Active Rehabilitation International

"Stronger Together for Active Lives – Empowering Independence Across Borders"

Promoting Active Lives and Quality of Life Worldwide

Active Rehabilitation International (ARI) unites organizations and experts to improve the
lives of people with Spinal Cord Injuries through peer mentoring, knowledge exchange, and global collaboration. While challenges are similar across borders, access to Active Rehabilitation remains limited and underprioritized both in practice and research.

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The ARI Camp is on soon!

The first ever Active Rehabilitation International Camp for people with spinal cord injury takes place 19-25 may in Greece.

Read about our interview with the organizer in Greece, George Vourganas, and how the preparation are going.

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We will develop a common theoretical framework and establish educational programmes and certification for peers as mentors.

Specific collaborative project

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The world's first international rehabilitation camp

Alli Opsi Grecce are inviting to international camp in Greece. Over eight days, participants and peer-mentors from the member countries will meet for a camp. We will invite EU delegates and representatives of the countries' governments to highlight the need for a rehabilitation boost. Ascending the Acropolis in Athens will be the highlight of the camp.

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“ARI is an important step in contributing to the Active Rehabilitation Model becoming an integrated part of health and rehabilitation services worldwide.”

—Marianne Holth Dybwad

Are you interested in contributing? Get in touch with us.

Representatives from nine countries are part of Active Rehabilitation International (ARI); Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Ukraine, Greece, Spain and Norway.

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  • A woman is assisting a young woman in athletic attire with an exercise on a red mat. Two individuals in orange shirts are watching, one in a wheelchair and one standing and taking notes, in an indoor gym with large windows and exercise equipment in the background.
  • Group of individuals, some in wheelchairs, wearing matching orange shirts, walking on a boardwalk at a beach with sand, trees, and straw umbrellas, by the water.
  • A woman in a wheelchair aiming a bow and arrow at an archery target outdoors, surrounded by trees on a sunny day.
  • Two men in wheelchairs by a swimming pool, one is shirtless and making rock on hand gestures, the other is wearing a cap and looking at the first man, with a towel and other items on his lap.
  • A man in a wheelchair with raised arms smiling during a wheelchair sports event, with other participants and spectators in the background.
  • A woman helping a man in a wheelchair get out of a swimming pool at an outdoor pool area. The man is sitting on a pool chair, and the woman is in the pool holding his hands. Colorful flags are hanging above the pool, and there is a wheelchair nearby on the pool deck.
  • A woman in a black swimsuit sitting on a water slide with arms raised and a joyful expression, surrounded by a sunny outdoor park setting with trees and mountains in the background.