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Looking forwardJune 2011
Following challenging times ADD International is now looking forward to a positive future.
To ensure the future stability of the organisation some difficult decisions had to be made, including the closure of our offices in Ghana and Zambia...
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February 2011
Racing for Rights
To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, Paralympian Anne Wafula Strike will compete in the Silverstone Half Marathon to raise funds for, UK based, ADD International’s work with di...
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January 2011
In Sudan, ADD International supported three disabled people’s organisations in the Central Equatorial state in Juba to fully engage in the referendum process. ADD facilitated their access vital funding needed to raise awareness of the ...
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December 2010
ADD International is celebrating 25 years of working with disabled people in Africa and Asia and plans to continue to support the disability movement effectively. Following a two year process of redefining its strategic direction, and taking ac...
Full story Stamp and Swap
December 2010
The UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities is marked and celebrated around the world on 3 December, although in the UK the day remains little known outside the disability sector.
On Friday 3 December 2010 ADD, in par...
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October 2010
The Bangladesh Government is going to carry out the 5th Population and Housing Census from March 15 to 19 2011, using digital technology for the first time.
The census will be conducted with a new approach to identify the total number of p...
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October 2010
Following a meeting on August 5th 2010, the Khartoum state Wali (The Governor) approved support to three national Unions: the Khartoum National Union of Deaf (KNUD), the Khartoum National Union of Physically Disabled (KNUPD) and the Khartoum Natio...
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October 2010
Team ADD will being running the Great South Run in the 'Race Against Disablism' on Sunday 24th October.
The team members, which include ADD's Goodwill Ambassador and paralympic athlete Anne Wafula Strike, will raise vital funds for ADD's w...
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October 2010
Great things start with a little give and take...
This International Day of Disabled people on 3 December 2010, show your support, swap your talent with someone else and be part of the first ever Full story
Cote d'Ivoire programme is launched
July 2010
Due to the civil war ADD International suspended its work in Côte d’Ivoire in December 2002. With the help of ADD Burkina Faso, and funding from the EU and the Breadsticks Foundation, work has resumed in 2010.
The programme, which a...
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July 2010
Following three children in Tanzania, Burkina Faso and Cambodia, this series of documentaries by ADD International explores what it means to grow up with a disability.
To survi...
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June 2010
The National Council of Disabled Women (NCDW) organized a roundtable on ‘Disabled Women’s Access to Justice in Prevention of Violence and Participation in Mainstream’ held in Dhaka on 17th June. Speakers at the roundtable urged t...
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November 2009
The theme for December 3rd 2009 is "Making the MDGs Inclusive: Empowerment of persons with disabilities and their communities around the world"
In Cambodia
The Ministry of Social Affairs...
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September 2009
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted in 2006, opened for signing in 2007 and became legally binding in May 2008.
To date 142 countries have signed* the Convention (also kn...
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June 2009
ADD International, a UK based international development agency working in Africa and Asia, celebrated the news of the first Disability Law in Cambodia. On May 29th 2009, 12 years since its inception, the law protecting and promoting...
Full story Sudan ratifies the UN Convention
April 2009
5.5 million people in Sudan could benefit from new Disability Legislation
ADD International, a UK based international development agency working in Africa and Asia, were thrilled to be publicly commended by the Su...
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April 2009
To donate either the whole, or any specified amount, of any tax repayments due to you from the Inland Revenue to ADD please use our unique code JAHZG.
To read more about Self Assessment tax repayments click Full story
The Independent Christmas AppealFebruary 2009
ADD International was delighted to be chosen as one of three charities to feature in the 2008 Independent Christmas Appeal. Change, not Charity was the message and like ADD International, the two oth...
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December 2008
18th December 2008:Jill Flynn (previously Wagner) has been appointed as the next Chief Executive of ADD International.
Jill, who is visually impaired, previously held the position of National Executive Director and ...
Full story African Decade of Persons with Disabilities extended until 2019
November 2008
The African Decade of Persons with Disabilities has been extended to December 2019. The extension was declared at the AU ministers in Charge of Development meeting held in Windhoek, Namibia on 27th - 31st October 2008.
The Windhoek Declara...
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October 2008
ADD Week 2008
What is ADD Week?
It’s a week dedicated to awareness and fundraising.
When is ADD Week?
It begins on Decembe...
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October 2008
Albinos in Tanzania – the killings continue
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MP Keith Hill working with Ghana Federation of the DisabledSeptember 2008
Ghana Federation of the Disabled
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ADD signs UKDPC manifestoSeptember 2008
ADD signs UKDPC Manifesto
ADD International considers itself a genuine and full ally to the campaign, and the disability movement, and fully supports the UN Convention and the core values of the human rights laws, as laid out in the...
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May 2008
International Children's Day
Millions of children worldwide are abandoned by their families and neglected by society, simply because they are disabled.
The guarantee in rich countries of a safe pre...
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April 2008
In April 2008, the Sudanese Cabinet passed the Disability Bill 2008. Presented by the minister of Social Welfare, Women and Child Affairs, the Bill replaces the Disability Act 1984, allowing local and regional development and to comply with ...
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April 2008
On March 30th, the first anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), a new Disability Rights Fund (DRF) was launched.
In Boston, MA the Open Society Institute...
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March 2008
Terry Waite CBE was just one of the speakers at an event on March 17th launching the new Forum -providing the potential for sharing information and best practice.
With an emphasis on mainstreaming disability issues in...
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March 2008
It began an ordinary working day, buying and selling beans and sesame, for Grace in Uganda. The vehicle she was travelling in stopped on a landmine which exploded beneath them - Grace’s left leg was blown off and her right leg ... "Even though I am the Prime Minister, they still insult me by calling me blind." On February 1st 2008, The Council of Ministers of Cambodia approved, for the first time in history, a draft La... International Women's Day. On March 8th women around the world celebrated International Women's Day. While things have changed remarkably for many women in the last... Chris Gillies accepted this award, presented by RADAR, on behalf of disabled people in Africa and Asia at a ceremony in London on December 3rd 2007 - International Day of Disabled Persons. The award was for Chris' continued lea... The 1st Human Rights treaty of the 21st century was opened for signing in New York in March 2007 and as of April 14th 2010, 145 countries have signed the Convention, 89 countries have signed the Optional Protocol, 87 have ...
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Draft Disability Law sent for approval
February 2008
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