WaA! prioritizes development of Local Inclusion Agenda
![A group of participants during an event to prioritise the development of Local Inclusion Agenda.](https://weareable.ngo/wp-content/webpc-passthru.php?src=https://weareable.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LIA-development-workshop12-768x371.jpg&nocache=1)
To give shape to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the We Are Able! Programme prioritizes the development of a Local Inclusion Agenda as a crucial cross- cutting tool to ensure disability inclusion at local level.
Building Capacity to Achieve Greater Inclusivity in Sudan
![A group of participants including persons with disabilities participating in a group exercise during the We are Able!'s Training of Trainers programme.](https://weareable.ngo/wp-content/webpc-passthru.php?src=https://weareable.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/building-cpacity-sudan.jpg&nocache=1)
Join us as we check in with Buthyna and Hisham, two trainers from the We Are Able! Training of Trainers programme in Sudan. Faced with unique challenges, they share the key role that building capacity among practitioners has in their work at home.
Maria is now also involved in the daily running of the farm
![A picture of Godwin (37) with one of his oldest child, Maria, who has a disability but still does many chores around the house.](https://weareable.ngo/wp-content/webpc-passthru.php?src=https://weareable.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Godwin-Mavava-with-daughter44-768x512.jpg&nocache=1)
Agriculture is an important sector in Uganda, but despite this there is a big problem with when it comes to food security. One of the main causes of food insecurity is the low ability to access and use productive resources such as land and water.
We are Able! and the thirtieth International Day of Persons with Disabilities
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Around the thirtieth International Day of Persons with Disabilities past December, participants in the We are Able! programme organised a wide range of activities across six African countries. This day was celebrated in Khartoum, Bujumbura and Uganda.
‘Participating in society improves your self-esteem’
![Nadia, a 33-year-old woman with a disability, participated in a learning event in Burundi. She is holding crutches and wearing a light grey t-shirt with black trousers and glasses.](https://weareable.ngo/wp-content/webpc-passthru.php?src=https://weareable.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Nadia-header-768x512.jpg&nocache=1)
After a successful job application, Nadia (33) was rejected at her new workplace because of her disability. She got invited to participate in a We are Able! training on inclusive governance and a training on lobby and advocacy.
Study visit Uganda and South Sudan to the Netherlands
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The main objectives of the upcoming study visits are exchanging knowledge and mutual learning about how people with disabilities and local governments are overcoming barriers and are able to actively participate in public decision-making.
30 years of International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD)
![Anaka Oskar Okello, a man with a disability, has a thriving welding business in Uganda. Photo: Jaco Klamer](https://weareable.ngo/wp-content/webpc-passthru.php?src=https://weareable.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IDPD-2022-768x512.jpg&nocache=1)
On Saturday 3 December, we observe the IDPD for the 30th time. This special day was called for by the UN in 1992, because disability inclusion is an essential condition to upholding human rights, peace and sustainable development.
Committed to Changing the community, step by step
![Athanasie, a woman from the northern part of Burundi, is working in the field. Her family took the opportunity to improve their agricultural production by implementing the inclusive PIP approach in their household as part of the We are Able! programme.](https://weareable.ngo/wp-content/webpc-passthru.php?src=https://weareable.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/WaA-Burundi-1-768x511.jpg&nocache=1)
In many communities in Burundi, persons with a disability are often called 'ikimuga'. This word refers not to a person, but to a 'thing'. Something that is broken. This is not the case in Athanasie's family as she is committed to bring change.
Promoting disability inclusion at local level at South Korea Summit
![Left to right: Pieter Jeroense- VNG International, Mayor Ellen van Selm from Purmerend, Maria Soledad Cisternas- UN Special Envoy for Disability, Cecile Meijs- The Hague Academy, and Federico Batista- UCLG. UCLG Congress, Daejeon. Oct/2022.](https://weareable.ngo/wp-content/webpc-passthru.php?src=https://weareable.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/We-Are-Able-UCLG-Congress-768x504.jpg&nocache=1)
Taking away prejudices and creating awareness about the daily challenges of persons with a disability is the first, crucial step for achieving more inclusive local policies. This is what we advocated for at the United Cities and Local Governments World Congress.
Kick-off training in Uganda | Power of Disability Inclusion
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On October 10-12, 2022, DCDD organised the kick-off of a 3-year ‘Power of Disability Inclusion’ trajectory for Uganda-based civil society partners of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This training was organised in collaboration with Light for the World Uganda and SeeYou Foundation, as part of the We Are Able! programme.