How to treat beneficiaries:
If you are involved with an NGO for the disabled, read Chapter 2 of How to Build a Good Small NGO. It discusses the importance of involving and respecting beneficiaries.
Interviewing & Counselling at the Grass Roots includes a section on recognizing and helping people with disabilities.
A practical manual:
Simple Devices to Assist the Physically Disabled has dozens of self-explanatory drawings for making devices from scrap materials
Food sovereignty refers to the right to produce food on one’s own territory. The protection of local biodiversity is key to building natural resistance to turbulent climates and market forces.
The following relevant books are available for download from this site:
THE FIELD OF DISABILITY IS CLOSELY LINKED TO HUMAN RIGHTS & INCLUSION Read the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Hesperian has several illustrated guides for specific groups: “A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities” – Information for women with disabilities to overcome social stigma and inadequate care to improve their…
Silicosis – a Hidden, Lethal Weapon Targeting Mine Workers Silicosis is a disease found in workers in industry – in factories and mines with a lot of dust. Such facilities are found in many pre-industrial countries, and are often tucked away out of sight. Silicosis is caused by dust-sized particles of silicon getting into the…
Networklearning invites all its friends and colleagues to take a little time to think about their country and its children under the age of five. Why? Because these little kids are the future of the nation. If they are not reaching their full potential, the whole country loses out.
by Abdikadir Ismail, Maeve Moynihan , Elmubarak Eldaw & Miriam Winkel