All Commitments made by Motivation Charitable Trust

Without a wheelchair, millions of disabled people in the developing world can’t leave their homes, go to school or find employment. Many feel isolated from their friends and family. Many lose their lives to preventable complications. Most live in extreme poverty. It doesn’t have to be this way. Motivation’s wheelchairs and services are creating a fairer society where everyone has the freedom to live the life they choose.

When it comes to mobility, we’re passionate experts
Wheelchairs are at the heart of our work – but not just any wheelchair - it’s the right wheelchair, in the right way that can truly transform a life. Our unique wheelchairs are designed for the challenging environments found in developing countries and, because one size doesn’t fit all, each wheelchair is individually fitted by a trained professional. But the right wheelchair is just the start. To really put the wheels in motion, we give disabled people the training and support they need to be healthy, confident and included in society. And they’re not the only ones to benefit; families, communities, even economies feel the positive change.

Our vision is a world where disabled people are fully included in all aspects of life. Our mission is to make it happen.

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Eliminate Stigma and Discrimination
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Representation and empowerment of persons with disabilities
Motivation commits to scaling up its work to support the number of disabled role models to act as champions in Kenya, India, Malawi, Uganda and Tanzania.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan
We will do this through increasing the number of peer to peer trainings – where participants gain knowledge, skills and confidence to advocate for their rights -across these countries over the life of Motivation’s new strategy, 2018-2020. In the next 18 months we will also develop a peer support network globally.

Representation and empowerment of persons with disabilities
Motivation commits to exploring how direct digital communication platforms can better amplify the voice of, and champion the needs and rights of people with disabilities in their communities.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan
We will do this over the next 24 months, leveraging our partnership with University of West England.

Stereotypes, attitudes and behaviours
Motivation commits to providing increased support and capacity building to parents and carers of children with disabilities across Kenya, India, Malawi, Uganda and Tanzania to ensure that they have the skills needed to care for their children,advocate on their behalf and ensure the fulfilment of their children’s rights.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan
We will do this by increasing the number of parent support groups we help to establish and the number of parent/carer trainings we provide to these groups,across these countries, over the life of Motivation’s new strategy, 2018-2020.

Theme: Eliminate Stigma and Discrimination
Year: 2018
Inclusive Education
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Other
Motivation commits to tackling the barriers children with disabilities face in accessing mainstream education through provision of innovative mobility solutions.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan 
We will do this by increasing our focus on intermediate wheelchair provision and increasing the number of wheelchairs provided to children through WHO-compliantwheelchair services across our focus countries over the life of Motivation’s newstrategy, 2018-2020.

Theme: Inclusive Education
Year: 2018
Routes to Economic Empowerment
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Access to decent work
Motivation commits to gather evidence and make a case for informed programming and progress of inclusive employment opportunities – informal and formal.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan
We will do this by using our new two year pilot project in Kenya - Ready Willing and Able – which aims to ensure disabled people in Nairobi have access to employment, in line with national legislation; and our existing project in Tanzania supporting disabled people to access income generation opportunities. Through these projects Motivation will gather evidence and make a case for informed programming and progress to ensure the scale up across East Africa.

Theme: Routes to Economic Empowerment
Year: 2018
Harnessing Technology and Innovation
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Join Global Partnership for Assistive Technology
Motivation commits to providing technical expertise into the Global AT Partnership and ensure the voice from disabled people and our community partners informs the strategic direction of the Partnership.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan 
We will do this on an on-going basis, over the life of the Global AT Partnership.

New programmes or services
Motivation commits to exploring how digital technology can revolutionise wheelchair design, manufacture and provision with pilot initiatives in India and Kenya to be launched in September 2018.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan 
We will do this by using our new two year DFID-funded research and development project, to be announced at the Global Disability Summit. We will use this seed funding to leverage other funding and scale up work in this area.

New programmes or services
Motivation commits to engaging with numerous and multi-sector partners to promote greater understanding and awareness of both the importance of WHO-compliant wheelchair provision and the role they can play to support disability inclusion and the achieving of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan 
We will do this over the life of our new Strategic Plan, 2018-2020 using all available opportunities including the Global Disability Summit.

Policy and guidance
Motivation commits to exploring possibilities to replicate technology transfer (currently being implemented in India in collaboration with the National Government) and, through the application of this model, building mechanisms for the national sustainability of wheelchair provision.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan 
We will document learning and explore replication of our current Technology Transfer activity in India, over the next five years, with an initial focus on Kenya.

Theme: Harnessing Technology and Innovation
Year: 2018
Data Disaggregation
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Commit resources to support strengthened disability data
Motivation commits to establishing at least two new partnerships with academic institutions to gather robust data and make a compelling case to multi-stakeholders on the role of quality assistive technology and service delivery on disability inclusion.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan
We will do this in the next 12 months as part of our new Strategic Plan, 2018-2020.

Sign up to the Inclusive Data Charter
Motivation commits to ensuring a stronger focus on evidence and learning within all Motivation commits to signing up to the new Inclusive Data Charter and develop an programmes using, where relevant, the Washington Group questions and social Inclusive Data Action Plan with strong actions on disability data. Impact measures (for example in our peer-to-peer work).

Timeframe and/or implementation plan
We will sign up immediately and develop the action plan over the next six months. We will do this over the life of our new Strategic Plan, 2018-2020.

Theme: Data Disaggregation
Year: 2018
Women and Girls with Disabilities
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Motivation commits to increasing our understanding of the gender dynamics in our programmes and creating an action plan to address this going forward.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan 
We will do this over the next 12 months as part of our new Strategic Plan, 2018- 2020.

Theme: Women and Girls with Disabilities
Year: 2018