were centered on the Centre’s activities and plans for a
collaborative 2011 Conference.
The E.D met with the Regional representative of the recently launched agricultural and
livestock program of the North West Region to advocate for DPOs to be included in the
project. He also wrote a brief summary on the project to distribute to DPOs involved in
the agricultural and livestock sectors. The goal of the program is to boost agricultural and
livestock production in the Region.
The E.D. took part in the quarterly SEEPD stakeholders’ meeting at the Cameroon
Baptist Convention Centre. The meeting was presided by the Program Director who is
also the Director of the CBC Health Services. The stakeholders’ meetings are meant to
review what was done during the last quarter and to plan the activities of the next quarter.

Up coming events
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the center will hold on July 17 2010 at the
Centre Conference Room and will be chaired by the Board Chair Prof. Lynn Cockburn..
During the AGM new Board members shall be elected. The meeting will also evaluate
the activities of the Centre during the past 12 months and plan for the next 12 months. An
innovation during this AGM shall be a prize award to dedicated members of the Centre.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
We recommend that members of the Centre read through the Article of Association of the
Centre in order that our deliberations during the upcoming AGM should be guided and
more productive.
Website: www.bccsdr.org
This website has some interesting information about the BCCSDR and members can
update their knowledge on what the Centre does.
Thanks for reading and watch out for June edition.
MANAGEMENT

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