CUAPWD Empowers SHUMAS with Intensive Capacity-Building Training on Disability Inclusion
As part of ongoing efforts to ensure that humanitarian and development interventions leave no one behind, the Coordinating Unit of Associations of Persons with Disabilities (CUAPWD) organized and facilitated an intensive, two-day capacity-building training session for Strategic Humanitarian Services (SHUMAS). Supported under the Leave No One Behind (LNOB4) project, funded by CBM, the training was […]
Action on Inclusion: Bamenda III Council Pledges Holiday Jobs and Inclusive Sports Following CUAPWD Advocacy Visit
In a major step toward building a more inclusive community, a delegation from CUAPWD paid an advocacy visit to the Lord Mayor of the Bamenda III Council, Fongu Cletus Tanwe. The productive meeting focused on addressing the daily challenges faced by children and youths with disabilities and persons with disabilities as a whole in the […]
CUAPWD Under the BEN Strategy Advances Healthcare Access to Persons with Disabilities
In a major step toward making healthcare more accessible for persons with disabilities in general, CUAPWD advocacy team visited the ABII Specialist Polyclinic in Bamenda recently. The team met with Dr. Okwen Marvicc Tebid, the clinicβs CEO, Pediatric Ophthalmologist, and Squint Surgeon, to discuss concrete ways to deepen disability inclusion in healthcare delivery. This visit […]
The Double Burden: Navigating Sickle Cell Disease and Disability
Sickle Cell π©Έ The International Day of Sickle Cell, celebrated every year on June 19, focuses global attention on a genetic blood disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. This year, the global community observes the day under the theme, “Closing the Survival Gap: Equity in Sickle Cell Disease.” This theme calls for fair and […]
Pope Leo XIVβs Visit: A Call to Action for a Unified Cry for Disability Inclusion in Cameroonβs Churches
Yesterday, the air in YaoundΓ© changed. As the plane carrying Pope Leo XIV touched down, it wasn’t just a leader of a church arriving; it was a message of hope landing on Cameroonian soil. Today, that message travels to Bamenda, a city that has long thirsted for peace and the cooling waters of comfort. But […]
Proposal for an International Fair on Disability Inclusion
CUAPWD proposes the establishment of an international fair dedicated to disability inclusion within the sectors of trade, economics, and agriculture. This initiative stems from the recognition that Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) and individual entrepreneurs with disabilities face significant, systemic barriers when attempting to enter these industries. It is important for the global community […]
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