Grantees
Action for Youth with Disabilities Uganda (AYDU)
To promote the rights of youth with disabilities in university settings, utilizing the CRPD.
Alliance of Women with Disabilities (AWWD)
To ensure that local (district) duty bearers are held accountable to implement action plans that are inclusive of persons with disabilities
Alliance of Women with Disabilities (AWWD) fiscal sponsor: Ghana Federation of the Disabled
To train 180 women with disabilities about basic human rights, the CRPD and the Ghanaian Disability Act, to raise awareness of key stakeholders involved in the decentralization process, and to train members (women with disabilities) in leadership development, coalition building, and advocacy.
Alliance of Women with Disabilities (AWWD) fiscal sponsor: Ghana Federation of the Disabled
To give members (women with disabilities) and DPO partners a voice in district governance and to reduce the barriers that limit the full and active participation in community life.
Buganda Disabled Union (BUDU)
To utilize the CRPD to engage the administration of the Kingdom of Buganda to mainstream disability into its programs.
Disabled Women's Network and Resource Organization (DWNRO)
To engage local government councilors in Northern, Eastern, and Western regions in dialogue with women and girls with disabilities to ensure that they incorporate the CRPD when executing their duties.
Empowerment through Community Volunteering (ETCV)
To promote knowledge of the CRPD within the local community as a means to improve the quality of life for PWDs in central Ghana through trainings of district assembly representatives and by engaging volunteers to visit PWDs.
Empowerment Through Community Volunteers (ETCV)
To secure equal access and rights for persons with disabilities through raising awareness of the CRPD among local authorities and gaining greater commitments from them for inclusion of persons with disabilities in all locally administered programs.
Ghana Federation of the Disabled (GFD)
To raise public awareness and engage district and national government officials through training, public fora, and media campaigns for the ratification of the CRPD.
Ghana Federation of the Disabled (GFD)
To lobby for CRPD ratification and an amended mental health law through a coalition of GFD, MindFreedom, and the Network of Journalists for the Promotion of Rights of PWDs.
Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled (GSPD)
To educate DPOs, NGOs, the media, and other rights-based groups about the Ghanaian Disability Act and the CRPD and to advocate for the ratification of the CRPD through workshops, media campaigns, and petitions.
Gulu Disabled People's Union (GDPU)
To increase awareness of disability rights in the community and among local leaders in Gulu District to ensure greater inclusion of the concerns of PWDs in local government programs and budgetary allocations, especially in post-conflict recovery efforts.
Gulu Disabled Persons Union (GDPU)
To scale up activities in 8 sub-counties to address PWD rights awareness-raising and monitoring (through paralegals) and to increase PWD access to public buildings and services by conducting accessibility assessments.
Gulu Disabled Persons Union (GDPU)
To train person with disability representatives in local councils on Articles 8 (awareness-raising) and 9 (accessibility) to enhance their advocacy efforts in connection to technical planning committees at sub-county levels in Gulu and Amuru. In addition, to support the creation of a district union of persons with disabilities in the newly created district of Nwoya in northern Uganda.
Hoima District Union of Persons with Disabilities (HUDIP)
To popularize the CRPD in Hoima District to increase the participation of PWDs in community development and rights protection.