Newsletter on EU Advocacy of IDDC

International Disability and Development Consortium

The task group for the European Union of the international disabilitiy and development consortium, IDDC, has developed a newsletter about its activities. It will be published twice a year and reports about advocating for disability inclusion in development cooperation on EU level, as well as about EU initiatives and activities with relevance to IDDC. Members of IDDC are currently 19 organisations active in the field of disability and development.

IDDC Website

The newsletter can be received via e-mail from CBM's EU Liaison Officer:
Catherine Naughton.

The first issue can be downloaded below:
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CBM active in post-emergency phase on the ground in Haiti

Washline had a femur fracture treated with an internal fixator and still needs crutches to walk. Port-au-Prince after the earthquake which hit Haiti on 12 January 2010.

CBM has raised more than two million EUR for Haiti's Emergency response and reconstruction programmes. The situation in the Haitian capital remains tough for persons with disabilities. Photo: CBM

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CBM supports Partner in Concepción, Chile

A collapsed building in Talca, approximately 300 km (186 miles) south of Santiago, Chile. A magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck the Latin American country in the early hours of February 27, 2010. Picture copyright: Reuters/Victor Ruiz Caballero, courtesy www.alertnet.org

Picture copyright: Reuters/Victor Ruiz Caballero, courtesy www.alertnet.org
Following the 8.8-magnitude earthquake with epicentre close to the Chilean city of Concepción and aftershocks, CBM will support its Partner in the region. CBM has one Partner Project in need of reconstruction, located in Concepción, the country's second largest city.

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Projects worldwide

Projects worldwide