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Papua New Guinea Disability Rights Website

Want to find out more about disability rights in PNG? Have a look at the National Disability Resource and Advocacy Centre website:  www.ndrac.weebly.com

Research Reports

The final report is now completed and was offically launched at Pacific Disabilty Forum's Annual Conference in New Caledonia in early April. The final report will be added to the website shortly.

 

Funding

We are pleased to announce that a total of $21,500 in funds were distributed to our partner DPOs for our November 2012 funding round. Thanks to all who have donated and enabled us to make these grants. Grants were allocated as follows:

Organisation Amount Purpose
Cook Islands
$1000 Colour printer, ink and paper to produce information leaflets on a wide range of disabilities and caregiver issues.

Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation

$3000 Wages for Disability Inclusion Officer.
Federated States of Micronesia $500 Contribute to costs of disability survey.
Fiji Association of the Deaf $1000 Office equipment and membership fees for World Federation of the Deaf.
Kiribati $3000
Events on International day of people with a disability.
Nauru $1000Production of promotional baseball caps and also a digital projector for training and awareness workshops.
Psychiatric Survivors Association (Fiji) $1000 Rental arrears and auditor fees.
Samoa$2000Purchase "open book" software (allows people with vision impairment to screen-read hard copies after they are scanned) and a video camera.
Spinal Injuries Association (Fiji)
$1000 Advocacy for youth and income generation project for women.
Timor Leste $1500 Send board members and new staff to training on organisational governance, leadership and communication.
Tonga $1500 Renovation of the office to fix ceiling and door.
Tuvalu $1000
Project to be confirmed.
Vanuatu $3000

3 x visits to Port Vila for advocacy / govt meetings and 3 x monthly allowance for volunteer.

United Blind Persons of Fiji $1000
Continuation of membership drive.

 

Pacific Cards For Sale

APIDS are selling original artwork cards by local Newcastle artist Vivienne Nelson. The watercolour, pen and ink artworks were painted on her 2006 trip to Fiji where her son-in-law comes from and were printed in Fiji. You can buy a set of 4 for $10, or individual cards for $3 each.  Card one: orange tropical bloom, card two: crab's claw flower, card three: coconut grove, card four: through the louvre window. Envelopes included. To place an order, send us an email - see the membership form at http://apids.org/page6.htm for our contact details.

  

Australia Pacific Islands Disability Support (APIDS) was established as a non-profit company in 2005 to assist Disabled Peoples Organisations (DPOs) to contribute towards the alleviation of poverty for people with disabilities in Pacific Island countries.

APIDS supports DPOs to meet the objectives they have prioritised for themselves.

You can donate to APIDS at www.givenow.com.au/apids Donations $2 and over are tax deductible.

APIDS partners with the World Relief Overseas Aid Fund by acting as its agent for fundraising and the delivery of relief and development projects in developing countries. APIDS complies with the World Relief Australia Code of Conduct which is a voluntary code that sets minimum acceptable standards for smaller Non-Government Organisations that work in the international relief and development sector. www.worldrelief.org.au/