The Guyana Community Based Rehabilitation Programme (GCBRP) began in 1986 and was registered as a Specially Authorized Society under the Friendly and Burial Society’s Act on August 16, 1995. It is a non-governmental national organization with its headquarters in Georgetown.

The GCBR Programmed started as a small pilot project and has expanded to seven of the ten administrative regions of Guyana. The Programme aims at promoting community involvement and the participation of persons with disabilities and their families in meeting their own needs within local communities.

The GCBR Programme works with persons with disabilities in four main areas: vision, hearing and speech, movement, and learning/ As a primary goal, the Programme seeks to develop the self-esteem and self-reliance of persons with disabilities and support their integration into mainstream society.

The GCBR Programme places great emphasis on the training of volunteers to work with persons with disabilities and their families. These volunteers may included teachers, health workers and other interested community members.