World Rehabilitation Fund (WRF)

Overview

The World Rehabilitation Fund (WRF) is an International non-profit non-governmental Organization headquartered in New York. The organization was founded in 1955 by Howard A. Rusk, M.D., who is universally known as the Father of Modern Rehabilitation Medicine. WRF is the pioneer organization devoted to the development and implementation of rehabilitation programs for people with disabilities throughout the world.

WRF has been implementing programs in nearly all areas of rehabilitation and through virtually all types of rehabilitation service providers, giving hope and help to people in Lebanon since the early 1970s. Ever since its foundation and over the five past decades, the fund has been instrumental in the initiation, implementation and development of programs and activities, in many countries around the world - Targeting the needs of persons with disabilities and addressing issues related to prevention of disability in its various forms, rehabilitation, social integration and social welfare.

Category:
International Organization
Sectors of Interest:
Health, Humanitarian aid, Refugees and Migration, Social Development
Sub Sectors of Interest:
Refugee Self-sufficiency and self-Reliance, Mental Health, Refugee integration and social cohesion , Social welfare services, Special programs for People with Special Needs, Land mines clearance, Community resilience, Disasters and humanitarian emergencies
Type of Service:
Advocacy and awareness raising, Institutional Strengthening, Monitoring and evaluation, Psychosocial Support
Sub Services:
Organizational Development, Impact evaluation
Locations:
Lebanon
Headquarters:
United States

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Name	Category	Countries of Coverage	Sectors & Services
Lebanese Union of People with Physical Disabilities (LUPD)	National and Regional NGO	Lebanon	Human Rights, Humanitarian aid, Social DevelopmentAdvocacy and awareness raising, Psychosocial Support
Mousawat Organization	National and Regional NGO	Lebanon	Health, Humanitarian aid, Refugees and Migration, Social DevelopmentAdvocacy and awareness raising, Capacity building and training
SESOBEL	National and Regional NGO	Lebanon	Child Rights, Education, Health, Social DevelopmentAdvocacy and awareness raising, Capacity building and training, Psychosocial Support
UNDP	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment and Energy, Human Rights, Humanitarian aid, Industry, Infrastructure, Refugees and Migration, Trade, Urban & Rural Development, Waste Management, Water and Wastewater, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
Sawa	National and Regional NGO	Palestine	Child Rights, Education, Health, Refugees and Migration, Women Rights and EmpowermentAdvocacy and awareness raising, Capacity building and training, Psychosocial Support
USAID	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Education, Entrepreneurship, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian aid, Information Communication and Technology, Refugees and Migration, Social Development, Tourism, Trade, Urban & Rural Development, Water and Wastewater, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
Disability Hub	National and Regional NGO	Lebanon	Human Rights, Social DevelopmentAdvocacy and awareness raising, Research and assessment