During the internship at TLM-Netherlands (consortium partner of We are Able! (WaA!)), Chhavi Garg looked into the effectiveness of deploying disability inclusion facilitators (DIF) and the sustainability in doing so. Changing norms and practices in communities requires role models and advocates DIF’s played a vital role in mobilising communities and working with and for organisations of people with disabilities.
For this research project, Chhavi conducted transdisciplinary research, she looked at academic literature, studied key WaA! documents among others case stories, sent surveys and conducted interviews with DIF’s, OPD representatives and WaA! staff members. This policy paper aims to capture lessons learned and offers recommendations / considerations for sustaining DIF effectiveness and sustainability, within the WaA! project and within other projects in which DIF’s are being deployed.
Chhavi’s research on DIF’s is nominated by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for the Unilever Research Prize 2025.
Read the full policy paper below: