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Final Spring Newsletter 2026

Final Spring Newsletter 2026

A farewell newsletter from Disability and Development Partners

Community Media manual

Community Media manual

A new DDP community media training manual by Zainur Mahsir Ramadan. Please feel free to download and use this resource for your own projects.

Winter Newsletter 2025-26

Winter Newsletter 2025-26

An update from DDP covering the period December 2025 to February 2026

Autumn Newsletter 2025

Autumn Newsletter 2025

Some latest news from DDP and our partner organizations in the Autumn of 2025.

Inclusive Support for Displaced Children

Inclusive Support for Displaced Children

Lessons from the recent DDP/BL project supporting displaced and disabled children in Ethiopia.

Summer Newsletter 2025

Summer Newsletter 2025

Updates from DDP and our partners in August 2025.

Winter Newsletter 2024-25

Winter Newsletter 2024-25

Latest news from DDP and our partners in Dec 2024 to Feb 2025.

Autumn Newsletter 2024

Autumn Newsletter 2024

The latest from DDP in Autumn 2024, including an invitation to our film launch in Norwich on 3 December.

Made for More

Made for More

A documentary on disability inclusion.

Summer Newsletter 2024

Summer Newsletter 2024

News from Disability and Development Partners in Summer 2024.

Disability Movement in the Global South

Disability Movement in the Global South

People with disabilities in the Global South face a myriad of challenges that impede their access to basic rights and opportunities.

The Long Road of Struggle for People with Disabilities

The Long Road of Struggle for People with Disabilities

Zain looks at recent disabled people’s protests in Nepal in the historical context of the struggle for rights and equality.

Late Spring Newsletter 2024

Late Spring Newsletter 2024

News from Disability and Development Partners from the Spring of 2024.

Wonder of the Disabled: The Transformative Power of Media

Wonder of the Disabled: The Transformative Power of Media

Article celebrating World Creativity and Innovation Day.

Winter Newsletter 2023-24

Winter Newsletter 2023-24

The latest updates from Disability and Development Partners in Winter 2023-24.

Autumn Newsletter 2023

Autumn Newsletter 2023

Read all about it! News from Disability and Development Partners in Autumn 2023.

Summer Newsletter 2023

Summer Newsletter 2023

The latest news from Disability and Development Partners: please subscribe to this email newsletter, and share it with people you think could be interested. Do get in touch with any ideas for collaboration, networking and fundraising!

Graduation for IT trainees

Graduation for IT trainees

Congratulations to all the young people who successfully completed their IT training course at SHRUTI in Kathmandu.

Spring Newsletter 2023

Spring Newsletter 2023

The latest news from Disability and Development Partners: please subscribe to this email newsletter, and share it with people you think could be interested. Do get in touch with any ideas for collaboration, networking and fundraising!

Winter Newsletter 2022-23

Winter Newsletter 2022-23

Some latest news from DDP: please subscribe to this email newsletter if you haven’t already, and feel free to share it with anyone you think could be interested. And do get in touch with any ideas for collaboration, networking and fundraising!

Voices from Malga

Voices from Malga

A collection of interviews with some of the people involved in our project to improve women and girls’ health and wellbeing by tackling harmful traditional practices in Malga, Ethiopia.

DDP concert: United in Harmony!

DDP concert: United in Harmony!

A huge thank you to everyone who took part and came along to the Fine City Chorus United In Harmony! concert for DDP on Friday 21 October.

Summer 2022 Newsletter

Summer 2022 Newsletter

Some latest news from DDP is below. Please subscribe to this email newsletter if you haven’t already, and feel free to share it with anyone you think could be interested. Do get in touch with any ideas for collaboration, networking and fundraising!

Burundi Light of Life Action

Burundi Light of Life Action

It was a pleasure to welcome Egide Ndayizeye, convenor Burundi Light of Life Action, to DDP.

Welcome to DDP

Welcome to DDP

We are very lucky to be able to welcome four Master’s students from the UEA School of International Development to placements at DDP this summer.

Women and girls’ health

Women and girls’ health

Senior officials at Manicho Health Centre are pleased that DDP and BL have intervened to address the prevalence of harmful practices in Malga.

Community Conversation

Community Conversation

One of many Community Conversations across Malga District, changing public attitudes towards harmful practices.

Spring 2022 Newsletter

Spring 2022 Newsletter

Read our Spring e-Newsletter, with a focus on DDP partners in Nepal. Please subscribe to receive it by email.

Christmas at SDET

Christmas at SDET

A joyful celebration was possible for the first time in 2 years.

Winter 2021 Newsletter

Winter 2021 Newsletter

This is a first DDP e-Newsletter which you can read online here. If you would like it to come to you by email in future, please sign up here, or use the link in the newsletter itself. There will always be an option to unsubscribe again if you change your mind. And please feel free […]

WDIL Success Stories

WDIL Success Stories

This booklet brings together the stories of some of the people involved in our Women-Led, Disability-Inclusive Livelihoods project in Nepal’s Dhading district from 2018 to 2021, implemented by lead partner DHRC-Nepal and downstream partner DWA, with funding from UK Aid Direct. It shows how the project has contributed to the social and economic empowerment of […]

Accessible toilet block for SDET

Accessible toilet block for SDET

Congratulations to SDET in Tamil Nadu in India, on the construction of their new Special Ablution Block, which has been completed with the help of contributions from around the world, including through DDP.

Using FM Radio in Malga

Using FM Radio in Malga

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when restrictions on travel and gatherings were in place and schools were closed, our partners at Berhan Lehetsanat kept the momentum of the Improving Women and Girls’ Health project going through FM radio broadcasts in the Sidamic language – reaching people in neighbouring areas as well as in Malga woreda. Below […]