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OUR APPROACH AND STRATEGIES
OUR APPROACH AND STRATEGIES
OUR APPROACH AND STRATEGIES
At MORE ACTION, our approaches and strategies are person- centered.
We believe that every individual living with a disability especially children who are permanently excluded from their neighborhood regular public schools , and persons with disabilities trapped into conflict and other emergency situations have the full potentials
At MORE ACTION, our approaches and strategies are person- centered.
We believe that every individual living with a disability especially children who are permanently excluded from their neighborhood regular public schools , and persons with disabilities trapped into conflict and other emergency situations have the full potentials to become contributing members of their respective communities ONLY if the right response and support is provided for them.
- Access to educational services in inclusive regular public schools settings for children with Special Needs;
- Access to inclusive humanitarian aid ( water, sanitation and hygiene services-WASH, health care, nutrition, education in emergency). Humanitarian response should be more inclusive for persons trapped into conflict and emergency situations; and
- Access to inclusive vocational training and employment services for ALL persons with disabilities, is a basic human rights irrespective of any real or imagined disability.
To enable MORE ACTION accomplish its Goal and Vision, our strategic objectives involve:
MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
OUR APPROACH AND STRATEGIES
OUR APPROACH AND STRATEGIES
Hello!
This message is from Rene Momene Otte, the Founder and CEO of MADI. I would personally like to thank you all for visiting our website.
A little about me: I have the insatiable desire and passion to make a difference by changing the lives of persons with disabilities-particularly women and men, children, boys, girls and adults with
Hello!
This message is from Rene Momene Otte, the Founder and CEO of MADI. I would personally like to thank you all for visiting our website.
A little about me: I have the insatiable desire and passion to make a difference by changing the lives of persons with disabilities-particularly women and men, children, boys, girls and adults with disabilities and their families.
My story and journey on Disability Inclusion and Advocacy began in 2013 in an academic institution as I embarked on the completion of my Master's Degree program in International Relations, specialized in International Cooperation, Humanitarian Action and Sustainable Development. The title of my research topic was, ''THE CHALLENGE OF ACCESSING THE MAINSTREAM EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM BY CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN CAMEROON'', and my Project Work was also titled, ''A PROJECT TO PROMOTE THE INCLUSION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN REGULAR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN BUEA, CAMEROON''.
During my field trip to gather evidence and data to support the research questions formulated to defend the above assertions, and to properly carry out my Project Work, I organized and conducted Focus Group Discussions, interviews, surveys. In fact, I used both qualitative and quantitative methods to help me get enough evidence. Fortunately or unfortunately, my research trip enabled me to personally witness the untold suffering and misery of persons living with disabilities in both rural and urban settlements. I discovered not only that disability and poverty form a vicious circle, but also that disability is both the cause and consequence of poverty, where persons living with disabilities(PLWDs) were not only economically disempowered, but socially and culturally disempowered and excluded from the development processes of their communities as a result of their condition. This is as a result of so many environmental, physical, attitudinal, communication, policy barriers that hinder them thereby limiting and depriving them from accessing basic needs that all humans need to survive. I also discovered that PLWDs have little or no access to basic health care, basic education, rehabilitation services, decent jobs, and proper WASH( water, sanitation and hygiene) services. This is because persons with disabilities living in poor communities in developing countries are often invisible and hidden away due to stigma, negative attitudes and that exist about disability.
It was against this backdrop that while I was still doing research in the field and preparing to defend my Master's Degree Thesis that the idea to enhance, promote and advocate for the inclusion of PLWDs in the development processes of their communities was conceived and later culminated into the creation of MORE ACTION For Disability Inclusion-MADI, Inc in April 2014 in Cameroon. MADI was later incorporated in 2018 in the United Sates which is its headquarters under Section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code.
It should be noted from the outset that Social justice is a concept of fair and just relations between the individual and society as measured by the distribution of wealth, opportunities for personal activity, and social privileges.[1]
Social justice is defined as “promoting a just society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity.” It exists when “all people share a common humanity and therefore have a right to equitable treatment, support for their human rights, and a fair allocation of community resources.”[2]
In conditions of social justice, people are “not to be discriminated against, nor their welfare and well being constrained or prejudiced on the basis of gender, sexuality, religion, political affiliations, age, race, belief, disability, location, social class, socioeconomic circumstances, or other characteristic of background or group membership”.[3]
Disability remains and will continue to be a part of the human condition because almost every human being will suffer a temporal or a permanent impairment at some point in life and even those who survive right up to old age will certainly experience some difficulties in normal day to day functioning. Therefore, disability need not be an obstacle to success.
According to the ”World Report on Disability” compiled by the World Bank and WHO published in 2011 more than 1 billion people in the world, which is about 15.6% of the world’s population experience some form of disability. Eighty percent (80%) of this population is found in low and middle income countries.
According to the Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, the global literacy rate is as low as 3% for all adults with disabilities, and 1% for women with disabilities. Meanwhile twenty percent (20%) of people living in poverty in developing countries have a disability. We can now see that disability and poverty form a vicious cycle. PWDs (PWDs) generally have poorer health, lower education achievements, fewer economic opportunities and higher rates of poverty than their non-disabled peers.
The scenario is even worse in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies where PWDs are permanently excluded from humanitarian responses as a result of negative stereotypes and attitudes.
Following the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of PLWDs (UNCRPD) in 2006, it was expected that PLWDs would meaningfully gain access to basic and inclusive health care, inclusive education, inclusive vocational training and decent employment opportunities; and inclusive humanitarian response that would enable them enjoy full protection and safety in situations of risk, including situations of armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and the occurrence of natural disasters in their respective communities by virtue of articles 11, 24, 25 and 26 respectively which specifically stipulates in its preamble that there is need for equality of opportunities to all persons irrespective of any real or imagined disabilities.
Lower-income countries have a higher prevalence of disability than higher-income countries. Disability is more common among women, older people and children and adults who are poor. Half of people with disabilities cannot afford decent health care and decent education compared to a third of people without disability.
About 80 per cent of PLWDs in low and middle income countries experience poorer health conditions, lower education achievements, less economic participation and higher rates of poverty than non-disabled persons and above all, they face total exclusion from humanitarian responses following situations of risk, armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters. PLWDs continue to face barriers in accessing basic livelihood services in their respective communities as a result of negative stereotypes and attitudes still linked to disability, lack of policies protecting them, and a very unfriendly physical environment in which they find themselves.
Medical Model of Disability.
The medical model of disability, or medical model, arose from the biomedical perception of disability. This model links a disability diagnosis to an individual's physical body. The medical model focuses on curing or managing illness or disability.[4]
It is noteworthy that the medical model of disability has exacerbated these poor attitudes towards PLWDs and has negatively influenced the manner in which PLWDs are treated in their communities with all sorts of negative stereotypes. The medical model still continues to see PLWDs as a “problem” in their communities and in the society at large and are permanently excluded from the development processes of their respective communities. Today, equal access and opportunities for someone with a physical, mental, emotional or sensory impairment is a human rights issue of major concern.
The onus now lies on program implementers to ensure complete and total inclusion and accessibility for all target audiences irrespective of any real or imagined disability or impairment. For instance if a blind person cannot see or read written information then the solution is to provide it in an alternative format such as audio or braille.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) slated for 2030 are just around the corner and to achieve these SDGs all PDWs should be included in every aspect of programs designed for community development. Without this consideration the SDGs will not achieve the set strategic objectives and are bound to fail.
We all have a moral duty and responsibility to love, care and show concern to those who do not have hands to hold and touch, legs to walk properly, eyes to see, ears to hear etc by removing all the barriers hindering them from reaching their full God given potential.
We hope you will join and support us in our path to inclusion; to reconstruct inclusive communities wherein ALL persons will have a say in the decision making processes that will change and impact their lives and well being positively, irrespective of their abilities or inabilities.
Thank you for your interest in and your support for More Action.
[1]Wikipedia
[2]See - https://charterforcompassion.org/definition-and-use-of-the-handbook/sthe-definition-of-social-justice-and-how-to-use-this-book
[3]See Scherlen and Robinson, 2008.
[4]See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_model_of_disability
About Us
OUR APPROACH AND STRATEGIES
About Us
WHO WE ARE:
MORE ACTION for Disability Inclusion (MADI), Inc is a Humanitarian, and Disability Inclusion Advocacy organization founded in April 2014, and incorporated in the DMV (Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia) area within the meaning of Section 501(c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code, whose MISSION is:
"To enhance the complete Inclusi
WHO WE ARE:
MORE ACTION for Disability Inclusion (MADI), Inc is a Humanitarian, and Disability Inclusion Advocacy organization founded in April 2014, and incorporated in the DMV (Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia) area within the meaning of Section 501(c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code, whose MISSION is:
"To enhance the complete Inclusion of ALL persons with disabilities, in the development processes of their communities by providing life-changing services that inspire hope, dignity ,respect and independence".
Our VISION is:
"Reconstructing Inclusive Communities wherein ALL persons with disabilities are welcomed, and are able to live independently with hope, dignity and respect".
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