Focus Areas and Remarkable Achievements of HPD-O
Pillar 1:Community Sensitization and Advocacy
To enhance the realization of the full and effective participation of persons with disabilities and families, community life and government engagement.
Pillar 2: Inclusive Basic Social Services
To enable persons with disabilities to effectively access inclusive educational and healthcare services.
Pillar 3: Livelihood Development
To enable persons with disabilities and their families to become economically and socially self-reliant.
Pillar 4: Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
To strengthen the role and capacity of women and men with disabilities and their OPDs in advocating for their rights and contributing to national development
Pillar 5: Emergency Response
To enable persons with disabilities and their families affected by disasters and other crises to effectively access humanitarian and emergency support services.
Pillar 6: Organizational Development
To enhance the organizational and functional capacity of HPDO, including human and material resources, institutional visibility, and leadership in disability-related agendas.
Remarkable Achivments
Introduction & CBR Strategy (1995)
HPDO has been applying Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) as its primary program strategy since 1995, aiming to improve the participation of children, youth, and adults with disabilities in education, health, livelihoods, and other areas of social and economic life.
Educational inclusion, vocational training, and livelihood promotion have been among the organization’s major intervention areas. Other components of CBR have also been promoted and implemented as empowerment tools to support these outcomes.
Educational Inclusion & Capacity Building
The organization’s capacity-building programs have played a significant role in creating inclusive and accommodating learning and service environments within education and other public service sectors. Through these initiatives, thousands of regular and special needs education (SNE) teachers, education experts, school leaders, local government officials, media professionals, service providers, and practitioners have been sensitized and trained on the principles and practices of disability inclusion and equal participation in socio-economic and community life.
Pioneering TV Broadcasts (1996–2008)
As part of its early CBR interventions, HPDO facilitated and supported the launch and initial implementation of sign language-interpreted television news broadcasts on Ethiopian Television between 1996 and 2008, with financial support from Save the Children Sweden.
HPDO has also provided technical support for the establishment and strengthening of several cross-disability and single-disability organizations across the country, contributing to efforts aimed at reducing barriers to participation and inclusion faced by persons with disabilities.
HPDO has served as a founder and/or member of various consortiums and networks, including:
In addition, HPDO has served as a founder and/or member of various consortiums and networks, including:
- CBR Network Ethiopia (CBRN-E)
- Basic Education Network (BEN)
- Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Association (CCRDA)
- Network of Organizations of/for Visually Impaired and the Blind(NOVIB),
- Ethiopian National Disability Action Network (ENDAN) and
- Federation of Ethiopian Associations of Persons with Disabilities (FEAPD)
These collaborations have contributed to advancing shared visions and missions related to disability inclusion and empowerment.
With the continued support of several generations of funding partners, including Save Children’s Sweden, Oxfam, GB and PIE, Action aid Ethiopia, Save the Children’s USA/BESCOP Program, Civil Society Support Program (CSSP), Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired (FFVI), Disability Partnership Finland (DPF), Abilis Foundation, All We Can, Light for the World, Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund ( EDTF), Ethiopiaid, SAVE Ethiopia, and The Embassy of Finland, Japan, France, Czech Republic, Canada, Republic of Germany, USA, and others, HPDO has reached and supported thousands of children and adults with disabilities across Ethiopia, including in Addis Ababa, Oromia, Amhara, SNNP, and other regions, often involving family members as active participants and beneficiaries.
HPDO has also actively engaged in advocacy initiatives aimed at promoting and mainstreaming disability rights within national policy, legal frameworks, and development programs. These efforts include:
- Participation in drafting disability-related legislation and policy frameworks;
- Contributions to the development of comprehensive disability rights proclamations;
- Involvement in the preparation and submission of alternative reports on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to the UN CRPD Committee;
- Conducting national dialogues on disability rights issues; and
- Undertaking assessments and evidence-generation initiatives to support disability rights advocacy and inclusive development.
HPD-O
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251-911-24-18-03
Email: hpdo1995@gmail.com
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