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Inclusive education programme for children with disabilities in sub-Saharan Africa
Appui au Développement de l’Enfant en Détresse (ADED), Congo: Implemented the Tunafasi Programme in Uvira region for quality inclusive education. Raised school attendance from 5% to 68.5% between 2020 and 2023.
ADED- Support for the Development of Children in Need, Tunafasi, Democratic Republic of Congo -
Access to inclusive education for the equitable employment of
youth with visual impairments
Kilimanjaro Blind Trust Africa (KBTA): Provides assistive devices and digital curriculum content for users of digital Braille. Between 2018 and 2023, equipped 3,000 learners in six countries with assistive technologies.
Kilimanjaro Blind Trust, From inclusive education to employment for children and youth with visual impairments in Africa, Kenya -
Inclusive education and vocational training in remote rural areas of South-East Asia
Disability Development Services Programme (DDSP), Cambodia: Implements inclusive education projects in rural Pursat province. Integrated children with disabilities into mainstream schools, increasing inclusive class pupils from 255 to 1,105 by 2023.
Disability Development Services Program, Mith Komar Pikar (‘Friends of Children with Disabilities’), Cambodia -
Empowering people with disabilities to stand up in elections in Sub-Saharan Africa
In 2017, Sightsavers developed a programme with partners in Senegal and Cameroon that supports the political participation of people with disabilities, but also sensitizes electoral authorities to inclusive policy-making. Since then, the political presence of people with disabilities has increased significantly.
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Trainings on sexual and reproductive health for youth with disabilities
BodyTalk’ is a project in Viet Nam on the topic of adolescent sexuality. Initiated by the Liliane Fund and the Rutgers organization, both from the Netherlands, it brings together young people with disabilities, their parents, teachers, communities, and health care providers.
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Training curricula and staff support to make mainstream kindergartens more disability inclusive
Krembo Wings, Israel: Youth movement supporting persons with disabilities. Developed training for educational teams in kindergartens, promoting inclusive discourse. Curriculum in Hebrew and Arabic expanded from four to twelve kindergartens between 2022 and 2023.
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Supporting mainstream employers in hiring highly-educated persons with disabilities
CareER Association Ltd., a Hong Kong DPO, promotes inclusive hiring for educated people with disabilities. Its 2021-launched Disability Inclusion Index (DII) helps 30 employers yearly enhance inclusivity, enabling 200 job placements annually.
CareER Association, CareER Disability Inclusion Index (DII), China - Hong Kong -
Self-advocacy group of persons with intellectual disabilities
In 2011 the Instituto Jô Clemente in São Paulo, Brazil, initiated the ‘Self-Defence’ project to empower people with intellectual disabilities to become autonomous self-advocates. Since 2015 the Self-Advocates group has had a seat in the São Paulo City Council, and in 2022 the group had 30 members.
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Youth House: Empowering vulnerable young people with disabilities not in education, employment, or training(NEET)
Salva Vita Foundation, Hungary: Empowers NEET youth through activities like animal-assisted therapy and job coaching. From 2018 to 2022, supported over 140 participants, with around 70 finding employment. Salva Vita Foundation, Youth House,
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Assessment, training, and job coaching for ICT professionals with autism
Critical Software in Portugal launched a Neurodiversity Program in 2021, hiring 28 autistic individuals in ICT roles. The initiative expanded to other companies and cities by 2024.
Critical Software, Neurodiversity Programme, Portugal