Building the capacity is a crucial and an important aspect of advancing disability rights in any community or state. For there to be any significant gain, Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) must be intentionally engaged to take on the realities with skills gained to begin to dismantle barriers to inclusion.
This strategy has become an important part of FAECARE Foundation’s approach to advancing Disability Rights.
In the month of May as part of her Disability Rights Initiative Project Accessibility, FAECARE trained 40 persons with disabilities as disability accessibility advocates in Rivers State from different disability clusters, both male and female.
For three days, from 28th to 30th May, PwDs were comprehensively trained, on disability rights, policy and legislative advocacy skills and accessibility, to build advocacy and leadership skills of the advocates. A primary focused accessibility of the physical environment was also looked at closely.
During the very dynamic training, advocates got to formulate key accessibility and disability messages informed by knowledge gained from the exposure to learning.
With this training, the Foundation envisions a Rivers State, where accessibility becomes an integral aspect of societal infrastructure and consciousness.