Resource Page

Fundraising Tools and Resources

The most challenging task for any DPO is fundraising—particularly, finding possible funders and preparing a good grant proposal and budget.  The links on this page can point you to alternate funding sources; in-kind gifts, services, and training; guides for preparing grant proposals, budgets, and evaluation plans; and material for DPOs and personnel new to fundraising or project planning.

CRPD and Other Human Rights Tools and Resources

Before a Disabled Peoples’ Organization (DPO) can promote the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD), they need to teach themselves about what the treaty says and how to ratify, implement, monitor, and enforce it. 

The section on Understanding the CRPD can lead you to the CRPD in other languages; alternate versions of the CRPD including one for children and “simple language” versions; and explanations of the CRPD and its individual articles.

The section on CRPD and Human Rights Resources can help you find ratification, implementation, and monitoring toolkits; human rights resources for professionals and advocates working with them; human rights resources for grassroots advocates; and CRPD News and Events.  The sections on human rights resources are organized into thematic topics such as understanding and changing laws and policies; poverty; media outreach; women; crisis situations; and more.

Reports on Conditions for People with Disabilities in Developing Countries

Information about people with disabilities and the challenges they face can help leaders decide what projects are the most important.  Statistics can also help persuade funders of the importance of disability-oriented projects.  This page can help you find global, regional, and national-level reports, articles, and other information about the living conditions experienced by people with disabilities around the world. 

Resources for DRF Target Countries

The first round of DRF grants will be targeted to organizations in Bangladesh, Ecuador, Ghana, Namibia, Nicaragua, Peru, and Uganda.  If your organization is based in one of these 7 countries, then this page can help you find a range of resources relevant to your country.  Examples include: reports about living conditions; links to national umbrella DPOs; national government resources; and mainstream human rights and development organizations working in your country that include a disability focus.

List of Links

The links from this page can take you to the web sites for major international and regional DPOs; major international and regional human rights organizations with a disability focus; and databases that can help you locate still more organizations and resources of interest.

Disclaimer
These resources were assembled between June and August 2008.  Hundreds of organizations, toolkits, websites, and other materials are listed here.  But there are hundreds more just as excellent that had to be left out simply due to lack of time to research them.  The Disability Rights Fund is very interested in learning about other resources or links that you think we should include in these pages.  Please send your suggestions to info@disabilityrightsfund.org.  In your subject line, please use the phrase “Resource Suggestion.”  We also welcome your assistance in informing us of broken links or other concerns you may have.