People with Disability Australia Incorporated

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Make a Donation Becoming a Disability Rights Defender Volunteering and student placement Becoming a financial member

PWD has Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

International Development

People with Disability Australia’s (PWD) international development work aims to consolidate the development and growth of Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) in the Pacific region. PWD has been undertaking this work for the past nine years.

PWD undertakes two broad areas of responsibility in our international work – representing Australian people with disability in Pacific and international forums; and working with DPOs in developing countries to build their capacity to self-govern, expand, network with other organisations and governments and sustain effective advocacy.

PWD holds associate membership of Disabled People’s International (DPI) and has been involved in DPI since its inception some 30 years ago. Click here for more information on PWD’s relationship with DPI. PWD has also worked closely with the Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) since its inception in 2002. Click here to learn more about the PDF.

PWD is a signatory to the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) Code of Conduct, and is committed to ethical practice and public accountability in all its international development work.

PWD has Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

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December 2010: PWD staff donate Kris Kringle to DPO Kiribati

It was decided in 2010 that instead of a traditional Kris Kringle, PWD staff would donate money to Te Toa Matoa, the Disabled Persons Organisation (DPO) in Kiribati. PWD staff raised a total of $315 for this very deserving organisation.

Te Toa Matoa is unfunded and currently without any office or substantial resources. Kiribati is one of the poorer countries in the Pacific and is seriously endangered by climate change and rising tides. Despite this, Te Toa Matoa is a dynamic organisation which uses song, dance and storytelling to undertake its advocacy for people with disability.

September 2010: Tonga’s DPO, NATA, receives a data projector

Naunau 'oe 'Alamaite Tonga Disabiliy Association (NATA) is a non-government, not for profit, association formed by a group of people with disability who have come together to speak out for themselves and help empower people of differing abilities in Tonga.

PWD has held strong ties with NATA and have worked closely with representatives from the organisation on a number of projects.

In September 2010, following a request from NATA for a data projector, PWD was able to locate a projector and deliver this to NATA. With this small gift, NATA is now better equipped to give presentations on human rights and advocacy within the Tongan community.

Note: Due to the limited nature of our funds, PWDA does not accept unsolicited proposals or calls for assistance from DPO’s. Instead we work with established partner organisations and strive to increase their capacity to grow and develop within their own countries.

PWDA is open to establishing new relationships with individuals and organisations willing to fund or promote our development work.

Please refer to the Get Active section of this website.

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