Building community capacity to achieve the human rights of all persons with disabilities

Grantees

Abriendo Caminos para el Desarrollo e Inclusion Social de Personas con Discapacidad y demas Grupos Vulnerables (ACPEDIS)

Stream: Small Grants

To disseminate and promote the CRPD among DPOs and public and private institutions in the Cusco region; and to strengthen leaders with disabilities to advocate for their rights.

Grant amount: $5,000
Grant Year: 2009
Round: 2
Grant Start — End: Jan 1 2010 - Dec 31 2010

Abriendo Caminos para el Desarrollo e Inclusión Social de Personas con Discapacidad y Demás Grupos Vulnerables (ACPEDIS)

Stream: Small Grant

To promote implementation of the CRPD by facilitating access to justice for persons with disabilities and advocating for adoption of new policies and regulations in accordance with the CRPD.  

Grant amount: $20,000
Grant Year: 2010
Round: 2
Grant Start — End: Jan 1 2011 - Dec 31 2011

Asociación Civil de Discapacitados de la Resistencia Nicaragüense

Stream: Small Grant

To promote progressive realization of physical accessibility as a basic human right, especially in public spaces and health and education facilities in the northern and central regions of Nicaragua.

Grant amount: $20,000
Grant Year: 2010
Round: 2
Grant Start — End: Jan 1 2011 - Dec 31 2011

Asociacion Civil de Discapacitados de la Resistencia Nicaragüense (ADRN)

Stream: Small Grant

To promote recognition and implementation of article 9 on accessibility for persons with reduced mobility.

Grant amount: $19,000
Grant Year: 2009
Round: 2
Grant Start — End: Jan 1 2010 - Dec 31 2010

Asociación Civil de Personas con Discapacidad “Corazones Unidos con Esperanza” del Bajo Piura

Stream: Small Grant

To enhance the potential of persons with disabilities of Bajo Piura to promote and advocate for their rights as outlined in the CRPD.

Grant amount: $18,720
Grant Year: 2010
Round: 2
Grant Start — End: Jan 1 2011 - Dec 31 2011

Asociacion Civil Derecho a Vivir

To build the capacity of Board members, persons with psychosocial disabilities and their families on the CRPD.

Grant amount: $5,000
Grant Year: 2009
Round: 2
Grant Start — End: Jan 1 2010 - Dec 31 2010

Asociacion de Ciegos de Manabi

Stream: Small Grant

To raise awareness about the CRPD in the province of Manabi to achieve recognition of rights and social inclusion of PWDs.

Grant amount: $12,000
Grant Year: 2009
Round: 2
Grant Start — End: Jan 1 2010 - Dec 31 2010

Asociación de Discapacitados Físico Motor (ADIFM)

To raise awareness about CRPD implementation and to improve conditions and accessibility for PWDs through training DPOs, public officials, and transportation companies; by undertaking diagnostic studies; and by monitoring compliance of 56 clinics and hospitals with accessibility standards.

Grant amount: $25,500
Grant Year: 2008
Round: 1
Grant Start — End: Jan 1 2009 - Dec 31 2009

Asociación de Mujeres con Discapacidad de la Provincia de Requena

Stream: Small Grant

To improve access to justice through training judges, municipal agents and local authorities about the CRPD in the rural communities of the Requena Province.

Grant amount: $5,000
Grant Year: 2010
Round: 2
Grant Start — End: Jan 1 2011 - Dec 31 2011

Asociación de Padres de Personas con Nesidades Especiales

Stream: Small Grant

To promote the social inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities through awareness raising on the CRPD with families, PWIDs, and teachers.

Grant amount: $14,000
Grant Year: 2010
Round: 1
Grant Start — End: Sep 1 2010 - Aug 31 2011

Asociacion de Personas con Discapacidad (DIGNIDAD)

Stream: Small Grants

To build the capacity of PWDs in the Peruvian Amazon on their rights.

Grant amount: $15,000
Grant Year: 2009
Round: 2
Grant Start — End: Jan 1 2010 - Dec 31 2010

Asociación de Personas con Discapacidad (RENACER)

Stream: Small Grant

To disseminate the CRPD among Quechua-speaking PWDs (especially blind and the deaf) and to increase their advocacy skills to promote treaty implementation.

Grant amount: $6,000
Grant Year: 2009
Round: 2
Grant Start — End: Jan 1 2010 - Dec 31 2010

Asociación de Personas con Discapacidad Física Motora (ADIFEM)

Stream: Small Grant

To build on and broaden the DRF-supported activities to 5 regions of the country and to provide persons with disabilities with rights advocacy and other tools, such as personal assistants, so that they will be able to develop their potential and contribute to social development through creating the material conditions to ensure their full participation in society, especially Articles 9 and 19.

Grant amount: $20,000
Grant Year: 2010
Round: 2
Grant Start — End: Jan 1 2011 - Dec 31 2011

Asociacion de Personas con Discapacidad Fisico Motor - Nicaragua (ADIFIM)

Stream: Small Grants

To advocate for implementation of the CRPD, especially national technical regulations on accessibility.

Grant amount: $25,000
Grant Year: 2009
Round: 2
Grant Start — End: Jan 1 2010 - Dec 31 2010

Asociacion de Sordociegos de Nicaragua (ASCN)

Stream: Small Grants

To enhance the quality of life of deafblind people by identifying them (and their families) and providing them with information on rights and communication skills to increase their interaction within their communities.

Grant amount: $10,000
Grant Year: 2009
Round: 2
Grant Start — End: Jan 1 2010 - Dec 31 2010

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