The countdown has begun! The nomination process has been open for almost five weeks, but now there is just one week left! Nominations officially close on Sunday 1st July at midnight CEST. Make sure to submit your nomination on the nomination platform before the deadline! Remember there are plenty of tools at your disposal to […]
“In our shop all persons with disabilities can make any purchase by themselves.” My name is Marta Gomis, and I am a 27-year-old girl with Down syndrome. Since October 2010, I have been a shop assistant at the “For & From” Tempe shop in Elche. For me this job is like winning a prize, because […]
“The PR department has added the option of sending complaints by SMS.” My name is Revital Swirski-Shurtz. I am a council member in Kiryat Bialik, a municipality in northern Israel. As a person using a wheelchair, I am very much aware of the need for accessibility and am very active in promoting accessibility in my […]
“A few weeks later I was using the little vision I had, together with the white cane and echo location.” My name is Danyl and I am 12 years old. I was a normal kid, running around with my friends and biking through the nearby hills, until one day, when I was eight, I woke […]
“Listening to audiobooks fills all of my free time.” My name is Seren and I am from Kfar Bara, a village in the Triangle Area of Israel. I am very happy to express my enormous gratitude to AlManarah and share with you my experience of how its International Accessible Library saved me emotionally. I used […]
Does your organisation help improve the lives of persons with disabilities? The Zero Project wants to find out about your projects, products, programs and services, and we want to share them with the world! Awardee projects will be invited to present at the annual Zero Project Conference at the United Nations in Vienna in front […]
“I went to Galapagos and Machu Picchu.” I am Barb Most, and my first contact with South America for All was a trip to Ecuador/Galapagos and, later, to Peru’s Machu Picchu. I have a progressive neurodegenerative disease, very similar to Lou Gehrig’s disease, called Multiple Systems Atrophy, a rare brain disorder. It affects mobility by […]
We are overwhelmed by the interest for this years call for nominations! With so much incredible energy out there we have decided to extend the submission deadline to Sunday 1st July 2018. The deadline will close officially at midnight CEST. Therefore, you still have another three weeks to make your nomination! But remember, the new […]
“Now I can move around in my house on my own.” My name is Supriya Limbu and I live in eastern Nepal. I am a 12-year-old girl with cerebral palsy diplegia. My house is on a remote hill, adding more challenges in my day-to-day living. I had a dream to go to school like other […]
iTech Mission, an ISO certified social enterprise has launched an interactive Sustainable Development Goals Dashboard. The Dashboard is an amazing online tracking tool for the UN’s 17 goals and 169 underlying targets to be achieved by 2030. The dashboard can be adapted by any country to track, monitor and report data on goals most critical […]