Action
on Disability and Development
ADD is a UK based international development
agency, which works with disabled people's organisations in 12 of the poorest
countries of Africa and Asia . ADD's vision is of a world where disabled people
are able to participate as fully as they choose at every level of society.
ADD's aim is to support organisations
of disabled people in their campaign for the rightful inclusion of disabled
adults and children in society. They work with organisations controlled and
run by disabled people themselves, as they strive to help their members, and
other disabled people to :
- Take control of their own lives and set up self-help initiatives
- Access basic human needs such as food, health care, education, and livelihoods
- Campaign and advocate for equal opportunities at all levels of society
- Establish sustainable self-help organisations
ADD believes that sustainable social
change can be achieved by disabled people's organisations as part of the wider
disabled people's movement in developing countries. They are working in India
, Bangladesh , Cambodia , Ghana , Mali , Burkina Faso , Cote d'Ivoire , Uganda
, Tanzania , Zambia , Zimbabwe and Sudan.
Contact details:
ADD
Vallis House
57 Vallis Road
Frome
Somerset
BA11 3EG, UK
E-mail: info@add.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1373 473064
Fax: +44 (0) 1373 452075
Minicom: +44 (0) 1373 463932
CBR Resources
This is a useful website with links to many more resources. It appears to be more of a virtual organisation than a physical one. The website is also available in Espanol.
Centre
for International Child Health
CICH works to promote better heath,
nutrition and welfare of children and families in less developed countries
through excellence in teaching, research, consultancy and advocacy.
Contact details:
Centre for International Child Health
Institute of Child Health and Great
Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
University College London Medical School
30 Guildford Street
London
WC1N 1EH
E-mail: cich@ich.ucl.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7242 9789
Fax: +44 90) 20 7404 2062
Disability Action Group
The Disability Action Group (DAG) started
in 1990. Its main objective is to promote Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR)
and the inclusion of disabled people in mainstream programmes concerned with
sustainable human development.
Handicap
International
Handicap International (HI) has three
key priorities: r einforcement of local capabilities; support for development
and integration initiatives; and prevention of handicap-inflicting conditions.
HI strives to intervene as rapidly
as possible in favour of the handicapped and the most vulnerable populations
wherever and whenever armed conflict has destroyed existing systems of assistance
and solidarity. Similar assistance is also made available in countries where
there are severe economic problems, or where the association's expertise in
prevention and socio-economic development is requested.
Contact details:
Head Office
E.R.A.C.
14 avenue Berthelot
F - 69361
LYON
CEDEX 07
France
E-Mail: handicap-international@infonie.fr
Tel: +33 (0)4 78 69 79 79
Fax : +33 (0)4 78 69 79 94
Healthlink
Worldwide
Healthlink Worldwide works in partnership
with organisations in developing countries to improve the health and well
being of poor and vulnerable communities by strengthening the provision, use
and impact of information.
Contact details:
Healthlink Worldwide
Cityside
40 Adler Street
London
E1 1EE, UK
E-mail info@healthlink.org.uk
T el: +44 20 7539 1570
Fax: +44 20 7539 1580
International
Centre for the Advancement of Community Based Rehabilitation (ICACBR)
An organization committed to advancing
the concept and practice of community based rehabilitation in partnership
with persons with disabilities and their communities around the world. All
of ICACBR's activities are directed towards achieving excellence in education,
research and service delivery in community based rehabilitation internationally.
Contact details:
ICACBR
Queen's University
Kingston , Ontario , Canada
K7L 3N6
E-mail: icacbr@post.queensu.ca
Tel: (613) 545-6881
Fax: (613) 545-6882
International
Disability and Development Consortia (IDDC)
IDDC is a self-managing group currently
consisting of 16
international non-government organisations supporting disability and development
work in over 100 countries globally. IDDC's aim is to more effectively and
efficiently promote the rights of disabled people through collaboration and
sharing of information and expertise. To achieve this aim, IDDC believes development
policy and practice should be inclusive.
Contact details:
IDDC Administrator:
c/o Handicap International
5 Station Hill
Farnham
Surrey
GU9 8AA , UK
E-mail: administrator@iddc.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1252 821 429
Fax: +44 (0) 1252 821 428
Japanese Society for Rehabilitation
of Persons with Disabilities (JSRPD) - Disability INFormation Service (DINF)
English
site
Japanese
site
The aim of DINF is to provide an information
resource for supporting the study of health and welfare topics for people
with disabilities. The information is collected from many Japanese and international
sources. There is a special emphasis on the role technologies can play in
improving access to information for disabled persons.
The following resources are available:
- Reports and papers from Japanese administrative authorities, associations
of people with disabilities and researchers. (only in Japanese)
- Documents, laws and regulations of the UN and other international organizations
and information from international NGO's (Non-Governmental Organizations)
such as the WBU (World Blind Union), IFLA (International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions), the DAISY Consortium (Digital Accessible
Information SYstem), W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), and OeB (Open eBook
Forum). (in both English and Japanese)
- Information and proceedings from international conferences related to
disabilities
- Information on web accessibility for people with disabilities
- Documents and papers about people with disabilities in the Asia-Pacific
areas through UNESCAP(United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific)
Rehabilitation
International
A worldwide network of people with
disabilities, service providers and government agencies working together to
improve the quality of life for disabled people and their families.
Contact details:
Rehabilitation International
25 East 21 Street
New York , NY 10010
E-mail: Rehabintl@rehab-international.org
Tel.: 212-420-1500
Fax: 212-505-0871
United
Nations: Division for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic
and Social Affairs
The Department of Economic and Social
Affairs' main objective is to promote broad-based and sustainable development
through a multidimensional and integrated approach to economic, social, environmental,
population and gender related aspects of development. The main objective of
the Division for Social Policy and Development is to strengthen international
cooperation for social development, with particular attention to the three
core issues of poverty eradication, employment generation and social integration,
in contributing to the creation of an international community that enables
the building of secure, just, free and harmonious societies offering opportunities
and higher standards of living for all.
Additional UN websites:
United
Nations main site
Economic
and social development and disability issues
United
Nations Persons with Disabilities
UNICEF
UNESCO
(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
Workgroup
for People's Health and Rights
A non-profit organization committed
to advancing the health, basic rights, social equality, and self-determination
of disadvantaged persons and groups.
World
Health Organization (WHO) Disability and Rehabilitation
The WHO programme on disability and
rehabilitation provides support to Member States for policy development with
special focus on chronic condition and support for integrating rehabilitation
into Primary Health Care through Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) strategy
with special attention to chronic condition.
Contact details:
World Health Organization
20 Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
E-mail: dar@who.int
Tel: (+41) (22) 791-2111
Fax. (+41) (22) 791-0746
