World Vision Indonesia

Project | April 24, 2025

Three people are seated outdoors on blue plastic chairs in a grassy, shaded area surrounded by trees and greenery. Two men in brown uniforms sit on the left, while a woman wearing a light pink headscarf and seated in a wheelchair faces them on the right. She is holding a pen and notebook, appearing to be engaged in discussion. — Figure 1: Two village leaders interviewed by the CBM Disability Inclusion Advisor.

Background

In 2024, CBM Indonesia signed a three-year agreement with Wahana Visi Indonesia (WVI) to strengthen disability inclusion in sustainable development and humanitarian assistance through joint programming in Indonesia. As a first step, our IAG team in Indonesia supported WVI to review the design and implementation of its programmes in the Lombok region through a disability inclusion lens. Through document reviews and a series of interviews and focus groups, key findings and recommendations were developed.

Key findings and actions arising from the partnership to date

Some highlights from the study included:

The important of a rights-based understanding of disability, and the barriers arising from a prevalence of medical and charitable views of disability.
People with disabilities are not included in village level data.
Access to basic services was compromised by stigma and negative attitudes from family/carers, teachers, community leaders, service providers and government agencies.

We’re happy to see WVI’s commitment to implementing some of the resultant recommendations. They:

Conducted capacity building for their team on disability inclusion using World Vision resources.
Are developing a disability inclusion roadmap for WVI.
Have included disability in the WVI strategy 2026-2030.
Will pilot an inclusive integrated community service point (Posyandu) for mothers and children in rural areas.
Have allocated 10% of its sponsorship budget to disability inclusion.

‘If we don’t focus our attention on children with disabilities, we are not fulfilling Our Promise to serve the most vulnerable children.’ -WVI guideline on disability inclusion.

WVI and our Indonesia teams continue to explore opportunities to strengthen disability inclusion across joint projects, in partnership with the local disability movement.

For more information

You can see a sample of our work with World Vision in Sri Lanka here.
If you would like to know more about this project, please contact Cucu.Saidah@cbm-global.org.

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