Disability aid abroad
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Disability Aid Abroad is an international not for profit charity
formed to help disabled people with disabilities in developing countries.
CEO John Coghlan says that "people with disabilities are the forgotten voice of international aid and they need urgent specified help.
A recent UNESCO
report stated that unless disability
is main-streamed as a stand alone international development
issue then the Millennium Development Goals
(MDG) will not be achieved."
The United Nations
estimates that there are:
• 50 million people with disabilities living in Africa
of which only 2% have access to any form of rehabilitation;
• 90% of children with mental disabilities die before the age of 5,
• 70% of disabled adults live in abject poverty
.
These figures are mirrored worldwide in developing countries.
There is an urgent need to solve this appalling situation and Disability Aid Abroad has been formed specifically to help disabled people in developing countries.
Disabled people in developing countries need to be empowered to obtain the meagre advantages enjoyed by other members of their communities. We will supply that empowerment
through professional advice, technical assistance and financial support.
Therefore DAA provides funding
and capacity building
expertise in disability related matters to projects run by and for people with disabilities in developing countries.
DAA is organised and run by people who have professional expertise in developing programmes to assist disabled people with employment support, educational training, mobility
and disability awareness projects. We intend to establish similar programmes in host countries directly and indirectly using this expertise.
Disability Aid Abroad currently supports clothing manufacturing training programmes for women with disabilities in Tanzania
. In partnership with The Mwanza Sewing and Training Centre (MSTC) and The Lake Victoria Disability Centre (LVDC) we finance the training of disabled women and help establish clothing co-operatives.
issue and not a matter of discretion.
The UN Convention affirms that all persons with all types of disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The outcomes of the project are designed to uphold and promote the human rights of disabled people as enshrined in national and international law
.
and advancement because of such factors as race, age, language, ethnicity, culture, religion or disability. Persistence of certain cultural, legal and institutional barriers makes women and girls with disabilities the victims of two-fold discrimination
: as women and as persons with disabilities.” (UNESCO 2009)
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
formed to help disabled people with disabilities in developing countries.
CEO John Coghlan says that "people with disabilities are the forgotten voice of international aid and they need urgent specified help.
A recent UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
report stated that unless disability
Disability
A disability may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or some combination of these.Many people would rather be referred to as a person with a disability instead of handicapped...
is main-streamed as a stand alone international development
International development
International development or global development is a concept that lacks a universally accepted definition, but it is most used in a holistic and multi-disciplinary context of human development — the development of greater quality of life for humans...
issue then the Millennium Development Goals
Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals are eight international development goals that all 193 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015...
(MDG) will not be achieved."
The United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
estimates that there are:
• 50 million people with disabilities living in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
of which only 2% have access to any form of rehabilitation;
• 90% of children with mental disabilities die before the age of 5,
• 70% of disabled adults live in abject poverty
Poverty
Poverty is the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter. About 1.7 billion people are estimated to live...
.
These figures are mirrored worldwide in developing countries.
There is an urgent need to solve this appalling situation and Disability Aid Abroad has been formed specifically to help disabled people in developing countries.
Disabled people in developing countries need to be empowered to obtain the meagre advantages enjoyed by other members of their communities. We will supply that empowerment
Empowerment
Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social, racial, educational, gender or economic strength of individuals and communities...
through professional advice, technical assistance and financial support.
Therefore DAA provides funding
Funding
Funding is the act of providing resources, usually in form of money , or other values such as effort or time , for a project, a person, a business or any other private or public institutions...
and capacity building
Capacity building
Capacity building also referred to as capacity development is a conceptual approach to development that focuses on understanding the obstacles that inhibit people, governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations from realizing their developmental goals while enhancing...
expertise in disability related matters to projects run by and for people with disabilities in developing countries.
DAA is organised and run by people who have professional expertise in developing programmes to assist disabled people with employment support, educational training, mobility
Mobility
Mobility may refer to:* Mobility * "Mobiliy" , a song by Moby* Mobility * Mobility , the ability of military units or weapon systems to move to an objective-See also:* Academic mobility* Apprentices mobility...
and disability awareness projects. We intend to establish similar programmes in host countries directly and indirectly using this expertise.
Disability Aid Abroad currently supports clothing manufacturing training programmes for women with disabilities in Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
. In partnership with The Mwanza Sewing and Training Centre (MSTC) and The Lake Victoria Disability Centre (LVDC) we finance the training of disabled women and help establish clothing co-operatives.
Human Rights
The UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2008) declares that Disability is a human rightsHuman rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
issue and not a matter of discretion.
The UN Convention affirms that all persons with all types of disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The outcomes of the project are designed to uphold and promote the human rights of disabled people as enshrined in national and international law
International law
Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...
.
Gender
“Women with disabilities in developing countries face barriers to full equalityGender equality
Gender equality is the goal of the equality of the genders, stemming from a belief in the injustice of myriad forms of gender inequality.- Concept :...
and advancement because of such factors as race, age, language, ethnicity, culture, religion or disability. Persistence of certain cultural, legal and institutional barriers makes women and girls with disabilities the victims of two-fold discrimination
Discrimination
Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership in a certain group or category. It involves the actual behaviors towards groups such as excluding or restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to another group. The term began to be...
: as women and as persons with disabilities.” (UNESCO 2009)