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[Last updated Friday, April 11, 2008]

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SUPPORTING SELF-ADVOCACY

The African Network for Developmental Disabilities, ANDD has Self Advocacy as a prioritized area. In cooperation with ANDD and NFU– Norway, Inclusion International has given some of its member organizations the opportunity to conduct workshops for Self Advocates in Africa.

The project started in January 2008 and since they have trained self advocates at national level in the following Inclusion International/ANDD member countries: Uganda, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa, Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania and Malawi.

The rationale of the workshops was as follows:

• To know about Self Advocacy,
• To empower Self Advocates with knowledge that shall enable them to speak for themselves on issues that affect their lives
• To gather more information on the needs of Self Advocacy in Africa
• The expectation of this initiative is to contribute to the development of training Material for Self Advocacy (as was discussed in Victoria Fall during the 5th ANDD Conference)
• To orient persons with Intellectual disabilities in self advocacy work and to also train their support persons on how best they could help the Self Advocates achieve their goals
• To support the development of Self Advocacy groups
• To learn about UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.

James Mung'omba and Quincy Mwiya, Council member of II,  have assisted the National Member Organizations to organize and conduct self-advocacy sessions.

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