This project was about strengthening the disability movement in Ghana, Ethiopia and Rwanda.

Our work in each country built on two global programmes run by Inclusion International – Empower Us, and the Catalyst for Inclusive Education.

Inclusion International worked with Inclusion Africa and our members in Ethiopia, Rwanda and Ghana on this project from 2020 to 2022.

It was funded by NORAD, which is part of the Government of Norway.

Goals

The Inclusion Matters project’s goals were:

  • To help organisations led by people with disabilities get stronger 
  • To help organisations understand and become experts on inclusive education
  • To support new self-advocacy groups to developTo build the skills and knowledge of self-advocates
  • To get people to work together to do advocacy about including people with disabilities in education

Who took part?

We worked with Inclusion Africa and our members in Ethiopia, Rwanda and Ghana on this project.

  • FENAID (Ethiopia)
  • Collectif Tubakunde (Rwanda)
  • Inclusion Ghana

What activites did we do?

We worked with our members to do activities like:

  • The Empower Us team training self-advocates on leadership and the CRPD so that they can do advocacy on the things that are important to them, like inclusive education
  • Workshops for family members of people with intellectual disabilities about inclusion and inclusive education
  • Experts from Catalyst For Inclusive Education gave training to organisations about inclusive education
  • We brought organisations and self-advocates together in the region so they can share their knowledge and experience

Outcomes

You can read more about how the project supported the development of self-advocacy in Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Ghana in this blog post by project team member Mark Mapemba.

“This project has given me confidence. I have just finished my term as the president of the self-advocates network of Collectif Tubakunde”

Harindintwari Lucien, Rwanda