DDP project partners are committed and passionate organizations working with and for disabled people.
Each partner is unique in what they know and understand of disabled people and vulnerable groups, their needs and challenges. We support our partners by developing programmes together, finding the funding and by helping to put in place sound management, monitoring and financial systems, all of which strengthens the sense of ownership.
Partners are the lynchpin of DDP because without them we will not exist. We have worked with 22 partners, and our current partnerships are in Burundi, Ethiopia, India, Mozambique, Nepal and in the UK. Past partnerships have taken us to Angola, Bangladesh, and Cape Verde.
Partnership is a two-way and evolving process that brings with it mutual responsibilities and learning opportunities. Our partners share with us their particular circumstances and the problems they want to tackle, while we bring more than 20 years’ experience to supporting these aspirations.
Disabled Human Rights Centre, Nepal
DHRC is a national disabled people’s organization formed in 2000 to promote the political, social, legal and economic rights of all disabled people.
Berhan Lehetsanat
Berhan Lehetsanat (‘Light for Children’) is an Ethiopian NGO based in Addis Ababa,. Their work is primarily with disabled children and focuses on education, health and livelihoods using a community-based development approach.
SHRUTI
SHRUTI (National Association of the Hard of Hearing and Deafened, Nepal) is a pioneering organization focused on addressing the issues of HoH and Deafened people all over the country.
KOSHISH
KOSHISH means ‘making an effort’, and is the first mental health self-help organization in Nepal fighting to improve mental health policy, quality of care, and to challenge prejudice and discrimination suffered by people affected by mental illness.
Social Development and Education Trust
The Social Development and Education Trust (SDET), in Virudhunagar District in Tamil Nadu, provides academic and vocational education for children and young people with special educational needs resulting from learning and physical disabilities.
Deaf Development and Information Association
DDIA is a Deaf-led Ethiopian NGO that aims to improve the lives of young deaf people through education, training, information, awareness, Sign Language and support.
ACPDH Burundi
ACPDH is a community-based human rights association dedicated to the promotion and protection of universal human rights. They provide advice and support to people that have faced discrimination, injustice and displacement.
AJODEMO
Associação dos Jovens Deficientes de Moçambique, the national disabled youth association, works to prevent the marginalization and exclusion of disabled young people from educational and employment opportunities.
GMSP
Gramin Mahila Srijansil Pariwar (GMSP) is a women-led, women-focused NGO founded in Nepal’s Sindhupalchowk District in 1993. Their objective is to prevent the trafficking of women and girls, prevent gender-based violence, and promote development programmes for women.
People
Nor Bahadur
Nor Bahadur is a charming, gregarious person, of restricted growth, happily married to Tanka with whom he has a young son. Life was hard when Bahadur was growing up: as one of four brothers in a rural family, he was expected to pull more weight than was physically possible, and he felt that he was […]
Jagadish
Journalist, DPO leader and co-founder of the Nepal Disabled Human Rights Centre.
Matrika
Matrika, himself a mental health patient, was not diagnosed until the age of 25, and it took another four years fully recover. He then chose to talk about his own experiences to de-stigmatise attitudes towards mental health in Nepal, and very quickly became a respected advocate speaking on national TV channels across Nepal. Matrika founded […]