Organisations

The aim of SARPV is to build a barrier-free environment for disabled people and to ensure their equal rights and opportunities in the main stream of social life. Its objectives are to raise awareness about disability isses in society; generate and explore employment opportunities; enable socio-economic rehabilitation; and establish equal rights and opportunities. SARPV runs an inclusive school, and has a library that is for SARPV staff and library members (see website for details)

Amar Jyoti provides rehabilitation services with the following objectives: creating opportunities for education, medical care, vocational training and employment of disabled people; organising integrated cultural and sports activities for all round development; mainstreaming disabled people for equality and dignity. Its activities include the organisation of mass contact programmes, awareness generation through health Melas (fairs), pilot study programmes resulting in early intervention, and the dissemination of health education through puppet shows, street theatres, handbills and posters. Its resource centre is not open to the public
Amar Jyoti prints the Hindi edition of Disability Dialogue (Akshamata Samrad) and the newsletter Reaching Out
Amar Jyoti documents lessons learned through its work by writing time bound reports and taking photographs. Key lessons that have been learned learned are the importance of community and family acceptance of disabled people and the importance of providing disabled people with information on health, medical and rehabilitation services. Knowledge and experience sharing is done with most NGOs working in operational area. Sharing lessons learned takes place through the placement of foreign experts in the organisation, workshops for staff development organised by foreign agencies and its through publications

NAWB aim to: help blind and visually impaired to become economically active and productive citizens; help blind and visually impaired integrate into their community; find out the cause of blindness and arrange for prevention, cure and reversal of blindness; Safeguard and promote the overall interests and welfare of the blind and visually impaired

Pusat Rehabilitasi YAKKUM is a social, non governmental, Christian Foundation which provides assistance in the rehabilitation of the physically disabled children and young adults of poor families in any way which will eventually help them to be self-standing and become economically useful members of the family and community

Save the Children works to achieve benefits for children within the communities in which they live by influencing policy and practice based on its experience and study in different parts of the world. In all its work Save the Children endevours to make a reality of children's rights

ACROD is the National Industry Association for Disability Services and represents a large membership of service providers throughout Australia. ACROD lobbies national and state government on funding and service delivery issues. The ACROD resource centre is open to the public. An enquiry service is available by telephone or letter

In charge of making and implementing the Work Programme for Disabled Persons During the Period of the 10th Five Year National Development Plan, 2001-2005. Disseminates rehabilitation information; offers all kinds of rehabilitation services; has set up a group of national experts to guide the functional training in families, communities and organisations all over China. Also runs various training workshops and conduct applied research projects and international cooperation projects