Association for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (AEPD) – Vietnam
Years: 2011 – Present
Peace Fellows Deployed: 8
Mission: The Association for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (formerly Landmine Survivors Network) is a local non-profit organization working in Quang Binh Province, Central Vietnam. AEPD aims to improve the quality of life of Persons with Disabilities in sustainable ways through economic and social empowerment and access to health care. AEPD’s vision is an inclusive and barrier-free society where people with disabilities can fulfill their potential, enjoy equal opportunities, and contribute actively to their communities.
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Years: 2007-2009, 2011
Peace Fellows Deployed: 5
Mission: Blind Education and Rehabilitation Development Organization (BERDO) has been working for the development and protection of the disabled community in Bangladesh. Founded and run by individuals living with blindness themselves, BERDO’s programs include microcredit, rehabilitation, a Talking Library, scholarships, job placement, health services, and disability prevention. BERDO fulfills its mission through networking, research, advocacy, and service.
Years: 2008 – Present
Peace Fellows Deployed: 11
Mission: The GDPU started its activities in 1979 when Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Gulu organized themselves in order to get food and essential commodities despite serious shortages that faced the country right after the fall of Idi Amin. PWDs sent a delegation to District authorities in Gulu where they explained the problems that they were facing, and successfully petitioned the District Commissioner to designate a specific day that PWDs could get their food rations. They continued operating as an unofficial group until 1992, when they formally set up the GDPU as an NGO that would advocate for, and serve as a voice for PWDs in Gulu district.
Association for the Defense of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners in Iran (ADAPP) – Iran
Years: 2009-2012
Peace Fellows Deployed: 4
Mission: The Association for the Defence of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners (ADAPP) works on the human rights situation facing Iran’s minorities, and in particular, the Azerbaijani Turkic community. Their Mission is to promote cultural and linguistic rights for Iran’s Azerbaijani community and ensure the safety of activists who are imprisoned.