Supporting activists
Empowering Disability Activists.
We work in 5 countries across Africa and Asia, supporting disability activists to create independence and opportunity for thousands of disabled people.
Millions of disabled people face a life of poverty and exclusion.
Right now, we are supporting disability activists working to tackle discrimination and ensure every disabled person gets a fighting chance at living their best life
SUPPORTING ACTIVISTS IN 3 STEPS.
1. LISTEN
Our work begins as a conversation. Disability activists tell us the change they want to make and what they need to make it happen.
2. TAILORED SUPPORT
Together we develop a package of long term support to help activists access the tools and resources they need to make change happen.
3. BUILDING MOVEMENTS
We help organisations of disability activists build links with each other and build movements with unstoppable momentum.
MEET DISABILITY ACTIVISTS.
Sabina, Bangladesh
Sabina is one of the only female disability activists in her area: shunned by her village as a child she is now an award winning community leader.
Peter, Uganda
Frontline Activist
Peter is an albinism activist in Uganda where there are still many myths attached to albinism, including that persons with albinism are cursed, are punishments from the gods, are ghosts, have supernatural powers, or do not die.
Kim Doe, Cambodia
Kim Doe spent years secluded in her house, ashamed to leave because of her disability. A visit from local activists, brought her out of her home and set on her a path to freedom.
Kaddush.
"Today I have a voice, I can assert myself. If ADD were not here I would not have such a voice. We have written a slogan ‘Not Charity, But Rights’. We don’t want your mercy, we want our rights."
Our Key Focuses
Empowering Women
Around one in five women worldwide has a disability. For disabled women, gender-based violence and disability discrimination intersect to create brutal barriers to well-being.
Inclusive Education
For all
Every disabled person in the world should have a fighting chance at living their best life but that is almost impossible without going to school.
The right to work
Everyone has the right to make the best of the life they are born into: for most of us that means getting a job and earning a living so we can live independently and support our families.