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The development of Local Inclusion Agenda
To give shape to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), the We Are Able! Programme prioritizes the development of a Local Inclusion Agenda as a crucial cross- cutting tool to ensure disability inclusion at…
Building Capacity to Achieve Greater Inclusivity in Sudan
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
Agriculture is an important sector in Uganda, but despite this there is a big problem with when it comes to foodsecurity. One of the main causes of food insecurity is the low ability to access and use productive resources, such…
We are Able! and the thirtieth International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Around the thirtieth International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) past December, participants in the We are Able! programme organised a wide range of activities across six African countries. This day, initiated by the United Nations in 1992, was celebrated with festivities in cities like Khartoum, Bujumbura and on national television in Uganda.
‘Participating in society improves your self-esteem’
Nadia from Burundi: After a successful job application, Nadia (33) was rejected at her new workplace because of her disability. Her employer questioned how she could do the job if she could not move around well. Nadia got invited to…
Study visit Uganda and South Sudan to the Netherlands
As part of the annual Lobby and Advocacy plan 2023 there are two study visits planned. The first study visit consists of a delegation from South Sudan and Uganda from the 22nd till the 26th of May 2023. Delegations of…
30 years of International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD)
By: Bob van DillenConsortium Coordinator We are Able! Towards Food Security And Social Justice! 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…
Changing the community, step by step
An inclusive action plan for food security in Burundi 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…
Promoting disability inclusion at local level
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 (UCLG)…
Meet Bob van Dillen Consortium Coordinator We are Able!
In October, I started as the consortium coordinator of We are Able! I have worked for the Dutch NGO Cordaid, where I coordinated a number of advocacy trajectories, mostly on food and agriculture, migration and refugees. Prior to that I have also done advocacy at EU level, working for NGO networks, and also at the level of the United Nations.