National Federation of the Disabled Nepal (NFDN) is legally registered nongovernmental organization (NGO) under the institutional enrollment act of Nepal. It is the national umbrella body of persons with disabilities, represents more than three hundreds member organizations working for promoting the rights of disabled people throughout the country.
Read more: https://www.nfdn.org.np/about/about-us.html
Representation and empowerment of persons with disabilities
The organization has strong commitment to strengthen the capacity of persons with disabilities for claiming their rights, reduce different forms of discriminations on the basis of disabilities rooted in the community, include persons with disabilities in decision making process, Promote accessibility, ensure their access to justice and basic services in an equal basis. The organizations who are supporting for its organizational development are DPOD-Denmarks, FFO-Norway and Nepal Government, cbm and Myrights.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan: Ten years.
Capacity building: teachers and staff
This is the commitment as a part of preparing school for inclusive education which includes ;Develop Training course and manual, delivery training and orientation to teachers, staff and students of school. Support technically for making school environment accessible,
Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 5 years.
Access to decent work
Data collection of job seekers. Mentoring, counselling and supporting to enhance their moral, promoting accessibility in workplace, networking with employers and changing their attitudes and behaviours, work for job placement
Timeframe and/or implementation plan:5 years.
Other
Lobby and advocacy with central buaerau of statistics to include disability in national censur, Scientific management of data about disability ID card distribution in collaboration with government, influence government for comprehensive disability survey, promotion software based local data management system.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan: by 2021.
Equal participation of women with disabilities in decision making process, ledership development of women with disabitlies, reduce violence against women with disabilities, advocacy for the special issues of women with disabilities such reproductive health.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 3 years.
Advocacy with government agencies for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in Disaster Risk Reduction Process, Capacity Building of DPOs on DRR and disability inclusion, Sensitization to the humanitarian actors on disability and disability and disaster related concerns.