A PROFUND FAITH AND RESPECT FOR THE YOUTH DISABLE PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY BY AVOIDING DEPENDENCY

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The efforts in the society to profound change are very important. It is equal to self respect. A man is born with all the capabilities but the natural phenomena change the process and source for survival in the Society

1. Project summary

Summary:

Poverty and disability are closely related and these two issues must be tackled together. An estimated 80% of the world’s disabled people live in the developing world. It is often noted that persons with disabilities are poorer as a group than the general population and that people living in poverty are more likely than others to be disabled. In her address to the Fifty-Third World Health Assembly on 15 May 2000 the Director-General of WHO stated that health is now at the heart of the development agenda and is increasingly accepted as a powerful tool in the fight against poverty. The important role of good health is also a prerequisite for equal participation according to the UN Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities. CBR could be a powerful tool to fight poverty in developing countries.

Education. As part of the global commitment to equalizing opportunities for disabled people, many International declarations and proclamations have been made recognizing the rights of people with disabilities to equal educational opportunities in mainstream educational settings wherever possible. The stated policy in most industrialized countries is to integrate disabled children into mainstream educational systems wherever possible. Inclusive education efforts outside of Europe and North America are few. Since the promulgation of the WPA and the Standard Rules, many developing and other non-western countries have begun to increase their budgets for special education, but few have seriously embraced inclusive education.

Environmental Factors:In most of the developing countries, it is found that the rate of disabilities are increasing due to inadequate health of the mother, congested living environment, Burden in the mind for survival, working hard of the female/ mother in pregenancy days and in routine days. Most of the isuues comes from poverty and illiteracy but the living environment is also one of the most serious factor.

Accessibility Policy: It is very difficult to reach and focus the target population which is very much scattered. When there is aim to facilitate almost all the disabled/ special people, than it is very difficult to predict. But, it is very much important to have accessibility over the target population

2. Country (City / Region)

State:

Pakistan

City:

BADIN SINDH PAKISTAN

3. Company/organization/institute presenting the project

Organization:

FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS & RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (FHRRDA)

4. Type of organization

Select type:

Association

5. Project coordinator

Name and Surname:

MOHAMMAD HASSAN MASHORI

E-Mail:

hassangolarchi@hotmail.com

6. Website

The website of the project:

http://__www.fhrrda.org

7. Please select the category in which you candidate your project

Youth Education Project. Select Project Users by age:

Up to 15 years

Helping youth step in the job market:

Helping youth step in the job market

Creativity and Social Innovation:

NOT in Creativity and Social Innovation

8. How long has your project been running?

From:

25/03/2007

9. Targets and Elements of Innovation

Please explain the targets and the background of your project:

• Disables are 10% of the 1.4 million population of District Badin, Sindh.
• Youth Disables are neglected at every stage and are not supported by any agency / Govt. and their families.
• FHRRDA promotes activities for socio-economic rehabilitation of disable persons through participatory approaches that empower persons to make their own choices and responsibilities for their own care and development.
• To create environments in which people with disabilities can maximize their capacity for making social and economic contributions in the society

Target Populations are Representatives of Civil Society Organizations/ Government Officials particularly Local government/Philanthropist /Media / Religious Scholar and approximately 1000 youth benefits from the proposed activities directly

What does it try to achieve and how:

• Create awareness among the Communities for respect of disable and treat them as normal by changing environment and the level of dependency would have been increased.

• To promote effective measures for prevention of disability, rehabilitation and the realization of the goals of ‘ participation’ of disabled persons, in social life and Development.

• Promotion of special efforts to foster positive attitudes towards children and adults/youth with disabilities, and the undertaking of measures to improve their access to rehabilitation, education, employment, cultural and sports activities and the physical environment

Which opportunities/problems does it address to:

• To continue FHRRDA policies to help disabled people. These policies should Provide for the elimination of negative discrimination in the society.

• By using participatory approach in the community and achieving the desired project objectives with the help of the Donor, Govt. and Local stakeholders who play vital role in the field of disability.

• Project on disable describes any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area for most vulnerable group of the society

Please explain what is unique or special in your project:

 To look creatively for solutions. It is essential that we view disability within the context of the local community as well as within the humanity as a whole.

 Disabled people - like other human beings - have certain vital needs, some of which clearly come before conventional rehabilitation. These basic needs are vital for their survival.

 In some of the most outstanding CBR programmes, a vital role in their success has been played by exceptional rehabilitation professionals - ones who are willing to go into the community, share their knowledge, and learn from the people as equals.

 FHRRDA believe that disabled person have right to play a leading role in organizations and activities that are committed to their well-being.

10. Results

Describe the results of your project as per today:

 Promotion of special efforts to foster positive attitudes towards children and adults with disabilities, and the undertaking of measures to improve their access to rehabilitation, education, employment, cultural and sports activities and the physical environment.

 Create awareness among the Communities for respect of disable and treat them as normal by changing environment and the level of dependency would have been increased

How does it fulfill the users’ needs:

A youth Disabled Society should be able to absorb all human conditions and find ways of ensuring that each individual, from the most privileged to the most vulnerable, for any reason and from any standpoint, has the right to contribute to the common good with their best talents. I has not been easy to bring the concept of the disabled Society into practice, because society itself does not encourage its citizens to discover talents among people in situations of disadvantage or vulnerability for any reason, including people with disabilities

How many users interact with your project per month and what are the preferred forms of interaction:

 About 300 youth people with disabilities are invited to attend workshops and other events on a wide variety of topics, not merely forums focused on disabilities

 Five hundred Representatives of organizations gathering together people with disabilities are the most legitimate spokesperson for providing information on disabilities.

 Not only people with disabilities who become heroes or heroines deserve media coverage. An ordinary deaf person can well comment on economics, and a girl with disabilities could offer comments on a book that she is reading in an article on literature

How has it improved the quality of educational and/or training services:

The Social Model paradigms explain why early intervention, rehabilitation, medical treatments – although always important – should not overwhelm the life of a person with disabilities, edging put education, employment, culture, recreation and an independent life-style. Only when access to these facilities has been guaranteed will equal opportunities be available fairly for all.

The Social Disability Movement proved the difficulties – or most of them – faced by people with disabilities are the outcome in which the way society deals with the physical, intellectual, sensorial and multiple impairments and injuries of each individual.

How has it improved the participation of professionals, children, youth and other stakeholders:

In all its activities, FHRRDA is particularly youth and sensitive to gender issues, to make sure that women/girls and professionals, children, youth are privileged partners and beneficiaries in all its interventions.

How does it promote the use of ICT for the educational and cultural development by professionals, children and youth:

The main focus of the project is to provide education and training to the orphans and then create ways to enable them to lead their lives independently When an individual student becomes self-reliant, he/she is expected to join the organisation and do their best to assist the remaining young people in need

in itself, has been a powerful motivating force for the families that we work with as they see the growing international interest in the approach they have helped to develop. The materials have been created by a team of persons to produce a collaborative effort.

Describe how you measure (parameters) these results:

This rehabilitation project will benefit vulnerable young people by initially providing for their basic social, economical and psychological needs, and ultimately enabling them to be productive and contributing members of society we measur parameter through diffrent way as wel as social interview,personal intervew ,feed back from communty, enrolment record,daily attedance seet and other tool of assesment

11. Sustainability

What is the full duration of your project:

Less than 1 year

What is the approximate total budget for your project (in USD):

Less than 10.000

What is the source of funding for your project:

Grants

Is your project economically self sufficient now:

12. Transferability

Has your project been replicated/adapted elsewhere:

What lessons can others learn from your project:

Increased Skill development of disable teachers after getting training from FAHRRDA. They are maintaining record, conducting meetings regularly and attending the training programs and other program activities actively and being punctual in the classroom.

Disable girl who is running charitable organization strengthened due to training of record keeping and proper utilizing of funds in village chuck no 25, gets funds from Government and also pay their times to repair the school building.

Baby Shows of disable Children’s Seminar activity enhanced personal development of children. They are attending the regular classes and also other villages demanding to arrange same activities in their schools. In every school mostly early childhood education class students play vital role and play different activities during the annual seminar.

We are available to help others starting or working on similar projects:

We are available to help others starting or working on similar projects.

13. Background information

Background:

Estimated population of Pakistan is 162,419,946 (July 2005 est.) with 80% living in rural areas beyond all basic facilities and literacy ratio total population: 45.7% male: 59.8% female: 30.6% (2003 est.).
Unfortunately, the very motivations and benefits of disable rights pose direct challenges to their existence. Disable rights are universal since they are said to belong to all humans in every society. Disable rights are also supposed to be inalienable; because they flow from and protect human existence, they cannot be taken away without endangering the value of that existence. However, these universal and inalienable qualities of disable rights are disputable in both their conception and operation.
To some extent, the universality of Disable rights depends upon their genesis. Moral standards, such as Disable rights, can come into being in two manners. They may simply be invented by people, or they may only need to be revealed to, or discovered by, humans. If Disable rights are simply an invention, then it is rather difficult to argue that every society and government should be bound by something they disagree with. If Disable rights have some existence independent of human creation, however, then it is easier to assert their universality. But such independent moral standards may arise in only two ways: if God creates them, or if they are inherent in the nature of humankind or human society.
Another set of problems arises if Disable rights are creations, pure and simple, of the human intellect. Human rights standards could be created in a variety of ways. In one method, a gradual growth of consensus builds around norms of behavior that eventually acquire an obligatory character. It may be difficult to trace the epistemological origins of this consensus, but the end result is a broad base of agreement that human beings should be treated in certain ways. In another method, there may be a conscious attempt to create binding rules of behavior in a more contract Arian manner. A certain group of individuals or state governments may lead the development of international agreements on Disable rights. And, as more states join in these agreements, the moral and legal forces of the international accords become stronger and stronger. Essentially this is the course that has been followed in the development of the Disable rights documents created by the United Nations and other regional international organizations

Barriers:

Basic Disable Rights. They do not know about the institutions and departments that are established by the governments for providing them justice and Disable rights. Even they listen about such institutions but they are unaware of the process and rules and regulations and how to get benefits from such institutions. People are not aware of their role and responsibilities to avail or access to the basic Disable rights. To educate people about Disable rights should be first priority of the government and other involved institutions or organizations. 1st they should know that what are the Disable rights and what the roles and responsibilities they can play for availing these rights. This campaign should be initiated at the village levels. This awareness can be raise through organizing awareness session with villagers and advocating through pictorial posters, descriptive posters, seminars, workshops, street theatre and interact theatre

Solutions:

A Project supported by FHRRDA is seen as a process for promoting development through a community approach, initiated in collaboration with local beneficiary population, focusing on poorer and needy persons, which involves and coordinates all the activities with different governmental and non-governmental actors present in the country and FHRRDA is seen as an answer to the immediate needs of poorer and excluded population groups; the care and rehabilitation of persons affected by Disability / leprosy is a priority for the projects. FHRRDA prefers projects, which are integrated in the community context, which promote self-sufficiency and participation of beneficiaries in all stages of project implementation

Future plans and wish list:

Leadership training skills, consultation, integration of children with disabilities into regular schools, ways. In addition to the above, a literacy training workshop has also will been held in each sub region for all the teachers which focused on the promotion of literacy. The themes of the various workshops emerged out of the dynamic of the intervention and were not predetermined from the outset. Attendance at the workshops has often entailed the participants traveling long distances on foot, by bicycle and by canoe. On three occasions, people have walked for over 13 days to participate in the workshops.

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