Godiya Disability Inclusion & Development Initiative-GDID
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Is a non-profit, non-governmental organization advocating for social justice, full inclusion and participation of people with disabilities, their families. Godiya Disability Inclusion & Development Initiative (GDID) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization advocating for social justice, full inclusion and participation of people with disabilities, their families and caregivers in Nigeria. GDID was established in September 2016 and was formally registered with Corporate Affairs Commission with its headquarters in Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria. It aims to achieve socially inclusive communities inclusive of people with disabilities through better use of evidence and improved advocacy to impact on their wellbeing and capacity for participation in line with the strategies and guidelines of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) and and Community-based Inclusive Development (CBID).
GDID envisaged that CBR as a strategy can be used to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities by working closely with persons with disabilities, their families, and stakeholders (e.g. community leaders such as traditional leaders, religious leaders, school boards, neighbors, sports clubs etc.), local and national governments. Together with all these actors, GDID works to include persons with disabilities in every domain of community life so that meaningful access and inclusion involving community-wide shift in attitudes and involves physical, social, economic and cultural aspects as well as access to services and information can be achieved.
GDID combines the specialized skills of researchers, advocates and accountability groups to improve the responsiveness of governance, to better meet the needs of people with disabilities, thus improving their quality of life. GDID’s approach is premised on key assumption that improved use of evidence on status of access to services and inclusion of people with disabilities, combined with sustained and locally-driven advocacy efforts to hold government to account for political and systems failures, is necessary to drive rapid systemic change for development.
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facebook.comGDID yesterday joined REBUILDING HOPE ON WHEEL INITIATIVE (RHOWi) in Observing International Day for Spinal Cord Injury at the Kano College of Education, Kumbotso. SCI day is observed on 5th September every year with the intention of increasing awareness amongst the general public in an attempt to remove barriers to inclusive participations for development.
Man with a disability who utilizes a wheelchair for mobility driving in his van which is equipped with a lift and hand controls
Disability is just something we can see with eyes.
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Persons with disabilities (PWD) in Nigeria are still facing major challenges. There is a lack of critical data, including age- and sex-dis-aggregated data, on the well being of PWD. There is also a lack of systemic, meaningful engagement with PWD in the design, implementation and monitoring of disability-related policies and programmes at the national, regional and global levels. Meaningful engagement of PWD is critical because it “strengthens their abilities to meet their own needs, prevents and reduces vulnerabilities, [and] promotes ownership and sustainability of interventions”, as well as building trust and social capital between PWD, programme implementers and policy-makers. Moreover, there is still need for accountability mechanisms that focus on tracking progress on PWD's well being.
According to WHO, approximately 50% of people with disabilities are unable to afford care. People with disabilities were more than twice as likely to report inadequate health care provider skills, four times more likely to report being treated badly and nearly three times more likely to report being denied care. The interventions being implemented by the WHO are: 1. Community based rehabilitation, 2. Provision of orthopedic devices and mobility aids,. 3. Training and capacity development of rehabilitation personnel and orthopedic technicians, physiotherapists, etc. 4. Policy development on disability and action plan on behalf of persons with disabilities, PwDs. 5. Capacity building of Disabled People Organizations, and networks supporting the UN Convention on the rights of persons.
WHO recognizes disability as a global public health issue, a human rights issue and a development priority and its main objectives in this area are: 1. To remove barriers and improve access to health services and programmes; 2. To strengthen and extend rehabilitation, assistive technology, and assistance and support services at all the levels of the health system; to strengthen collection of relevant and internationally comparable data on disability as well as research on disability and related services. http://www.afro.who.int/en/disabilities-and-rehabilitation.html
Minister of Health approves National Policy on Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women and Girls with Disabilities GDID remain committed to ensuring an improved quality of life for persons with disabilities by engaging with sectoral policies for disability inclusion..
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu’s ( the INEC Chairman) orders consultative meeting with disability experts during a briefing with CSOs yesterday March 15th , 2017, in preparations for the 2019 general elections, seeks effective strategies to mainstreaming Persons with Disabilities in the electoral processes.
JIGAWA STATE DISABILITY LAW Interpretation 20. In this Law: “Accessibility aid” includes any fixture and any device that aids accessibility. “Assistive Device” means any device that assists, increase or improves the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities; “Augmentative and alternative communication” means the art of studying and (when necessary compensation) temporary or permanent activity limitation and participation restriction of an individual with severe disorder of speech language production and / or comprehension, including spoken or written modes of communication; “Board” means Jigawa State Rehabilitation Board; “Close Caption” means service for person with hearing disabilities that translates television program dialogue into written words; “Communication Disorder Disability” means the kind of disability that affects the natural means of communication of a person; including but not limited to deafness and blindness; “Disability” means state of substantial impairment of the physical, visual, vocal, auditory , sensory , or mental capabilities of a person at birth or by injury, sickness or it’s effect or congenital deficiency; “Environment” includes buildings, roads, sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, open spaces, etc. “Government” means the Jigawa State Government; “Governor” means Governor of Jigawa State; “Multiple Disability” means more than one disability occurring in person’s life; “Public Building” means building owned or used by Government or Government office, or a building available for the use of members of the public; “Relevant Authority” means the person, natural or artificial, or body including ministry whose duty is to take an action that is in issue; “Special Communication” means special means (including sign language, augmentative and alternative communication) of communicating with person with speech or hearing disability; “State” means Jigawa State of Nigeria;
JIGAWA STATE DISABILITY LAW Power to make Regulation 19. (1) The Board shall have power to make regulations, guidelines, directives or manual for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Law.
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