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Implementation of the World Programme of Action
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Annex I.

 

United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability: Projects Supported

1998

Africa Burkina Faso

Projet de l’élevage des porcs pour les personnes handicapées. Groupement des handicapés producteurs de Ouagadougou (NGO).

Kenya

Awareness seminars for people with disabilities. Disability Awareness Missions (NGO).

Uganda

Uganda disabled women’s whirlwind wheelchair project. Whirlwind Wheelchair International (NGO).

Uganda

Uganda Sign Language Training. Uganda National Association of the Deaf (NGO).

Regional Western Africa

Séminaire sur les personnes handicapées en Afrique de l’Ouest et le microcrédit (Bamako, 26-30 octobre 1998). Gouvernement du Mali. Ministère de la Santé des personnes agées et de la solidarité, in cooperation with Agence de coopération internationale pour l’integration économique et sociale des personnes handicapées (NGO) and in association with Fédération Ouest-Africaine des associations des personnes handicapées and Fédération malienne des associations de personnes handicapées.

Asia-Pacific Philippines

Prevention of blindness among children, youth, and working adults from the poor sectors of society. Ophthalmological Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. (NGO).

Europe Croatia

Community-based rehabilitation for people with mental disability. Association for Promotion of Inclusion (NGO).

Russian Federation

Support for families of children with disabilities in the Russian Federation. Bureau International Catholique de l’Enfance (NGO).

Slovakia

Equal opportunity for all: integration of children with multiple disabilities into mainstream education. Nezavislot (NGO).

Turkey

Technical vocational institute for the hearing impaired in Turkey. Anadolu University (Eskisehr).

Latin America and the Caribbean Ecuador

Encuentro deportivo internacional de las personas con discapacitades, celebración del Día Mundial de los Discapacitados (Quito, Ecuador). Fundación Momentum Internacional (NGO).

Puerto Rico

Disabled individuals’ access to the political process. International Foundation for Election Systems (NGO).

Uruguay

Publicaciones para personas discapacitadas visuales de la tercera edad. Fundación Braille del Uruguay (NGO).

Interregional Fifth World Assembly of Disabled Peoples’ International (Mexico City, 1-7 December 1998). Disabled Peoples’ International (NGO).

Early assistance series for families of children with disabilities. The Hesperian Foundation (NGO).

Consultative Expert Meeting on Law and Disability Policies (Berkeley, 8-12 December 1998). World Institute on Disability (NGO) in association with University of California at Berkeley (United States of America).

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1999

Africa Burkina Faso

Projet de mise en place d’unités de production en faveur des personnes handicapées de Gourcy. Coup D’Pouce Burkina (NGO).

Ethiopia

Vocational training and rehabilitation for people with disabilities. Development for Handicapped Persons Organisation (NGO)

Kenya

Training and education for hearing-impaired children. The Kenya Society for Deaf Children (NGO).

Mali

Séminaire pour les techniciens orthopédistes responsables de centre d’appareillage (Bamako, Mali). Handicap International (NGO).

Senegal

Projet d’intégré d’aviculture et de maraîchage pour la promotion des membres de la section féminine de l’Association nationales des handicapés moteurs du Sénégal. L’Association nationale des handicapés moteurs du Sénégal (NGO).

Togo

Projet d’extraction d’huile de karité, de neem, et de palmiste, et fabrication artisanale de savon antiseptique. Cercle d’entraide aux albinos malvoyants (NGO).

Uganda

Institutional development for positive action concerning persons with disabilities. People with Disabilities Uganda (NGO).

Zimbabwe

Pilot project development of low-cost tools and provision of services to meet the needs of children with hearing impairment in Binga District. Jairos Jiri Association (Zimbabwe), in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare of Zimbabwe in association with the Institute of Child Health of University College London Medical School (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).

Regional Southern Africa

Workshop on equalization of opportunities: legislation, gender, and the socio-economic situation of landmine victims, women and children with disabilities (Maputo, 10-13 August 1999). Southern Africa Federation of Disabled Persons (NGO), in association with the Mozambique Association of Disabled Persons (ADEMO).

Asia-Pacific Armenia

Education for children with special needs. Teacher Training Pedagogical Institute of the Ministry of Education and Science (Armenia).

Azerbaijan

Disabled and Disadvantaged Azeri Children and Youth. Foundation for Disadvantaged Azeri Children and Youth (NGO).

Indonesia

Evaluation of community-based rehabilitation in Indonesia. Ministry of Social Affairs (Indonesia).

Islamic Republic of Iran

Inclusive libraries for children with disabilities. State Welfare Organization (Islamic Republic of Iran).

Regional Southeast Asia

ASEAN Seminar on Internet Accessibility and Persons with Disabilities (Bangkok, 12-16 July 1999). ASEAN secretariat, Subcommittee on Microelectronics and Information Technology, in cooperation with the National Institute of Development Administration of Thailand.

Eastern and Central Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina

Social inclusion of persons with mental retardation. Association for Social Inclusion of Persons with Mental Retardation (NGO).

Latin America and the Caribbean Ecuador

Proyecto de entrenamiento en terapia a caballo para los niños discapacitados. La Fundación Amor y Energía (NGO).

Ecuador

Capacitación de lideres para trabajar con discapacitados y terapia del deporte como rehabilitación de discapacitados. Fundación de Acción Communitaria (NGO).

Regional Latin America

El taller internacional de deportes para personas con discapacidades (Loja, Ecuador). Momentum International (NGO).

Interregional Workshop and interregional seminar on environmental accessibility (Beirut, 29 November-3 December 1999). Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.

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