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D-lab Case Study
D-labDISACARE in Lusaka
ZAMBIA• 60 % Rural• Population: 12-13 Million• Area: 750,000 Square km• Capitol City: Lusaka
Courtesy of U.S. CDC.Courtesy of U.S. CDC.
D-lab DisacareDisacare’’ss mission: Independencemission: IndependenceThrough MobilityThrough Mobility
Empowering people with disabilitiesEmpowering people with disabilities by involving them in all phases ofby involving them in all phases of Wheelchair productionWheelchair production
Courtesy of Disacare Wheelchair Centre. Used with permission.
D-lab DISACARE’s Products
Producing good qualityProducing good quality appropriate mobilityappropriate mobility devices suited for theirdevices suited for their user and environmentuser and environment
D-lab…Kavuluvulu folding wheelchair-ergonomic
D-lab Kavuluvulu-Suitable for Local transportation…
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Good for Long distance
DISACARE “Polio” Trike
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Polio trike-Carries a lot
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Child’s/CP wheelchair-custom built
D-lab Basketball wheelchair-built with all local materials
D-lab DISACARE Regional Resource and Training Center (RRTC)
Wheelchair ProductionJig making
Quality Control
Courtesy of Disacare Wheelchair Centre. Used with permission.
D-lab DISACARE RRTC-Production
Production tooling
Jigs and Fixtures
Courtesy of Whirlwind Wheelchairs International. Used with permission.
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D-lab Current DevelopmentCurrent Development
Paradigm:Paradigm:• Good: Give a man a fish
D-lab Current DevelopmentCurrent Development
Paradigm:Paradigm:• Good: Give a man a fish • Better: Teach a man to fish
D-lab Current DevelopmentCurrent Development
Paradigm:Paradigm:• Good: Give a man a fish • Better: Teach a man to fish • Watch out for: No river
D-lab RRTC Training: Operation andRRTC Training: Operation and
ManagementManagement
•Administration
•Marketing/sales
•Fundraising Rivers
D-lab Current Regional WorkCurrent Regional Work
• Teach a man to teach a man to…….
• In 2001 DISACARE established Regional Resource and Training Center for Wheelchair production and Marketing run by Zambians
• So far technicians from Malawi, Kenya, Sudan, and Zimbabwe have been trained at DISACARE to build the “Kavuluvulu”
D-lab “Appropriate Technology” According to Schumacher
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• Low start-up capitol • Non-violent
Small in Scale • Simple
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D-lab …locally-Built
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Courtesy of Disacare Wheelchair Centre. Used with permission.
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…from locally available materials
. Courtesy of Disacare Wheelchair Centre. Used with permission.
D-lab …low-cost
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Local Production: Does the the “appropriate
hold today? technology” paradigm still
D-lab A 1-year-old Imported Wheelchair
D-lab A 4-year-old Kavuluvulu
D-lab Local vs. Imported Wheelchairs
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$120 $280 $60 $420 (
$100 $220 $55 $1100 $150 $300 N/A N/A $1500-
$2500 $100 $220 N/A N/A $1400-
$2500
DISCARE Materials
only
DISACARE selling
price
Chinese import excluding tax,
shipping
Chinese Import Selling
Price)
Quickie (USA
Folding Wheelchair
$150-$300 $195)
Tricycle $150-250 Childs CP W/C Basketball W/C
D-lab Was DISACARE a good donor investment?
Attaining financial sustainability remains an important goal of DISACARE in Zambia. Can you identify additional strategies to enable DISACARE achieve its stated goals, and reduce its level of donor dependency.
Suppose you were Head of the USAID Mission in Zambia. Would you consider further investments in DISACARE Zambia?
To take advantage of quantities of scale (low price, high quality) an approach that has been suggested is find an appropriated wheelchair
assemble, distribute, and repair them locally.
How can DISACARE benefit from this strategy?
What is the possible fallout from this strategy?
What should DISACARE do next?
Study Questions
design and build the wheelchairs in Asia. DISACARE could prescribe,
D-lab Economic Assessment
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