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RI Announces Award Winners of the RI Centennial Award for Significant Contribution
On the occasion of RI’s centennial anniversary, we have announced the RI Centennial Award of Significant Contributions that will be presented in conjunction with our Centennial Anniversary Celebrations that will take place in Beijing, China from May 20 to 23, 2023,...
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Creating Enforcement and Compliance at the Building Planning Department Level South Africa. Training for Building Planning Department Personal and System Development South Africa funded by the Rehabilitation International Global Disability Development Fund
The background and putting forward of this proposal were based on the following elements: The results and findings of the NCPD with regard to the application and knowledge-set of building inspectors and associated personnel: The NCPD’s placement as the foremost...
Improving DPO Stakeholders’ Understanding and Monitoring of Disability Inclusive Development and Advancing the Implementation of CRPD Article 32 – funded by the Rehabilitation International Global Disability Development Fund
The United States International Council on Disabilities’ (USICD) Improving DPO Stakeholder’s Understanding and Monitoring of Disability Inclusive Development and Advancing the Implementation of CRPD Article 32 project provides accessible, high quality online training...
Mask Distribution to Children with Disabilities implemented by Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre, India – funded by the Rehabilitation International Global Disability Development Fund
COVID 19 brought in new rehabilitation needs for persons with disabilities. For many, this has meant an increased demand for rehabilitation worldwide. We found that many required (I) Special Rehabilitation services to meet needs of lungs affected by the virus, back...
From our blog
Call for Applications – RI Centennial Award of Outstanding Contributions
On the occasion of RI's centennial anniversary, we are pleased to announce the RI Centennial Award of Outstanding Contributions that will be presented in conjunction with our Centennial Anniversary Celebrations, to commend individuals or organizations that have made...
Winners of the RI Awards for 2019
In 2019, RI aiming to draw more attention to disability affairs and inspire greater contributions to a more equal, inclusive, and accessible society worldwide, initiated the Rehabilitation International Award for Outstanding Achievements, recognizing...
Masks for persons with disabilities in South Africa, and staff of NCPD (2022)- funded by the Rehabilitation International Africa Fund
Background South Africa is currently under a National State of Disaster since the beginning of the first lock down of March 2019, currently on adjusted alert level 1, and dealing with the Omicron variant like other countries. Along with the exceptionally cold winters...
Training to prepare 30 persons with disabilities for the workplace in South Africa – funded by the Rehabilitation International Africa Fund
In South Africa the percentage of unemployed persons with disabilities are rising and have now exceeded 67%. The Recruitment process included persons with a wide variety of impairments such as blindness, Deaf people, persons with physical, psychosocial, and...
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