Rehab Initiative is rooted within the ICRC experience of best practices for physical rehabilitation of persons with disabilities since decades. Since 1984, the Physical Rehabilitation Program (PRP) of the ICRC has devoted its relentless efforts for the rehabilitation of physically disabled persons in Pakistan. Through collaborations with major service providers in the sector, the ICRC has supported high-quality service delivery, particularly the production of prosthetic and orthotic devices through a network of 9 partner organizations, managing 24 rehab centers across Pakistan. Through these local partner organizations, the ICRC is able to produce more than 22,000 devices annually, reaching out to almost 57,000 persons in need of physical rehabilitation services in the year 2018.

To promote sustainability, the ICRC has established a local non-profit Rehab Initiative (RI), with the aim of bringing together a consortium of major physical rehabilitation service providers in Pakistan. The Rehab Initiative furthers the PRP´s objectives of accessibility, delivery of high-quality services, inclusion of persons with disabilities into mainstream life and bringing people-driven sustainability in the sector. The RI aims to do this by becoming a catalyst for accessibility towards physical rehabilitation services through research and development into providing cost-effective solutions and conducting awareness and advocacy.

Working in close association with the ICRC, RI extends support by providing supply chain services to partner organizations and organizing capacity development activities for prosthetists and orthotists and championing the rights of PwDs and the life-changing impact of assistive devices. The RI advocates at the state-level the significance of a state-led initiative to rehabilitate vulnerable people and promotes accessibility through local production of high-quality ortho material through rigorous research and development, to ensure physically disabled persons are given a full and fair chance at life.