A Comprehensive Study of Poverty, Disability Person and Community Based Rehabilitation in Developing Countries

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24402041
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Kobe Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: SANO MITSUHIKO 神戸学院大学, 総合リハビリテーション学部, 講師 (30446033)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): FURUKAWA HIROSHI 神戸学院大学, 総合リハビリテーション学部, 名誉教授 (30156963) ; OKU HIDEHISA 神戸学院大学, 総合リハビリテーション学部, 教授 (30248207) ; NAKAGAWA AKIO 神戸学院大学, 総合リハビリテーション学部, 教授 (50411872) ; TAKANASHI KAORU 神戸学院大学, 共通教育センター, 教授 (60250198) ; ISAO OJIMA 神戸学院大学, 総合リハビリテーション学部, 講師 (70434917) ; SAKAMOTO SHINJI 大手前大学, 人文科学部, 講師 (20425094)
• Research Collaborator: Rahman Mahfuzur バングラデシュ国際赤十字, Md. ; Khan Mehedi Hassan バングラデシュ子供・女性省, Md. ; Mohiuddin K. M. ジャハンギルノゴール大学, 教授 ; UEMURA ZIN 神戸学院大学, 非常勤講師
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: バングラデシュ / 障がい者 / リハビリテーション / 物乞い / 適正技術 / NGO

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We obtained a new perspective on disability and poverty from our investigation on the beggars in Bangladesh. Begging for alms creates feelings of hatred and rejection in citizens, and yields self-hatred in beggars. Beggars hope to quit begging; however, they need to beg for alms. Here is the gap between the reality and the ideal. From our investigation on occupational therapy, physical therapy, assistive devices, prosthetics and orthotics, the current situation of welfare of disabled persons in Bangladesh is analogous to those in Japan in 1970s. Bangladesh is facing a monumental task in establishing a cooperative system of NGOs and government institutes, which provides various services for disabled people.

Free Research Field

NPO論、国際福祉論、国際関係論