Now we
will look at some practical examples from the CBR programmes
to see how different factors affect information collection
during surveys. We will start with an example from Guyana CBR
programme in South America.
Shirley was 8 years old when her father died.
Shirley was living with her widowed mother. Shirley's mother
was very afraid for her daughter. She felt that her daughter
could not take care of herself and that she was vulnerable. So
slowly Shirley was stopped from going out of the house. Years
passed and slowly the neighbours forgot that there used to be
a young blind girl in that house.
When CBR workers came to the area, they asked
the persons from the community if there were any disabled
person there. No one mentioned about Shirley because no one
had seen her. For more than 10 years, Shirley had not come out
of her house. It took the CBR volunteer many visits in the
community to discover Shirley, who is now an active and
enthusiastic member of CBR programme.
