- 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[disambiguation needed
] 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.
Human Rights
The UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2008) declares that Disability is a human rights 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.
Gender
“Women with disabilities in developing countries face barriers to full equality 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)
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