The Partners – African Decade Of Disabled Persons And Handicap International

The African Decade of Disabled Persons is a 10 year period, 1999-2009, declared by the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government during its 35th session, held in Algiers in July 1999. Its aim is to mainstream and integrate disability issues across all sectors of governments and within all development aid programs to benefit the region.

The Secretariat of the African Decade of Disabled Persons was subsequently established in Cape Town to administer the Decade which is comprised of disabled and non-disabled staff mainly from African countries. Its role is to raise awareness of the Decade and the situation of Africans with disabilities through public education initiatives, collaborative activities with Decade partners, capacity building and communications outreach.

The action plan for the remaining years of the Decade (2006 – 2009) is focused on:

• Inclusion of people with disabilities in poverty reduction programmes;
• Significantly increasing the number of disabled African children and youth in schools and educational programmes;
• Ensuring that health services, including HIV and AIDS programmes, reach a greater number of Africans with disabilities.

The Secretariat of the African Decade

The African Decade of Persons with Disabilties

Read more:
Close Links Between Poverty, HIV/AIDS And Disability
CBM’s Response To HIV/AIDS And Disability
CBM-Partner CCBRT In Tanzania Runs A Holistic HIV/AIDS-Related Programme

Go back: New Africa Campaign To Include Persons With Disabilities In Fight Against AIDS

Handicap International is a non-governmental organization specialized in the field of disability whose aim is to improve the capacity of disabled persons to satisfy their basic needs and to exercise their fundamental rights.

www.handicap-international.org