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  Grassroots self-advocacy for children through self-created comics

  Grassroots Comics enables children with disabilities to express their personality and opinions through hand-drawn comics. The children receive four days of training and then draw their own story on paper. Each year, more than 1,000 Grassroots Comics are created by children with disabilities in India.
  CHAI - Catholic Health Association of India, Grassroots Comics, India

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  Inclusive organic agriculture farming for all, with approximately half being persons with disabilities

  CBM cooperates with local partners across various states of India to train farmers, including people with disabilities, in organic farming and in supporting them by providing community loans for the procurement of equipment and livestock. By 2016 more than 11,000 farmers participated, 4,098 of whom were people with disabilities.
  CBM - Christoffel Blind Mission India, India

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  Accessible eBook library with over 775,000 books in 47 languages

  Benetech’s software platform renders books and other print materials into five accessible digital formats.The organization works with 900 publishers and NGOs. Membership in Bookshare is free for eligible US students, while individuals from the US and other countries pay up to a maximum of USD 50 per year.
  Benetech, Bookshare, United States of America

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  A transition into adulthood programme for young people with disabilities

  Creating a Future prepares students between the ages of 16 and 21 for adulthood through employment skills and future orientation training. It also supports preparation for employment through an assessment of an individual’s interests and strengths as well as by providing work experience.
  Israel Elwyn, Creating a Future, Israel

• Supporting schools to establish assistive technology labs for blind students

  inABLE supports specialized schools to teach students who are blind in assistive and digital technologies. The NGO not only equips the necessary infrastructure, but also provides instructors and the training for teachers. For the students, inABLE has designed an assistive technology computer curriculum.
  inABLE, inABLE Computer Labs, Kenya

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  Giving a voice to children with disabilities

  The project seeks to develop a simple and effective method for children with disabilities to express or communicate their life priorities and human rights issues. Therefore project team developed a set of inclusive tools to overcome barriers in verbal or oral communication and made these available on the project website.
  Deakin University, Australia

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  Strengthening the independent living movement through training and free legal advice

  The PROPEDIF programme is made up of three services: Promotion of Rights, Orientation and Judicial Assistance, and the Honduran Independent Living Movement (MOVIH). By the end of 2018, 192 people with disabilities will have received rights training, attended camps on independent living, and have received legal guidance.
  PREPACE - Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation Program, PROPEDIF, Honduras

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  Providing bicycles and training to support income-generation activities

  Since 2001, AABRAR has run a bicycle-training programme with a monthly intake of 20 participants. A trainer teaches the trainees how to repair and ride bicycles, which are modified by AABRAR's mechanics to accommodate the needs of the trainees' disabilities. By 2020, 7,000 people have been trained.
  AABRAR - Afghan Amputee Bicylists for Rehabilitation and Recreation, Bicycle Training Programme, Afghanistan

• Launching a specialized microfinance bank for women with disabilities

  Equitas helps women with disabilities to establish their own business by providing microfinancing solutions without collateral. To this end, Equitas has founded Equitas Small Finance Bank and provides trainings on developing businesses and finding marketing possibilities. Between 2008 and 2016, more than 14,000 women received microfinance loans.
  Equitas Holdings Limited, India

• Multi-method approach to improving university accessibility for blind students

  In 2018, King Abdulaziz University (KAU) launched a project to make its facilities accessible to students with disabilities. Focusing on students with visual impairments, the university installed tactile pathways and Bluetooth beacons, converted textbooks to digital formats and launched a barrier-free test centre.
  King Abdulaziz University, Inclusion Programme, Saudi Arabia