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SAFOD Newsletter Disability FrontLine
download here (English pdf) (Portuguese pdf) or get it free from the below address
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Information is power
Disability Documentation, Resource and Training Centre DDRTC-SA provides comprehensive information on disability issues.
Information is power - and information is essential for advocacy and lobbying.
In the year 2000 SAFOD started to establish a
Disability Documentation, Resource and Training Centre DDRTC - SA for
Southern Africa.
This Centre rests on three pillars:
A - Documentation and Resources
B - Information Services
C -Training Unit.
Read more about DDRTC - SA Structure.
The Documentation and Resources Department has several databases with information and addresses of Disabled People’s Organisations, international development organisations, civil society organisations. There is a Documentation Database to find all collected documents referring to disability issues. There a mailing lists for SAFOD publications and a database of resource persons for the training unit.
The library collects printed matters, audio and
video material.
The Information Services Department develops and publishes SAFOD
publications like Disability Front Line, Disability Dialogue
and other printed media like this halftime report.
In addition Information Services runs SAFOD’s
Information Network with e-mail (safod@netconnect.co.zw), internet and the
SAFOD website www.safod.org.
On a long range it is planed to produce information material on
audio-cassettes (DAISY - Disability Audio Information System) and in Video (DIVIS
- Disability Video Information System).
The Training Unit in cooperation with the
Programmes Department offers training workshops in different areas, like:
- Information & Media
- Leadership & Capacity
- Institutional Building
- Business Training.
The DDRTC-SA provides all interested persons,
groups, organisations, institutions with data and information material on
disability issues. It supports the disability movement at all levels, the
DPO’s and their leadership, Governments and non-governmental organisations,
academic institutions, to advocate the rights and responsibilities of
disabled people in a society for all.
SAFOD - A Promising Future for People with Disabilities
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Disability FrontLine
download here (English pdf) (Portuguese pdf)
One of SAFOD's most important information tools is the quarterly published newsletter "Disability Front Line". It is produced in English
Surveys on Disability FrontLine One of SAFOD's most important information tools is the quarterly published newsletter "Disability Front Line". It is produced in English Vision "A society new society where all people, including disabled people, women and workers, men and children, are treated with dignity, respect and on the basis of equality." ************ Mission "To strengthen Disabled People's Organisations in SAFOD member countries through training, research, coordination, information sharing, promotion of human rights and adoption of appropriate strategies for stimulating people with disabilities to enhance their economic, political and social development" ************
Core Values
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