Universal Health Promotion

Today on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities we present the “Procap Bewegt” project (“Procap Moves”). Prevention and health promotion are important for people with disabilities as much as for people without them. They are possibly even more important, because health limitation play a greater role in their life.

For example nursing and care of overweight persons is much more difficult. A “healthy weight” contributes to the health of everyone involved: the person with disabilities and their respective nurses and carers.

Procap Sport encourages the physical activity of people with handicaps. 30 regional sport groups are involved in these activities, including active vacations during the week and weekend courses in the country and abroad, as well as national movement and meeting days. Procap's motto is “moving together for a better life together”. Procap Sport is celebrating its 50 year anniversary 2010 as a Sport Federation for Handicapped Persons.
:: More about the activities of Procap Sport (in German)

Procap Sport together with Swiss Balance started the project “Procap Bewegt”. The target groups are children and adolescents with disabilities and living in an institution. PROCAP has an action plan based on well known interventions involving the movement, nutrition, motivation and evaluation.Well established concepts and instruments will fit the needs of specific target groups, according to the situation.
:: More about the “Procap Bewegt” project (in German)

and in India: the Association of People with Disabilities based in Bangalore has been active for the last 50 years in therapy, training, education and advocacy of people with disabilities. Their programmes include enabling children to learn, deaf education, Disability Federations, empowerment, community health work, family planning and many more. These enable people with disabilities to participate in society and realize their potentials.
:: the Association of People with Disabilities