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Build Your Confidence by Going Abroad December 21, 2011
Over the past 30 years, we have created spaces that bridge communities and encourage new conversations. In some cases, these turn into on-going collaborations with real results – ideas spark, new organizations begin, projects start, and friendships are formed. There’s not a lot of glory in the behind-the-scenes work to plan these gatherings – it [...]
February 22, 2011
In Jordan, recent elections in November 2010 highlighted a measure of success for people with disabilities (PWD). For the first time, voting polls were more accessible, thanks to the effort of a national campaign called Takafo (“equality” in Arabic). Takafo is made up of disability rights activists and representatives of organizations for PWD. Below, we [...]
February 15, 2011
Providing small grants to disability organizations such as The National Association of DeafBlind Colombia (SURCOE) can have wide impact toward major development organizations including people with disabilities. Disabled People’s Organizations have a unique role to play in the international field, educating development actors and serving as local experts on disability inclusion in cross-cutting projects such [...]
February 8, 2011
In Ethiopia, MIUSA is working with the Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) to implement activities in Addis Ababa and beyond. ECDD recently celebrated its 5th anniversary of promoting and facilitating capacity-building for inclusive development in Ethiopia, holding events to highlight accessibility in Addis Ababa, inclusive employment issues, and inclusion in Ethiopian HIV/AIDS services. [...]
January 18, 2011
In the heart of Guangzhou, China’s third largest city, sits a small college for young people with disabilities: the Guangzhou English Training Center for the Handicapped (GETCH). People with disabilities make up over 6% of China’s population and less than 2% of this disabled population has received university-level education . GETCH has been providing tuition-free [...]
