COPE stands for Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise. Founded in 1997, COPE is a local organization that works with the National Rehabilitation Center (NRC), Lao Ministry of Health and five provincial rehabilitatoin centres in an innovative partnership developing rehabilitation services across Lao PDR.
* COPE provides prosthetics and mobility devices for people who require them, free of charge if they cannot afford to pay for them.
* COPE supplies information to people about the types of services available.
* COPE supports the develpment of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program that includes physiotherapy and occupational therapy.
* COPE works to develop strategies to ensure that services are sustainable in the long term and always available.
COPE and the NRC together are the only provider of prosthetic, orthotic and rehabilitation services in Laos. All of COPE's administration is undertaken in Vientiane and is independently audited.
