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strategy
Our new Strategy for Disability Justice. We are excited to launch our new strategy! This is an overview of our approach for the next 10 years. We’ve named our strategy Mtiririko, which is a Swahili word meaning ‘flow’, because at the centre of it is the desire to see resources flow directly to disability justice…
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Mtiririko – ADD New Strategy Launch Webinar
How do you truly shift power to activists? We held a webinar on 19th March 2024 to discuss our new strategy, “Mtiririko.” meaning “Flow.” At the event, our Co-CETOs Mary Ann Clements and Fredrick Ouko shared about the strategy and how our new approach will shift power to disability justice activists. “We want to give…
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Championing Inclusive Education
We have been working with organisations of persons with disabilities to make education more accessible for disabled children. ADD, together with Sightsavers, Sense International, Tanzania Cheshire Foundation, and Light for the World, has been working on a project called Inclusive Futures. The aim of this project is to work with organisations of persons with disabilities…
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Power does not shift easily.
A blog by Fredrick Ouko and Mary Ann Clements, Co-Chief Executive Transformation Officers, ADD International. Originally published by Alliance Magazine. The call to shift power is at least a generation old. Yet little progress has been made. There will be many reasons for this but perhaps the simplest explanation is that transformation is hard because power doesn’t…
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New Years Resolutions
What are our New Year’s Resolutions for Disability Justice? This year we are committed to funding and supporting disability justice movements, shifting power to them, and mentorship of young leaders with disability. This will be achieved by ensuring that organisations of persons with disabilities and disability justice activists are given the power to decide how…
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Participatory Grant Making TZ
Young Disability Justice Activists Decide. In 2023 ADD International in partnership with Bournemouth University, ran a pilot participatory grant-making round with young disability justice activists in Tanzania. Over a three-day festival, the young people developed and shared their ideas, which were judged by a panel of their peers. Young disabled people themselves decided which ideas…
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Zenna
Zenna’s Story. Zenna is a young activist from Tanzania with a physical disability. Everyone knows her as “Chef Zenny” because she runs an online restaurant, which employs other disabled people. Recently, she took part in ADD’s participatory grant-making, to help select which project should be funded. She is a passionate advocate of this approach. Tackling…
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Eva
Eva’s Story. Eva is a young, determined disability justice activist who has faced discrimination and exclusion. Her idea? To tackle stigma in her communitythrough the power of music. But even with a brilliant plan, Eva faces a hurdle: funding. That’s where your support can become Eva’s tool for change. When Eva was seven years old…
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Yumna Jamila Fakihat
Yumna, Jamila and Fakihat’s Story. Young activists Yumna, Jamila, and Fakihat are determined to reshape futures for their community. Together, they’ve set their sights on a crucial yet overlooked challenge: teaching vital digital skills to young people with disabilities. “There are very few young people with disabilities who are familiar with using digital platforms, yet…
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Israel Palestine Statement
At ADD International, like many others around the world, we have been deeply distressed by the events in Israel and Palestine in recent weeks. We do not work in Israel and Palestine ourselves, but we want to express our solidarity with all of those impacted by this conflict. As an organisation that strives for disability…
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Disabled and Displaced
Elkhansa is a young disability rights activist in Sudan.
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NUDIPU
Esther is the CEO of National Union of Disabled persons of Uganda.
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Mental Health Bangladesh
ADD International has been partnering with disability activists in Bangladesh since 2015 to tackle the crisis of mental health stigma.
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Funding Disability Activism
A blog by Fredrick Ouko, Co-Chief Executive Transformation Officer, ADD International. Originally published by Bond.
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Dorice, Tanzania
Dorice is a part of our ‘Young Leaders’ programme to develop the leadership skills of young activists in the countries where we work.
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Sokhak, Cambodia
A young leader tackling discrimination in Cambodia.
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Daniel, Tanzania
Daniel is part of our ‘Young Leaders’ programme to develop the leadership skills of young disability activists in the countries where we work.