The Federal Government of Nigeria has appointed the Executive Director, Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) and Convener, Coalition of Disability Organizations (CODO) Mr. David O. Anyaele as a member…
COVID-19 palliativeNGO/CSOs
Goodluck Jonathan Foundation distributes COVID-19 palliatives to 20 states across Nigeria
A support foundation of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has donated coronavirus palliatives to states in Nigeria The items include foodstuff, hand sanitisers and other sanitary materials The gesture is to support…
NGO/CSOsCOVID-19 palliative
Network Of Disabled Women Distribute Palliatives To 150 Women, Girls In FCT, Kwara
As The Engraced Ones, JKS Home, ACCSN, Others Laud Sponsors Network of Disabled Women distributed Covid-19 relief packages to at least 130 women and girls living with disabilities in the…
Corona VirusNGO/CSOs
COVID-19: CSOs train 165 vulnerable women, youths and PWDs on face mask, sanitiser production
By OKEOGHENE OGHENEKARO Voluntary Oversea Service (VSO), in partnership with Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet), has trained 162 vulnerable women, persons living with​ disabilities and youths on production​ of…
By USMAN ALIYU A Kwara based NGO, the Centre for Community Empowerment and Poverty Eradication (CCEPE), on Friday distributed food items to vulnerable people in three communities in Asa Local…
A disability rights organization, Sightsavers Nigeria has launched a petition to the United Nations (UN) with a call on the body to ensure the needs of people with disabilities who…
NGO/CSOsPersons with physical disability
DRAC Organizes Capacity Building for Staff, Organization of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), and Women’s Rights Groups on Disability Inclusive Development and Project Management
Disability Rights Advocacy Center (DRAC) on 15th to 19th June, 2020 in Abuja organized a five-day training on Disability Inclusive Development (DID) and Project Management for her staff, Organization of…
An Abuja-based NGO, Royal School of Educational Therapy Foundation (RSETF) has made a case for inclusion of persons with neurodevelopmental disabilities in societal functions including the entertainment industry. The Founldation’s…
Deaf clusterNGO/CSOsSexual And Gender Based Violence
Voice of Disability Initiative Weighs In On Fight To End Discrimination Against Women In FCT
…As ED Challenges PWDs To Showcase Ability In Disability, Prove Naysayers Wong The Executive Director of Voice of Disability Initiative (VDI) Bar. Edeh Catherine Chinyere has urged persons living with…
Corona VirusCOVID-19 palliativeNGO/CSOs
COVID-19: Centre Conducts Survey On Distribution Of Palliatives To PWDs
Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) says it has started carrying out surveys to access the extent of COVID-19 knowledge among the Persons Living with Disabilities (PLWDs). The survey will…
The need for the establishment of a National Commission for Persons Living with Disabilities has been placed on the front burner as a coalition of people living with disabilities has…
The Centre for Citizens with Disability (CCD) says it will conduct a survey to track the distribution of palliatives amongst its members in Kaduna and Kano States. The Director of…
Deaf clusterEducationNGO/CSOs
CCD Provides Sign Language Interpreters For Abia State Classes On TV Programmes
CCD Executive Director, David Anyaele The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has supported the Class On Television Programme initiated by the Abia State Government with the provision of three…
By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja A human rights and social justice nongovernmental organization, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Friday, joined other Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, to take Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) in…
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has expressed appreciation to the Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje for appointing a person with disability as a Senior Special Adviser…