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Action on Disability and Development (ADD) is a UK based non-governmental organization established in the UK in 1985 in recognition of the fact that disabled people, especially disabled women and children, are among the poorest, most disadvantaged and are rarely included in development work. Over the years ADD has developed into a leading international development agency supporting human rights and development work with groups of disabled people in Africa and Asia.
ADD is currently working in 12 countries split across three programme regions (two in Africa with nine countries and one in Asia with three countries). ADD promotes a right based approach to disability and development aimed at empowering disabled persons. |
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Its vision is: |
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"A world where all disabled people are able to enjoy their
rights, fulfill their responsibilities and obligations and
participate as fully as they choose at every level of
society.”
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ADD has been active in Cambodia since 1995. In 2009 ADD
Cambodia supported 28 Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs)
and Self-help groups (SHG) partners in Phnom Penh and 11
provinces (Kampong Speu, Kampong Chnang, Kampong Cham, Prey
Veng, Svay Rieng, Kampot, Takeo, Battambang, Pailin, Kandal,
Banteay Mean Chey). Seven DPOs have been fundamentally
strong in institutional and programme development, financial
management, and have been independent, while the other DPOs
are progressively improving. |
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In 2010, ADD Cambodia Programme aspires that more
improvement is made such as: 1) Disabled People’s
Organizations increasing its membership and networking, and
are able to work more independently with capacity to access
funding from other sources, 2) Disability issues are
addressed by government institutions and development
stakeholders, and 3) improving on rights of disabled persons
to access education, healthcare services, water and
sanitation, etc. We signed Agreements to Support (ATS) with
seven DPOs that ADD selected to work with directly, and
committed to continuing its support indirectly through the
Cambodian Disabled People’s Organization (CDPO) to 21 other
DPOs.
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Our focus includes:
Strengthening the Capacity of Disabled People’s
Organizations, Mainstreaming and influencing Disability and
monitoring the implemen- tation of Disability Law
ADD is ensuring that issues of
marginalized group of disabled persons
are taken into account in its direct and supporting
activities.
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