NAWABSHAH (Pakistan): The National Disability and Development Forum (NDF) recently conducted capacity building sessions for CSOs, CBOs and DPOs in collaboration with the organization Darul Sukun and UNICEF in Nawabshah District Shaheed Benazir Abad. Training was conducted at Gymkhana District Shaheed Benazir Abad where 50 organizations participated. After the training, certificates were handed to participants by the […]
Youth build support for disability rights in Pakistan
LAHORE: A group of young people continue to work to support disability rights in Pakistan. Khizran, an architecture student at the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan, and alumna of the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Pakistan (Global UGRAD-Pakistan) works with children with hearing impairments: “I always felt that a person is only disabled if the society […]
Pakistan: NDF and USAID launch women’s empowerment project
Nawabshah, Pakistan: 01st July 2016: The National Disability & Development Forum (NDF) recently announced a new project called ‘Empowering Women with Disabilities through Skills Development’. The project, coordinated and run by NDF is funded by the USAID Small Grants Ambassador Fund Programme. Mr. Abid Lashari, president of NDF speaking during the launch ceremony, said that […]