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Our vision is of a world where disabled people can enjoy their rights and participate in society as fully as they choose.
Our mission is to support disabled people in Africa and Asia to challenge disability discrimination.
Our objectives are to:
• support organisations of disabled people in Africa and Asia to become strong and effective
• support disabled peoples’ organisations to influence policy and attitudes
• influence development organisations, relief agencies and donors to include the needs of disabled people in all their poverty reduction work.
New website
We are excited to announce that in approximately two months ADD will be launching a fantastic new website! Please bear with us while this is happening, we will keep you posted on the developments. In the meantime keep following our stories - we have great plans to celebrate the 2012 Paralympics including amazing stories of the international athletes taking part.
If you have any suggestions or ideas of what you would like to see on our new website please email us.
Beyond 2015
Incredibly, when the Millenium Development Goals (MDG's) were established in 2000 there was no mention of disabled people or of the importance of including disabled people in poverty reducation programmes. As the world decides what targets to set when the MDGs expire in 2015 ADD will be calling for the inclusion of disabled people.
To ensure this happens ADD has joined Beyond 2015, an international campaign aiming to kick-start and accelerate the post MDG planning process. Read more about Beyond 2015.
High Court ruling in Bangladesh -
a huge advance towards equal rights for disabled people
This landmark ruling allows disabled people, for the first time, to sit the Bangladesh Civil Service examinations. Full story.
Mosharraf Hossain, Country Director of ADD International Bangladesh, was himself denied the opportunity take the BCS examination back in 1987 simply due to his disability. He said:"The Court's order today has opened up a pathway to removing a long standing source of discrimination. Recently the government announced a 1% quota for persons with disabilities in government service. We look forward to the Public Service Commission taking necessary steps to implement this urgently".
New report
ADD welcomes a new report by HelpAge International and Handicap International which analyses humanitarian financing for older people and people with disabilities.
Tim Wainwright, ADD's CEO said: "This report from two leading actors in the field simply but effectively illustrates the fact that the vast majority of humanitarian aid does not include disabled people. ADD calls on all humanitarian actors to take immediate steps to include disabled people in the design and implementation of their work, and on humanitarian donors to insist this is done".
Anne Wafula Strike